Posted on 03/24/2019 9:46:13 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has vowed to reject any classified briefing on special counsel Robert Mueller's report so that lawmakers will be able to discuss the findings publicly.
That's what Pelosi reportedly told House Democrats during a strategic conference call on Saturday, according to a participant who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
Mueller submitted his report from the 22-month investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election to Attorney General William Barr on Friday.
Barr is expected to provide Congress with a summary of the findings as early as Sunday.
Pelosi told members of her caucus that the findings should be made public because the American people 'deserve the truth', and that she would reject a classified briefing for top lawmakers and congressional intelligence committee members.
More than 120 House Democrats joined the conference call, during which six committee chairmen reiterated the push for releasing the report and underlying documents.
Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware warned that President Trump and his supporters may have a 'good day' once the principal conclusions of the report are made public.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
So if the investigation did find evidence incriminating Trump, they may not be able to release it, under their own guidelines.
The Democrats say it could be tantamount to a cover-up if the department did not let Congress and the public know what they found.
Barr testified at his confirmation hearings that he wants to release as much information as he can about the inquiry.
But the department's regulations require only that the attorney general report to Congress that the investigation has concluded and describe or explain any times when he or Rosenstein decided an action Mueller proposed 'was so inappropriate or unwarranted' that it should not be pursued.
Barr said Friday there were no such instances where Mueller was thwarted.
But anything less than the full report won't be enough for Democrats.
'If the AG plays any games, we will subpoena the report, ask Mr. Mueller to testify, and take it all to court if necessary,' said Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y.
'The people deserve to know.'
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told CNN on Friday that he's willing to subpoena Mueller and Barr, if needed, to push for disclosure.
Though Trump himself has said the report should be made public, it's not clear whether the administration would fight subpoenas for testimony or block the transmission of grand jury material.
[[Democratic Senator Chris Coons of Delaware warned that President Trump and his supporters may have a ‘good day’ once the principal conclusions of the report are made public.]]
Yes, never mind about the facts. How can we use this politically. That’s all these pimps in the Dem party are interested in.
Is Bob Mueller going to give Miss Nancy a long over due Golden Shower?
Miss Nancy get ready to eat dirt.
Well Nancy there are laws and rules of the USA, the Department of Justice and the grand juries that have to be obeyed. Are you directing AG Barr to break the law? I think Nancy you are then committing a crime.
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has vowed to reject any classified briefing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report so that lawmakers will be able to discuss the findings publicly.”
Good! Then she won’t get anything at all if that’s the decision by AG Barr that is couched by the Special Counsel Law the Congress wrote! FUNP!
It should be clear to everyone with a brain that the whole “Russia hoax” always was and always will be nothing but a scheme to thwart and undermine President Trump and return control to the Democrats. If not through indictment or impeachment, then through endless investigations that will consume his time and political capital.
They don’t care about “locking him up” or anything other than removing him from power so they can undo everything he’s done and return things to where Obama left them.
Don’t doubt me, just watch and evaluate for yourself and you’ll see this is what’s going on.
Not one dollar..oh wait that was something else.
“”Nancy Pelosi has vowed to reject any classified briefing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report “”
That’s classic or classy! She doesn’t remember when she gets briefings anyway so this is the safest stance she can take on the matter. “The CIA briefed me? I was never briefed by the CIA.” DUH!
She’s still senile. She doesn’t remember the baby poop in the avocado either.
Nothin' from nothin' leaves nothin' You gotta have somethin' if you want to be with me
- Billy Preston 1974
Good. Polousy and her ilk have inflicted so much damage on this country already - they should be kept out of all classified sensitive or secret meetings - and she Needs to remove the anti- American mole from the foreign relations committee immediately ( that committee routinely receives access to sensitive and secret defense and military information?
F’s given about what Nancy Pelosi wants: 0.0000.
“Barr is expected to provide Congress with a summary of the findings as early as Sunday.”
I would love to see this as a sting operation. Give out different “confidential reports” to different congress critters and see which one(s) gets leaked. Then bring them up on charges of leaking classified material.
She should be removed for dereliction of duty. Or dementia.
Absolutely ridiculous.
Nancy honey, stop hogging all of the crazy. Hmm?
Yes but what do the leaders of the democrat party think, ie the idiot from nyc, the 2 anti semites from mich/minn.
Grandma nancy is so yesterday
Here is the four page summary just released:
https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=5779683-AG-March-24-2019-Letter-to-House-and-Senate
I just finished it. Sweet words indeed.
Porca miseria Pelosi!
I doubt they will be able to cow Barr...his hearings made it clear he has utter disdain for how the Dems of today are operating and trying to twist the law and constitution to suit their specific wants ...
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