Three days after Attorney General William Barr sent Congress a four-page summary of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the special counsel wrote to Barr to voice concerns about that memo.
In a letter dated March 27, Mueller told Barr that the Justice Department’s summary “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office’s work and conclusions.” He urged the Justice Department to release selected materials immediately in an attempt to address “public confusion.”
Ultimately, Barr waited to release the full report at one time, with redactions. That material came out on April 18. Barr is testifying before Congress this week about that process and the investigation overall.
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