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william barr: He also repeatedly sought to assuage concerns that he might disturb or upend special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation as it reaches its final stages, according to CTV. Some Democrats are concerned about that very possibility, citing a memo Barr wrote to the Justice Department before his nomination in which he criticized Mueller's investigation for the way it was presumably looking into whether Trump had obstructed justice. The comments by William Barr at his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday pointedly departed from Trump's own views and underscored Barr's efforts to reassure Democrats that he will not be a loyalist to a president who has appeared to demand it from law enforcement. Sen. The nominee told senators he was merely trying to advise Justice Department officials against stretching the statute beyond what was intended to conclude the president had obstructed justice. Dianne Feinstein of California, top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Barr the memo showed a determined effort, I thought, to undermine Bob Mueller. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.