Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190530:00:31:00
>> that was not -- that may have been his understanding but that was not mueller's understanding. mueller was operating under the justice department's rules. he took the step of handing out a statement to the media which featured bill barr's words versus mueller words to compare and contrast. in case it wasn't clear enough that mueller was contradicting barr. >> if we had confidence the president did not commit a crime, we would have said so. under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. >> for more on mueller's rebuke of barr, ...