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Lawmakers grill Barr about past testimonies on Mueller report

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., looks over papers before the start of a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, May 1. Attorney General William P. Barr testified during the hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Thomas McKinless

Posted May 1, 2019 at 5:40pm

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Attorney General William Barr about his previous statements to Congress regarding special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, one day after The Washington Post reported that Mueller contacted Barr in late March expressing dissatisfaction with the attorney general’s characterization of his report.

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