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Demands grow for a public Mueller report | TheHill

posted onFebruary 25, 2019
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Article snippet: Demands are growing for special counsel MORE’s final report to be made public, with lawmakers and legal experts raising concerns about how and when that could happen. On Sunday, Democrats including one 2020 presidential candidate framed the conclusion of Mueller's nearly two-year investigation as a crucial moment for transparency. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee pledged to subpoena the report on Russia's election interference if necessary in order to make it public, while at least one legal expert suggested the path to making the report available to the public might be "circuitous."  "This is an extraordinary moment in terms of the need that the special counsel has to investigate the conduct of the president of the United States's campaign and issues surrounding it,” Sen. reach a tipping point in recent days as multiple news outlets reported the special counsel could deliver his final report to the attorney general as early as this week.   A Justice Department official later told The Hill that the report won’t come this week, but former prosecutors, Democrats and some Republicans have seized on the headlines to push for Mueller’s findings to go public. Rep. vowed to take legal action if necessary to ensure Mueller’s findings were available to the American people. "We will obviously subpoena the report, we will bring Bob Mueller in to testify before Congress, we will take it to court if necessary,” Schiff said on “This Week” on ABC. "And in the en... Link to the full article to read more

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