William Barr now has to try to defend the indefensible | By eliehonig for CNNOpinion
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Attorney General William Barr is scheduled to testify Wednesday in the Senate and on Thursday in the House, though CNN reported he is balking at the format on the Democratic-controlled House side and threatening not to appear. When Barr testifies in Congress this week -- even if he boycotts the House and only appears in the Senate -- he finally will face a fair fight.
Elie HonigDuring his nearly monthlong campaign to pre-emptively distort the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, Barr had a distinct advantage over Congress, the media and the American public: He had seen the report, but virtually nobody else had . But now the whole world has seen the redacted version of Mueller's report -- and Barr's got nowhere to hide. Thus far, Barr has given us a disingenuous and inaccurate spin on Mueller's report.
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