Republicans want to call Mueller report ‘case closed’ as Dems eye contempt
The US house judiciary committee has scheduled a vote on a contempt citation for US attorney-general Bill Barr
Washington — The divided US congress’s fight over the Mueller report intensified on Tuesday as the US senate’s top Republican sought to shut the door on congressional probes while house Democrats pushed ahead with efforts to gather testimony from top administration officials. US Senate leader Mitch McConnell, in a speech set for later on Tuesday, plans to declare the “case closed” after special counsel Robert Mueller released his findings on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible obstruction of justice by US President Donald Trump. “This investigation went on for two years. It’s finally over,” McConnell says in the prepared remarks. He calls Mueller’s work “exhaustive” and chided elected officials for failing to unify in its aftermath. “Would we finally be able to move on from partisan paralysis and breathless conspiracy theorising? Or would we remain consumed by unhinged partisanship,” McConnell says in excerpts of his speech. “Regrettably, I think the ...
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