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Dems reject Barr's offer to view Mueller report with fewer redactions | TheHill

posted onApril 20, 2019
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Article snippet: Top congressional Democrats on Friday rejected Attorney General MORE's investigative report. Speaker MORE (D-N.Y.) and the top Democrats on the Intelligence and Judiciary committees in both chambers argued in a letter on Friday that Barr's offer is too rigid. They said the number of lawmakers who can review the redacted text is too small, and they took issue with not being able to see all the information, including grand jury material. "Unfortunately, your proposed accommodation -- which among other things would prohibit discussion of the full report, even with other Committee Members -- is not acceptable," the Democrats wrote in their letter to Barr."Given the comprehensive factual findings presented by the Special Counsel's Report, some of which will only be fully understood with access to the redacted material, we cannot agree to the conditions you are placing on our access to the full report. Nor can we agree to an arrangement that does not include a mechanism for ensuring access to grand jury material," they added. Their letter comes after Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd notified House Judiciary Committee Chairman MORE (R-S.C.) on Thursday, following the release of a redacted version of the 448-page report, that Barr has agreed to provide their committees and the Gang of Eight access to details in Mueller’s report that were restricted in the public version. Barr's offer would allow the lawmakers to review sensitive information uncovered during Muelle... Link to the full article to read more

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