As The New York Times now joins other media outlets in reporting Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report could be finished "in coming weeks," Democratic lawmakers are reviving their concern over what new Attorney General William Barr may do with the finished product and promising to use whatever means possible to expose Mueller's findings.
“The public will feel rightly that there is a coverup” if details are withheld, Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, told CNN Thursday.
Blumenthal, who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he hopes the Republican-led panel would be among the congressional committees that seek to compel the release of any details that aren’t forthcoming. The subpoenas could seek the full report or even Mueller himself. “A Senate or House committee can subpoena anyone,” he said.
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During his Senate confirmation hearing, Barr -- who described Mueller as a longtime close friend -- refused to commit to sharing the special counsel’s findings with Congress and the public. He said regulations call for Mueller’s report to be confidential, and “the report that goes public would be a report by the attorney general.” He also suggested he might exclude criticism of Trump from any such public report in light of the Justice Department’s policy that a president can’t be indicted while in office.
Democrats May Try to Subpoena Mueller Report If It's Not Public (Bloomberg Politics)
Mueller Report Expected to Go to Justice Department Within Weeks (NYT)