Rep. Espaillat Says Not Releasing Mueller Report Would Be ‘Nixon-Like’

EXCERPT:

REPORTER: "I interviewed a former White House lawyer who said that the public is probably not going to see the Mueller report, nor will members of Congress."
ESPAILLAT: "Well, that --"
REPORTER: "What do you think will happen if that's the case?"
ESPAILLAT: "Well, that will be a fight, and maybe that's the fight that could be taken up in the courts, if the White House chooses to restrict access to a report that's important for democracy and the American people, who would be speaking about this for many, many months. And so now the people want to see the results. And if they're going to impede the American public from having access -- that's Nixon-like, that's Watergate-like, that's the kind of stuff that got Nixon, you know, to have to step down. You know it's not just the crime it's also the cover-up. And so, the cover-up could lead to -- to further problems for this presidency."