Klobuchar pressures Barr, Mueller for more information on special counsel's findings

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is pressing both Attorney General William Barr and special counsel Robert Mueller for more information about the report into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“We need more information from both Special Counsel Mueller and Attorney General Barr following last week’s Senate hearing and the release of the Special Counsel’s report,” Klobuchar, a 2020 presidential candidate, said in a statement.

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In her letter to Mueller, Klobuchar requested further information on his interactions with Barr after the special counsel sent his report to the Department of Justice. The request comes after Mueller wrote a letter to Barr on March 27 expressing concerns about the attorney general's four-page summary of the report. The Justice Department eventually released a redacted version of the full report. Klobuchar submitted a number of questions, including whether Mueller agreed with Barr’s characterization of the report and the conduct of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former White House counsel Don McGahn during the course of the investigation.

The senator also made public questions she had sent to Barr, including about whether the special counsel had reviewed President Trump’s tax returns and Trump Organization’s financial statements, and whether Barr believed the findings of the report constituted evidence that Trump obstructed justice during the investigation.

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Klobuchar, along with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), reintroduced the Honest Ads Act on Wednesday. The bill is intended to mitigate foreign threats to U.S. elections by increasing the transparency of political advertisements on social media platforms.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/442704-klobuchar-pressures-barr-mueller-for-more-information-on-special-counsels

[pnwmom]

1. Good for her.

[Raster]

2. Go Amy! Go Amy! Go Amy!

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3. I like Amy.

She's not my #1, but is definitely in the top tier for me. I'd have no problem working hard for her and voting for her in the general if she takes air.