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Under pressure, U.S. Justice Department defends handling of Mueller report

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Under pressure, U.S. Justice Department defends handling of Mueller reportThe department said Attorney General William Barr must strike confidential information from the nearly 400-page document as reports surfaced in the news media that members of Mueller’s team were unhappy with the way Barr had characterized its main conclusions. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, already pressing Barr to release the entire unredacted report to Congress, expanded his demands. Nadler, a Democrat, called on Barr to immediately release summaries of the document prepared by Mueller’s team.