Dems Plan To Subpoena Full Mueller Report Day After Redacted Version Released

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 25: U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) speaks to reporters after attending an event in Manhattan on March 25, 2019 in New York City. Nadler said yesterday that his ... NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 25: U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) speaks to reporters after attending an event in Manhattan on March 25, 2019 in New York City. Nadler said yesterday that his committee will call Attorney General William Barr to testify now that special counsel Robert Mueller has completed his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Democrats plan to waste no time subpoenaing the Justice Department for materials redacted from special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report.

The redacted report is expected to come out Thursday morning. By Friday, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee will issue a subpoena for access to the full document, according to the Washington Post.

“Obviously, we will use the subpoena power to the full extent of the law,” Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-MD) told the Post.

The committee has already voted to authorize the subpoena, but Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said he would wait to see what Barr turned over before issuing it.

Barr has stood firm on his plan to redact materials in four broad categories of information: grand jury information, classified intelligence, information damaging to unindicted third parties, and information relevant to ongoing investigations. The attorney general testified last week that he doesn’t think Congress should receive access to the full report, though he was willing to work with top judiciary officials to divulge additional details they request.

Nadler said that his committee is willing to take the request for the full report to court.

“It should be up to a judge—not the President or his political appointee—to decide whether or not it is appropriate for the committee to review the complete record,” the New York Democrat said earlier this month.

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  1. Avatar for msm msm says:

    Shorter message… we’re not fooling around.

  2. There’s a palpable momentum building against the forces of greed and power that must be encouraged.

    ETA key quotes speaking directly to leaders of Facebook and Google, and their employees:

    “This is not democracy. Spreading lies in darkness, paid for by illegal cash.”

    “Is this how you want history to remember you? As the handmaidens to authoritarianism?”

  3. Better ask Bob Mueller for his copy, the one that Barr has is probably missing a few pages.

    Russia if you are listening, please let us have the full Mueller report, and Trump’s tax returns and Trump Org’s financial statements too.

  4. A subpoena is necessary for the House to properly conduct oversight. It knows Trump hatchetman Barr will redact the Mueller report in such a way to cover up multiple crimes.

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