Attorney General William Barr
From my standpoint, within a week, I will be in a position to release the report to the public and then I will engage with the chairmen of both judiciary committees about that report, about any further requests that they have.
My intention is not to ask for [grand jury material] at this stage. I mean, if [Chairman Jerrold Nadler of the House Judiciary Committee] has a good explanation of why he does not apply in his need for the information, I’m willing to listen to that. As I said, my first agenda item here is to get the public report out — what can be gotten out publicly.
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— Attorney General William Barr, commenting on his plans to release a public version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, without any grand jury information, during a budget hearing before a U.S. House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees Justice Department spending.
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