Steny Hoyer Says Dems Should Subpoena Mueller For Testimony

WASHINGTON, DC - January 30:  House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) leaves  the House of Representatives Chamber after President Donald Trump's first State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - January 30: House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) leaves the House of Representatives Chamber after President Donald Trump's first State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress on ... WASHINGTON, DC - January 30: House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) leaves the House of Representatives Chamber after President Donald Trump's first State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said on Tuesday that Democrats should issue a subpoena to special counsel Robert Mueller if he refuses to testify on his Russia probe to the House.

“The Judiciary Committee, I know, is talking to Mr. Mueller and hopefully they’ll reach an agreement,” Hoyer told reporters during a weekly press briefing, according to The Hill. “But he may want a subpoena, in which case I think we ought to issue a subpoena.”

And if Mueller just doesn’t want to testify?

“I think we ought to issue a subpoena anyway, personally,” Hoyer said.

The House majority leader said that questioning is “an important fact-finding pursuit.”

While Mueller hasn’t explicitly refused to testify in front of Congress, he did state last week that any testimony that he’d give wouldn’t provide any additional information on his investigation than what he already detailed in his report.

Democrats were dissatisfied by Mueller’s reserved comments, and House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) said on Sunday that he’d recommend a subpoena if the special counsel wouldn’t come forward to Congress voluntarily.

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  1. Long past due
    We thought he would stand up for democracy
    He Didn’t
    No balls at all
    No left one no right one not even a slight one

  2. “While Mueller hasn’t explicitly refused to testify in front of Congress, he did state last week that any testimony that he’d give wouldn’t provide any additional information on his investigation than what he already detailed in his report.”

    And that alone – on primetime television – will be invaluable to moving public opinion in post-literate America.

  3. That might be what he’s waiting for?

  4. King Trump will just decree he isn’t showing up. He already has Pelosi and Nadler in chains in The Tower. The castle moat is loaded with barrgators. Unleash the kraken on all these surly, ungrateful knaves!!!

  5. Post Literate indeed
    Maybe we can commission a graphic novel interpretation , or have it acted out like Game of thrones
    It’s at least as complicated

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