Attorney General William Barr plans to make public a version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report within “weeks, not months.”
A Justice Department official told Reuters of the time range and said Barr also shared the prediction to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in a phone call this week.
The pair had a meeting set up to discuss the issue on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Graham said he expected Barr will have to blot out grand jury information, which is against the law to make public, as well as intelligence sources and methods. He also predicted the White House would get an opportunity to claim executive privilege on some of Mueller’s findings, keeping them from being released.
Mueller concluded his nearly two-yearlong investigation at the end of last week after which Barr sent a four-page summary to Congress on Sunday.
According to Barr’s four-page letter, Mueller’s team found no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia after a 22-month probe, which included roughly 2,800 subpoenas, 500 search warrants, and 500 witness interviews.
Mueller also declined to determine whether Trump obstructed justice, and Barr said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded there was insufficient evidence to show the president committed a crime.
In a letter Monday, House Democrats gave the Justice Department a one-week ultimatum to submit Mueller’s full report and the underlying documents to Congress.
