Mueller's report could be finished 'as early as next week'
The Department of Justice is ready for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to drop his report, CNN reports.
Newly-confirmed Attorney General William Barr will announce "as early as next week" that Mueller has completed his probe into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russian election interference, sources tell CNN. He'll reportedly only give Congress a summary of the confidential report and not the whole thing — a contrast to what many Democrats demanded of Barr during his confirmation proceedings.
Mueller has been investigating President Trump's 2016 campaign staff for nearly two years and has levied indictments against or negotiated plea deals with 37 people. Per CNN's reporting, this is the strongest sign that Mueller is finishing the probe. Still, "the precise timing of the announcement is subject to change," CNN says. If it comes next week, Trump will likely be in Vietnam meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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It's unclear what Barr will include in the summary to Congress, or how long it will take for him to prepare that summary after announcing the probe has wrapped. Both the Justice Department and the special counsel's office declined to comment, CNN reports.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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