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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,943 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 03:01 PM Feb 2019

Dems in Congress to subpoena full Mueller report if AG Barr withholds parts, Blumenthal says

Democrats in Congress will subpoena the full report of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III if the Justice Department only discloses certain parts of it, Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Thursday.

The Connecticut Democrat is a key member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is the committee’s chairman, and has subpoena power over the Justice Department.

CNN reported Wednesday that Mueller could issue a report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections as early as next week, though the special counsel’s notoriously tight-lipped office has provided no timeline for its plans.

Newly confirmed Attorney General William Barr was noncommittal in his confirmation hearing about whether he would allow Mueller to testify before Congress, and whether he would resist a subpoena for the special counsel’s report.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dems-in-congress-to-subpoena-full-mueller-report-if-ag-barr-withholds-parts-blumenthal-says/ar-BBTUcBc?li=BBnbcA1

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Dems in Congress to subpoena full Mueller report if AG Barr withholds parts, Blumenthal says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 OP
K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2019 #1
They have said previously they will subpeona Mueller himself if needed dixiegrrrrl Feb 2019 #5
Thanks! I'm feeling better about this. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2019 #6
I've stayed optimistic about Mueller's efforts. dixiegrrrrl Feb 2019 #8
Thanks for keeping me upbeat! RKP5637 Feb 2019 #10
Andrew McCabe said today he was confident that the results of investigation will come out wishstar Feb 2019 #2
As they should...the truth shouldn't be held from the American people...nt SWBTATTReg Feb 2019 #3
KnR Hekate Feb 2019 #4
K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍 spanone Feb 2019 #7
Only one of a number of moves that can and Hortensis Feb 2019 #9

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
5. They have said previously they will subpeona Mueller himself if needed
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:00 PM
Feb 2019

and let him testify, on the public record, to details of the report.

I'd kinda hope that could happen. Esp. in not just one but two Dem. controlled Committees.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
8. I've stayed optimistic about Mueller's efforts.
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:45 PM
Feb 2019

His track record of catching serious bad guys that required deep digging is superb. Plus he has all the resources of personnel, time, money he needs.
Plus behind the scenes you KNOW a lot of big name good guys are helping out with info, etc.
No way would he work this hard, this long, without sealing up as many potential loopholes as possible.

also helps that the culprits are morons. Nixon was not a moron, and he managed to underestimate his survival score.

wishstar

(5,269 posts)
2. Andrew McCabe said today he was confident that the results of investigation will come out
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 03:09 PM
Feb 2019

He talked again about the astoundingly unprecedented volume of contacts between Trump campaign staff and people closely associated with Russian intelligence and the consistent lying and coverup of those meetings and contacts.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
9. Only one of a number of moves that can and
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:56 PM
Feb 2019

will be made, I imagine.

The other night Rachel reported that, though Obama emphasized that any law enforcement would be strictly by the book, from the first moments of realization that Trump would become president the Obama administration started copying and safeguarding intelligence about the Russia connections and activities to various sites so it couldn't just disappear.

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