"What am I, a tape recorder?"

BARR declines to say if he had anything that was NOT substantive with the WH about ongoing criminal investigations in SDNY. First says nothing substantive. Blumenthal then asks if there were "non substantive" comments. Barr cannot recall

— Alana Abramson (@aabramson) May 1, 2019

The favorite redoubt of the liar:  "I don't recall."

NOTABLE: Barr dodges questions from @SenBlumenthal about whether he's been in communication with the White House about ongoing criminal investigations pertaining to Trump and his business pic.twitter.com/Si5jK3ZYHY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 1, 2019

He's actually very good at answering the questions he wants to answer:

Not only does Barr hesitate, but watch closely what Barr ends up narrowly saying: Barr says only that presidential campaigns offered dirt from a "foreign intelligence service" should report to the FBI. He seemed to wait and dodge to avoid saying "foreign government." NUTS. https://t.co/TpWxxGonXV

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) May 1, 2019