CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on Wednesday described 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 letter to Attorney General William Barr Bill BarrHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Hillicon Valley: DOJ proposes tech liability shield reform to Congress | Treasury sanctions individuals, groups tied to Russian malign influence activities | House Republican introduces bill to set standards for self-driving cars McCarthy threatens motion to oust Pelosi if she moves forward with impeachment MORE as "scathing" and "outraged" after the former special counsel complained that Barr's four-page summary “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of his final report.

Barr on Wednesday testified for more than four hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding his handling of the Mueller report after it was submitted to him in March.

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Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released the letter Mueller sent to Barr in which the special counsel expressed frustration with Barr's summary of the Russia investigation.

“That is a scathing, outraged letter,” Toobin said of the Mueller letter. “Accusing the attorney general of completely distorting and lying to the public about what Mueller spent two years on.”

“I mean, that is not a polite letter among old friends. That is an accusation of political interference in Mueller’s work,” he continued. “That is not a routine letter in any sense of the word.”

Toobin went on to say Mueller was claiming that “the fix was in.”

"Let’s be clear about what Mueller is saying," Toobin concluded. "That the fix was in and he is saying that Barr deliberately distorted his conclusions for the political gain of the president. That’s what that letter says in plain English.”

Mueller’s letter that was leaked to The Washington Post on Tuesday night also spoke of "public confusion about critical aspects" of results of the investigation.

“The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusions," the Mueller letter reads.

“There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation,” the letter continued. “This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations.”

Democrats on Wednesday slammed Barr during the marathon hearing.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said that Barr, who also served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, seemed to be the "designated fall guy" for the report.

During the four-hour long hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democrats seized on the explosive revelation that special counsel Mueller had criticized Barr’s summary in writing. Some suggested Barr was no longer fit to serve as attorney general.

“I think history will judge you harshly, and maybe a bit unfairly,” Blumenthal (D-Conn.) told Barr.

“You seem to be the designated fall guy for this report, and I think that conclusion is inescapable in light of the four-page summary, and then the press conference you did on the day [the report] was released.”

Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Trump argues full Supreme Court needed to settle potential election disputes Press: Notorious RBG vs Notorious GOP MORE (R-Texas) defended Barr, saying the attorney general was being unfairly treated while bringing up the explosive confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Brett Michael KavanaughHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Poll: 59 percent think president elected in November should name next Supreme Court justice Feinstein 'surprised and taken aback' by suggestion she's not up for Supreme Court fight MORE, who had been accused of sexual misconduct. Kavanaugh staunchly denied the claims and was ultimately confirmed in Oct. 2018.

“You stepped forward and answered the call yet again, knowing full well that you would be subject to the slanderish treatment — the Kavanaugh treatment — that we have seen, of senators impugning your integrity,” Cruz said.