Article snippet: A Justice Department spokeswoman said Tuesday that special counsel MORE in late March over the lack of context in the attorney general’s four-page memo describing his investigation’s findings. Mueller “expressed frustration over the lack of context and the resulting media coverage” of his obstruction inquiry in a phone call following the release of Barr’s four-page letter, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement to The Hill. Kupec said Barr called Mueller after receiving a letter in which, according to The Washington Post, the special counsel wrote that Barr’s March 24 memo did not "capture the context, nature, and substance" of his findings. "The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office’s work and conclusions," Mueller wrote in the letter on March 27, according to the Post. "There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations." In it, Mueller reportedly requested that Barr release the introductions and executive summaries from his lengthy report on Russia's election interference and made suggestions about how the sections could be redacted to conceal sensitive material. "Release at this time would... Link to the full article to read more
Mueller expressed 'frustration' to Barr over lack of context in letter | TheHill
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