Mueller report will be delivered to Congress on CDs

Data CDs. — (Image credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

The Justice Department is going old school, delivering the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report to members of Congress on compact discs.

Lawmakers are expecting to get their copies between 11 a.m. and noon Thursday, NBC News reports, and sometime thereafter, the report will be posted on the special counsel's website.

The report will be color-coded based on four categories, so readers know why certain items were redacted. Attorney General William Barr said the removal categories are: grand jury information; anything that could reveal intelligence sources and methods; material that could interfere with ongoing court cases; and details that affect "the privacy or reputational interests of peripheral players where there's a decision not to charge them."

Article continues below

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Explore More

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.