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Judge Rebukes Barr's Handling of Mueller Report

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - A federal judge Thursday sharply rebuked Attorney General
   William Barr's handling of the special counsel's Russia report, saying
   Barr had made "misleading public statements" to spin the
   investigation's findings in favor of President Donald Trump and had
   shown a "lack of candor."

   U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton delivered the criticism in a 23-page
   order in which he directed the Justice Department to give him an
   unredacted version of the Mueller report so that he could decide if any
   additional information from the document could be publicly disclosed.

   The scolding from the judge was unusually blunt, with Walton saying
   Barr appeared to make a "calculated attempt" to influence public debate
   about the report in ways favorable to the president. The rebuke tapped
   into lingering criticism of Barr, from Democrats in Congress and
   Mueller himself, that he had misrepresented some of the most damning
   findings from the two-year investigation.

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