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.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) has asked that Mueller appear before his panel no later than May 23, and two people with knowledge of the matter told The Daily Beast his committee has been holding regular conversations with the Justice Department about setting up a date. The department is stalling, though, saying it can't schedule a date because Mueller is still an employee, serving under the attorney general.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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