Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined calls for the release 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 full report, saying on Tuesday that he did not trust 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 findings.

“The issue here is not just whether there was complicity [in Russia's election interference] that rose to a criminal level,” Blumenthal said on CNN’s “New Day.” “It’s about obstruction of justice, no exoneration there, and the judgment by William Barr may have been completely improper.”

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Asked if he trusted Barr to say something publicly about Mueller's report, Blumenthal responded that he trusted the attorney general to comment on his own four-page summary, but said he believed Barr should come forward to testify publicly on the report's findings.

"I do not deeply respect and trust the Barr summary, which was designed to frame the message before the information was available. And he succeeded in creating headlines," he said.

Democratic @SenBlumenthal calls for the release of the full Mueller report and says Mueller should come before Congress.



“I do not deeply respect and trust the Barr summary, which was designed to frame the message,” he says. https://t.co/hxfVnPBxcR pic.twitter.com/ulzWwW0BuU — New Day (@NewDay) March 26, 2019

Blumenthal said a 2016 meeting involving Trump campaign officials and Russian nationals was itself evidence of collusion and noted that Barr, before his confirmation, had expressed his view that a sitting president cannot commit obstruction of justice.

"He indicated at the outset that he felt the president of the United States could never commit the crime of obstruction of justice. He was asked to recuse himself in light of that memo and the fact that he was a Trump appointee," the Democrat said.

Blumenthal's remarks came amid multiple calls from his Democratic colleagues asking for Mueller's report to be made public.

Rep. David Cicilline David Nicola CicillineClark rolls out endorsements in assistant Speaker race Races heat up for House leadership posts The folly of Cicilline's 'Glass-Steagall for Tech' MORE (D-R.I.) said Monday it was “impossible” to “write [Russian collusion] off completely” before reading Mueller’s full report.

A summary released Sunday by Barr said Mueller’s investigation found no evidence of coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign.