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Here’s How Much Is Legally Redacted From The Mueller Report, For Which Democrats Seek To Hold AG Barr In Contempt

Ashe Schow

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt because he refused to break the law and make the full report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller available to Congress.

To be sure, Barr is bound by the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e), which prohibits the disclosure of grand jury material. He has placed a version of the Mueller report in a secured room on Capitol Hill and granted access to “congressional leaders of both parties, as well as the chairmen and ranking members of intelligence and judiciary committees in the House and Senate,” as reported by National Review.

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