Attorney General William Barr, in an interview airing Friday, said he believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's claims that he lied under oath are "laughable," and that there was nothing inaccurate about how he'd testified.

"I think it's a laughable charge and I think it's largely being made to try to discredit me partly because they may be concerned about the outcome of a review of what happened during the election," Barr told Fox News' Bill Hemmer in an exclusive interview. "Obviously you can look at the face of my testimony and see on its face there is nothing inaccurate about it."

He admitted that he thought he would become a target for Democrats when he became attorney general, and he thinks that a charge of contempt that has already been passed by the House Judiciary Committee is "part of the usual political circus" in Washington.

However, Barr said he does not feel threatened by Democrats.

Rep. Ro Khanna D-Calif., also appearing on "America's Newsroom" urged viewers to "look at the facts" and then decide if Barr's claims that Democrats want to discredit him are correct.

"On March 27 Bob Mueller sent a letter to the attorney general saying that he had issued a summary that was out of context, that didn't capture the full context of the report," said Khanna. "One week later he was before the House and Senate and he was asked did Bob Mueller or anyone on his team have any concerns about your summaries? He said no. Not to my awareness. My view is that he is lying. That's our concern."

Khanna said he also thinks the issues can be answered if Mueller comes to Congress and testifies so Congress can move on to other business, such as infrastructure.