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Foolacious

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23. Here is the full text of the letter
Wed May 1, 2019, 11:25 AM
May 2019

Last edited Wed May 1, 2019, 11:58 AM - Edit history (2)

U.S. Department of Justice
The Special Counsel's Office
Washington, DC. 20530

March 27, 2019
<handwriting>Received OAG March 28, 2019</handwriting>

The Honorable William P. Barr
Attorney General of the United States
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C.

Re: Report of the Special Counsel on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election and Obstruction of Justice (March 2019)

Dear Attorney General Barr:

I previously sent you a letter dated March 25, 2019, that enclosed the introduction and executive summary for each volume of the Special Counsel's report marked with redactions to remove any information that potentially could be protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e); that concerned declination decisions; or that related to a charged case. We also had marked an additional two sentences for review and have now confirmed that these sentences can be released publicly.

Accordingly, the enclosed documents are in a form that can be released to the public consistent with legal requirements and Department policies. I am requesting that you provide these materials to Congress and authorize their public release at this time.

As we stated in our meeting of March 5 and reiterated to the Department early in the afternoon of March 24, the introductions and executive summaries of our two-volume report accurately summarize this Office's work and conclusions. The summary letter the Department sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office's work and conclusions. We communicated that concern to the Department on the morning of March 25. There is now public confusion about critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations. See Department of Justice, Press Release (May 17, 2017).

While we understand that the Department is reviewing the full report to determine what is appropriate for public release -- a process that our Office is working with you to complete -- that process need not delay release of the enclosed materials. Release at this time would alleviate the misunderstandings that have arisen and would answer congressional and public questions about the nature and outcome of our investigation. It would also accord with the standard for public release of notifications to Congress cited in your letter. See 28 C.F.R. § 609(c) ("the Attorney General may determine that public release" of congressional notifications "would be in the public interest" ) .

Sincerely yours,
<signature/>
Robert S. Mueller, III
Special Counsel

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Over 1 month ago Mueller told Barr to release his report. Botany May 2019 #1
Barr is obstructing justice. gademocrat7 May 2019 #2
"The Honorable William P. Barr"? pfffftt! n/t Yavin4 May 2019 #3
..... Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 #5
I was actually hoping it would read.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2019 #4
Actually, that's exactly what the letter says PJMcK May 2019 #18
yup Hamlette May 2019 #24
Barr MUST go! Resign or be impeached William Seger May 2019 #6
This was before they redacted 50% Johnny2X2X May 2019 #7
Only 10% was redacted. Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #13
Barr says 10% Johnny2X2X May 2019 #14
The facts say 10%. Read the report, easy to do the math. nt Dr Hobbitstein May 2019 #15
Need to see the document that came with the letter bigbrother05 May 2019 #8
impeach barr. mopinko May 2019 #9
Drag Barr to the tool shed. ffr May 2019 #10
Thanks for the link to Resistance activities. saidsimplesimon May 2019 #21
So the letter was received at the OAG Ramsey Barner May 2019 #11
Interesting catch! FailureToCommunicate May 2019 #12
I caught that also MythosMaster May 2019 #16
Trump purged everyone with half a brain tymorial May 2019 #26
OAG wasn't necessarily the source onenote May 2019 #32
in summation... Javaman May 2019 #17
Barr on the word spying when describing the FBI investigation yaesu May 2019 #19
When Sen. Whitehouse asked him about this and the "enclosures" that came with this letter BumRushDaShow May 2019 #20
Well, Trump gets away with lying every day. TNNurse May 2019 #22
Here is the full text of the letter Foolacious May 2019 #23
Time to act is now. When will our representatives in Congress get 'tough' and follow through ... SWBTATTReg May 2019 #25
That's one tough letter, and he includes dates - March 5, March 24, March 25, and this letter.... George II May 2019 #27
They print letters with text and signature on the backside? 4139 May 2019 #28
After this letter, Barr publicly stated he did'nt know if Mueller agreed with his 4 page summary Martin Eden May 2019 #29
Barr should be impeached. What he did is blatant. nt Jarqui May 2019 #30
Well, at least they acknowledged - and met - the deadline. calimary May 2019 #31
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