After Attorney General William Barr released his summary Sunday of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, many congressional Democrats — including those in San Diego — are calling for the full report to be released.
Many Democrats call Barr’s summary incomplete, some even went as far as calling it “biased,” including Rep. Mike Levin, who represents the 49th District.
In a statement, he said the American people deserve to see the full report, including the “underlying documentation.”
“The summary from Attorney General William Barr — who has shown a bias against the investigation — is insufficient,” Levin said. “He must release the full report immediately."
Congressional Democrats have seized on a line in the summary that says Muller’s report “does not exonerate” President Donald Trump on obstruction of justice. Barr, however, concluded the evidence of obstruction is insufficient to find Trump committed a crime.
Tony Krvaric, the chairman of the Republican Party of San Diego, said in a statement the report shows that “President Trump did not conspire with Russia” in the 2016 election.
"Will Democrats accept the report and engage in a debate about the important issues and challenges facing America or double down on what are now ludicrous, disproved allegations that belong on the ash heap of history," he said.
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Barr’s summary dealt a blow to Democrats’ investigative efforts into Russia’s meddling into U.S. elections by concluding that the president did not conspire with Russia.
Aides for Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who was one of the first GOP representatives in San Diego to back Trump, said the congressman was still reviewing the summary of the Attorney General and has no comment at this time.
Rep. Susan Davis said the entire report should be released so the public can better understand what the investigation was about.
“Right now all we want to do is make sure that the American people have access to the material and I think that if they are even able to read through the summary and see that there are really two issues at stake,” she said. “Did Russia meddle? Yes, they did. And was there obstruction of justice? And the Special Counsel did not come to a conclusion on that and so that is kind of a remarkable statement in itself."
Davis, who represents the 53rd District, said Congress’ work isn’t done and it must work to prevent Russian from interfering with U.S. elections again.
“The Congress continues to have oversight responsibilities and so I think those committees will definitely continue to do their work,” she said. “That's what the American people ask of them and that's going to be very important to do. I think it raises a lot of questions about our next election.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
