DPCC Chair Cicilline: The American People Have The Right to Know the Full Truth and See the Full Mueller Report
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman David Cicilline, Chair of the House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC), appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Cicilline reiterated that the Special Counsel conducted the investigation on behalf of the American people and they deserve to see the full contents of the final report. He also emphasized how Attorney General Barr is purposefully preventing the Judiciary Committee from performing its Constitutional oversight responsibility. Below are excerpts from the interview. Click here to watch the video
"This is a very simple proposition. There was an investigation conducted on behalf of the American people. It took 22 months. Democrats fought hard to protect Mr. Mueller so he could complete that investigation. It was caused by an attack by a foreign adversary on our democracy. This was done on behalf of the American people. They have a right to know the truth, to know the results of this investigation, and we're asking simply that the report and all the supporting materials be furnished to Congress. That's exactly what happened in the Starr report. it was a 455-page report, 17 boxes of documents. Both of those things, the documents and the report, were delivered to the Judiciary Committee unredacted as soon as it was completed. The same process should be followed here."
"The members of the Judiciary Committee has a right to see the report in its entirety in an unredacted form. We see classified material all the time, we can do it in a classified setting. We're required to keep it confidential or face criminal prosecution. So, we have the ability to see classified information. The report ought to be furnished in its entirety and then we can engage in a conversation about what needs to be redacted before it can be published or made available to the public. But there's no reason to redact information and keep things secret from the Judiciary Committee. We are the Committee that has responsibility to determine whether or not there was any wrongdoing, not the Attorney General. We are entitled to the full contents of that report, and all the supporting material. that's what happened in the Starr investigation. That same day they delivered the report, a 455-page document, and 17 boxes of evidence. we ought to follow the same practice here."