Acquiescing to Democrats’ demands, AG Barr has turned over the full ‘Mueller Letter’ to the House Judiciary Committee, and the letter was released to the public shortly before the beginning of Wednesday’s testimony.
BREAKING: Letter from Special Counsel Robert Mueller to Attorney General Barr. pic.twitter.com/oDJm6coP8G
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In the brief letter, ostensibly written to convey certain decisions made on redactions in the report, claimed that Barr’s summary was misleading and risked undermining public confidence in the Mueller probe.
Still, as the special counsel requested, the full redacted report has been released to the public.
Read the full text of the letter below:
Dear Attorney General Barr:
I previously sent you a letter dated March 25, 2019, that enclosed the introduction and executive summary for each volume of the Special Counsel?s report marked with redactions to remove any information that potentially could be protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure that concerned declination decisions; or that related to a charged case. We also had marked an additional two sentences for review and have now con?rmed that these sentences can be released publicly.
Accordingly, the enclosed documents are in a form that can be released to the public consistent with legal requirements and Department policies. I am requesting that you provide these materials to Congress and authorize their public release at this time.
As we stated in our meeting of March 5 and reiterated to the Department early in the afternoon of March 24, the introductions and executive summaries of our two-volume report accurately summarize this Of?ce?s work and conclusions. 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 Of?ce?s work and conclusions. We communicated that concern to the Department on the morning of March 25. There is new 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 con?dence in the outcome of the investigations. See Department of Justice, Press Release (May 17, 2017).
While we understand that the Department is reviewing the full report to determine what is
appropriate for public release?a process that our Of?ce is working with you to complete?that
process need not delay release of the enclosed materials. Release at this time would alleviate the
misunderstandings that have arisen and would answer congressional and public questions about
the nature and outcome of our investigation. It would also accord with the standard for public release of noti?cations to Congress cited in your letter. See 28 C.F.R. 609(c) (?the Attorney
General may determine that public release? of congressional noti?cations ?would be in the public
interest?).
Sincerely yours,
WMA.
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