DoJ's Barr faces criticism over Trump-friendly spin on Mueller report

Ninety minutes before Robert Mueller’s final report on his Russia probe was released, Attorney General William Barr previewed it from a podium on the seventh floor of the Justice Department.

Barr declared the special counsel had found “substantial evidence” President Donald Trump’s actions toward the investigation were driven by his “sincere belief” it was politically tainted. Still, Barr said, the White House "fully cooperated" with the probe.

Yet Mueller’s report painted a far different picture. It chronicled at least 10 examples of efforts by Trump to obstruct the investigation and offered damaging details about his campaign’s embrace of Russia’s interference in the