A key member of the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday that the panel has proposed a date of May 15 for special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to testify but that no agreement has been reached yet. The committee has been seeking to hear from Mueller amid disagreements about whether Attorney General William P. Barr mischaracterized the special counsel’s report in his congressional testimony and statements. Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-R.I.) had said earlier during an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” that a “tentative date has been set” for Mueller’s testimony. “That’s the date the Committee has proposed, and we hope the Special Counsel will agree to it. Asked whether Mueller himself has agreed, Cicilline responded, “The representative for the special counsel has, but, obviously, until the date comes, we never have an absolute guarantee.”Devlin Barrett and Shane Harris contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2019 15:06 UTC