Updated at 10:02 a.m. ET The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena on Friday to the Justice Department demanding access to the full work product of
Updated at 10:02 a.m. ET
The House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena on Friday to the Justice Department demanding access to the full work product of special counsel Robert Mueller, including grand jury testimony and other material not made public.
Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N. Y., said he wants everything by May 1.
„I am open to working with the department to reach a reasonable accommodation for access to these materials. However I cannot accept any proposal which leaves most of Congress in the dark, as they grapple with their duties of legislation, oversight and constitutional accountability,“ Nadler said in a statement.
Attorney General William Barr has offered key congressional leaders access to a version of the report with less redaction, and DOJ laid out a process for a dozen top Hill leaders from both parties, as well as select staff, to see that version of the report in secure reading rooms over the next couple of weeks.
The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment immediately after the announcement of the subpoena.
The demand for the full report and underlying evidence to be seen by the full House Judiciary Committee goes beyond that.
Continued Nadler
„My committee needs and is entitled to the full version of the report and the underlying evidence consistent with past practice. The redactions appear to be significant. We have so far seen none of the actual evidence that the special counsel developed to make this case.
