“We look forward to receiving the report in full no later than April 2, and to begin receiving the underlying evidence and documents that same day,” the letter said.
The top House Democrats argued that providing the report “in complete and unredacted form,” along with the underlying evidence and materials, would be fully consistent with the Department of Justice’s practice and precedent with Congress.
“To the extent that you believe applicable law limits your ability to comply, we urge you to begin the process of consultation with us immediately in order to establish shared parameters for resolving those issues without delay,” they wrote.
The letter was signed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Md., House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.
“All I’m interested in is for them to release the full report, the full Mueller report,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters Monday night at the Capitol.
Their request comes a day after Barr submitted to Congress and made public his four-page summary of Mueller’s report, which said the special counsel did not find proof of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election and provided no opinion on whether the president had obstructed justice, instead leaving that to Barr, who said there was not sufficient evidence to move forward.
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