when we look back from 1991 to 1993, it interesting, i went back and looked at some of the reporting and his confirmation hearing back in 1991 was, quote, unusually placid, closed quote. i suspect this confirmation hearing will be anything but unusual nally go ahead. but, go ahead. let s ask that. let s say he lets this go all the way to the end. how could attorney general barr undercut mueller s investigation, even if he let it is conclude? could he not decide he s going to hold all the findings and not release it, not let it go public? are there other things he can do
is the fact that the question has to be asked because of the president of the united states behavior over the past three years. and actually, i m sure as robert mueller knows, over the past 30 years. willie, it really was a surreal moment when you saw kristen welker ask that question. as susan said, it s a question that we all knew had to be asked. we were all waiting for it to be asked again to see if he would finally deny it. just a surreal moment that really does make watergate look look a third-rate burglary. it s also a question the fbi was interested in. they needed to look into whether or not the president of the united states was an asset, john, of russia. again, there s a body of evidence behind that question that kristen welker asked.
to undermine robert mueller s work? there are or things he can do. say he seeks approval for an indictment against roger stone as part of the wi ki leaks situation. bill barr would have the authority in his capacity as the person supervising the mueller probe to withhold that approval. he would have to report it out at the end of the day to congress because there s a provision that says any denial of a request about special counsel ultimately has to be reported out to congress. but he could tack those kind of
couple hours, with a big focus on robert mueller s russia probe. and he s spoked expected to say he believes robert mueller s investigation should continue unimpeded. he also plans to say the public should be informed of the results of that investigation, writing my goal will be to provide as much transparency as i can consistent with the law. he continues i can assure you that where judgments are to be made by me, i will make those judgments based solely on the law and let no personal, political or others influence my decision. barr added he believes a president can obstruct justice. but democrats on the committee, including least three potential 2020 contends are aers are expe hammer barr on a memo last year in which he criticized robert
steps. when i heard in his openments, he worked with bob mueller,y respects bob mueller, i was encouraged and heartened because i learned how to try murder cases in washington, d.c. from bob mueller, my direct supervisor in the late 90s. so be in who knows bob mueller knows the man, knows where his heart and his principles and his ethics a. that s a very good sign, i think, for the way bill barr will approach his relationship with bob mueller. i ll jump in a foxhole and fight et enmity with bob mueller any day knowing the man he. i think a lot of people would. david french actually yesterday had a great column talking about how he was a sheepdog defending the rest of us against the wolves. glenn kirschner, thank you so much. an interesting side note, a lot of people are saying that robert mueller s investigation is winding down.