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Grassley, Blumenthal Introduce Bill to Ensure Release of Mueller Report

Sen. Blumenthal and Sen. Grassley’s bill would require a report to be released at the investigation’s end or if Mueller’s fired.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced a bill Monday that would require Special Counsel Robert Mueller to provide Congress and the public with a report at the investigation’s end or if he is dismissed. “A report would be required whenever a Special Counsel finishes the investigation, is fired, or resigns; assuring that the results cannot be sealed or selectively censored,” Blumenthal said in a press release. “A Special Counsel is appointed only in very rare serious circumstances involving grave violations of public trust. The public has a right and need to know the facts of such betrayals of public trust.” According to Blumenthal and Grassley’s bill, Mueller would be required to issue the report upon the probe’s conclusion or “within two weeks of a removal, transfer, or resignation” with “all factual findings and underlying evidence” included.