Attorney General William Barr will hold a press conference at 9:30 Thursday morning to discuss a report the press won't be able to read until Thursday afternoon. Special Counsel Robert Mueller won't be there, and neither will any of his team of investigators. In a joint statement Thursday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) characterized Barr's press conference as an "indefensible plan to spin the report," which, combined with other aspects of Barr's "regrettably partisan handling of the Muller report," has "resulted in a crisis of confidence in his independence and impartiality."
"We believe the only way to begin restoring public trust in the handling of the special counsel's investigation is for Special Counsel Mueller himself to provide public testimony in the House and Senate as soon as possible," Pelosi and Schumer wrote. "The American people deserve to hear the truth."
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