Top Democrat vows to sue if necessary to get Mueller’s report

Bloomberg

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff vowed to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report, and sue President Donald Trump’s administration for the underlying evidence if necessary to make it public.
“Absolutely, we are going to get to the bottom of this,’’ Schiff of California said on ABC’s “This Week” when asked whether he’s prepared to take the administration to court. “We are going to share this information with the public.”
William Barr, confirmed by the Senate as attorney general this month, has signaled he may only provide a summary to Congress and the public of the report. While Mueller is close to completing his 21-month probe, he won’t submit his final report to Barr until sometime after next week, according to a Justice Department official.
Schiff said it’s critical to get access not only to Mueller’s report, but to the evidence that was collected during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion by Trump’s campaign. He said he’ll subpoena the report, call Mueller to testify before Congress, and sue if details were withheld. Withholding evidence from Congress about possible wrongdoing by Trump could amount to a cover-up even if the president isn’t charged with criminal acts, Schiff and the leaders of six House committees told Barr in a letter. A sitting president can’t be indicted under Justice Department policy, which also frowns on releasing evidence of wrongdoing by people who haven’t been charged.
Even so, prosecutors turned over such material after its investigation of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s handling of emails and should do so again, Schiff said. “We can’t tell the country fully what happened without it,” Schiff said, citing “the intense public need to know here, which I think overrides any other consideration.”