Letter: Special Counsel Robert Mueller Complains About Bill Barr’s Summary of Investigation

Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr on March 27 expressing concern that his memo describing the Special Counsel investigation was not accurate.

“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 offices work and conclusions,” he wrote. “We communicated that concern to the Department on the morning of March 25.”

Barr’s summary informed the public that Mueller did not find the Trump campaign guilty of collusion or indict the president for obstruction.

Mueller asked Barr to release additional details about the investigation immediately to “alleviate the misunderstandings that have arisen” about his investigation.

Congressional Democrats released a copy of the letter right before Barr’s scheduled Senate hearing on Wednesday on the outcome of the Mueller investigation.

The Washington Post reported that both men spoke on the phone about Barr’s initial memo.

When Barr pressed Mueller on whether he thought Barr’s memo to Congress was inaccurate, Mueller said he did not but felt that the media coverage of it was misinterpreting the investigation, officials said.

In their call, Barr also took issue with Mueller calling his memo a “summary,” saying he had never intended to summarize the voluminous report, but instead provide an account of its top conclusions, officials said.