Republican top calls Nadler to Mueller testify

The highest Republican of the Judiciary Committee of the House urges the Democratic Chairman of the Committee to have special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud Mueller's choice to lead the investigation on Russia testify about his findings of the 22-month investigation into Russian interference.

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"If you are looking for both transparency and the American public knows all the contours of the Special Advisor's investigation, the public testimony of Special Advisor Mueller himself is undoubtedly the best way to reach this goal, "Collins wrote to Nadler.

"To this end, special advocate Mueller should be invited to testify before the Committee during the week of April 22. We expect that the House will be suspended this week, but I think we can agree that this issue is Too important for us to wait, the Committee will surely come back to Washington at such a crucial time in the history of our country, "continued Collins.

The GOP legislator's letter came after the Democrats on the panel voted last week, alongside the parties, to authorize a subpoena for Mueller's investigation report as well as for the underlying evidence used in the case. l & # 39; investigation.

Although Nadler said that he would give Barr The time to hand over the unredacted final report to Congress before issuing the subpoena, he did not provide a timetable for it. Nadler also told reporters last week that he wanted Mueller to testify, but he said he wanted to see the report in full before making such decisions.

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Barr's involvement has become a sore point among Democrats who say they must see the full report, because the Attorney General, appointed by Trump, might have sought to protect the President with such an interpretation . In recent weeks, Democrats have increasingly questioned Barr's ability to be a neutral adjudicator in the investigation, while using his involvement to fuel their arguments for access. to the full report.

"The Constitution blames Congress for holding the president accountable for his alleged fault," Nadler said at the start of a meeting held last week before lawmakers approved the subpoena. "This work requires that we evaluate the evidence for ourselves – not the Attorney General's summary, not a substantially redacted synopsis, but the full report and the underlying evidence."

Republicans say Nadler should focus his attention on Mueller, not on Barr, who has not been involved in the vast 22-month investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

"Attorney General Barr has never been part of this investigation and has merely reviewed the final report of the special council and has so far transmitted to Congress the main conclusions of it. to testify about his decision to provide the committee with the key findings, it is the special advocate Mueller who is best placed to testify about the underlying facts and documents that interest you so much, "continued Collins.

In his report, Mueller also found that there was no evidence of collusion or coordination between members of the Trump campaign or Russia.

Trump and his Republican allies seized Barr's letter to exonerate the commander-in-chief.

They also claim that Nadler's request to Barr to publish the entire report amounts to asking the senior law enforcement official to violate the law, with many citing federal rules banning public release of grand jury materials, unless otherwise ordered by the court. .

"You and your Democratic colleagues have created an untenable but politically convenient situation: to force Attorney General William P. Barr to break the law to comply with your subpoena or to call it a camouflage if it does not. does not, "said Collins.