Atty. Gen. William Barr is scheduled to testify Tuesday to Congress as Democrats are aggressively pushing for full access to the final report by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, the Democratic chairman of the House committee, tweeted Monday that he planned to eventually call Mueller to testify. But he said he wanted to read the report first and question Barr about Mueller’s work at a hearing on May 2.
Trump has also criticized Democrats’ pursuit of the report, which includes approving a subpoena that could be used in a court battle to obtain it. At least in the prepared testimony released by the Justice Department on Monday, Barr does not reference the Mueller investigation or his report.The testimony focuses on the Justice Department’s proposed $29.2-billion budget and its efforts to combat violent crime, opioids and immigration violations.
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