House Judiciary Committee member Rep. David Cicilline on Sunday walked back a claim that special counsel Robert Mueller had agreed via a representative to testify…
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. David Cicilline on Sunday walked back a claim that special counsel Robert Mueller had agreed via a representative to testify on May 15 about his report on the Russian government’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 election.
« Just to clarify: we are aiming to bring Mueller in on the 15th, but nothing has been agreed to yet. That’s the date the Committee has proposed, and we hope the Special Counsel will agree to it. Sorry for the confusion, » the Rhode Island Democrat said in a tweet.
Earlier, Cicilline said on « Fox News Sunday » that a « tentative date » of May 15 had been reached.
When asked if Mueller had agreed to that date Sunday, » Cicilline said a « representative of the special counsel has. »
« We hope the special counsel will appear, » he said on Fox News. « We think the American people have a right to hear directly from him. »
Congressional Democrats have expressed concern about Attorney General William Barr’s handling of Mueller’s 448-page report. They objected to his summary of its principal conclusions and Barr’s decision not to charge President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, and want to ask Mueller about his opinion on those matters.
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Trump assailed the effort to have Mueller testify in a pair of tweets on Sunday, slamming the move as an attempt at a « redo » of the investigation, which did not fund any evidence of a criminal conspiracy or any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
