Mueller report: Congress to get redacted version ‘by mid-April’.
Robert Mueller’s report into Russian interference in the 2016 United States of America election will be made public “by mid-April”.
Attorney General William Barr says he is now redacting the 400-page document.
In a letter to the heads of the House and Senate judiciary committees, he says he expects to be able to publish by mid-April, “if not sooner”.
It comes a week after he published a four-page note summarising its conclusions – sparking demands for the report to be released in its entirety.
On Monday, six Democratic congressional committee chairs sent a letter to Mr Barr demanding the release of the full, “complete and unredacted” report by 2 April.
“Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own,” Mr Barr wrote in his letter to congressional committee chiefs – although it will be redacted to remove legally sensitive material.
It investigated whether President Donald Trump’s campaign had colluded with Russia in 2016, in order to help steal the US election, but after a 22-month inquiry Special Counsel Mueller cleared the president of collusion.
His long-awaited report stopped short of exonerating Mr Trump of the charge of obstruction of justice.
But in his letter published on 24 March, Mr Barr said that the evidence presented in the report was not enough to charge the president with obstruction.
Since former FBI director Mr Mueller was appointed to head up the investigation, his team has charged 34 people – including six former Trump aides and a dozen Russians – as well as three companies.
None of those charges are directly related to the allegations of collusion.
