Barr says Russia probe was started 'without basis'

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42. A judge got hold of the unredacted Mueller Report

I bet Barr is terrified of what is going to come of that.

Virus Pandemic Delays Judge's Review of Unredacted Mueller Report
"The judge's review of the Mueller report marks one of the most significant 'in camera' reviews in the history of the Freedom of Information Act," the advocacy group Electronic Protection Information Center, a plaintiff in the case, said.
By C. Ryan Barber | March 30, 2020 at 05:09 PM

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U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton of the District of Columbia had ordered the Justice Department to turn over the report, in a ruling that sharply criticized U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s handling of the more than 400-page document. Walton said Barr displayed a “lack of candor” in his public rollout of the Mueller report, and the judge assailed the Justice Department leader for appearing to spin the Russia investigation’s findings “in favor of President Trump.”

“The court has grave concerns about the objectivity of the process that preceded the public release of the redacted version of the Mueller Report and its impacts on the department’s subsequent justifications that its redactions of the Mueller Report are authorized by the [Freedom of Information Act],” Walton said in his 23-page ruling March 5.

Justice Department lawyers submitted the report Monday, only to have Walton note that he will not be able to review the unredacted version until at least April 20, in light of an order issued by Chief Judge Beryl Howell that drastically limited the court’s operations amid the coronavirus crisis.

BuzzFeed News and the advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the Freedom of Information Act lawsuits at the center of the case. “The judge’s review of the Mueller report marks one of the most significant ‘in camera’ reviews in the history of the Freedom of Information Act,” the advocacy group said Monday in a statement.

More: https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/2020/03/30/virus-pandemic-delays-judges-review-of-unredacted-mueller-report/?slreturn=20200310061014