'I wonder if Barr pressured the special counsel': Judiciary Committee chairman

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said in a statement Sunday that he believes Attorney General Bill Barr's findings are a "lie."

"Earlier today, I received a four-page letter from Attorney General Barr outlining his summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report while making a few questionable legal arguments of his own," Nadler said. "I take from this letter three points: First, President Trump is wrong. This report does not amount to a so-called total exoneration. Special counsel Mueller was cleared that his report 'does not exonerate,' the president. The special counsel spent 22 months uncovering evidence of obstruction and other misconduct. Attorney General Barr who auditioned for his role with an open memorandum suggesting that the obstruction investigation was unconscionable and that a president -- it was almost impossible for any president to commit obstruction of justice since he's the head of the executive branch -- made a decision about that evidence in under 48 hours."

Nadler said that Barr's conclusions raise more questions than they seem to answer. Mueller's investigation uncovered evidence that he said "does not exonerate the president," which made Nadler question why Barr would say the opposite. He attacked Trump for trying to twist Mueller's findings to his own benefit.

"Second, given these questions, it is imperative that the attorney general release the full report and that the underlying evidence," Nadler continued. "The entire unfiltered report, as well as the evidence underlying that report, must be made available to Congress and to the American people."

He said that he would fight for the full report to be released because it's something the American people are "entitled to" so that they can see a full accounting of the president's misconduct referenced by the special prosecutor.

"Third, the attorney general's comments make it clear that Congress must step in to get the truth and provide full transparency to the American the president has not been exonerated by the special counsel, yet the attorney general has not decided to go further or to share the findings with the public," Nadler said. "We can't rely on what may be a hasty partisan interpretation of the facts."

He recalled the House vote of 420-0 that demanded the report be published to the American people and he intends to fight for it.

When answering questions, Nadler repeated that Barr "auditioned" for his position as attorney general by writing a report on his "extreme view of obstruction of justice in presidential power."

"Given the fact that the special counsel found ample evidence of obstruction so as not to be able to say they're not guilty of obstruction, so he said, we're not exonerating the president, after 22 months for the attorney general reviewing that record in 22 hours is a bit much. I would, in fact, wonder if the attorney general pressured the special counsel into not making that finding so he could make the finding. I'm not aware of any case where an attorney general made the decision on a prosecution or nonprosecution for obstruction of justice."

Watch the full statement below: