Democrats say Justice Department unwilling to set date for Mueller testimony

House Democrats told The Daily Beast on Tuesday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is open to testifying before Congress about his report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election, but the Justice Department has been reluctant to schedule a date.

The Washington Post and other news organizations reported Tuesday that Mueller sent Attorney General William Barr a letter in late March, telling Barr that the four-page summary of Mueller's report he sent to Congress "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance" of his work. Barr is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, but there are concerns he might skip a Thursday hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.