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Portman, Brown Say Congress Should Release Full Mueller Report

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)
John Minchillo
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Associated Press
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)

Both Ohio senators say they want the Mueller report to be made available to the public.

The report details Special Counsel Robert Mueller鈥檚 two-year investigation into Russia鈥檚 influence on the 2016 presidential election. It was given to the Justice Department Friday, but Attorney General William Barr has released only a four page summary.

Both Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are calling for Barr to release the full report.

鈥淣ow鈥檚 the time for us to put everything out there," Portman said in a press call Wednesday. "Let鈥檚 let people see it and I know, again, some of it鈥檚 going to be classified and so on, but what you can put out, let鈥檚 put out.鈥�

The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly for a resolution urging the public release of the report. But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked a similar resolution, saying Barr is currently working with Mueller to see what parts can be shown to the public.

鈥淲e know that Attorney General Barr is in a position where he saw what happened to the last Attorney General who crossed the President only a little bit," Brown said. "But 叠补谤谤鈥檚 not going to release the whole report鈥� somebody should release the whole report.鈥�

叠补谤谤鈥檚 said the special investigation did not find the Trump campaign 鈥渃onspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.鈥� However, Barr says the report 鈥渄oes not exonerate鈥� the president of obstructing justice.

Anna joined ideastream in 2019, where she reports on health news for WCPN and WVIZ in Cleveland. She has also served as an associate producer for NewsDepth. Before that, Anna was a 2019 Carnegie-Knight News21 fellow at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism.
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