Attorney General William Barr denied that he is preventing special counsel Robert Mueller from testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, according to a report.

“It’s Bob’s call whether he wants to testify,” Barr told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday on his way to El Salvador, where he is expected to work on increasing international cooperation against the violent street gang MS-13.

“I’m trying to break away from Washington and do the real work of the attorney general,” he added just days after President Trump said he was leaving the decision to “our very great attorney general” about whether Mueller could testify.

Trump earlier said the special counsel “should not testify.”

The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Barr in contempt when he ignored its subpoena for the special counsel’s unredacted Russia report.

In April, Barr released a redacted version of the 448-page document, but has refused to comply with demands for a full version and the underlying evidence from the probe.

On Wednesday, Barr jokingly asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi if she brought handcuffs for him during an event at the Capitol.

Pelosi smiled and cracked that the House sergeant at arms was around if any arrests were necessary. Barr then chuckled and walked off.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the panel’s chairman, said he would be willing to issue a subpoena for Mueller’s testimony.

“We will use the subpoena power and any other legal power we have with respect to Mr. Mueller … in order to do our job of holding this administration accountable,” the New York Democrat told CNN.