CBS This Morning Makes More Headlines With Bill Barr Exclusive

Newly re-cast CBS This Morning delivered more of its headline-grabbing exclusive Friday morning – this time a sit-down with Attorney General Bill Barr.

Its Barrs latest round in his Battle Of Who Gets Last Word with the now-former Special Counsel Robert Mueller since Mueller turned in his report about Russian 2016 election meddling and whether Trump campaign and associates colluded and/or obstructed the probe.

In this round, CBS Newss Jan Crawford noted Mueller on Wednesday broke his silence from a podium at DOJ. Mueller explained “he analyzed 11 instances where there were possible obstruction, and then said that he really couldnt make a decision – conclusion on whether or not the President had in fact committed obstruction because of the existing OLC opinion in the legal counsels office,” Crawford described.

Shot back Barr, “I am not sure he said it prevented him,” apparently figuring more people would see his interview than had watched Muellers Wednesday presser.

Barrs sit-down with Crawford is his first since Mueller took the podium at DOJ and blew holes in Barrs 4-page spin of Muellers report. In that report, Mueller summarized findings of his two years of investigation. Journalists unearthed a letter Mueller had sent to Barr objecting to his characterization of thRead More – Source

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