House Dems Demand ‘Complete And Unredacted’ Mueller Report By April 2

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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House Democrats sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Monday evening demanding that they receive a “complete and unredacted” provision of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report before April 2.

They said that Congress should be allowed its fair shake at reviewing any “evidence regarding obstruction of justice”  as well as the “full body of facts and evidence” related to Russia’s online election-related disinformation campaigns.

“Your four-page summary of the special counsel’s review is not sufficient for Congress as a coequal branch of government, to perform this critical work,” wrote Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Richard Neal (D-MA) and Eliot Engel (D-NY).

“The release of the full report and the underlying evidence and documents is urgently needed by our committees to perform their duties under the Constitution,” they continued. “Those duties include evaluating underlying facts and determining whether legislative or other reforms are required — both to ensure that the Justice Department is able to carry out investigations without interference or obstruction by the President and to protect our future elections from foreign interference.”

Read the full letter below:

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  1. We need one major Dem to step forward and openly accuse Trump of WANTING Russian help in the next election, similar to the help he received in the last one. How the hell lost in all this drama is the fact the Russians assisted their preferred candidate in 2016 is the real outrage.

  2. Keep pounding the table, complete and unredacted report or it begins to look like Barr thinks he’s a minor king to King Dumb Dumb.

  3. When are the Democrats going to learn how to issue a subpoena?

    They could have the damn report this afternoon.

  4. And how about those Crime Family tax returns?

  5. Avatar for fgs fgs says:

    Republicans have been the party of Russian sympathizers for decades. American rich men can only dream of the power and autonomy those Russian guys have. What good is money when a six-billionaire, football owner can’t even get an extra special massage without being videotaped and arrested?

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