House Democratic leaders face a delicate balancing act now that the Mueller report is public.
"Democratic leadership has to find a way to acknowledge the potentially explosive wrongdoing by the president in the Mueller report and at the same time be able to focus on a larger Democratic agenda," one Democratic lawmaker said Thursday.
Democratic committee leaders roared ahead Thursday with new subpoena threats related to Mueller's report, while Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader issued a pair of statements that focused almost exclusively on Attorney General , though they also called for Mueller to testify.
"Special Counsel Mueller's report paints a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving a web of deceit, lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn't apply to him. But if you hadn't read the report and listened only to Mr. Barr, you wouldn't have known any of that because Mr. Barr has been so misleading."
Rep. on Friday made clear what one of those next steps is: The House Judiciary Committee chairman issued a subpoena to compel the Department of Justice to turn over an unredacted version of the Mueller report and the underlying evidence.
"Even in its incomplete form the Mueller report outlines disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice and other misconduct," Nadler said.
Democrats also allege Barr misled the public about the core conclusions of the Mueller report when he provided Congress with a four-page summary late last month.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/439649-mueller-report-poses-new-test-for-dems
"Democratic leadership has to find a way to acknowledge the potentially explosive wrongdoing by the president in the Mueller report and at the same time be able to focus on a larger Democratic agenda," one Democratic lawmaker said Thursday.
Democratic committee leaders roared ahead Thursday with new subpoena threats related to Mueller's report, while Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader issued a pair of statements that focused almost exclusively on Attorney General , though they also called for Mueller to testify.
"Special Counsel Mueller's report paints a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving a web of deceit, lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn't apply to him. But if you hadn't read the report and listened only to Mr. Barr, you wouldn't have known any of that because Mr. Barr has been so misleading."
Rep. on Friday made clear what one of those next steps is: The House Judiciary Committee chairman issued a subpoena to compel the Department of Justice to turn over an unredacted version of the Mueller report and the underlying evidence.
"Even in its incomplete form the Mueller report outlines disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged in obstruction of justice and other misconduct," Nadler said.
Democrats also allege Barr misled the public about the core conclusions of the Mueller report when he provided Congress with a four-page summary late last month.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/439649-mueller-report-poses-new-test-for-dems
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