UPDATE: Barr’s opening statement is in. He blasts the “bogus ‘Russiagate’ scandal” and insists Trump hasn’t meddled in his prosecutorial decisions (despite his public grousing about Trump tweets)

He also blames police brutality protests for rising crime. https://t.co/JK9KHL6Mvs

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) July 28, 2020