The House Judiciary Committee is moving ahead with a Thursday hearing to question Attorney General William Barr about the Mueller report, even if Barr doesn’t show
A key House committee with the power to impeach President Donald Trump is moving ahead with a Thursday hearing to question Attorney General William Barr about the Mueller report, even if the attorney general doesn’t show.to hold a Wednesday morning vote that would authorize the panel’s Democratic and GOP counsels to split an hour of additional questioning about the special counsel’s findings on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
DOJ spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Barr was the one who volunteered to testify before Congress about the Mueller report. “Therefore, members of Congress should be the ones doing the questioning,” she said. “He remains happy to engage with members on their questions regarding the Mueller report.”EmailBy signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Mueller’s redacted findings released earlier this month included reams of evidence about the president’s efforts to thwart or end the Mueller investigation, even as the special counsel also concluded there was no finding of a criminal conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government to influence the 2016 election.
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