Good morning. Welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing for Wednesday, May 1st. I'm Blake Hounshell filling in for Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman.

Stay tuned after the show for a message from the American Beverage Association.

All right, let's turn to today's news. The big story we're tracking as Attorney General Bill Barr in his highly anticipated hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Last night came some bombshell news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had sent him a previously undisclosed letter

disputing Barr's summary of his work. Mar's letter to Barr, sent in late March, complained that the

Attorney General's four-page memo describing the principal conclusions of his

investigation into President Trump did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of the

special counsel's work. Here's what Mueller said to Barr. There is now public confusion about

critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central

purpose for which the department appointed the special counsel,

to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.

Hill Democrats are blasting Barr, accusing him of misleading the public and demanding the release of Mueller's letter.

They're also insisting the special counsel testify before Congress,

but they say the Justice

Department is slow walking their attempts to lock in a hearing date. DoJ, for its part, says this is all

much ado about nothing. According to department spokesperson, Carrie Koupeck, the special counsel

emphasized that nothing in the Attorney General's March 24th letter was inaccurate or misleading.

So, Koupeck says, the Attorney General and the 24th letter was inaccurate or misleading. So, Koubeck says,

the Attorney General and the Special Counsel agreed to get the full report out with necessary redactions as expeditiously as possible. And then, she notes, Barr did agree to testify

before Congress today and tomorrow. My colleagues have a lot more on this at Politico.com.

Moving on, if you're listening to this podcast, you probably know that President Trump, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer

met yesterday in the White House to discuss a possible infrastructure spending package.

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