The House Judiciary Committee delayed the former special counsel's testimony until July 24th.
This week, Attorney General William Barr suggested the deputies should not appear, and the DOJ has resisted having them testify before Congress. The House Intelligence Committee, in particular, wanted to speak to the deputies in closed session so they could dive into classified, counterintelligence details of the investigation.
The Judiciary Committee is expected to focus on episodes in Mueller's report where Trump attempted to influence the investigation.
Mueller was supposed to testify before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on July 17 in two consecutive hearings, each scheduled to last about two hours.
"Internal talks over the structure of the hearings originally scheduled for July 17 have been heating up for days, with some members complaining they might not have enough time carved out to ask questions", reports Fox News.
"Whenever the hearing takes place, it's important that every single member of the House Democratic Caucus who serves on the Judiciary Committee participates in the Mueller hearing", Democratic Caucus Chair and Judiciary member Hakeem Jeffries told reporters.
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One of the people said the hearing would be delayed a week.
A tentative agreement to reschedule Mueller's testimony until July 24 was reached with House Democrats, according to the website.
The questions surrounding the hearing threatened to distract from the Democrats' intended goal: highlighting the contents of Mueller's 448-page report for Americans who they believe have not read it. Their desire set off months of negotiations that ultimately led to Mueller agreeing to appear, under subpoena, for a limited time period. The two committees said in a statement that all members of both committees will be able to question him. However, congressional Democrats made it clear that they wanted to hear from him regarding the investigation and report.
It will be the first time he'll answer questions publicly about his investigation into Russian election meddling and President Trump. But Democrats want to know more about how he made that decision and when.
"This committee got rolled", he said. "After a brief break, the House Intelligence Committee will convene for additional public testimony beginning at 12 p.m.", the statement continued.
"Absolutely", California Rep. Ted Lieu said Thursday when asked if he would be concerned if he's not allowed to ask questions.
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