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Saturday 30 March 2019

Redacted Mueller report expected

to be released by mid-April

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ciary committees, sets up blacked out in the public
ERIC TUCKER a possible showdown with version.
Associated Press House Democrats, who are Those include grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) — A insisting they see the full re- material, information that
redacted version of spe- port next week. would compromise sensi-
cial counsel Robert Muel- In his letter, Barr said he tive sources and methods;
ler's report on the Russia shares a desire for Con- information that could af-
investigation will be sent to gress and the public to be fect ongoing investigations,
Congress by mid-April and able to read Mueller's find- including those referred by
will not be shared with the ings, which are included in Mueller's office to other
White House beforehand, the nearly 400-page report Justice Department offices
Attorney General William the special counsel submit- and information that could
In this March 22, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr Barr said Friday. ted last week. infringe on the personal
leaves his home in McLean, Va. Barr told Congress on March
29, to expect version of special counsel's Russia report by mid- Barr's timeline, included in Barr said President Don- privacy and reputation of
April. a letter to the chairmen of ald Trump would have the "peripheral third parties."
Associated Press the House and Senate judi- right to assert executive "Our progress is such that
privilege over parts of the I anticipate we will be in
report. But he noted that a position to release the
Trump "has stated publicly report by mid-April, if not
that he intends to defer to sooner," Barr wrote.
me and, accordingly, there Barr said last week's letter
are no plans to submit the detailing Mueller's "princi-
report to the White House pal conclusions" was not
for a privilege review." intended to be an "exhaus-
Mueller officially conclud- tive recounting" of the spe-
ed his investigation when cial counsel's investigation.
he submitted the report Barr described Mueller's re-
last Friday. Two days later, port as nearly 400 pages
Barr sent a four-page letter long, not including the ta-
to Congress that detailed bles and supporting materi-
Mueller's "principal conclu- als, which he said sets forth
sions." Mueller's analysis, findings
Mueller did not find that and the reasons for his con-
the Trump campaign coor- clusions.
dinated or conspired with "Everyone will soon be able
Russia, Barr wrote, and did to read it on their own," Barr
not reach a conclusion on wrote. "I do not believe it
whether Trump obstructed would be in the public's in-
justice. Barr said he and terest for me to attempt to
Deputy Attorney General summarize the full report
Rod Rosenstein decided on or to release it in serial or
their own that Mueller's evi- piecemeal fashion."
dence was insufficient to Asked about Barr's commit-
establish that the president ment to release a redacted
committed obstruction. version of Mueller's report,
Barr said he is preparing to Trump said he has "a lot of
redact multiple categories confidence" in Barr "and if
of information from the re- that's what he'd like to do,
port and Mueller is helping I have nothing to hide." He
the Justice Department spoke at Mar-a-Lago, his
identify sections that will be private estate in Florida.q