MJ: Mueller report summons "premature and useless"

Friday, the Justice Department said the chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House Jerrold NadlerJerrold (Jerry) Lewis Nadler Nadler: We're going to summon the entire Mueller report on Friday. Nadler wants "the boss of everybody", that Stephen Miller testifies before the Congress Giuliani denounces Nadler for "diarrhea of ​​the mouth", "lack of discernment" SUITE'S (D-N.Y.) Decision to issue subpoena to special board Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud Mueller's choice to lead the investigation on RussiaThe full report is "premature and useless".

Kerri Kupec, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Justice, said in an email that the Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham A BarrEx-FBI official: "Links and coordination" with Russia occur daily A legislator of the law on democracy: A report by Mueller indicates a "substantial body of evidence" concerning the obstruction New normality: a president can freely interfere in investigations without going to prison MORE had published Mueller's report with only "minimal essays" and that he had already arranged for Nadler and the other legislators to consider a version with fewer editorials.

"In light of this, the assignment of Congressman Nadler is premature and unnecessary," Kupec said. "The Department will continue to work with Congress to meet its legitimate demands in accordance with the law and long-standing interests of the executive branch."

Nadler issued a subpoena on Friday morning to force the justice department to release Mueller's full report, along with the underlying evidence. He set a deadline of May 1 for the department to comply.

Nadler said in a statement that he "was willing to work with the ministry to find a reasonable accommodation to access these documents," but described Barr's proposal to allow a group of lawmakers to consider the version less expunged from Mueller's report as unacceptable.

"My committee needs the full version of the report and the underlying evidence, consistent with past practice, and has the right to obtain it. The essays seem to be significant. Until now, we have seen no evidence that the special council has developed to plead this case, "said Nadler, adding that it was incumbent on Congress" to determine all the time ". extent of this misconduct "by: President TrumpDonald John TrumpL's American People Shows Trump Trump's People's Support Trump Addresses Libyan Rebel General Attacking Tripoli Legislature Dem: Mueller Report Shows "Substantial Set of Evidence" on Clog exposed in Mueller's voluminous report.

The version of Mueller's report published Thursday by Barr limits sensitive sensitive information, information that may affect ongoing investigations, information about grand jury and information that may infringe the privacy of "peripheral" third parties involved in the investigation and who were not charged. crimes.

In a letter to Nadler and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin Graham A Judicial Chair issues a subpoena for Mueller's full report. The Hill & # 39; s Morning Report – The After-Mueller: What Will House Dems Now? Barr will allow some lawmakers to review the less-amended Mueller report as early as next week. Deputy Attorney General Stephen Boyd said Thursday that the Justice Department would allow the heads of their committees as well as the group of eight legislators to consult the details of the Mueller report that were extracted from the public version. This includes sensitive information on national security and details that may affect ongoing criminal investigations. Boyd stated that grand jury documents, which are subject to federal secrecy rules in the absence of a court order made by a judge, would remain subject to restrictions.

Boyd said the Legislative Affairs Office would operate a secure reading room at the Department of Justice next week to allow these lawmakers to consider the report "in camera" and would give lawmakers the opportunity to Examine the less redacted report in the secure Capitol spaces. Hill the following week, when lawmakers come back from a two-week suspension. They would be prohibited from discussing information that was not disclosed in the public report.

However, the main congressional Democrats rejected this proposal Friday afternoon, calling the conditions unacceptable.

Mueller's 448-page report details his investigation into Russia's interference in the elections and the links between the Trump campaign and Moscow and reveals that the special council has not found enough evidence to accuse the campaigners of conspiracy with the Kremlin. Important parts of the section dealing with Russia's interference are being clarified, especially to avoid impeding criminal cases going on.

The report also discusses Mueller's investigation into the potential impediments to justice imputed to Trump, but fails to reach a definitive conclusion as to whether the President obstructed the investigation. The special council wrote that it lacked "confidence" to rule definitively that Trump was not obstructing justice and that his report did not exonerate the president.

Nadler and other Democrats accused Barr of being improper in handling Mueller's final report, claiming that he had painted a more accurate picture of Mueller's conclusions about the president's conduct than those detailed in the report. . Ultimately, Barr found that Mueller's testimony was insufficient to accuse Trump of obstruction of justice, which he revealed three weeks before making the report public.

The Department of Justice defended the handling of the investigation by Barr, claiming that he had acted in a spirit of transparency in order to release the report as much as possible – which he did not do. is not legally bound to do.