By Karoun Demirjian and Karoun Demirjian Congressional reporter focusing on national security Email Bio Follow Devlin Barrett Devlin Barrett Reporter focusing on national security and law enforcement Email Bio Follow March 28 at 3:17 PM House Democrats are ready to accuse Attorney General William P. Barr of a “coverup” to protect President Trump if he refuses to detail for Congress the information special counsel Robert S.
House Democrats also said Thursday that they are prepared to authorize a subpoena for Mueller’s full report if Barr misses the Tuesday deadline lawmakers set for him to deliver it to Congress. They stopped short, however, of promising to issue a subpoena, even though the attorney general has indicated he is unlikely to make their deadline.
A four-page summary of Mueller’s findings, which Barr delivered to Congress on Sunday, has exacerbated Democrats’ concerns. The summary said the special counsel did not establish a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia, and that he offered no conclusion on whether the president sought to obstruct justice during the investigation. Absent a firm conclusion from Mueller, Barr, in consultation with Deputy Attorney General Rod J.
As Democrats pledged to continue investigating the president, Trump and his allies lashed out at his critics, chiefly the House Intelligence Committee chairman, Rep. Adam B. Schiff , who maintains there is still evidence of collusion with Russia, even if Trump won’t be charged. On Thursday, the committee’s Republican members formally called on Schiff to step down as chairman, submitting a letter they all signed declaring they had “no faith” in his ability to lead them.
eloiseat6 Need Criminal Investigation if Mueller Report is altered for coverup. I believe 4-page letter may contradict Mueller Report.
It is. He auditioned for the coverup a year ago with his 19 page manifesto preemptively exonerating Trump. FULL report to Congress by April 2nd. I stand with RepJerryNadler
beachbirds72 Hey Washington Post you don’t need to put coverup in quotation marks.
Look what I found! From the Congressional Research Service, no less. “One long-established principle that has been deemed essential to the grand jury...is that matters before it remain secret”.
'Democrats say' 😂😂😂
Exposing grand jury information is a crime. Dems are simply playing politics here. A redacted public report is what the law requires.
iMacWare Of course they will. It is what they ran on to get elected.
Actually no, grand jury info is traditionally redacted.
What makes WaPo or the dems think any1 cares what they think? Dems are the party of crazies and WaPo is Jeff bezos lobbying wing nocredibilty noaccountability
luvauntyruth You know he is going to try. Who will stop him HouseDemocrats?
The dumbasses know that GJ info is ALWAYS redacted out of government docs. It's DOJ policy. They know it, but continue to gaslight people, to get them believe it's deceitful. They really have, lied SO MUCH, that it's literally ALL they do anymore.
Wonder if Barr and Bannon have more in common than physical resemblance 😎
If he doesn’t would surprise me, not if he does
No it's not a cover-up if you redact Grand Jury info. In fact it's against the law to release it.
Why would Barr write in opposition to a report he knows will be made public? Answer is he didn't. He summarized Muellers conclusions. It would be political suicide if he didn't. Get ready to cry some more when the full report hits next month.
It is!!! Why hide anything They showed the entire report for Clinton !! Show us the report!!! CNN AP Lawrence gtconway3d nytimes latimes MSNBC
Dems should just assume that Barr will never release the Mueller report. Call Mueller to testify and get the report verbally from him. Do it asap. Nex week. Make that 4 page POS the Rs are so excited about irrelevant.
It has to be redacted. Why isn't the grand jury public?
A coverup and obstruction of justice.
Good answer. Did it really take them five days to come up with that? It would have been in my introduction. Hello Mr Barr, the name's Bonniego, anything less than the full report will be obstruction - nice to meet you sir.
Barr barred whatever he wanted!!. Ha his name suits him!
Democrats are so f___ed up it’s really unbelievable. The statements they make and the policies they support are absolute lunacy!! Lies, corruption, subversion...
That's a stretch. Cover up what? No evidence? Ridiculous. Clear TDS.
If Barr was lying, wouldn't mueller have a press conference and say so. Just like he did during the investigation, when the media was lying as usual. This is the reason iwalkedaway
Let's face it. All those tantalizing tidbits and news stories for the past two years have amounted to nothing. I get it. People are not willing to give up yet. But the complete Mueller report is not likely to be any more revealing than the Barr summary. Take that to the bank.
The lawless and corruption has no bottom for the Trump party
It’s illegal to release grand jury testimony. But, of course you already know that Washington Post! You are such a fraud!
Is Barr our Super Spiro?
When did the Dem Party become Veruca Salt? They want the MuellerReport NOW! Even if they get it, they won't be satisfied or accept its findings after blathering on for 2 years about how we could trust Mueller. Let SpeakerPelosi & the gang keep digging.
The political left & their allies in the media spent 2 years attempting to tear down realDonaldTrump's entire family, as well as his Admin, while needlessly dividing the country in the process, all because they couldn't get over Hillary Clinton losing.
The same Democrats that started this phony investigation? Who believes anything they say?
No lifting of Uktsaine sanctions, the Barr report 5 pages of typo....
First the election, now the Mueller report. Do the Dems ever accept defeat?!!
this writer is dumb, if the AG doesn't said based on Mueller &co report, Mueller & co just go to media to deny what AG said. 🤣🤣🤣
AG seems a very knowledgeable &capable person and his reputation is impeccable. Cannot figure out why Dems are accusing everyone who respects the law & obey the rules. W.Barr most definitely knows what must be redacted to meet legal/ security requirements.
Of course it is. How obvious can he and Trumo be with this? The whole report needs to be released.
No need to play the guessing game anymore. It is a coverup.
If ? It already is
And who cares what they say They through the fake news are doing everything possible to destroy the nation. The Washington post is leading the charge to do it Be glad when the $250 000,000 legal action he's settled and they lose
Barr has partially done that already now he’s going to complete the job bye redactions of the report. He’s doing what Crump 🤡 wanted him to do that’s why he was voted in.
And illegal if he doesn’t.
Barr is corrupt
No it's not its the law under which Special Council was design to operate for last 20yrs. Do not confuse Prior independent council such as the Starr report that operated under a different statute. It was changed by Dem Congress to withhold such info from release in the future.
Anything redacted is covered up .. by definition
The sad thing about Barr is that he thinks he’s saving the Executive Branch or his party but Trump will devour him. Barr will leave office used, humiliated and destroyed by Trump no matter what he does.
THE FACE OF LIAR EVIL MAN
There should be no redactions if Congress is to be able to carry out its constitutional duty of oversight.
Would you say the Trump presidency has already earned its asterisk? *Trump
Maybe you should report on the legality of releasing Grand Jury information which Dems clearly don’t understand. Never mind Dems don’t care about laws
Please... no one believes that, not even the Democrats‼️
Democrats MUST therefore change the law And allow grand jury proceeding to become public, INCLUDING that of JUSSIE SMOLLETT and BETO O'ROURK.
Its over!!!! Conspiracy theorists will always exist, but honestly isn't that usually a far-right thing. When did Maddow go all-out Alex Jones on everyone?
Coverup? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaahahahahahahahahhahaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahaahhaahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahwhwhwhahahahwhwhwhwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
It’s illegal to release it! Once again liberals don’t like to follow the law
What if it's redacted due to ongoing cases in state districts like SDNY?
Why wait for the Christmas rush? It's a coverup now. ReleaseTheFullMuellerReportNOW
Barr should be held accountable when we find out what's in the report that he omitted for the cover up.
Without a doubt it’s a cover up.. if realDonaldTrump was truly exonerated, the 300 page Mueller report would have been released!
And this shocks you?
What’s with him, Barr? Whoa! Perhaps he is ‘John Dean’!
LOL .. AG is not going to be BULLIED by Dems .. certain portions hav to be redacted to preserv the grand jury testimonies etc .. AG is not gonna break the LAW just Cos the MuellerReport backfired on the Dems !! TDS wapo
Bill Barr continues Donald’s obstruction.
If attorney general redacts or 'covers up' grand jury information in Mueller report only Democrats will react. So Republicans will support cover up efforts? Are supporting cover up efforts? Just trying to understand your headline Washington Post.
Yup, started on Friday.
Says the biasedmedia
History will read *Donald J Trump 45th POTUS without the Mueller Report in full.
Barr is corrupt just like trump and Republicans party
Grand Juries are secret though...
Nobody born after 2000 will ever pay for news. Figure that out with your adrev, after all they are in the 9 figures.
Grand jury testimony is secret - not public and members of Congress are the public.
Well, to be fair, the law has never really been TheDemocrats strong suit.
You need a court order to release grand jury testimony that doesn't result in indictment!
And was Rosenstein also covering up? And lying? The man who wanted to wear a wire on the president? Give me a break.
Just stop WaPo.
What a bunch of liberal crock. Please stop this misinformation campaign. Jeff Bezos Washington Post is biased.
LOL. Delusion has deep roots, apparently.
It's already a coverup. In case you haven't noticed.
🙄 YEAH SURE 😂🤣🤣
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT!!!
What kills me is Dems voted for his confirmation knowing he said he would most likely not release the report. Not like it would make a diff cause repubs have the maj. but damn have some balls and vote no
It IS a coverup. ReleaseTheFullMuellerReport
I'm ok with it.
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