Jay Sekulow throws Mueller report at MSNBC host asking if Barr misled the public
by Daniel Jativa
| April 18, 2019 01:20 PM
Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow shut down MSNBC host Brian Williams on Thursday after Williams questioned if Attorney General William Barr misled the public by saying special counsel Robert Mueller's report concluded that there was no evidence of collusion by Trump.
Williams asked Sekulow where Barr got "the characterization" that there was no collusion, asking "what document was he reading compared to the one we're left with?"
Sekulow, with a copy of the Mueller report on hand, said that Mueller's conclusion was stated in various places throughout the document.
"Well, page two of the document says the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government. It's right from the document itself," Sekulow responded to a bewildered Williams.
Williams then pressed Trump's lawyer on whether he believes the administration views the Mueller report as positive for Trump.
Sekulow pointed back to the report's findings.
"The investigation, page 181, it did not establish the contacts described in volume one. That's the Russian contacts admitted to commit any violation of foreign law. I think it's very good win," he said.
After the back-and-forth, Williams gave up pressing Sekulow and turned to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace to continue questioning the Trump lawyer.
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