Attorney General William Barr will discuss executive privilege and recent interactions between the Justice Department and White House before special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is unveiled later Thursday morning.
Barr will hold a press conference on the investigation at 9:30 a.m., and will be joined by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official who appointed Mueller in May 2017.
The topics they will address include executive privilege, discussions with the White House, and the redactions process, according to the Justice Department.
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The redacted Mueller report will then be sent to Capitol Hill on a CD between 11 a.m. and noon as the nearly two-year wait for the report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion by the Trump campaign comes to end.
The Justice Department received Mueller’s report on the investigation last month, and Barr and Rosenstein have since been working together to redact some information, including details on grand jury proceedings and ongoing investigations, which will be color-coded.
After receiving the report, Barr released a four-page summary of the investigation that said Mueller’s investigation did not establish collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. The summary also said Mueller did not determine whether the president obstructed justice, but also did not exonerate him. Barr said he and Rosenstein concluded there was insufficient evidence to determine whether Trump obstructed justice.
