Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted the report on his investig...
WASHINGTON - Now that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted the report on his investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, Attorney General William Barr must decide how much of the document - if any - to make public.
Justice Department regulations governing special counsels adopted in 1999 give Barr, the top U.S. law enforcement official, broad discretion in deciding how much to release to Congress and the public. Barr, in his January Senate confirmation hearings after being nominated by Trump, promised to “provide as much transparency as I can consistent with the law” - a pledge that still gives him a lot of wiggle room.Mueller was named special counsel in May 2017 by the department’s No.
Special counsels can be appointed by the department to investigate matters of high sensitivity that are not handled through the normal channels.The regulations state that when an investigation is conducted a special counsel must provide the attorney general a “confidential report” explaining why particular individuals were or were not charged.
In deciding what to release, Barr may have to confront thorny legal issues involving secrecy of grand jury testimony, protecting classified information, communications with the White House possibly subject to the principle of executive privilege shielding certain information from disclosure, and safeguarding confidential reasons for why some individuals were not charged.Some Democrats have expressed concern Barr may try to shield Trump and bury parts of the report.
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