The watchword is transparency.”Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, oversees one of six Democrat-led investigations involving President Trump. [Mounting legal threats surround Trump as nearly every organization he has led is under investigation]According to the Justice Department, Mueller has not recommended any further indictments — news that Trump’s defenders in the GOP took as vindication. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)As a result, Pelosi and Schumer warned Friday it was “imperative” Barr publicize Mueller’s findings no later than the president was made aware of the report’s contents. “Attorney General Barr must not give President Trump, his lawyers or his staff any ‘sneak preview’ of Special Counsel Mueller’s findings or evidence,” they said. But as a first order of business, when Barr delivers a report on Mueller’s probe to Congress, Raskin said: “We plan to read it.”

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2019 23:43 UTC