Some Japanese Senator from Hawaii accused Barr of lying; Senator claims Barr lied asks him to resign

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono blasted Attorney General William Barr as a liar and called on him to step down during Barr’s Capitol Hill grilling over his handling of the Mueller report rollout Wednesday.

“You lied to Congress,” the Democratic lawmaker thundered to Barr, referring to his April testimony that he was unaware that special counsel Robert Mueller was troubled by the handling of the probe’s release, a claim contradicted by an earlier letter from Mueller to Barr released Tuesday. “You told Sen. Chris Van Hollen you didn’t know if Robert Mueller supported your conclusions, but you knew you lied and now we know.”

Hirono said Barr had tarnished his reputation by getting out ahead of the report’s official release, publicly stating that Mueller’s finding let President Trump off the hook on claims of collusion and obstruction of justice — though the report simply stopped short of recommending charges.

“Now the American people know that you are no different from Rudy Giuliani, or Kellyanne Conway, or any of the other people who sacrificed their once-decent reputations for the grifter and liar who sits in the Oval Office,” Hirono said during the Senate Judiciary Committee quizzing.

“Now we know more about your deep involvement and trying to cover up for Donald Trump,” she added. “Being attorney general of the United States is a sacred trust. You have betrayed that trust, [and] America deserves better.

“You should resign.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the committee’s chair, finally stepped in to stop the tirade.

“You slandered this man from top to bottom,” said Graham, cutting off Hirono.