House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler (D-NY) chairs a House Judiciary Committee hearing on "the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election", that U.S. Attorney General Barr had been scheduled to appear at, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Reuters: House Judiciary chief sets Monday deadline for full Mueller report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler gave Attorney General William Barr until Monday morning to give lawmakers access to the full, unredacted version of U.S. Special Counsel Robert’ Mueller report on his Russia probe.
Nadler informed Barr of the 9 a.m. (1300 GMT) Monday deadline in a letter on Friday after the attorney general failed to show up at a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday.
“In refusing to comply with congressional oversight requests, the department has repeatedly asserted that Congress’s requests do not serve ‘legitimate’ purposes,” Nadler said in the letter.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler wants access to the grand jury files. Not going to happen. Even I know that it is against the law to release grand jury testimony. And as for accessing the rest of the Mueller report, law-makers can go now and read it (but only two have) .... Just 2 lawmakers have seen less-redacted Mueller report (Politico). So what is next? Congress wants former Special Counsel Mueller to show up, and hope that he can give them something to continue the process of indictment/impeachment. They are also hoping to question former White House counsel Don McGahn,. I think in both cases the Democrats are going to be disappointed.
