From The New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is The Daily.

Today, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee,

Attorney General William Barr defended his handling of the Mueller report, saying he did not

misrepresent its findings. My colleague, Nick Fandos, spent the day in the hearing room.

It's Thursday, May 2.

So, the story starts a couple of weeks ago when Bill Barr, after much anticipation,

releases the 448-page Mueller report.

At 11 this morning, I'm going to transmit copies of the public version

to the chairman and ranking members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committee.

Congress is out on recess scattered all over the country and scrambles to figure out what to do next.

But there's one clear expectation, which is whatever happens now. The Justice Department has spoken,

and it's up to Congress to decide whether or not President Trump will face any sort of consequences

for the behavior that was outlined in great detail by Bob Boller.

That is why I have formally requested that the special counsel Mueller

testify before the House Judiciary Committee as soon as possible.

So, immediately we see Democrats who control the House talk about a number of witnesses that they

want to call. They issue a subpoena the next day for the full Mueller report and all the evidence

underlying it. They want the entire unedited report, not the redacted version,

sent to them by Attorney General William Barr. Because they want to start recreating

and scrutinizing the evidence themselves. And they very quickly start to call a number of witnesses.

There was no collusion with Russia. Over at the White House, it's a whole other story.

It was a complete and total exoneration. And they basically say, this is the end of the investigation.

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