UNITED states attorney general, William Barr, has received the report from special prosecutor Robert Mueller on Russia-survey. The study is thus completed.
with excitement eagerly anticipated report to shed light on the role Russia played during the presidential campaign in 2016, and possible crimes committed by president Donald Trump.
the Tv station CNN, citing an unnamed official from the ministry of Justice for the information on Mueller does not recommend further charges against any person. The news agency AP has the same information.
Mueller, who now has completed his protracted investigation, has at 22 on Friday night Danish time, handed over the report to the minister of justice.
the Report’s content is not immediately published.
But the ministry of justice informs according to Reuters, the main conclusions from the report will be published when they are delivered to Congress.
the FACTS: the UNITED states’s justice minister is considering to publish the report
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller has Friday evening Danish time delivered its long-awaited report on the role of Russia in the USA’s presidential election in 2016, attorney general William Barr.
It is not clear how much of the report becomes immediately published.
Here follows an abbreviated version of the letter, attorney general William Barr on Friday evening has sent to the heads of the legal affairs committee in the two chambers of Congress, the Senate and House of Representatives:
I am writing to inform you about ( … ) that special prosecutor Robert S. Mueller III has completed its investigation of Russian interference in the elections in 2016, and related cases.
the Rules of the special prosecutor, requires that I, as a supplement to local information gives you “a description and explanation of the events – if any – where the minister of justice” or the acting minister of justice “has concluded that an action proposed by the special prosecutor, has been so inappropriate or unnecessary in accordance with the ministry’s existing practice, that it should not be implemented”.
There has not been this kind of incidents during the special prosecutor’s investigation.
The special prosecutor has today handed me a “confidential report that explains the decisions relating to the prosecution or the delimitation”, he has taken (…).
I will be reviewing the report and waiting for, that I as soon as this weekend will be able to inform you about the special prosecutor’s conclusions.
I also intend to consult vicejustitsminister Rosenstein and special prosecutor Mueller to determine what other information from the report, there can be released to Congress and the public within the framework of the law, including the rules of the special prosecutor and the department’s established practice and policy.
I remain set on as much openness as possible, and I will keep you informed about the status of my considerations.
the Rules of the special prosecutor indicates that “the minister of justice may decide that the publication of” this letter “may be in the public interest”. I have found that this is the case, and I will publish this letter once I have sent it to you.
sincerely,
William P. Barr
Source: Reuters
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the Transfer to retsudvalgene in the Senate and the House of Representatives, according to a letter from the minister of justice, Barr is likely to be already in the weekend.
But William Barr will consult with both vicejustitsminister Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller even before he decides whether – and if so, how much of the report can be published.
Adam Schiff, who is the chairman of the permanent select committee on intelligence of the House of Representatives, put in an interview with CNN up to fight in order to get full access to the material.
Schiff says that the committee may need to summon Robert Mueller, if not the committee will get access to the evidence, which is the basis for his report.
There is doubt about what Mueller will accuse Trump of. If he ever will accuse him.
along the Way in the two-year-long investigation has already raised the charges against 34 people, including six who worked directly for the Trump during the election campaign.
the Report is expected according to observers to pave the way for a series of spectacular political showdowns in Washington.
It is not known whether müller’s report responds to a number of core issues such as: Working Trumps staff together with the Russian government in the Kremlin during the election campaign? Dismissed Trump his FBI director in order to obstruct Russia-study?
the U.S. House of Representatives with an overwhelming majority adopted a resolution which recommends that the müller’s report on Trump and Russia handed to the Congress and published.
the Resolution in the House of Representatives are voted by 420 votes to nil. A further four republicans, that were present in the chamber, abstained from the vote.
It puts Barr, who is the recently appointed minister of justice, under a lot of pressure. Even if the resolution is not binding. There has been speculation that Barr will prevent all or part of the report is published.
Donald Trump has raged over the Mueller study. He has again and again called it a “witch hunt”.
He claims that the study is nothing will find that negatively impact him or his kampagnehold from 2016.
Trumps lawyers Jay Sekulow and Rudolph Giuliani greets in a brief statement to the report are welcome. They make it clear that it is now up to attorney general Barr to decide on the next steps.
Mueller is the former head of forbundskriminalpolitiet the FBI.
