The attorney-general, William Barr, decides how much to make public, though the whole report could be subpoenaed
ON MAY 17th 2017 Rod Rosenstein, America’s deputy attorney-general, signed an order appointing Robert Mueller, a former federal prosecutor and FBI director, special counsel, charged with investigating “any links and/or co-ordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of Donald Trump”, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation.” His investigation has so far produced 37 indictments and guilty pleas.
What happens after delivery depends first on Mr Barr. The special-counsel statutes allow but do not require that he make the report public. He must, though, tell Congress when Mr Mueller’s investigation has ended. The statutes also require Mr Barr to tell Congress about any occasions on which he overruled Mr Mueller’s judgment .
Still, the public will clamour for a maximal release. As Richard Nixon said in 1973, “People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.” Mr Barr said he would issue a “summary” of the report to Congress. That will almost certainly leak . Adam Schiff, a Democrat who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said on February 24th that Congress will “obviously subpoena the report. We will bring in Bob Mueller to testify before Congress. We will take it to court if necessary.
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