A Justice Department spokeswoman said "every page" of Mueller's nearly 400-page report provided to Barr on March 22 was flagged as potentially containing material covered under a law that protects confidential grand jury information and "therefore could not be publicly released."
"Given the extraordinary public interest in the matter, the Attorney General decided to release the report's bottom-line findings and his conclusions immediately — without attempting to summarize the report — with the understanding that the report itself would be released after the redaction process," Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said in a statement.
The New York Times and Washington Post reported that some of Mueller's investigators were frustrated about the limited information Barr included in his summary to Congress.
The Justice Department said late last week that it will release Mueller's report to Congress and the public by "mid-April, if not sooner." Barr said his department is "well along" making redactions, with the assistance of the special counsel, and "there are no plans to submit the report to the White House for a privilege review."
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