” I will not let myself be pushed to make something that I think is wrong, by anyone, regardless of whether it is the newsrooms or the congress or the president. I will do what I think is right, ” he said.

William Barr also said that he does not think that there is an ongoing witch-hunt on Donald Trump, and that he sees it as inconceivable that the special prosecutor Robert Mueller is doing something that justifies closing the inquiry.

Robert mueller’s investigating possible Russian influence on the election campaign in 2016 and, possibly, the relations between Trumpkampanjen and Moscow. The disputed the investigation is formally under the ministry of justice.

Barr is expected to be elected to the post in the senate where the Trumps party the Republicans have the majority.