The DOJ is appealing an order to release the full text of a memo used by former AG William Barr to justify his decision not to prosecute Donald Trump in the Russia probe.
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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks last month at the Department of Justice. Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
The Justice Department released a portion of an internal memo cited by former leaders as part of their decision concluding that former President Donald Trump did not obstruct justice, but in a court filing late Monday said it would seek to block the full document from release.
The move is certain to disappoint watchdog groups and Biden administration allies in Congress, who have called for transparency about alleged wrongdoing in the Trump years and accountability for officials who allegedly abused their power.
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Attorney General William P. Barr, left, speaks during a news conference hours before releasing a redacted version of the Mueller report on April 18, 2019. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein is behind him at right. (Bill O Leary/The Washington Post)
WASHINGTON The Justice Department has released part of a key internal document used in 2019 to justify not charging President Donald Trump with obstruction, prompting a federal judge who wants to disclose the entire document to offer more blistering criticism of former attorney general William Barr.
Two new court filings one late Monday night and another made public Tuesday offered details about how Barr ended a possible obstruction case against Trump, and how the department s handling of that politically explosive question has drawn the ire of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson.