Did Congress read the Mueller report? More than a quarter of these key lawmakers won’t say.
Of the 92 congressional and Senate offices we contacted, 67 responded to the query and 60 — 65 percent of all contacted — said their member read Mueller’s report in its entirety. Taking offices at their word — it is possible some overstated how much of the report lawmakers read — this suggests Amash may be underestimating his fellow lawmakers.
There were large gaps in response to The Post’s canvass by party. A slight majority of Republican members of the Judiciary or Intelligence committees responded to The Post’s questions , compared with 88 percent of Democrats. One of the first responses came from the office of Sen. Angus King , whose staff also provided images of the senator’s marked-up copy of the report. Rep.
The partisan gap extended to senior members of the House and Senate Judiciary and Intelligence committees. All four Democratic chairs and ranking Democratic members — Rep. Jerrold Nadler , Rep. Adam B. Schiff , Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Sen. Mark R. Warner said they read the Mueller report in its entirety. That compares with three of the four senior Republicans who did not respond to questions about their office’s review of the report: Sen. Lindsey O. Graham , Sen. Richard Burr and Rep.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi read the executive summaries of Volumes I and II and most of the redacted Mueller report but not the entire document, according to a spokesman. Rep. Denny Heck is “still finishing up” reading the report, according to his office, though a spokesman said he has read the executive summaries. Senior staff members for both lawmakers read the full report and briefed staffs.
Rep. André Carson said he was briefed by senior staff who read the report, but a spokesperson said they are “unable to speak about the internal proceedings and activities in the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee.” 1. Did members of [lawmaker]’s senior staff read the executive summaries for both Volume I and II of the redacted Mueller report, or not?
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