DOJ plans to let some lawmakers view Mueller report ‘without certain redactions’

The Department of Justice (DOJ) will allow some members of Congress to view a copy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report “without certain redactions,” federal prosecutors said in a court filing Wednesday.

“Once the redacted version of the report has been released to the public, the Justice Department plans to make available for review by a limited number of Members of Congress and their staff a copy of the Special Counsel’s report without certain redactions, including removing the redaction of information related to the charges set forth in the indictment in this case,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.

{mosads}The court document is part of longtime GOP operative Roger Stone’s criminal case, which emerged from Mueller’s probe.

A redacted version of the Mueller report is slated to be made public Thursday. Attorney General William Barr has also announced that he will hold a press conference on Thursday to discuss the report.

The federal prosecutors wrote in the filing that the Justice Department will not distribute the version of the report without the redactions to those lawmakers but that the agency “intends to secure this version of the report in an appropriate setting that will be accessible to a limited number of Members of Congress and their staff.”