WATCH: AG Barr says the Trump admin. will take action in the coming days that he believes will allow the government to ask about citizenship on the census.
EDGEFIELD, S.C. — Attorney General William Barr on Monday accused Democrats of trying to create a"public spectacle" by subpoenaing former special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress about the Russia investigation.
Mueller no longer works for the Justice Department, but the department could attempt to limit his testimony about decisions he made as special counsel. Barr said the investigation is ongoing and and that from what he's seen so far, it is"essential to take a deeper look at how things unfolded." He said he has not received a satisfactory answer about why a counterintelligence investigation was opened on the Trump campaign, or whether there would've been a less-drastic measure that could've been taken at the time.
Mueller will appear before lawmakers in both public and private sessions later this month. Despite the limitations Mueller placed on his own testimony, Democrats insisted the American public be allowed to watch him respond to questions for the first time since he was appointed special counsel in May 2017.
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