{"id":36901,"date":"2019-03-23T08:23:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T08:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=36901"},"modified":"2019-03-23T08:23:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T08:23:15","slug":"us-democrats-call-on-barr-to-release-mueller-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=36901","title":{"rendered":"US Democrats call on Barr to release Mueller report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Congressional Democrats are calling for the full release on Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation<\/a> report that is now in the hands of the US Attorney General William Barr.<\/p>\n

“It is imperative for Mr. Barr to make the full report public and provide its underlying documentation and findings to Congress,” House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate leader Chuck Schumer, the two most senior Congressional Democrats said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

It also said Barr must not give President Donald Trump<\/a> or his aides a “sneak preview” of the findings or evidence.<\/p>\n

Barr is set to review the long-awaited report into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, and will determine how much to make public.<\/p>\n

He said he will release the “principal findings” soon and could provide details of the report in the next two days.<\/p>\n

Barr has wide discretion on what he releases, and could withhold any information because it’s classified, or subject to court rules established by the grand jury that helped Mueller collect information.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Because the Justice Department has ruled it will not indict a sitting president, Congress maintains it is the only institution that can hold the president accountable for any wrongdoing that the report may have uncovered.<\/p>\n

Senator Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate in the 2020 election used the president’s own words to make his case for the report’s release.<\/p>\n

“As Donald Trump said, ‘Let it come out’,” he wrote on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As Donald Trump said, \u201cLet it come out.” I call on the Trump administration to make Special Counsel Mueller’s full report public as soon as possible. No one, including the president, is above the law.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) March 22, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fellow Senator and candidate Elizabeth Warren launched a petition to garner support to make the report public.<\/p>\n

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Robert Mueller\u2019s finished his report. He\u2019s delivered it to Attorney General William Barr. The American people deserve the full report. Sign our petition to make the Mueller report public\u2014immediately. https:\/\/t.co\/kxhNh7GBWk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) March 22, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Six Democratic committee chairmen wrote in a letter to Attorney General William Barr on Friday that if Mueller has any reason to believe that Trump “has engaged in criminal or other serious misconduct,” then the Justice Department should not conceal it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0“<\/span>The president is not above the law and the need for public faith in our democratic institutions and the rule of law must be the priority,” the chairmen wrote.<\/p>\n

The six chairs are Jerrold Nadler of Judiciary and Eliot Engel of Foreign Affairs; Elijah Cummings of Oversight and Reform; Adam Schiff of the Intelligence Committee, Maxine Waters of Financial Services and the Ways and Means Committee’s Richard Neal.<\/p>\n

Representative Jim Mc Govern, a Democrat from the state of Massachusetts said Americans from both his parties want the report released.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The American people \u2014 Democrats, Republicans, and everyone in between \u2014 overwhelmingly demand that this report be made public. <\/p>\n

We deserve to know the full, unabridged truth. We will settle for nothing less. pic.twitter.com\/bJgtQHhVCM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) March 23, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He appeared to be referrring to a poll<\/a>\u00a0conducted last month by US newspaper the Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University that found overall 81 percent of Americans wanted the Mueller report made public.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Senator Cory Booker said the American people have a right to see the report because they paid for it.<\/p>\n

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The Trump Administration shouldn\u2019t get to lock up Robert Mueller\u2019s report and throw away the key. Taxpayers funded this investigation, and we deserve to know the outcome. Let me know if you agree: https:\/\/t.co\/nYgagcL429<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) March 22, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n SOURCE:
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