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The special counsel has submitted to me today a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions he has reached. i am reviewing the report and anticipate i may be in a position to advise you of the special counsels principal conclusions as soon as this weekend. separately i intend to consult with deputy attorney general rosenstein and special counsel mueller to determine what other information from the report can be released to congress and the public consistent with the l...

Jake gibson, our fabulous justice department producer, that, in fact, there will be no letter transmitted from william barr to members on capitol hill today. the earliest that would happen is tomorrow. and those are just the principal conclusions too, which will be a very short transmission. the facts of the case and what might be released from that will take a lot longer because in those materials that bob barr, the special counsel, theyred to the justice department could be classified informat...

Took that into account when coming up with the summary of his conclusions. i dont think bill barr showed up at the justice department this morning and thought, i have to write these conclusions and put them out to congress today. >> it looks like mueller is the one who came up with these principle conclusions, his recommendation. were talking about 22 months, 6 675 days and this has hung over the president and the administration all this time. it has netted some pretty significant results, 199 c...

See the underlying data and we must be able to see this report. its not -- cant just be behind closed door marked up thing that no one gets to see. its got to be time for a full disclosure and not mincing words and not hiding pages. >> if attorney general william barr decides he doesnt want to do that and decides in his judgement for whatever reason or however he reads the law, the regulations or thinks is relevant justice department president for some unprecedented thing like this, if he decide...

A very open conversation about this is what we know happened, this is how they did it, this is how we think we can protect ourselves in the future. once again, we have an election coming, this president will be up for election, theyll want to interfere once more. >> would you want robert mueller to appear before the intelligence committee and testify in open session about what hes learned? >> i think that probably is a good idea although i dont think it may be necessary. >> he knows more about i...

There are many paragraphs about the presidents conduct thats damning. but they want to want and say what happens over the coming days because theyre flying as blind as we are right now. >> preet, according to current doj guidelines you cant indict a sitting president. its also doj policy not to release information about anyone not being charged. so is it possible there could be nothing at all against the president in the conclusions or at least in whatever information barr gives to congress? >> ...

Of jumping to conclusions or room ring innuendo. jon: you dont think this will be the end of it on capitol hill? it will just open up a new chapter of investigation and arguing? >> after listening to some of my colleagues, ive only been in the house for two months now. but after listening to some of them, they will keep on going as long as they get the free airtime. they will fill the air with more hot air. jon: congressman, ben klein, republican from virginia and member of the judiciary committ...

Mueller investigation. and its important whatever the conclusion of that report is, that we know it, the american people see it and we make judgments based upon it. so, yes, i think mr. nadler has made it clear were going to get it. and we will accept the conclusions and recommendations of the special counsel, but it needs to be share would the american people. >> congressman, you talk about having mueller walk through the report for the country. im curious, do you think congress is also entitle...

Day behind closed doors over at the justice department, reviewing special counsel robert muellers report. the investigation into the 2016 presidential election is also being closely watched in moscow. our senior international correspond fred pleitgen is in moscow for us. what are you hearing over there, fred? >> its interesting, wolf. it seems the russians are also waiting for the principal conclusions to come out to see how theyre going to react. weve been working the phones and any other means...

Chair in the house. he said well see what has beent made public.wh well react to that. take a listen to what he has to say. let me know when you have that. thats nadler reacting to what has just come out from the o department of justice. >> im going to be very clear about what were hearing in that barr statement.wh either hes name checking mueller on good faith basis he wants to finish this out in a great and cooperative way. or he knows what you just pointed out, which is bob ou mueller has a l...