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Barr expects to release nearly 400-page Mueller report by mid-April | TheHill

posted onMarch 30, 2019
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Article snippet: Attorney General MORE has deferred to him to decide what makes it into the redacted document. "Our progress is such that I anticipate we will be in a position to release the report by mid-April, if not sooner," Barr wrote to House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE (R-S.C.). His letter indicates that the Justice Department is all but certain to miss an April 2 deadline set by House Democrats to turn over Mueller’s full report. Meanwhile, Democrats later Friday said they were standing by the deadline they had given for the Justice Department. "As I informed the Attorney General earlier this week, Congress requires the full and complete Mueller report, without redactions, as well as access to the underlying evidence, by April 2,” Nadler said in a statement Friday afternoon. “That deadline still stands.” Sen. MORE (Calif.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, had separately given Barr an April 1 deadline to turn over the document. The attorney general said officials are reviewing the report to make necessary redactions to restrict grand jury material, sensitive intelligence information that could compromise sources and methods, and details that could impact ongoing investigations stemming from Mueller’s expansive inquiry. The fact that the White House will not receive a copy in advance means Trump will not be able to assert executive privilege to keep some of the content under wraps. Barr described Mueller’s report — which the special counsel deliver... Link to the full article to read more

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