Barr said in his letter that being “mindful of the public interest,” his “goal and intent is to release as much” of the report as he can, consistent with the law. material that by law cannot be made public,” Barr wrote. Mueller interviewed hundreds of witnesses and reviewed thousands of documents, so there is voluminous material to sift through. If Barr decides to release any of the grand jury information, such a disclosure may have to be approved by a judge. “The Attorney General may determine that public release” of a special counsel’s report “would be in the public interest, to the extent that release would comply with applicable legal restrictions,” the regulations say.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2019 02:03 UTC