Nadler said Friday he plans to issue a subpoena for the complete report within hours.
“We are headed to find out a lot more, to hold proper hearings, to educate ourselves and the American people and we’ll see where the evidence leads,” Nadler said on “CBS This Morning.”
Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, told reporters there: “This report is far from the end of the inquiry this country needs and deserves. It is the beginning of another chapter.” He added, “I’m not suggesting in any way that there should be an impeachment proceeding, but I think there’s a need for oversight to prevent this Russian attack from occurring again.”
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, gave the strongest statement against impeachment.
“Based on what we have seen to date, going forward on impeachment is not worthwhile at this point,” Hoyer was quoted by CNN as saying. “There is an election in 18 months and the American people will make a judgment.”
Yet some Democrats want to move against the president now. Representative Al Green of Texas, who forced an unsuccessful House vote on impeachment in the last Congress, said Thursday it’s time for his fellow lawmakers to act.
“I call for the impeachment of the president of the United States of America,” Green said in a press conference streamed on Facebook. “This rests solely now on the shoulders of the Congress of the United States of America.”
Many of the Democrats running to replace Trump in 2020 focused their criticism on Barr’s presentation rather than the substance of Mueller’s report. California Senator Kamala Harris, on Twitter, called Barr’s press conference a “stunt, filled with political spin and propaganda.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading many polls although he hasn’t said whether he’s running, dodged a question about the report, saying, “I haven’t had a chance to see it.”
Republicans sought to depict the report as putting a final nail on talk of impeachment.