From CATO Institute’s Julian Sanchez:
Barr testifies before Congress on May 1 and 2. And, with Barr having said publicly that he has “no objection to Bob Mueller personally testifying,” Mueller’s own appearance on the Hill likely won’t lag far behind.
We are recommending key questions that each should be asked about their work on the investigations of Trump-Russia links, their anticipations and recommendations for what comes next, and—perhaps most intriguingly—their interactions with, and expectations of, each other in the context of the Russia investigation.
1. Do you hereby testify that everything you said in your March 24, 2019 summary letter and everything you said in your press conference on the morning of the public release of the Mueller Report is true and accurate?
2. With whom exactly, outside of the Department of Justice, did you share a copy of the Mueller Report before releasing it to Congress? Did those copies of the report include the exact same redactions as the version you sent to Congress?
3. At the press conference on the morning of the public release of the Mueller Report, you said, “the White House fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation.” How can you make such a claim when the report itself documents such conduct as the President (1) trying to fire the Special Counsel and (2) refusing the Special Counsel’s request for an interview?
4. The Mueller Report’s description of obstruction raises many questions about what exactly took place and how the Special Counsel’s Office interpreted some individuals’ actions and intentions. As one example, it is not clear why the Special Counsel concluded that the President was not asking KT McFarland to lie, given that the President asked her to make a written record of something she did not believe to be true. Between the time you received the Special Counsel’s report and issued your summary two days later, did you have any questions about the report that you discussed with Director Mueller? How many hours would you estimate you spent discussing your questions with him? What questions were foremost on your mind?