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AG Barr Draws Democratic Fire for Handling of Trump Whistleblower Complaint

Masood Farivar

   WASHINGTON - In March, special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his
   final report to Attorney General William Barr without answering the
   most tantalizing question: Did President Donald Trump attempt to
   obstruct the investigation into whether Russians meddled with the 2016
   presidential election in Trump's favor.

   Barr, the savvy veteran Republican lawyer, wasted no time in answering
   that question for the public: He and his deputy concluded there was no
   evidence of obstruction. Barr's tactics triggered widespread criticism
   from the Democrats. But that maneuver enabled Trump to claim he had
   been totally exonerated in the investigation.

   Now, Barr finds himself in the thick of another controversy engulfing
   the president: an explosive whistleblower complaint by an intelligence
   officer that Trump pressured Ukraine to dig up political dirt on
   front-running Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son,
   Hunter Biden.

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