The House voted overwhelmingly and in bipartisan fashion to urge the Justice Department to publicly release the entirety of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, once completed.
The final vote count was 420 in favor, with no one voting no. Four lawmakers voted “present.”
“Atty. Gen. Barr said he wants to be transparent with Congress and the public consistent with the rules and the law,” Rep. Douglas Collins , the Judiciary Committee’s ranking member, said on the House floor Thursday, adding that the resolution was “simply a restatement of the regulation.”As such, it is not clear if the Republican leader of the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, will put the resolution on the Senate floor for a vote.
Democrats are worried that Barr’s strict defense of his own prerogative, combined with his stated respect for Justice Department rules advising against both the indictment of a sitting president or impugning an unindicted individual in an investigative report, means potential information implicating Donald Trump in alleged wrongdoing could be buried.
Democrats — and several Republicans — want Barr to release more than just Mueller’s full report. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff said the Justice Department had set itself a precedent of providing Congress with sensitive materials and making law enforcement and intelligence officials available for interviews, when the GOP-led House was investigating federal probes of Trump and Hilary Clinton.
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