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>> i've spoken to several administration and white house officials that includes that, and their view is that the special counsel regulations as they are written actually provide protection for president trump. they say the plain language and the rules don't authorize or even contemplate a summary of the confidential report that mueller will provide barr to congress. obviously, if there is information already in the indictments, it's already public, then that's not the issue in their view. but here is part of the rules that officials point to. this is what they're focused on. it says if you lo...

That officials point to. this is what they're focused on. it says if you look at the rules, it simply says barr is required to tell congress when the special counsel probe ends, and any requests the special counsel made that were denied. it also says the attorney general can release that information to the public, but the language is ambiguous according to these officials and that gives the president's team confidence that the confidential information in the report won't be made public. as one trump administration official i spoke with tonight said, the public interest to release mueller's con...