House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said on Sunday that Congress could get special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report as early as next week.
“Attorney General Barr said by the middle of April. It could be the end of this week or beginning of next week, but the important thing is not do we get it this week or next week, the important thing is what do we get?” Nadler said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
House Judiciary Chair @RepJerryNadler tells @margbrennan he doesn’t know when Congress will receive the Mueller report. “It could be the end of this week or beginning of next week… the important thing is what do we get.” pic.twitter.com/iClQzJHG7p
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) April 7, 2019
Nadler has demanded to see Mueller’s full report without any reactions. Attorney General William Barr recently revealed the report is around 400 pages long and his office is working to redact classified information before releasing it to Congress this month.
Unsatisfied with Barr’s four-page summary of Mueller’s report that President Trump and his allies claim provided him exoneration, the House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Mueller’s full report.
Adding fuel to their wrath were reports Wednesday evening cited officials saying some of the investigators involved in the 22-month inquiry are worried public perception of the investigation has been improperly shaped by Barr’s initial summary, a four-page memo to Congress in which he said Trump did not collude with Russia. The summary also said Mueller did not find Trump committed obstruction of justice nor did he exonerate the president, but Barr said he concluded there was insufficient evidence to establish a crime.
“Our position is that he should redact none of it. Congress, the Judiciary Committee, in every similar situation in the paths, whether with Nixon or with Clinton or with in other situation, the Judiciary Committee has gotten all the information, all the underlying documents and evidence, and the Judiciary Committee has decided what of that cannot be released to the public.” Nadler said.
Nadler said that he expects a court order will be necessary for the release of grand jury information.
