In Friday’s letter to the chairmen, Barr said he was “aware of some media reports and other public statements mischaracterizing my Masupplemental notification as a ‘summary’ of the special counsel’s investigation and report.” “Accordingly, there are no plans to submit the report to the White House for a privilege review,” the letter states.įollowing the submission of the Mueller report to the attorney general, Barr caused a stir with the public and press alike last weekend when he issued a brief summary clearing Trump of obstruction and collusion. Though the White House has the right to assert executive privilege over portions of the report, Barr noted that President Donald Trump has “stated publicly he intends to defer to me.” Information that could compromise “sensitive sources and methods” or details that could “affect other ongoing matters, including those that the special counsel has referred to other department offices” will also be redacted, Barr wrote. The special counsel’s office is assisting Barr with those redactions and the Justice Department is reviewing the report for sensitive information that “by law that cannot be made public,” according to the letter. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Īddressed to Senator Lindsay Graham, R-Ky., and Representative Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., - the chairmen of the judiciary committees in the Senate and House, respectively – the two-page letter said Barr is “preparing the report for release” and making necessary redactions. Barr told Congress on March 29 to expect version of special counsel's Russia report by mid-April. Attorney General William Barr leaves his home in McLean, Va., on March 22, 2019. WASHINGTON (CN) – In a letter to Congress, Attorney General William Barr said Friday he will release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s nearly 400-page report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election by mid-April.
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