In his remarks prior to releasing the redacted report from special counsel Robert Mueller, attorney general Bill Barr said that President Donald Trump's lawyers were given the chance to read a final version of the redacted report before it was publicly released.
That has sparked a debate over whether Barr acted properly in sharing the report with the President's lawyers before sending it to Congress. In his remarks, Barr defended his decision, claiming it was"was consistent with the practice followed under the Ethics in Government act, which permitted individuals named in a report prepared by an Independent Counsel the opportunity to read the report before publication.
available to any individual named in such report," according to the US code which addresses information disclosure from independent counsel reports. David Kendall, a lawyer for then-President Bill Clinton during Ken Starr's independent counsel investigation, sent a letter to Starr requesting that those named in his report be allowed to see the report before its release.
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