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House Democrats gear up for fight over Mueller report
Congressional Democrats are setting the stage to demand transparency from Trump administration officials even before special counsel Robert Mueller wraps up his report on possible Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
In two letters sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ), top Democrats in the House of Representatives said the public has the right to know Mueller’s findings and get honest answers from DOJ officials.
On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) criticized former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s use of executive privilege during a February 7 hearing in which Whitaker refused to answer questions about his conversations with the White House.
In a separate joint letter sent Friday, six House committee chairs told Attorney General William Barr they expect him to make Mueller’s highly anticipated final report public.
“We write to you to express, in the strongest possible terms, our expectation that the Department of Justice will release to the public the report Special Counsel Mueller submits to you — without delay and to the maximum extent permitted by law,” the letter states.
In two letters sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ), top Democrats in the House of Representatives said the public has the right to know Mueller’s findings and get honest answers from DOJ officials.
On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) criticized former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s use of executive privilege during a February 7 hearing in which Whitaker refused to answer questions about his conversations with the White House.
In a separate joint letter sent Friday, six House committee chairs told Attorney General William Barr they expect him to make Mueller’s highly anticipated final report public.
“We write to you to express, in the strongest possible terms, our expectation that the Department of Justice will release to the public the report Special Counsel Mueller submits to you — without delay and to the maximum extent permitted by law,” the letter states.
[link:https://thinkprogress.org/house-democrats-gear-up-for-fight-over-mueller-report-b912e9ccd273/|
Trump has really got to be sweating at this point. Maybe his word salad yesterday was the starting point of his insanity defence
