Democratic committee chairmen shift focus to Barr as House investigations forge ahead
The key Democratic-controlled House committees investigating President Donald Trump and his administration are forging ahead with their probes into the president, his finances, and allegations of nepotism despite special counsel Robert S. Muellers conclusion publicized Sunday that he could not establish a case that that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 elections.
But while House Democrats continue with their investigative work, they made clear Sunday that Attorney General William Barrs four-page summary of Muellers key findings does not quell their appetite for information about Muellers 22-month probe.
The House Judiciary Committee will call Barr to testify about what they characterized as a hasty decision not to pursue obstruction of justice charges against the president for interfering with Muellers work and the FBI probe that preceded it, Chairman Jerrold Nadler said Sunday.
In a joint statement, Nadler, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah Cummings questioned Barrs objectivity on the open legal question of whether a sitting president can commit obstruction of justice using tools under his authority as the nations chief executive such as firing an FBI director whose bureau is looking into actions taken by his campaign team.
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