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The line that stands out is they will have to look at declination decisions. why they decided not to prosecute some people. id like to see how far william barr goes in explaining those it scissions. i dont know if well be in the same period wondering when hell release those. and they should be able to go further than you normally would at the justice department which doesnt typically talk about people doing wrongful behavior but not indicted. he says hes going to go far enough to whats in the pu...

The media whatever he shares with congress. what is the strategy there? >>. >> reporter: to get out a summary of the conclusions as quickly as possible, including the broad line strokes as well as declination decisions. in other words, why mueller decided not to prosecute some people. the strategy appears to be first to maybe get out ahead of any leaks and to protect the integrity of this investigation and this justice department. as you know, william barr is a newly installed attorney general a...

The d.o.j. policy is used as a pretext for the coverup of misconduct. that is among the democrats and the six house committees calling for that without delay, release of the report. according to the "associated press" reporting at this time. before we get to the congressman can we pop up on the screen the letter that came from the attorney general. my next guest the honorable doug collins. received this. that is how it is written in the letter. the special counsel has submitted to me today a con...

I thought that was the surest sign yet that the mueller report such as it is would be issued before that day. now it appears based on statements from doj its not. i dont know if it will be rescheduled yet again, or if michael cohen will go forward and decline to answer some questions that are the subject of the ongoing investigation. >> let me pick up on that quickly. why do you think that would have been the case? that bob muellers report would have come out this week before michael cohen? >> w...

Prosecution or the declination decisions reached by the special counsel. what does that mean? >> so i think what we might envision is something along the lines of, a report that has two sections. one would be basically a recitation of all the actions that the special counsels office and perhaps u.s. attorneys offices in new york, northern virginia, have done or taken as a result of referrals from the special counsel. so that could be the indictments and the charges for some of the people includi...

>> greg, the special counsel regulations say at the conclusion of the special counsels work, he or she shall provide the attorney general with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or a declination decisions reached by the special counsel. those regulations mandate that the attorney general give congress a report. you worked in the office of congressional affairs at the fbi. you know what the dance between the justice department and the hill, you know what that dance is like. how is t...

It says my declination decisions, everybody not involved on this list. it says nothing about the bare minimum of who whose hes already decided to bring charges against. but there is reason to believe that mueller actually gave barr quite a lot more information and information that relates to the administration or the president or his business or anything else that would be considered sensitive, that barr has decided not to release, what are the options for congress or indeed the public getting a...

Trying to get what youre going to be chance pararetransparent >> the rules i think say the independent, the personal counsel will prepare a summery repo report on any declination decisions and should be treated as any other trksdeclination wi the department. the attorney general is responsible for notifying and reporting certain information upon the conclusion of the the investigation. how these will fit together and what can be gotten out there, i have to wait -- i would have to wait. id want t...

Counsel will prepare a summery report on any declination decisions and should be treated as any other trksdeclination wit the department. the attorney general is responsible for notifying and reporting certain information upon the conclusion of the the investigation. how these will fit together and what can be gotten out there, i have to wait -- i would have to wait. id want to talk to rod rosenstein and say what he has discussed with mueller. >> so as of the completion of william bars testimony...

You are saying its confidential pursuant to whatever regulations apply to him. im just trying to get what you are going to be transparent about. >> as the rules stand now, people should be aware that the rules, i think, say that the independent -- the special counsel will prepare a summary report on any prosecutors or declination decisions. and that shall be confidential and shall be treated as any other declination or prosecute native material in the department in addition, the attorney general...