So when she comes out and flat-out accuses the attorney general of a crime, it carries some weight. Nobody is above the law - not the President of the United States and not the Attorney General." Barr is not the first Trump ally to be accused of perjury — not even his first attorney general: Mueller actually investigated Trump’s first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for perjury when it came to his denial of contacts with Russians during the 2016 campaign. Some Democrats have suggested the man who came between Sessions and Barr, former acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker, also might have perjured himself. And that makes sense, given he’s a two-time attorney general and veteran of this kind of high-profile public spectacle.

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 20:08 UTC