Attorney General Barr: 'I don't know' if White House suggested the DOJ open a probe into anybody
The comments came in a tense exchange with Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., who launched a bid for president earlier this year, during Barr's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"Has the president or anyone at the White House ever asked or suggested that you open an investigation of anyone. Yes or no, please sir," Harris, the former California attorney general, asked Barr.Barr told Harris that he was trying to "grapple with the word 'suggest.'" The White House, he said, had not asked him to open an investigation."Hinted?" Harris asked.
The Times reported that it was not clear whether Trump kept pushing for the prosecutions, but that he did continue to discuss the matter. McGahn left the Trump administration in October. Barr was confirmed as attorney general in February. On Wednesday he took questions from lawmakers about special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Justice Department's investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign.
Following her exchange with Barr, Harris told reporters that the attorney general "lacks all credibility." She called on him to resign.
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