House Judiciary chairman Jerry Nadler Jerrold (Jerry) Lewis NadlerSchumer: 'Nothing is off the table' if GOP moves forward with Ginsburg replacement Top Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence House passes bill to protect pregnant workers MORE (D-N.Y.) on Sunday dismissed Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrProsecutor says no charges in Michigan toilet voting display Judge rules Snowden to give up millions from book, speeches The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Washington on edge amid SCOTUS vacancy MORE's summary of the special counsel investigation into President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE, calling him a "biased defender of the administration."

"Remember, he is a biased person," Nadler said on CBS's "Face The Nation."

"He is someone who is an agent of the administration. He is a political appointee of the president, whose interests he may very well be protecting here."

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Nadler later added that he dismissed what Barr said in his four-page summary of special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE's investigation into Russian interference and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.

He justified his stance by saying that Barr is "a biased defender of the administration."

"He's entitled to be a defender of the administration, but he's not entitled to withhold the evidence from Congress," said Nadler, who has repeatedly called for the public release of Mueller's report and the underlying evidence for his conclusions.

The comments from Nadler came just weeks after Mueller concluded his nearly two year-long investigation. Barr said in a summary that the special counsel did not uncover evidence to conclude that a conspiracy took place between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Mueller did not make a definitive stance on obstruction of justice allegations. But Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided Mueller did not provide sufficient evidence of obstruction of justice to pursue it. The summary says that Mueller does not exonerate Trump on the issue.

Barr has said that he expects to release Mueller's report on the investigation by mid-April. Nadler said on CBS that the attorney general should not redact any of the material before sending it to the House Judiciary Committee.