A federal judge has ruled that the Justice Department improperly redacted significant portions of the Mueller report, and must release those sections by Nov. 2, just one day before the presidential election.released Wednesday, US District Court Judge Reggie Walton said the agency violated federal law when it redacted sections of the report dealing with, among other things, discussions within the special counsel’s office about whether to charge certain individuals with crimes.
At the same time, the judge ruled that the government was right to redact much of the Mueller report under separate exemptions that are designed to protect the integrity of ongoing investigations, law enforcement techniques and procedures, and individuals’ privacy. The ruling and an accompanying order mean the Justice Department will be obliged to unveil at least 15 previously blacked-out pages fromof special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, on or before Nov. 2.
Walton rendered his decision in response to an 18-month legal challenge by BuzzFeed News and the advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center to unredact the entire Mueller report under the Freedom of Information Act.on the matter, Walton said Attorney General Bill Barr's public characterization of the Mueller report in March 2019"failed to provide a thorough representation of the findings.
Walton then ordered government attorneys to turn over an unredacted version of the report so he could determine whether the redactions were legitimate, and he subsequentlyThis week’s ruling marks theBuzzFeed News and EPIC have obliged the government to disclose previously secret parts of the special counsel’s final report.
Since it’s now been proven that all the players involved knew there was no collusion (at least not on trump’s side) months before this sham SC started, what exactly WAS Mueller (or should I say Weissman) doing that whole time
11/2 deadline? Ya, I'm sure Barr will get right on that...
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