Democratic leaders insist on release of full Mueller report
By Felicia Sonmez , Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow Rachael Bade , Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow Karoun Demirjian and Karoun Demirjian Congressional reporter focusing on national security Email Bio Follow Paul Kane Paul Kane Senior congressional correspondent and columnist Email Bio Follow March 24 at 8:07 PM Undeterred by President Trump’s claim of “complete and total exoneration” from a summary...
Mueller on Friday submitted a confidential report to Barr, who reviewed the document and sent congressional leaders a four-page summary of Mueller’s “principal conclusions” late Sunday afternoon. Democrats argued that the summary was insufficient — and a work product from a Republican attorney general appointed by Trump.
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In addition to seeking testimony from Barr, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee discussed pursuing Mueller to appear before Congress, especially if the panel is unsuccessful in obtaining the special counsel’s full report. The committee’s Democrats, scattered around the country, held an emergency conference call Sunday evening to discuss the summary and the next steps, according to a participant who spoke on condition of anonymity to freely describe the conversations.
In an interview with The Washington Post this month, Pelosi spelled out a critical precondition for moving toward impeachment proceedings: support from Republicans so that it would be considered a bipartisan movement against Trump, similar to the last days of Richard Nixon’s presidency in 1974. Sen. Christopher A. Coons , a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, predicted Sunday that “we will have a hard fight ahead over release of the full report and materials” but insisted that Democrats are “justified in seeking a broad view of what materials led to [Mueller’s] conclusion.”
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