Article snippet: House Democrats are ramping up their campaign to get MORE to testify despite the special counsel’s stated aim to avoid such an appearance on Capitol Hill. Democrats negotiating for Mueller to come before several committees hope to avoid the antagonistic step of issuing a subpoena to compel his testimony, but they’re not ruling it out. Plenty of unanswered questions remain about Mueller’s sweeping investigation, and Democrats want to hear from the special counsel. “I understand his reluctance,” Rep. MORE (D-La.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, said Thursday by phone. “But I think the stakes are so high that he has an obligation to [testify].” Richmond said he wants Mueller to parse the details of the Justice Department guidelines barring the agency from indicting a sitting president. Mueller cited those rules Wednesday in asserting that bringing charges against MORE was “not an option.” “There are a million questions you can ask, and that's why you have testimony,” said Richmond, who also wants to know if others in Trump’s inner circle committed indictable offenses. “I don't care if it's private — I'm not saying it has to be public testimony — but there are questions I think people need an answer to.” A Mueller hearing would be a circus, and it’s one the former FBI chief wants to avoid. On Wednesday, he said he hopes his report will serve in place of his testimony, and he warned he would not expand upon it in public. “I hope and expect this to be the only ti... Link to the full article to read more