Judge Reggie Walton said the U.S. Department of Justice had 'failed to satisfy its burden' with claims that parts of the Mueller report were privileged information.
Portions of the Mueller report that had been redacted by the U.S. Department of Justice must be published, according to a Wednesday ruling by a federal judge.
The Mueller report includes the findings of an investigation that was spearheaded by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into Russian meddling into the 2016 presidential election. The investigation occurred in response to allegations that the campaign of Donald Trump had colluded with Russian government officials to increase its chances of winning the election.
After receiving the initial report in March 2019, U.S. Attorney General William Barr redacted parts of the report, claiming that the concealed information was privileged. District of Columbia District Judge Reggie Walton announced in March that he would conduct an independent review of the complete Mueller report.
"Based on the Court's review of the unredacted version of the Mueller Report, the Court concludes that the Department has failed to satisfy its burden to demonstrate that the withheld material is protected by the deliberative process privilege," Judge Walton wrote in his Wednesday ruling.Walton ordered the DOJ to publish previously redacted information involving Mueller's"deliberations about decisions not to prosecute" certain individuals.
Judge Walton's order did not require all information in the Mueller report to be released to the public. The redaction of information concerning the inner workings of the grand jury, including the names of witnesses and members of the grand jurors was"appropriate," according to Walton.
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