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LIVE on @MSNBC: AG Barr testifies before Senate for first time since release of redacted Mueller report.

Democrats are expected to question AG Barr over reports that Mueller told him his initial four-page description of the Special Counsel's conclusions caused public confusion. nbcnews.to/2J8u1fa

Senate Judiciary Cmte. Chairman Graham says Special Counsel Mueller found "no collusion, no coordination, no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.”

Watch @NicolleDWallace and Brian Williams fact check this claim: on.msnbc.com/2V7Xgpz

@NicolleDWallace LIVE on @MSNBC: AG Barr testifies before Senate on redacted Mueller report.

WATCH: AG Barr discusses the letter that Special Counsel Mueller sent about concerns on Barr’s principal conclusion on the Russia investigation, and the process behind Barr’s summary.

Watch AG Barr’s full opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Cmte.: on.msnbc.com/2UOVwNf

AG Barr argues that there is a difference on obstruction between the president saying "go fire Mueller" vs. "have him removed based on conflict."

AG Barr tells the Senate that the Justice Dept. has "multiple criminal leak investigations underway."

WATCH: "He's lying about" what the Mueller report says, @NicolleDWallace says while live fact checking AG Barr's testimony on @MSNBC.

@NicolleDWallace AG Barr says he did not use the term "spying" as a pejorative term in relation to the special counsel investigation, and defends his usage by comparing use of the term in press coverage.

Sen. Whitehouse notes it is not commonly used by the DOJ. Barr retorts that it his by him.

@NicolleDWallace "If the president wanted to talk to Bob Mueller, he could have," Chuck Rosenberg notes on the questioning of AG Barr on the issue of whether the president fully cooperated with the special counsel's investigation.

@NicolleDWallace Sen. Warren: "AG Barr is a disgrace, and his alarming efforts to suppress the Mueller report show that he's not a credible head of federal law enforcement. He should resign."

WATCH: Sen. Whitehouse presses AG Barr on Justice Dept. guidance on potentially indicting a sitting president, agreeing that the OLC opinion could be tested in court and could be overruled by the judicial branch.

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WATCH: Sen. Blumenthal questions AG Barr about the status of several other ongoing investigations from the special counsel's investigation, and whether Barr has discussed the cases with the White House.

BREAKING: AG Barr to Congress: “No, I did not exonerate” President Trump. “I said that we did not believe that there was sufficient evidence to establish an obstruction offense;” says Americans can decide for themselves. nbcnews.to/2GZ8K6t

Sen. Mazie Hirono to AG Barr: "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 reputation for the grifter and liar who sits in the Oval Office."

WATCH: Sen. Harris's full questioning of AG Barr during today's congressional hearing. on.msnbc.com/2J7Ncpn

Sen. Harris: “You made the decision not to charge the president ... you said it was ‘your baby,’ what did you mean by that?”

AG Barr: “It was ‘my baby’ to decide whether or not to disclose it to the public.” on.msnbc.com/2J7Ncpn

Sen. Harris asks AG Barr whether anyone at the White House asked or suggested that he open an investigation into anyone.

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AG Barr: “I’m trying to grapple with the word ‘suggest.’” on.msnbc.com/2J7Ncpn

WATCH: Sen. Blumenthal questions AG Barr about Mueller's letter "rebuking" Barr; Barr responds by questioning if Mueller was a career prosecutor, and calls the letter "a bit snitty," and suggests that perhaps a member of Mueller's team actually wrote it.