White House, Justice Department officials discussed Mueller report ahead of release: NYThttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/white-house-justice-department-officials-discussed-mueller-report-ahead-of-release-nyt-idUSKCN1RT1QOQuote
Certain members of Congress will be able to see a less-redacted version of the report, Jessie Liu, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a court filing on Wednesday.
“The Justice Department plans to make available for review by a limited number of members of Congress and their staff a copy of the special counsel’s report without certain redactions,” Liu said.
“The Justice Department intends to secure this version of the report in an appropriate setting that will be accessible to a limited number of members of Congress and their staff,” she said.
Apparently, among the release of the color coded redacted report, some members of Congress will get to see a less-redacted version as well.
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Barr will speak to reporters at 9:30 a.m. EDT along with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller as special counsel in May 2017. But copies of the report will not be delivered to Capitol Hill until between 11 a.m. and noon, a senior Justice Department official said.
Democrats said Barr, a Trump appointee, would be trying to shape the public’s views of the report during his news conference before anyone had a chance to draw their own conclusions.
“The attorney general appears to be waging a media campaign on behalf of President Trump,” U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler told reporters in New York on Wednesday night.
“Rather than letting the facts of the report speak for themselves, the attorney general has taken unprecedented steps to spin Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation,” Nadler said.
IMO, I think it's fair that Barr will get to the media first. It's not like the Dems haven't had 22 months to use the media to Trump's detriment.
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