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![House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., pictured on May 2. The committee debated Wednesday whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-1140767110-f051db4d7fd42bff8e112581740bd49c7b380af1-e1557328112889-900x422.jpg)
Trump Administration Invokes Executive Privilege Over Mueller Report
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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The assertion came as the House Judiciary Committee debated whether to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
![Robert Mueller, pictured in 2011, told William Barr in a March 27 letter that Barr's summary of the special counsel investigation "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office's work and conclusions."](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/gettyimages-135785203-9f12885805aa78b4d5f80b65833016645e3df334-e1556727618856-900x422.jpg)
READ: Mueller’s Letter Expressing Concern About Barr’s Summary Of His Report
By: Jason Breslow | NPR
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On March 27, the special counsel told Attorney General William Barr that his public description “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this Office’s work and conclusions.”
![In a March letter, Department of Justice leaders said special counsel Robert Mueller's findings were insufficient to merit criminal charges for obstruction.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gettyimages-163555748mueller-e8d8c8e3d46b28008d9ee919a232704e68117344-e1555594558476-900x422.jpg)
Attorney General Barr, Touting ‘No Collusion,’ Explains Decision Not To Charge Trump
By: Philip Ewing | Carrie Johnson | NPR
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The Justice Department has been excising sensitive, classified and other material from the special counsel’s report about Russian interference in the 2016 election. That task is now complete.
![Attorney General William Barr arrives to testify before a panel of the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday in Washington, D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gettyimages-1136111095barr-12ba602def4a1422f0b57bb1b0f4d3ea97addea0-e1554922577150-900x422.jpg)
Citing ‘Spying’ On Trump, Barr Says He’s Looking Into Origins Of Russia Inquiry
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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The attorney general has launched an informal look at how and why the decisions were made about the early Russia investigation and by whom. It augurs another new phase of the Russia saga.