In a joint statement Thursday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called on Robert Mueller to publicly testify before Congress, citing what they called Attorney General William Barr’s “regrettably partisan handling” of the special counsel’s report into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia. The statement came on the heels of Barr’s announcement late Wednesday that he would be holding a press conference at 9:30 am Thursday—about an hour before the redacted report is to be released to members of Congress and the public—to publicly discuss its conclusions.

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