House Democrats are pushing ahead with a legislative effort to ensure special counsel Robert Mueller ’s final report regarding possible collusion between the Trump campaign and…
House Democrats are pushing ahead with a legislative effort to ensure special counsel Robert Mueller ’s final report regarding possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow will be publicly released.
Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and David Cicilline (D-R. I.) filed the Special Counsel Transparency Act on Tuesday. It is a companion to an identical bill introduced in the Senate by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.).
The bill would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release any unclassified portions of Mueller’s final conclusions. The DOJ would also have to provide a written explanation to Congress should it determine any piece of unclassified information is not appropriate for the public.
“Ensuring Trump cannot build a wall around the Special Counsel’s work is essential to preserving our democracy,” Doggett said in a statement.
