Blumenthal leads effort to make Mueller report public

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal has partnered with a powerful Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, in an effort to ensure the final report by special counsel Robert Mueller becomes public.

On Monday, Blumenthal and Grassley, a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Senate president pro tempore, placing him third in line of presidential succession, introduced the Special Counsel Transparency Act, which would require Mueller — or any future special counsel — to submit a final report of his investigation directly to Congress and the public. The requirement would also apply if the special counsel is fired or resigns before the the report is finished.

Mueller is leading the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. That investigation has already resulted in criminal charges against more than two dozen people, including President Donald Trump’s longtime attorney, national security advisor, campaign chairman and campaign advisors.

“The Special Counsel Transparency Act is about a simple, bipartisan principle: the public’s right to know,” Blumenthal said. “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.”

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