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FOIA News: Judge asks DOJ about Mueller report redactions

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Judge who reviewed full Mueller report asks DOJ about 'merits' of redactions

By Jerry Dunleavy, Wash. Exam’r, June 10, 2020

The federal judge who reviewed the full, unredacted report by special counsel Robert Mueller said he has questions about the reasoning for the Justice Department's redactions and ordered the agency to provide the court with answers.

“Having reviewed the unredacted version of the Mueller Report, the Court cannot assess the merits of certain redactions without further representations from the Department,” Judge Reggie Walton said in a court order this week.

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