By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.s. Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:06 BST, 16 May 2019 | Updated: 18:06 BST, 16 May 2019
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Attorney General William Barr says it is up to special counsel Robert Mueller whether he will testify before Congress about the 448-page report he worked on for nearly two years.
Barr, who has said previously he does not object to making Mueller available, spoke about the prospect days after President Trump weighed in and said Mueller should not testify.
'It's Bob's call whether he wants to testify,' Barr told the Wall Street Journal as he made his way to El Salvador, where he will focus on the gang MS-13 gang.
IT'S UP TO YOU! Attorney General William Barr said it was 'Bob's call' whether Mueller would testify before Congress amid deep divisions over the Mueller report
'I'm trying to break away from Washington and do the real work of the attorney general,' he said.
Mueller has given no public indication that he wants to testify – although he penned a letter to Barr disputing the way the attorney general characterized his report during the period before a redacted version was made public.
He is currently a Justice Department employee, and the administration is able to block him from appearing. When he wraps up his tenure, he might be able to appear anyway absent the administration's consent.
US President Donald Trump (L) and US Attorney General William Barr listen during the
