Former (and perhaps future) Attorney General William Barr
I believe it is vitally important that the special counsel be allowed to complete his investigation. I also believe it is very important that the public and Congress be informed of the results of the special counsel’s work. For that reason, my goal will be to provide as much transparency as I can consistent with the law.
I can assure you that, where judgments are to be made by me, I will make those judgments based solely on the law and will let no personal, political or other improper interests influence my decisions.
— An excerpt taken from attorney general nominee William Barr’s prepared remarks for his Senate confirmation hearing later this week. Last year, Barr sent an unsolocited memo to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein where he said that special counsel Robert Mueller “should not be permitted to demand that the president submit to interrogation about alleged obstruction, and further, that Mueller’s “obstruction theory is fatally misconceived.”
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