Senate Majority Leader blocked a resolution that called for special counsel 's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election to be publicly released for the second time this week.
ADVERTISEMENT.But McConnell objected to her request to pass the non-binding resolution, noting that Attorney General is currently working with Mueller to determine what in the report should or should not be released.
It's the third time Democrats have tried to pass the House resolution, which argues there is "Overwhelming public interest" in the government releasing the contents of the high-profile report.
It's also the second time that McConnell has blocked the resolution from passing.
Senate Minority Leader tried to pass the resolution on Monday but McConnell blocked him.
Graham blocked the resolution from passing after Schumer refused to amend it to include a provision calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate alleged department misconduct in the handling of the investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential nominee 's email use and the Carter Page Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications.
Sen. defended him on Monday saying the Mueller resolution was the "An unnecessary solution looking for a problem." "My plan is to object to the release of the Mueller report and/or all of the Mueller information until they also release the complete information from the White House, DOJ, FBI, on why they chose to credit the dossier," he said in a tweet.
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/436006-mcconnell-blocks-resolution-calling-for-release-of-mueller-report
ADVERTISEMENT.But McConnell objected to her request to pass the non-binding resolution, noting that Attorney General is currently working with Mueller to determine what in the report should or should not be released.
It's the third time Democrats have tried to pass the House resolution, which argues there is "Overwhelming public interest" in the government releasing the contents of the high-profile report.
It's also the second time that McConnell has blocked the resolution from passing.
Senate Minority Leader tried to pass the resolution on Monday but McConnell blocked him.
Graham blocked the resolution from passing after Schumer refused to amend it to include a provision calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate alleged department misconduct in the handling of the investigation into 2016 Democratic presidential nominee 's email use and the Carter Page Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act applications.
Sen. defended him on Monday saying the Mueller resolution was the "An unnecessary solution looking for a problem." "My plan is to object to the release of the Mueller report and/or all of the Mueller information until they also release the complete information from the White House, DOJ, FBI, on why they chose to credit the dossier," he said in a tweet.
https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/436006-mcconnell-blocks-resolution-calling-for-release-of-mueller-report
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