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When will Attorney General William Barr release the Mueller Report?

Feb 24, 2019 · Democrats Will Subpoena Robert Mueller If Justice Department Doesn’t Release His Report. Read full article ... Donald Trump’s Attorney …

Who has the power to issue criminal charges against Mueller?

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation is complete, but Donald Trump’s hand-picked attorney general won’t release the whole report. Here’s what we know: Mueller did not exonerate the President, or make a conclusion on obstruction of justice. Impeachment doesn’t hinge on indictments. Something can be legal and still impeachable. Mueller was looking at the legal …

Did Trump initiate executive privilege over Mueller Report subpoenas?

Feb 03, 2019 · Democrats have pressured attorney general nominee William Barr to commit to releasing the final report in full. Barr has said he doesn’t know “what will be releasable” or what Mueller’s writing. ADVERTISEMENT. Barr has cited Justice Department regulations that say Mueller’s report should be confidential.

Who is the Attorney General who will oversee Mueller probe?

Feb 03, 2019 · Democrats have pressured attorney general nominee William Barr to commit to releasing the final report in full. Barr has said he doesn't know "what will be releasable" or what Mueller's writing....

Will Mueller report be released?

The report was submitted to Attorney General William Barr on March 22, 2019, and a redacted version of the 448-page report was publicly released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 18, 2019.

Why is Mueller important?

Robert Swan Mueller III (/ˈmʌlər/; born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013.

What does the name Mueller mean?

millerGerman (Müller) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a miller, Middle High German müller, German Müller. In Germany Müller, Mueller is the most frequent of all surnames; in the U.S. it is often changed to Miller.

Who are Mueller's children?

Cynthia MuellerMelissa MuellerRobert Mueller/Children

Overview

Reactions

Trump has vacillated in his view of the report, initially saying, "The Mueller report was great. It could not have been better," then one month later characterizing it as a "total 'hit job'", then one month later as "a beautiful report".
The Mueller report reported that Donald Trump's campaign staff, administration officials, and family members, his Republican backers, and his associates lied …

Background

On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump dismissed former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey, who had been leading an ongoing Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigation into links between Trump associates and Russian officials. This investigation, code named Crossfire Hurricane, began in July 2016 after the Australian government advised US aut…

Findings

Volume I starts on page 1 of the report and focuses on Russian interference and allegations of "conspiracy" or "coordination" between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, "not the concept of 'collusion'".
The Mueller report found that the Russian government "interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion" and "violated U.S. criminal law". The report relayed two met…

Events before public release

The report was submitted by the special counsel to Attorney General William Barron March 22, 2019. Barr assumed oversight of the investigation on February 14, 2019, after being approved by the Senate and sworn in as Attorney General. Barr had been previously critical of the investigation before Trump announced his intent to nominate Barr for Attorney General on December 7, 2018. Barr's pred…

Public release of redacted report

On April 18, 2019, a redacted version of the special counsel's report was released to Congress and the public. About one-eighth of the lines are redacted. The report is 448 pages long across two volumes and four appendices. It contains about 200,000 words and over 1,100 footnotes. About 11% of the text is redacted. 40% of the pages had at least one redaction, and there were over 900 redacted text blocks in all.

Subsequent actions with Congress

On April 18, Barr said: "the president confirmed that, in the interests of transparency and full disclosure to the American people, he would not assert privilege over the special counsel's report".
Congressional committees had wanted more answers about the process and findings of the Special Counsel investigation. The Associated Pressdescribed …

Possible future releases

A less-redacted version of the report "with all redactions removed except those relating to grand-jury information", which is required to be redacted by federal law, is expected to be available two weeks after the initial public release, to "a bipartisan group of leaders from several Congressional committees".
On April 19, 2019, House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler issued a subpoenafor the full…