Attorney general William Barr said he may be able to provide lawmakers with the special counsel’s principal conclusions “as soon as this weekend”
US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has submitted his final report, a still-secret document that closes his 22-month investigation into whether President Donald Trump or those around him conspired in Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
“The next steps are up to attorney general Barr, and we look forward to the process taking its course,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in a tweet. “The White House has not received or been briefed on the Special Counsel’s report.” The president was on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida when the news broke that Mueller had finished his work, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Before wrapping up his probe, Mueller helped secure guilty pleas from five people involved in Trump’s presidential campaign — including Paul Manafort, who was his campaign chairman, and Michael Flynn, who became his first national security adviser. Mueller has also indicted more than two dozen Russian hackers and military intelligence officers.
Mueller’s report could be politically disastrous for Trump if the special counsel says he uncovered evidence that would justify a congressional move to impeach the president — and it’s sure to be claimed as vindication by the president if he doesn’t. The Justice Department probably won’t want to release the names of people that Mueller investigated but didn’t charge. Material related to ongoing law enforcement operations, grand jury proceedings or classified intelligence programs is also expected to be withheld from the public.
Trump — who answered written questions from Mueller but never sat for an interview with him — told reporters on Wednesday that he wants the Special Counsel’s report made public. “Let it come out,” he said. “Let people see it.”Mueller, a former FBI director, was appointed in May 2017 to conduct one of the most consequential investigations in US history.
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