Senior Democratic Rep. says Trump should 'certainly not' get Mueller report before Congress does
With members of Congress and the general public both waiting to see when — and how much — Attorney General William Barr will share of the recently finalized special counsel report, one senior Democrat said Sunday that the Trump White House should not get any advance look at the documents.
Nadler pointed to the so-called"Nixon tapes," secret recordings that President Richard Nixon made in the White House that were subpoenaed by then-Special Counsel Archibald Cox. The White House argued before the Supreme Court that these tapes were shielded by executive privilege, but the court ultimately ruled that this privilege can not be used to cover up wrongdoing.
Beyond those, the congressman contended that there are several examples of collusion"in plain sight." "The Justice Department believes that, as a matter of law, the president — no matter what the evidence — can not be indicted simply because he is the president," he replied. "If that is the case, then they can't hold him accountable, the only institution that can hold a president accountable is Congress, and Congress therefore needs the evidence and the information."
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