House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), flanked by Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), left, and Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 16, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)It is not clear if the president’s declaration jeopardizes the deal the House Intelligence Committee struck with the Justice Department; a spokesman for Schiff did not immediately return a request for comment on that matter. Both the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees have been making the case to Barr that they should be able to view the full contents of Mueller’s report, plus certain underlying materials. He has rejected House Democrats’ entreaties to join them in making an appeal to a judge to release those materials. “The Department has repeatedly acknowledged the Committee’s legitimate oversight interest in these materials,” Schiff said in a statement Wednesday.

Source: Washington Post May 22, 2019 12:40 UTC