Democrats appear to be in no mood to waste any more time waiting to see Robert Mueller's Russia report in its entirety after Attorney General William Barr stranded them for weeks with nothing more than his own partisan assertions about the 400-pages-plus document. The Washington Post reports that House Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler could subpoena Mueller's full report as soon as Friday.
To date, Nadler and other Democrats have shown a good bit of restraint in issuing subpoenas, a move likely born of the strategizing they did with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as they surveyed the legal battles ahead. Nadler, for instance, hasn't subpoenaed top Trump aides such as former Communications Director Hope Hicks and former White House counsel Don McGahn. But the advent of Barr finally releasing the redacted report looks to be a turning point in the battle to wrestle Mueller's full report from Barr's clutches.
As we move into a new phase, keep in mind that bipartisan support for getting the full report was unanimous as of last month. House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle voted 420-0 in favor of the Justice Department making the full report available to the public.