House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., vowed to take the fight over getting special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report released to the public all the way to the Supreme Court.
In an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, Nadler said House Democrats are poised to issue subpoenas and would “absolutely” take the matter to the high court if necessary.
“We’ll try to negotiate. We’ll try everything else first, but if we have to, yes, we will certainly issue subpoenas to get that information,” Nadler said.
When asked how long he would give the Justice Department to turn over the full report, Nadler said “it won’t be months.”
Nadler said he is inclined to accept at face value Attorney General William Barr’s characterization of the report, which is expected to be given to Congress in the form of a summary as early as Sunday. However, Nadler said the summary isn’t nearly as important as getting the full report out because different people can interpret findings and data differently.
“We’re likely to see what Barr characterizes as the main conclusions of the Mueller report. And we’ll accept them, but subject to seeing all the underlying data,” Nadler said. “We have to make judgments. The American people have to make judgments as to how founded those conclusions are or Barr’s summary of the conclusions are.”
“And that’s one reason we have to see the entire report and the evidence underlying it,” he added.
Mueller’s report was delivered to the Justice Department Friday, concluding a years-long investigation that delved into many areas and ended in criminal charges for a number of President Trump’s affiliates as well as indictments for Russian nationals and intelligence officers.
