The Justice Department told a federal court that President Trump’s recent tweets about the declassification of Trump-Russia investigation documents did not actually constitute formal declassification orders as the DOJ opposed a motion to release more information connected to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Judge Reggie Walton, who has critiqued Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the Mueller report in the past, had ruled on Thursday in response to an emergency motion filed by BuzzFeed. The motion seeks access to the entire April 2019 report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and unproven claims of Trump-Russia collusion that the Justice Department needed to speak with the White House about whether Trump’s recent tweets mean Mueller’s 448-page report should be released in full.
