Attorney General William Barr says he'll release the redacted Mueller report 'within a week'

Associated Press

In his first appearance on Capitol Hill since taking office, and amid intense speculation over his review of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, Attorney General William Barr arrives to appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee to make his Justice Department budget request, in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

• Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that he will be "in a position" to release a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report in the Russia investigation "within a week."
• On March 24, Barr released a four-page review of Mueller's findings regarding election interference in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump.
• On April 4, the Department of Justice released a follow-up statement saying every page of the 400 page long report includes sensitive grand jury information that has to be redacted.
• Barr's promise to release the report this week comes after reports in multiple news outlets that some members of Mueller's team were frustrated with the way Barr had characterized their findings in his initial review.

Attorney General William Barr said he'll be prepared to release a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report "within a week" while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning.

On March 24, Barr released a four-page review of Mueller's findings regarding election interference in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump, immediately sparking calls for the full report to be made public.

Mueller's report will relay his conclusions from his 22-month long investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and also whether Trump attempted to obstruct the Mueller probe or other federal investigations involving him.

Barr's review, which listed Mueller's "principal conclusions," said Mueller did not find sufficient evidence to bring a criminal charge of conspiracy against Trump, the campaign, or anyone associated with it.

The review also said Mueller's team did not make a "traditional prosecutorial judgment" as to whether Trump obstructed the Mueller probe itself and other federal investigations involving him.

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In a subsequent March 29 letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, Barr said he was working with Mueller's team to release as much of the report as possible to the public.

On April 4, the Department of Justice released a statement saying every page of the report, which Barr confirmed is more than 400 pages in length, includes sensitive grand jury information that has to be redacted before the report can be released.

Barr's promise to release the report this week comes after reports in multiple news outlets including The New York Times and the Washington Post that some members of Mueller's team were frustrated with the way Barr had characterized their findings in his initial review.

The reports also said Mueller's team had prepared multiple summaries of their own of their conclusions and were perplexed as to why Barr didn't include more information from those summaries in his initial review.