Ninth District Congressman Doug Collins says Attorney General William Barr "delivered more transparency than the regulations require" in his release of the Mueller report Thursday morning.
The Gainesville Republican, in a statement released shortly after Barr released the report, praised him for working with the special counsel's team to make "necessary redactions" to a report he is sharing with Congress in "good faith, not by mandate."
"I look forward to examining the mountain of facts supporting the principal conclusions the attorney general and deputy attorney general shared last month: no collusion, no obstruction," Collins, the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, added. “I am encouraged by the Democrats and Republicans who have expressed their faith in Special Counsel Mueller’s integrity and ability.“
Democrats, meanwhile, cried foul as Barr held a press conference just before the release — "spinning the report" in the words of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. They sent up a chorus of calls for Mueller himself to testify before Congress, and Barr said he wouldn't object.
Click here to read more about the report, Barr's news conference, and President Trump's reaction to the day's events.
(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
