President Trump says he told Republican lawmakers to 'play along' with 420-0 House vote asking DOJ to make full Mueller report public.
Donald Trump claims he told Republican leadership in the House of Representatives to “play along with the game” when it came to a floor vote on the public release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings from the investigation into Russian election interference.
Earlier this week, in a rare bipartisan show of unity, the House voted in support of a resolution to demand that the Department of Justice release the full findings of Mueller’s report to the public. The resolution is technically nonbinding, so the DOJ does not have to abide by the recommendation, but lawmakers expressed full support for the report’s release in a stunning 420-0 vote.
President Donald J. Trump listens during a briefing on drug trafficking at the Southern Border in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Trump tweeted on Saturday morning that he told Republicans to"play along" in a recent House vote to make special counsel Robert Mueller's report available to the public.
It has been speculated that Mueller will be releasing his findings sooner rather than later as the special counsel appears to be tying up loose ends. Just this week, Mueller closed the door with former Trump associates Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn, both of whom were participating with the special counsel's office. In another sign that Mueller may be close to ending his invesigation, two members of his team are leaving.
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