Sometime after that, the report will be posted on the special counsel's website, a Department of Justice official said. Members of Congress have been told by the Justice Department they'll get copies of the redacted report on CDs around 11 a.m., congressional sources told NBC News. Mueller will not attend the news conference, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Justice. An exact time for the release has not been disclosed, but Barr and Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw the investigation, will hold a press conference on Thursday at 9:30 am EST. NBC News will post a copy of the document on as soon as it is available. The Department of Justice says it will submit the redacted report to Congress and the public Thursday morning. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images HOW WILL THE REPORT BE RELEASED? Attorney General William Barr testifies about the Justice Department's FY2020 budget request before the House Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on April 09, 2019. The attorney general said the redactions will be coded with four colors signaling the four categories of deletions so readers will know why the items were edited out of particular sections, even if they are not privy to the info itself. WHO'S DOING THE EDITING?īarr said he and members of Mueller's team have been working on the redactions together since he received the report on March 22. On Thursday morning, shortly before the expected release of the report, Trump tweeted, "Presidential harassment!" WHAT'S BEING REDACTED?Ī number of categories of information are being removed from the public version of the report, including grand jury information, anything the intelligence community believes would reveal sources and methods, material that could interfere with ongoing prosecutions and details that impinge on "the privacy or reputational interests of peripheral players where there's a decision not to charge them," according to Attorney General William Barr. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that there would be only light redactions, citing anonymous sources "familiar with the matter." The redacted report will provide very detailed accounts into the obstruction allegations against Trump and offer insight into why Mueller felt he could not come to a conclusion on the issue of obstruction, sources told The Post. The report also deals with whether President Donald Trump later tried to obstruct Mueller's investigation. and a Russian lawyer who promised "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. The nearly 400-page report is expected to shed light on the Russian government's attempts to boost Trump, and any interactions Moscow's agents might have had with his campaign, including more details about a Trump Tower meeting involving Manafort, Donald Trump Jr.
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