Three Senate Democrats are asking Justice Department watchdogs to look at any “inappropriate” talks between Attorney General William Barr and the White House about spin-off cases from the Mueller report.
According to The Hill, Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii sent a letter Monday to Justice Department inspector general Michael Horowitz and Office of Professional Responsibility director Corey Amundson asking if they would investigate if Barr shared the case names from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
"It would be highly inappropriate if Mr. Barr did in fact share case names with, and by default revealed the identity of, any defendants in those cases to the White House, particularly given that those same cases have been shielded from public view in the Special Counsel’s report," the senators wrote, The Hill reported.
Barr told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week the hadn’t had "substantive" talks with White House staff about the 14 cases Mueller referred to the Justice Department — but that "it’s possible a name of a case was mentioned,” The Hill reported.
The Democrats argued that discussing case names could "interfere" with ongoing investigations, and "could implicate the conduct of individuals in the White House, including the president, his family, and his business associates.”
"Specifically, we request that you investigate whether Mr. Barr revealed any names of any of the 14 cases referred by Special Counsel Mueller, or the defendants in those cases, to the White House, as his testimony before our Committee indicated," they wrote, The Hill reported.
And if the investigators find Barr did discuss case names with the White House, the senators say they want to know who it was — including whether it included the president.
© 2026 Newsmax. All rights reserved.