MSNBC hosts Brian Williams and Nicole Wallace fact-checked Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report The Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot MORE (R-S.C.) live during his comments at the panel's Wednesday hearing with 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.

During Graham's opening remarks, the network cut to the two anchors seconds after Graham stated that 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 special counsel investigation had found "no collusion" between President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE's campaign and the Russian government in 2016.

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"We're reluctant to do this, we rarely do, but what the chairman of the Judiciary Committee just said, that Mueller found there was no collusion, that is not correct," Williams said as Graham continued talking in a split-screen.

"The report says collusion is not a thing they considered," Williams continued. "It doesn't exist in federal code."

Mueller did not find evidence sufficient to charge Trump or his team with conspiring with Moscow during its 2016 election interference.

"And what's stunning is that Lindsey Graham is offering answers to questions that aren't on the table today," Wallace said. "The question on the table today, after the reporting [from The Washington Post] last night, is why did Barr mischaracterize what was in the Mueller report?"

Senate Judiciary Cmte. Chairman Graham says Special Counsel Mueller found "no collusion, no coordination, no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.”



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Wallace's remarks referred to reporting from the Post Tuesday evening that revealed Mueller had sent a letter to Barr in March accusing him of not correctly characterizing his investigation's findings in the four-page summary Barr submitted to Congress.

Some Democrats, including Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffPelosi, Democrats unveil bills to rein in alleged White House abuses of power Chris Matthews ripped for complimenting Trump's 'true presidential behavior' on Ginsburg Trump casts doubt on Ginsburg statement, wonders if it was written by Schiff, Pelosi or Schumer MORE (Calif.) and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, who is running for president, have argued that Barr should resign over his characterization of Mueller's report.