Bay Area congressman Eric Swalwell says 'we're going to subpoena' Robert Mueller

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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) told Bill Maher that the House Intelligence Committee will subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress and present the findings of his report.

Hours after Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr, Swalwell said during an appearance on Maher's show Real Time that "we're going to subpoena" Robert Mueller.

"People are on their way to jail, have gone to jail, there's probably a farming out of other investigations, but yes, if you have a TV or a Twitter account you've already seen obstruction of justice, so I think the team has seen that," Swalwell said. "But here's what's important, it's that the public sees the report contemporaneously with the president, he should not be allowed to edit, he should not be allowed to restrict or sanitize, and Mueller has to come before Congress and tell us its veracity as far as what Barr [releases]."

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"You can make that happen?" Maher asks.

"Yeah, we're going to subpoena him and Adam Schiff announced that earlier," Swalwell replied.

"You'll subpoena Mueller?"

"Yep."

On Friday afternoon, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff told CNN that his committee is prepared to subpoena Robert Mueller if they are unsatisfied with what Barr releases to Congress.

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In a letter to congressional leaders, Barr said that he might be able to brief them on the principal findings of Mueller's report as soon as the weekend.

"I am reviewing the report and anticipate that I may be in a position to advise you of the Special Counsel's principal conclusions as soon as this weekend," Barr wrote.

Eric Ting is an SFGATE staff writer. Email him at eting@sfchronicle.com and follow him on Twitter

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