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As Democrats demand full Mueller report, Trump says that ‘wouldn’t bother me at all’ - The Boston Globe

posted onMarch 27, 2019
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Article snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats pressed the Justice Department Monday to provide the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller even as Republicans gleefully called for them to ‘‘move on’’ from the Russia investigation. President Donald Trump accused those responsible for launching Mueller’s probe of ‘‘treasonous things against our country’’ and said they ‘‘certainly will be looked into.’’ Trump said the release of Mueller’s full report ‘‘wouldn’t bother me at all,’’ and Democrats quickly put that statement to the test, demanding that his administration hand over the entire document and not just Sunday’s four-page summary from Attorney General William Barr. Six House Democratic committee chairmen wrote to Barr that his summary is ‘‘not sufficient’’ and asked to be given Mueller’s full report by April 2. They also want to begin receiving the underlying evidence the same day. The information is ‘‘urgently needed by our committees to perform their duties under the Constitution,’’ they wrote. Barr said in his letter to Congress that Mueller did not find that Trump’s campaign ‘‘conspired or coordinated’’ with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election — knocking down arguments from Democrats who have long claimed there was evidence of such collusion. But he also said Mueller reached no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed the federal investigation, instead setting out ‘‘evidence on both sides’’ of the question and stating that ‘‘while ... Link to the full article to read more

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