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Robert Mueller Submits Report On Russia Investigation to Attorney General Barr

In May 2017, the special counsel's office took over an FBI probe into Russian election interference that already had been underway for nearly a near. The report about that work is now ready.
Activists protest outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on July 31, 2018, the first day of the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

Updated at 5:52 p.m. ET

Attorney General William Barr received a report by special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday that summed up the findings from Mueller's investigation into the Russian attack on the 2016 presidential election.

Barr notified congressional leaders in a letter that said he is "reviewing the report and anticipate that I may be in a position to advise you of the special counsel's principal conclusions as soon as this weekend."

The letter was addressed to the leaders and ranking members of the House and Senate judiciary committees.

Barr also said he intends to consult with Mueller and with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein "to determine what other information from the report can be

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