House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) says if likely-to-be-confirmed attorney general nominee William Barr refuses to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report, he will use his subpoena power to get both the report and Mueller's testimony to the public.
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"If necessary, our committee will subpoena the report. If necessary, we'll get Mueller to testify," Rep. Jerry Nadler, a New York Democrat, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on "Anderson Cooper 360." "The American people need the information here."
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Barr appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this week for his confirmation hearing and pledged to release "as much as I can" of Mueller's findings to the public and to provide the special counsel with the resources and time to finish the job.
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Barr sympathized with the President and said it is "understandable" that someone would view an investigation as a "witch hunt" -- as Trump has repeatedly called the Russia probe -- if they felt they were wrongly accused. But Barr also defended the special counsel and said Mueller would not be involved in a "witch hunt."
Nadler told CNN on Wednesday that Barr is "obviously there to protect the President" and the nominee had "made it pretty clear he would not release the Mueller report to the public, and that's unacceptable." He said Barr had made it clear he would "only release certain information -- that he was going to be the judge of that."
"The public needs all the facts," Nadler said, "and we can't have it filtered through someone who may be very partisan."
House Judiciary chair says they'll subpoena Mueller report if necessary (CNN)