Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has just blocked a measure sponsored by Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer calling on Attorney General William Barr to release Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report in full to the public.
Just 11 days ago the U.S. House of Representatives in a unanimous 420-0 vote urged the DOJ to release the Mueller report on Russia’s attacks on the U.S. election, any collusion from any member of the Trump campaign, and President Trump’s apparent obstruction of justice.
“McConnell cited national security concerns for his decision to block the resolution, and argued that Attorney General Bill Barr should have time to decide what’s made public,” Axios reports.
Barr took it upon himself to create a false deadline of this weekend to release his four-page memo some experts say was a PR stunt whitewashing important aspects of the Mueller probe.
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