It’s been nearly two years since Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed. After a number of high-profile arrests, pleas, and at least one conviction, the former FBI director is expected to submit his report soon. But for an ordinary citizen…
It’s been nearly two years since Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed. After a number of high-profile arrests, pleas, and at least one conviction, the former FBI director is expected to submit his report soon. But for an ordinary citizen like yourself, the big question on your mind is likely: Can I even read the Mueller report?
If you’ve been following every twist and turn of the slow-going investigation, you might have to wait a little while longer because the decision to make Mueller’s report public lies with the Justice Department, according to The New York Times.
Here’s how the submission process has to go, as reported by the Times’ DOJ correspondent Katie Benner: First, the special counsel must submit a report to the attorney general, now the recently confirmed Bill Barr. Then, Barr, as attorney general, is obligated to « send a summary of that work to Congress, » according to the Times.
But Barr has « considerable flexibility » and « discretion » into what Congress and the American public is told, according to the Times.
