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![Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had been the public face of the investigation into Russian attacks on the 2016 election.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gettyimages-936977078rosenstein-7763631886aa8e10aa12f46d8993fc2e2e5ff1c2-e1556576379484-900x422.jpg)
Rod Rosenstein, Face Of Russia Probe, To Step Down As Deputy Attorney General
By: Carrie Johnson | Philip Ewing | NPR
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“I took more than my fair share of criticism,” Rosenstein said in February. “But I kept the faith; I followed the rules; and I left my office in good hands. Those are the things that matter.”
![Attorney General William Barr arrives to testify about the Justice Department's FY 2020 budget request before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill Tuesday in Washington, D.C.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gettyimages-1141446372barr-8d2c323a4ef6dc464f9caf3565ea7ad5821e5a98-e1554829339103-900x422.jpg)
Barr: Mueller Report Out Within 1 Week; IG Report On Russia Inquiry This Summer
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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The attorney general says work is going well in redacting the special counsel’s report about the Russian interference in the 2016 election — and DOJ has at least one other report coming too.
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![Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, DOJ special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2017.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/gettyimages-699393158mueller-34d033827dbf31345a2577bbf9f582511645ab1d-e1553289227808-900x422.jpg)
Robert Mueller Submits Report On Russia Investigation to Attorney General Barr
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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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.
![President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Muller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_19079596003014-a0941f09640d6f59154c852e01d67f39e2e90fa4-e1553115041735-900x422.jpg)
Trump Backs Public Release Of Mueller Report
By: Brian Naylor | NPR
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The president told reporters, “Let people see” special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, as Trump again denied any collusion with Russia prior to his election in 2016.
![Then-Attorney General nominee William Barr testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in January. Despite the House's vote on Thursday, the decision of how much of Mueller's report becomes public still rests in Barr's hands.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/barr-1ad042e4b0afbfc32c716196326796bdd07e1129-e1552584711372-900x422.jpg)
House Votes Almost Unanimously For Public Release Of Mueller Report
By: Miles Parks | NPR
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While it was a largely symbolic vote, it represents growing bipartisan pressure on the Justice Department to disclose as much as possible about the Mueller investigation.
![Special counsel Robert Mueller, who has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, is working on a report of his findings. But what form that will take and how much the public will learn is unclear.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gettyimages-699393960-ea3c3eb7e54771c3c4f471cf59d3b9d43a00246b-e1550852661637-900x422.jpg)
Here’s What May Happen When The Mueller Investigation Is Completed
By: Philip Ewing | NPR
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The special counsel may be close to wrapping up. Or he may not. He could file a landmark report. Or he may not. The rules are limited, and the attorney general has a lot of discretion.