The special counsel regulation sets no time frame or deadline for when Mr. Barr must provide this information to Congress. Mr. Barr is required only to provide lawmakers with very basic facts. He would be operating within the guidelines of the regulation if he were to give Congress a bare-bones notification that Mr. Mueller had concluded his work. In his letter on Friday, Mr. Barr said he planned to consult with the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, and Mr. Mueller about what other details from the report could be given to Congress and the public. Mr. Barr has said repeatedly that he would release as much as he could from the report within the parameters of the special counsel regulations.

Source: New York Times March 22, 2019 21:05 UTC