DOJ Spokesperson Accuses NBC’s Chuck Todd of Deceptively Editing Barr’s Comments on Michael Flynn’s Case

A spokesperson for the Justice Department is accusing NBC News of deceptively editing an interview with Attorney General William Barr.

In a tweet on Sunday afternoon, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec blasted NBC News’ Chuck Todd for a segment he aired on the government’s decision to drop its prosecution of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.

“Very disappointed by the deceptive editing/commentary by on on AG Barr’s CBS interview,” Kupec said in a tweet.

She continued, “Compare the two transcripts below. Not only did the AG make the case in the VERY answer, Chuck says he didn’t, he also did so multiple times throughout the interview.”

During a segment on “Meet The Press,” Todd played a clip of an interview Barr did with CBS News on Thursday where he was asked how he thought history would view the decision to drop the prosecution of Flynn.

However, the video Todd played only contained part of Barr’s answer. “Well, history is written by the winner. So it largely depends on who’s writing the history,” Barr is seen saying in the clip.

“I was struck, Peggy, by the cynicism of the answer. It’s a correct answer, but he’s the attorney general. He didn’t make the case that he was upholding the rule of law,” Todd said, adding, “He was almost admitting that, yeah, this is a political job.”

Watch the video below:

In the full transcript of the CBS News interview