The committee vote escalated congressional pressure on Attorney General William Barr to hand over all that Mueller documented during his 22-month probe, including grand jury evidence
Issuing subpoenas would open a new legal front against the Trump administration by Democrats who won control of the House in last year’s congressional elections.
“If the department still refuses, then it should be up to a judge – not the president or his political appointee – to decide whether it is appropriate for the committee to review the complete record,” Nadler said.“I will give him time to change his mind. But if we cannot reach an accommodation, then we will have no choice but to issue subpoenas,” the New York Democrat said.
The president wrote on Twitter, “There is no amount of testimony or document production that can satisfy Jerry Nadler or Shifty Adam Schiff. It is now time to focus exclusively on properly running our great Country!”Republicans contend that Barr is being transparent under Justice Department regulations adopted after former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s, which allow the attorney general wide latitude in what he releases from special counsel inquiries.
The committee met to consider the subpoena resolution after Nadler and five other Democratic House oversight committee chairs wrote to Barr, giving him one last chance to produce an unredacted Mueller report.
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