Amid Attorney General William Barr’s escalating clash with Congress, a POLITICO/Morning Consult poll shows few voters are praising him for how he has handled the release of the Mueller report.
But while many voters disapprove of Barr’s handling of the report, there’s little sign of the kind of widespread antipathy that would lend public support to congressional Democrats who are considering holding the attorney general in contempt for not providing information and testimony to the House Judiciary Committee.
Fewer than 3 in 10 voters, 29 percent, approve of the way Barr has handled the release of the report, the poll shows. But disapproval of Barr is at just 39 percent — with nearly a third of voters, 32 percent, expressing no opinion.
View the complete May 8 article by Steven Shepard on the Politico website here.