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Source: The Hill
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday blocked a resolution calling on special counsel Robert Mueller's report to be made public after it passed the House unanimously.
Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) asked for unanimous consent for the nonbinding resolution, which cleared the House 420-0, to be passed by the Senate before they leave town for a week-long recess.
"There is no good reason, no good reason that the special counsel's report should not be made public. The American people are overwhelmingly for the report being made public. They have a right to see it. No one should stand in the way of that," Schumer said from the Senate floor.
But Graham, a close ally of Trump's who chairs the Judiciary Committee, objected after Schumer refused to amend the House-passed resolution to include a provision calling on the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate DOJ misconduct in the handling of the Clinton email investigation and the Carter Page FISA applications.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/434124-graham-blocks-resolution-calling-for-mueller-report-to-be-made-public