Barr Confronts Lawmakers as Dispute With Mueller Is Revealed

Mueller contacted Barr to express his displeasure after Barr issued a four-page letter in March characterizing the main findings of Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Justice Department confirmed late Tuesday, less than a day before the attorney general’s scheduled appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. “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,” Mueller wrote, according to The Washington Post, which reported earlier Tuesday on the disagreement between the two men.