The version of the Mueller report provided to select members of Congress is almost entirely redacted, according to the Justice Department, and the portions that…
The version of the Mueller report provided to select members of Congress is almost entirely redacted, according to the Justice Department, and the portions that are redacted are confidential by law.
The Justice Department made this clear in a little-noticed letter last week to Democratic New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee. Nadler’s demand to see the entire Mueller report has provoked a standoff with the White House, which has resulted in Trump asserting executive privilege over information that is actually illegal to release, even to Congress.
Only 1.5% of the version of the Mueller report made available to Nadler and other congressional leaders is redacted, the DOJ said in the letter. Those portions are redacted only for grand jury information, which is prohibited from release by law.
House Democrats voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress on Wednesday over his refusal to release the entire report, as well as underlying materials.
