Democratic lawmakers over the weekend seized on Attorney General William Barr‘s conclusion that President Donald Trump did not commit obstruction of justice and called for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on his Russia probe be made public.
Mueller, whose investigation began in May 2017, has not yet reached a conclusion on Trump’s alleged obstruction of justice. Barr sent the congressional judiciary committees a letter on Sunday in which he detailed the findings of the special counsel’s inquiry.
“Our determination was made without regard to, and is not based on, the constitutional considerations that surround the indictment and criminal prosecution of a sitting president,” he continued.
Trump and the White House quickly claimed victory after the conclusion of the special counsel’s probe was revealed.
Many Democrats quickly said in official statements or on Twitter that any watered-down or “sanitized” version of Mueller’s report would be insufficient.
Among the other lawmakers who demanded Mueller’s report be made public were several Democratic 2020 presidential candidates like Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.).
Warren cited a House measure passed earlier this month in which lawmakers unanimously voted to make Mueller’s full report public.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, (D-N.Y.), the House Judiciary Committee chairman, said in a statement that his panel would call on Barr to testify.