Redacted Mueller report out within a week
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US Attorney General William Barr said yesterday he expects to release a redacted version of the special counsel鈥檚 Trump-Russia investigation report 鈥渨ithin a week.鈥
Barr told members of Congress at his first public appearance since receiving special counsel Robert Mueller鈥檚 report that his earlier projection of releasing a version by mid-April still stood.
The report, which is nearly 400 pages long, is being scoured now to remove grand jury information and details that relate to pending investigations.
Democrats scolded Barr over his handling of the report, telling him they were concerned that a summary of its main conclusions he released last month portrayed the investigation鈥檚 findings in an overly favorable way for President Donald Trump.
Nita Lowey, Democratic chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, said she was taken aback that Barr had reduced Mueller鈥檚 report to a four-page letter in just two days. That letter said that Mueller did not find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump associates, and that Barr did not believe the evidence in the report was sufficient to prove the president had obstructed justice.
鈥淓ven for someone who has done this job before, I would argue it鈥檚 more suspicious than impressive,鈥 Lowey said.
Explaining the rapid turnaround for his letter, Barr said: 鈥淭he thinking of the special counsel was not a mystery to the Department of Justice prior to the submission of the report.鈥
Barr was summoned to Congress to talk about his department鈥檚 budget request, but lawmakers still asked about the Mueller report as they waited to see it. Barr鈥檚 prepared remarks, sent to the committee on Monday, focused on funding requests for immigration enforcement and the fights against violent crime and opioid addiction, not mentioning the special counsel鈥檚 report at all.
Mueller sent his final report to Barr on March 22, ending his almost two-year investigation into possible ties between Trump鈥檚 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. Barr released a four-page letter summarizing the report two days later and said he would release a redacted version of the full report by mid-April, 鈥渋f not sooner.鈥
The new attorney general鈥檚 budget testimony came as Democrats were enraged that he was redacting material from the report and frustrated that his summary framed a narrative about Trump before they were able to see the full version.
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