House Intelligence Committee subpoenas Barr for Mueller documents

Rep. Adam Schiff.
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House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) announced on Wednesday evening that the panel has subpoenaed the Department of Justice for "all counterintelligence and foreign intelligence materials" related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, as well as "the full report and underlying evidence."

Schiff said the Justice Department has thus far "responded to our requests with silence and defiance. Congress needs the material. We will not be obstructed." He gave Attorney General William Barr a deadline of May 15 to turn over the requested documents.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

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.