House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings Elijah Eugene CummingsBlack GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview Overnight Health Care: US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative | Federal panel lays out initial priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | NIH panel: 'Insufficient data' to show treatment touted by Trump works House Oversight Democrats to subpoena AbbVie in drug pricing probe MORE (D-Md.) on Sunday accused 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 of acting as a "defense counsel" for 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 rather than as U.S. attorney general.

“Mr. Barr is acting as the defense counsel for the president of the United States, when really, he's supposed to be our lawyer — the people's lawyer," Cummings said on CBS's "Face The Nation."

"I am appealing to Mr. Barr to please do the job you’re supposed to do … he bent over backwards to give this president the benefit of the doubt, he even expressed empathy with the fact that the president when he came was under pressure, well all presidents are under pressure,” he continued.

.@RepCummings says AG Barr "is acting as the defense counsel for the president of the United States, when really, he's supposed to be our lawyer-- the people's lawyer." pic.twitter.com/kji5kI8lxP — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) April 21, 2019

Cummings's remarks came after the Department of Justice on Thursday released a redacted version 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 long-anticipated report to the public.

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The report laid out the findings of Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice by Trump.

Barr, prior to the release of the redacted report, sent a letter to Congress detailing the Justice Department's top-level conclusions of Mueller's 22-month investigation.

In his four-page summary of the more than 400-page report, Barr wrote that the special counsel did not conclude there was coordination between Trump's campaign and Russia. Barr also stated in his letter that the special counsel's team did not reach a conclusion on obstruction of justice, adding that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE decided not to pursue obstruction charges.

Barr was widely panned by congressional Democrats for giving a press conference before the report's public release on Thursday.

A group of House Democrats, including Cummings, had called for Barr to cancel the "inappropriate" conference, slamming it as a way to spin the findings of Mueller's investigation before the public had seen the full report.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Thursday accused Barr of acting as a "counselor for the president," following Barr's press conference and the report's release.

"The attorney general seemed almost to be acting as the counselor for the defense, the counselor for the president, rather than the attorney general, talking about his motives, his emotions," he said.

Senator 2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisHarris faces pivotal moment with Supreme Court battle Nearly 40 Democratic senators call for climate change questions in debates Joe Biden has long forgotten North Carolina: Today's visit is too late MORE (D-Calif.) similarly said Barr was "more like Trump’s defense attorney than the nation’s Attorney General," citing Barr's press conference prior to the report's being made public.