Barr wrote a letter to lawmakers today, giving updates on the Mueller report and when to expect it as well as a few other tidbits.
Barr also interestingly makes an effort to dispute characterizing his initial memo as a "summary".
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...8b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.d87d29555bd4
"Although the president would have the right to assert privilege over certain parts of the report, he has stated publicly that he intends to defer to me and, accordingly, there are no plans to submit the report to the White House for a privilege review," Barr wrote.
Barr said he will also redact any information that would "potentially compromise sources and methods" of intelligence collection, and any information that would "unduly infringe on the personal privacy and reputational interests of peripheral third parties."
Barr also interestingly makes an effort to dispute characterizing his initial memo as a "summary".
"Also, I am aware of some media reports and other public statements mischaracterizing my March 24, 2019 supplemental notification as a "summary" of the Special Counsel's investigation and report. // My March 24 letter was not, and did not purport to be, an exhaustive recounting of the Special Counsel's investigation or report," Barr wrote. "As my letter made clear, my notification to Congress and the public provided, pending release of the report, a summary of its "principal conclusions" — that is, its bottom line. The Special Counsel's report is nearly 400 pages long (exclusive of tables and appendices) and sets forth the Special Counsel's findings, his analysis, and the reasons for his conclusions. . . . I do not believe it would be in the public's interest for me to attempt to summarize the full report or to release it in serial or piecemeal fashion."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...8b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.d87d29555bd4