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The intel committee, don mcgahn, that their -- that they could have been secretly subpoenaed, there could be a gag order, their families' metadata could be swept up and bill barr would not know about it? he told politico, i was not aware of any congressman's records being sought in a leak case. >> well, you see my eyebrows going up in disbelief. you know, i've had my own run-ins with bill barr and what he did or didn't know. i think it's highly unlikely if not impossible that he didn't know, that attorney general sessions didn't know. if by any chance that is true, alisyn, who are these people...

I will speak with a congressman. and attorney general merrick garland says the doj will turn its eye on new restrictive voting laws passing in states all across the country. we'll get to all of it. welcome to "the week." ♪♪ >> we begin with an astonishing story. former attorney general william barr is attempting to distance himself from reporting that the trump doj seized the phone records of at least two prominent lawmakers. barr tells "politico" that while he was attorney general, he was, quote, not aware of any congressman's cords being sought in a leak case. the justice department ha...

I will speak with a congressman. and attorney general merrick garland says the doj will turn its eye on new restrictive voting laws passing in states all across the country. we'll get to all of it. welcome to "the week." ♪♪ >> we begin with an astonishing story. former attorney general william barr is attempting to distance himself from reporting that the trump doj seized the phone records of at least two prominent lawmakers. barr tells "politico" that while he was attorney general, he was, quote, not aware of any congressman's records being sought in a leak case. the justice department ...

So you go to in a leak case. he added that trump never encouraged him to zero in on the democratic lawmakers who reportedly became targets of the former president's push to unmask leakers of classified information. betsy, what does it say that even bill barr doesn't want to touch this? >> it tells you this isn't great. usually people like barr and sessions are the most enthusiastic defenders of the most controversial steps that the justice department took during the trump administration. the fact that the first response from the former attorney general was to say that he didn't know about this...

In a phone interview, barr said he didn't recall getting briefed on the moves. which is a clever answer, because he certainly might not have been briefed on the moves made before he was ag. but it says nothing, about the moves he, himself, reportedly made. he also told "politico" that during his time as attorney general, he was, quote, not aware of any congressmen's records being sought in a leak case. which again, plays funny tricks with tense. was he not aware, at the time? well, of course. did he become aware, retrospectively? it sounds like splitting hairs but william barr is no dope. what...