Barr called Trump after Mueller report to give advice about Giuliani
by Zachary Halaschak
| October 01, 2019 05:57 PM
Attorney General William Barr reportedly made an April phone call to President Trump after the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Trump-Russia investigation to give advice on personal attorney Rudy Giuliani’s public statements.
Barr made the call after Giuliani repeatedly appeared on television railing against former White House counsel Don McGahn, who was mentioned 529 times in the 448-page report and who testified to investigators about significant incidents contained in the document, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Barr reportedly asked Trump why Giuliani was not just declaring victory and moving on from the investigation, which found no evidence that Trump conspired with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. The attorney general, in essence, wanted Trump to tell Giuliani to tone it down. McGahn, who departed his role in the administration in October 2018, is a longtime friend of Barr.
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