Attorney General William Barr said on Tuesday that he doesn't plan to ask a court for permission to release grand jury details in the Mueller report, but Barr has more say in the matter than just asking a judge.
"My intention is not to ask for it at this stage," Barr told a House committee. Barr argued that he sees no provision that could permit him to release grand jury material.Yet grand jury secrecy rules and exceptions aren't completely agreed upon in the court system -- and the situation that Barr is in has its own set of specifics and nuances.
Barr says redacted version of Mueller report to be released within a weekUnder"the national security/foreign intelligence exception to grand jury secrecy, the attorney general can provide grand jury information to the chairs of the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees without asking for court permission," Ted Boutrous, a First Amendment litigator who recently asked a federal court for information in a grand jury case related to Mueller, wrote on Twitter Tuesday.
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