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Special Counsel Robert Mueller submits full report on Russia probe; Hands over report on Trump and Russia to AG Bill Barr – Congress might learn his ‘Principal Conclusions’ this weekend

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"articleWide cleared">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"alpha">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"js-article-text" class&equals;"article-text wide">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"article-header">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"flag-region">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Special Counsel Robert Mueller<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"> submits full report on <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Trump and Russia&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">probe to AG&comma; Bill Barr 22 months&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"> after it started in May 2017<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Special Counsel&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">will NOT recommend any new prosecutions or <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">pursue additional criminal charges against anyone including President Trump&comma; his family members and his White House aides<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Newsflash at 5&colon;00 p&period;m&period; Friday signaled that the Mueller probe was over&comma;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Congress might learn his &&num;8216&semi;principal conclusions&&num;8217&semi; this weekend&comma; AG said&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">AG will decide which portions of Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s output can be released in a way that&&num;8217&semi;s consistent with federal law&nbsp&semi; <&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Amid fears portions of report will be selectively made available to congress&comma; Democrats promise to kick up a fuss&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">Trump had blasted Special Counsel probe as a &&num;8216&semi;witch hunt&&num;8217&semi; and repeated his &&num;8216&semi;no collusion&&num;8217&semi; mantra on Friday morning&comma; although Wednesday he said he did not mind if the report was made public<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"section-tag"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;">White House said it has not seen the report or had briefings on its contents as Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer warned Justice Dept&period; to avoid giving White House preview of report<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"featured-image-wrapper">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"wp-caption-text featured"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-306703" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Robert-Mueller-4-300x206&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"861" height&equals;"591">Robert Mueller officially concluded his probe into possible collusion between The trump campaign and Russia on Friday&comma; April&comma; 22<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">Special Counsel Robert Mueller has not recommended any new criminal indictments as he wraps up his Russia probe&comma; deflating what some Democrats hoped would be a bad-news day for the White House&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mueller delivered a long-awaited report Friday to Attorney General Bill Barr&comma; opening up the possibility that key members of Congress could know its bottom line by the end of the weekend&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;President Trump&comma; his inner circle of present and former confidants and his family members may be out of immediate legal jeopardy after &nbsp&semi;senior Justice Department official confirmed Friday that there will be no more indictments filed with federal courts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-306783" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;01&sol;Donald-Trump-announces-end-of-federal-shutdown-300x181&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1023" height&equals;"617">Trump repeated his anti-Mueller mantra on the White House lawn saying&colon; &&num;8216&semi;There was no collusion&period; There was no obstruction&period; Everybody knows it&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s all a big hoax&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s all a witch hunt&period;&&num;8217&semi; In a rather surprising move President Trump Wednesday on FOX said he doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mind if the Mueller report goes public&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">After 22 months the biggest convictions remain former Trump former National Security Advisor Gen&period; Michael Flynn&comma; the President&&num;8217&semi;s campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates&comma; along with former Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen&period;<iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;amzn&lowbar;firetv&lowbar;decembertpr&amp&semi;banner&equals;1RGY50AZXV9P03PBXYR2&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;d2ce3432e3c9d5af3e2cb332142dd0cd&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" scrolling&equals;"no" border&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" style&equals;"border&colon;none&semi;" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><iframe src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;12&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;tab&lowbar;lnch&lowbar;fireab3ack&lowbar;242&amp&semi;banner&equals;1RF7GQJCXEB22T3C2X82&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;lc&equals;pf4&amp&semi;linkID&equals;d0d6ed3062ba5a36a03e7c4b146cd4bd&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"250" scrolling&equals;"no" border&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" style&equals;"border&colon;none&semi;" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;The Justice Department notified leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees before announcing the end of a 22-month-long saga focused on still-unproven allegations that Trump&&num;8217&semi;s 2016 campaign colluded with agents of Russia to improve his chances in the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Trump&comma; according to White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders&comma; has not seen any results from Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s investigation&period;&nbsp&semi;White House lawyers Pat Cipollone and Emmet Flood were with the president at his Mar-a-Lago resort club in Palm Beach&comma; Florida when news wires lit up&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312093" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;AG-Bill-Barrs-letter-to-Congress-on-April-22-on-Mueller-Report-1-225x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"764" height&equals;"1019"><strong>Attorney General Bill Barr&&num;8217&semi;s office sent this is the letter to the chairs and ranking members of the Judiciary Committees&comma; revealing the Mueller probe is over&comma; late Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"splitLeft">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312089" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Bill-Barr-left-and-Donald-Trump-right-1-300x210&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"699" height&equals;"489"><strong>Newly appointed Attorney General Bill Barr &lbrack;left&rsqb; around 4&period;00 pm Friday took delivery of the results of the almost two-year long Mueller probe into the 2016 election and whether Russia helped elect President Trump &lbrack;right&rsqb;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312090" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Sarah-Huckabee-Sanders-tweet-on-Mueller-Report-1-300x140&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"883" height&equals;"412"><strong>White House press secretay Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the president knows nothing of the contents of Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s probe<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div>White Huse press secretary Sarah Sanders said the president knows nothing of the contents of Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s probe&colon; &&num;8216&semi;The next steps are up to Attorney General Barr&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Sanders wrote in a tweet&comma; &&num;8216&semi;and we look forward to the process taking its course&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"moduleFull mol-video">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"item">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"vjs-flyout-wrapper-fixed">&NewLine;<div 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Special Counsel Robert Mueller handed over a report on his investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election&period; Attorney General William Barr is to read over the report&period; It is not known if he found that President Trump committed any misdeeds&period;&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;referenceId&quot&semi;&colon;1889012&comma;&quot&semi;grapeshot&quot&semi;&colon;&lbrace;&quot&semi;article&quot&semi;&colon;&lbrace;&quot&semi;articleURL&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;wires&sol;ap&sol;article-6840727&sol;Mueller-concludes-Russia-probe-delivers-report-AG-Barr&period;html&quot&semi;&rcub;&rcub;&rcub;">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"vjs-flyout-control">&&num;8216&semi;The White House has not received or been briefed on the Special Counsel’s report&comma;&&num;8217&semi; she added&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The president himself said Friday morning as he left Washington for Florida that he had no information about when Mueller might finish his work&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I have no idea about the Mueller report&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&comma; adding his standard assurance that &&num;8216&semi;there was no collusion&comma;&&num;8217&semi; between Trumpworld and the Kremlin&comma; and that &&num;8216&semi;there was no obstruction&&num;8217&semi; of justice in the White House&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Everybody knows it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s all a big hoax&period; &&num;8230&semi; I call it the witch hunt&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The &&num;8216&semi;highly respected&&num;8217&semi; Barr&comma; he added&comma; &&num;8216&semi;ultimately will make a decision&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Trump has said for more than two years that the Mueller probe was a politically motivated operation inspired by an unverified opposition-research dossier funded by the Democratic National Committee and his 2016 rival Hillary Clinton&&num;8217&semi;s campaign&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The special counsel&&num;8217&semi;s office has filed nearly 200 charges against 34 individuals — including six former Trump advisers and 26 Russians&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Seven of them have pleaded guilty to federal crimes&period; Judges have sentenced five of them&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312088" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Robert-Mueller-5-300x194&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"730" height&equals;"472"> <strong>Winding down&colon; Special Counsel Bob Mueller&nbsp&semi; was caught thursday arriving for work wearing a baseball cap&period; He handed in his report on Friday<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The Mueller report promises to kickoff a tribal slugfest in Washington for decades&period; As news of the Special Counsel&&num;8217&semi;s Office closing shop swept through Washington just before 5&colon;00 p&period;m&period; Friday&comma; the flood of&nbsp&semi; of tweets launching a political battle over what&&num;8217&semi;s in the report and how much will be made public hit the air waves&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<iframe style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;rcm-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;cm&quest;o&equals;1&amp&semi;p&equals;48&amp&semi;l&equals;ur1&amp&semi;category&equals;mac&amp&semi;banner&equals;0P715RANPJQMNW5YYR82&amp&semi;f&equals;ifr&amp&semi;linkID&equals;fd82abf5a90d867e9fcd97c6367c4a94&amp&semi;t&equals;konniemomen0a-20&amp&semi;tracking&lowbar;id&equals;konniemomen0a-20" width&equals;"728" height&equals;"90" frameborder&equals;"0" marginwidth&equals;"0" scrolling&equals;"no"><&sol;iframe><br &sol;>&NewLine;President Donald Trump&&num;8217&semi;s attorney&comma; Rudy Giuliani&comma; said he and the president&&num;8217&semi;s other lawyers &&num;8216&semi;are confident that there is no finding of collusion by the president&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;On the Democrat side Senate Intelligence Committee ranking Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia warned that &&num;8216&semi;&lbrack;a&rsqb;ny attempt by the Trump Administration to cover up the results of this investigation into Russia&&num;8217&semi;s attack on our democracy would be unacceptable&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;fxexperts&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wallstreet-forex&period;com&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;wsfr&lowbar;2&lowbar;evolution&lowbar;768x90&lowbar;1&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;That sentiment could be bi-partisan as former Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley &lbrack;R-Iowa&rsqb;&comma; a Trump ally&comma; Friday stated that the Mueller report should end speculation about whether or not the president&&num;8217&semi;s campaign partnered with the Kremlin to deny Clinton the presidency&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;&lbrack;T&rsqb;throughout this prolonged investigation&comma; which cost tens of millions in taxpayer dollars and included aggressive surveillance tools&comma; we still haven’t seen any evidence of collusion&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Grassley said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He also called on Barr to &&num;8216&semi;provide Congress and the American people with the findings to finally put an end to the speculation and innuendo that has loomed over this administration since its earliest days&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artSplitter mol-img-group">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mol-img">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-wrap fff-pic"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-312099" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Donald-trump-on-FOX-TV-1-300x161&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"891" height&equals;"478"><strong> Hidden agenda&colon; Trump used an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network to discredit Special Counsel Bob Mueller as someone with whom he&&num;8217&semi;d had a bad business relationship and the &&num;8216&semi;best friend&&num;8217&semi; of James Comey&comma; the FBI director the president fired<&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font">On Wednesday Trump told reporters that he would have no objection to the public release of Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s findings&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I don&&num;8217&semi;t mind&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;Let it come out&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Trump declared&period; &&num;8216&semi;Let people see it&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In his letter to Judiciary Committee chairs and ranking minority members&comma; Barr said he is &&num;8216&semi;committed to as much transparency as possible&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;I am reviewing the report and anticipate that I may be in a position to advise you of the Special Counsel&&num;8217&semi;s principal conclusions as soon as this weekend&comma;&&num;8217&semi; he wrote&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Barr added that he plans to consult with Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein to decide what information &&num;8216&semi;can be released to Congress and the public&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ronmat96&period;gaming777&period;hop&period;clickbank&period;net"><img src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamingjobsonline&period;com&sol;affiliates&sol;images&sol;banners&sol;2018&sol;feb&sol;banner728x90&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;The president&&num;8217&semi;s lawyers said they were happy to see Mueller bring the investigation of the Trump administration&nbsp&semi;to an end&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8216&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re pleased that the Office of Special Counsel has delivered its report to the Attorney General pursuant to the regulations&period; Attorney General Barr will determine the appropriate next steps&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Giuliani and Jay Sekulow said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s report followed a series of signals that his expansive probe&comma; which accumulated costs of &dollar;25 million through the end of 2018&comma; was entering its final stages&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As the Trump White House braced for the outcome of the Special Counsel&&num;8217&semi;s report&comma; the president continued the tirade against his own Justice Department&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meanwhile Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s prosecutors had begun to hand off critical cases to other jurisdictions&comma; including the Southern District of New York and the District of Columbia&comma; both of which can continue their work long after Mueller&&num;8217&semi;s office is shuttered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;23282d&semi; font-size&colon; 1&period;4em&semi; font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">Bill Barr&&num;8217&semi;s letter notifying Congress that the Mueller probe is concluded<&sol;span><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"mol-167c19b0-4cee-11e9-984c-bbbcc81e5cb0" class&equals;" mol-factbox news art-ins" data-version&equals;"2" data-permabox-url&equals;"&sol;wires&sol;ap&sol;fb-6840917&sol;BILL-BARRS-LETTER-REVEALING-MUELLER-PROBE-OVER&period;html">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ins cleared mol-factbox-body">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-italic"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Attorney General William Barr delivered a letter to Congress on Friday notifying the leaders of the Judiciary committees that special counsel Robert Mueller had submitted his report on the Russia investigation&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Dear Chairman Graham&comma; Chairman Nadler&comma; Ranking Member Feinstein&comma; and Ranking Member Collins&colon;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">I write to notify you pursuant to 28 C&period;F&period;R&period; 600&period;9&lpar;a&rpar;&lpar;3&rpar; that Special Counsel Robert S&period; Mueller III has concluded his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and related matters&period; In addition to this notification&comma; the Special Counsel regulations require that I provide you with &&num;8216&semi;a description and explanation of instances &lpar;if any&rpar; in which the Attorney General&&num;8217&semi; or acting Attorney General &&num;8216&semi;concluded that a proposed action by a Special Counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established Departmental practices that it should not be pursued&period;&&num;8217&semi; 28 C&period;F&period;R&period; 600&period;9&lpar;a&rpar;&lpar;3&rpar;&period; There were no such instances during the Special Counsel&&num;8217&semi;s investigation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">The Special Counsel has submitted to me today a &&num;8216&semi;confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions&&num;8217&semi; he has reached&comma; as required by 28 C&period;F&period;R&period; 600&period;8&lpar;c&rpar;&period; I am reviewing the report and anticipate that I may be in a position to advise you of the Special Counsel&&num;8217&semi;s principal conclusions as soon as this weekend&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Separately&comma; I intend to consult with Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and Special Counsel Mueller to determine what other information from the report can be released to Congress and the public consistent with the law&comma; including the Special Counsel regulations&comma; and the Department&&num;8217&semi;s long-standing practices and policies&period; I remain committed to as much transparency as possible&comma; and I will keep you informed as to the status of my review&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Finally&comma; the Special Counsel regulations provide that &&num;8216&semi;the Attorney General may determine that public release of&&num;8217&semi; this notification &&num;8216&semi;would be in the public interest&period;&&num;8217&semi; 28 C&period;F&period;R&period; 600&period;9&lpar;c&rpar; I have so determined&comma; and I will disclose this letter to the public after delivering it to you&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Sincerely&comma;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"mol-para-with-font"><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">William P&period; Barr<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"mol-style-bold">Attorney General&nbsp&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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