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FOIA News: Court orders DOJ to submit unredacted Mueller report for review

Allan BlutsteinComment

A Federal Judge Slammed The Attorney General For Being Misleading About What Was Actually In The Mueller Report

The opinion, written in response to a lawsuit brought by BuzzFeed News, could lead to more of the report being disclosed.

By Jason Leopold, BuzzFeed News, Mar. 5, 2020

Sharply questioning the credibility of Attorney General Bill Barr, a federal court judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over a complete copy of the Mueller report so he can personally review the hundreds of redactions and decide what information should be released to the public.

The opinion was written in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by BuzzFeed News and the watchdog group Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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