The House Judiciary Committee will not issue a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report right away.
Instead, they will look at the redacted version provided by Attorney General William Barr before deciding, Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Tuesday.
“We’ll have to take a look at what we get and make determinations as to … whether we should simply issue the subpoenas or whether what we got is sufficient,” Nadler, D-N.Y., was quoted as saying by Politico.
Democrats have accused Barr of trying to hide damning information about President Trump from Mueller’s Russia investigation under the guise of redactions, which will hide details like grand jury information and sensitive sources and methods.
[Opinion: William Barr better be ready to explain all redactions in Robert Mueller report]
Barr provided a four-page summary of Mueller’s roughly 400-page report to Congress last month which said Mueller did not establish the Trump campaign colluded with Russia. The summary also said Mueller did not find Trump committed obstruction of justice, but Mueller also did not exonerate the president. However, Barr said he concluded there was insufficient evidence to establish a crime.
Barr said he is working with Mueller to release a redacted version of the final report for Congress to read this month, but the Judiciary Committee, ruled by Democrats, voted last week in favor of subpoenaing Barr to turn over the entire Mueller report.
Barr is testifying before a House Appropriations panel Tuesday on the Justice Department budget, but is already facing a grilling by Democrats about Mueller’s investigation.
