Just three Democrats, Sens. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), voted for Barr's confirmation in February, and now, most of them are experiencing some regret.
After reports emerged this week of special counsel Robert Mueller’s letter to William Barr complaining about his summary of the Russia report, two of the three moderate Senate Democrats who voted for the attorney general’s appointment have expressed worries that they may have made an error in judgement.
Although Jones noted that he won’t explicitly express total regret over his decision to support Barr just yet, he admits he’s “getting close to that.” “It’s troubling, absolutely. The difference between the interpretation between what Mueller really meant and what he intended. And he thought he didn’t present it properly. And Barr said he basically did represent properly,” Manchin added. “We’ve got to get that cleared up. And I would encourage my friend Lindsey Graham to bring Mueller in as quickly as possible.”
The hearing comes after the New York Times and the Washington Post dropped reports on Tuesday afternoon revealing the existence of a letter sent by Mueller to Barr in late March, where the special counsel said: “The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusions.
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