So will the rogue Attorney General appear at the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday?

https://www.justsecurity.org/71634/four-topics-the-judiciary-committee-must-focus-on-in-barr-hearing/
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On July 28, U.S. Attorney General William Barr is expected to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee. If he follows through on his agreement to appear before Congress – an open question, since he’s blown off previous planned appearances to testify – it can’t just be a rehashing of Barr’s greatest hits of his most egregious actions nor should it get mired in the weeds. The committee should clearly lay out the extent to which he has used his position of power to help President Donald Trump in a manner that defiles the office of attorney general. If the hearing were to go well – a rigorous exposition of the truth – it could even be the swan song that should, in a normal world, force his resignation. The hearing, if successful, could also inform the public of Barr’s lack of legitimacy and credibility in serving the American public. That’s especially important as President Trump increasingly reaches for emergency powers, aided and abetted by the office of attorney general, to try to ward off an election defeat.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) recently called Barr Trump’s “fixer.” (If you look up the term on Wikipedia, Barr even shows up under a list of “notable fixers.”) He works to hide evidence of Trump’s damage to the U.S. Constitution and democracy itself, using his position as the nation’s top law enforcement official to shield the president from justice.

To avoid getting lost in the weeds, it’s important to outline the broad themes that lawmakers should pursue, and that commentators should also consider to frame the concerns. The committee would be well-advised to focus on four topics when questioning the attorney general.

First, the committee should show how Barr has repeatedly been willing to lie and corrupt the Department of Justice (DOJ) for political purposes to aid and abet the president. Instead of releasing the full report Special Counsel Robert Mueller prepared on Trump’s Russia dealings, he wrote his own summary that whitewashed the investigation. Then, Barr lied to Congress when he told lawmakers that he was unaware that Mueller was unhappy with his characterization of the report. Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said Barr displayed a “lack of candor” in the rollout of the report and that he worked to tilt the findings “in favor of President Trump,” and presenting a “distorted” and “misleading” account. To underscore the significance of Judge Walton’s findings: Barr’s summary of the Mueller Report was not simply a lie told to the media or public. It was a statement Barr submitted to Congress.