Barr will hold a press conference to discuss the Mueller’s work without him there. Meanwhile, the DOJ has briefed Trump’s team as it prepares a counteroffensive.
The Mueller report isn’t out yet, but the rollout is and it’s already causing controversy.
The Justice Department will hold a press conference Thursday morning about the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report—but Mueller won’t be there and the document may not be released until after Attorney General William Barr speaks about the nearly 400 pages he went through to redact.
The House Judiciary Committee expects to get the Mueller report from DOJ following Barr’s press conference scheduled for 9:30 a.m., one committee member and one aide told The Daily Beast. “They are making Al Capone look straight,” the member said.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler will hold a press conference at 8 p.m. to discuss the Justice Department’s plans.
Nadler first spoke out on Twitter where he ripped Barr.
“Attorney General Barr wrote to me on April 1: ‘I do not believe it would be in the public’s interest for me to attempt to summarize the full report,’” the New York Democrat wrote. “I agree. So why is the AG holding a press conference tomorrow morning to go over the Mueller report?”
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said not to trust what Barr says on Thursday.
“Bill Barr sent a letter purporting to summarize Mueller’s conclusions. He took it upon himself to reach a conclusion on obstruction. He adopted the President’s “spying” smears. Now, he will spin a report no one has read,” he wrote. “My advice: Wait to read Mueller’s words for yourself.”
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If the report was 400 pages of "he's exonerated!" would Team Trump be acting like this? https://t.co/RS7RxHAAnd
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) April 17, 2019
I mean, who among us DOESN'T remember Ken Starr helping Bill Clinton prepare a "counterreport" before anyone saw HIS report?
— Ben. No More, No Less. (@BJS_quire) April 17, 2019
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