Democrats crafting Mueller response if report drops during recess
www.politico.com/story/2019/04/08/democrats-recess-mueller-report-1261197
Attorney General William Barr is likely days away from issuing a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings, but Washington may be a ghost town when he does.
The House leaves for the week on Wednesday morning while Democrats hold their annual retreat in Leesburg, Va. Then members will scatter to their districts for a two-week recess, leaving Democrats urgently clamoring for a glimpse of Mueller's report with a choice: to react from the road or underscore their concern by reconvening early at the Capitol.
It’s unclear if top House Democrats have planned a response once the initial version of Mueller’s report is shared with Congress. But lawmakers on the Judiciary Committee, which is leading the House Democrats’ Mueller response, say they're at least open to the idea of coming back to Washington.
Yet it doesn't appear Democrats have settled on a strategy. Though they've described the urgency of the situation as striking at the core of American democracy, they have yet to say whether there's a concerted plan to respond when Mueller's findings are delivered — let alone whether members should return to Washington when it happens. Partly, it's because they're uncertain how much of the report Barr will let them, and the public, see. And it's unclear if he'll offer closed-door briefings for lawmakers to reveal what's under the numerous redactions he intends to make.