The attacks on Attorney General William Barr's treatment of the Mueller report remind us that many of those who profess to deplore the President's disregard for law and political norms have no interest in following the law or norms themselves. The Attorney General has acted punctiliously, prudently, and above all, lawfully in not making the Mueller report public or available to the Senate and House Judiciary committees without the delay needed to make careful redactions. To do otherwise would violate the law and undermine justice promoting norms.
The Attorney General is redacting four kinds of material before making the report public. The first is 6(e) material, material that would disclose information in grand jury proceedings. The law does not permit such disclosures and apparently the full report itself announces that it may contain grand jury material.
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