A redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation will be sent to Congress by mid-April and will not be shared with the White House beforehand, Attorney General William Barr has said.
Barr's timeline, included in a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate judiciary committees, sets up a possible showdown with House Democrats, who want the report sooner.
In his letter, Barr said he shares a desire for Congress and the public to be able to read Mueller's findings, which are included in the nearly 400-page report from the special counsel.
Mueller officially concluded his investigation when he submitted the report March 24. Two days later, Barr sent a four-page letter to Congress that detailed Mueller's "principal conclusions."
A grand jury that was involved in the Russia investigation is "continuing robustly," federal prosecutor David Goodhand said during a hearing over whether court filings in the Mueller probe should be unsealed related to an unidentified foreign corporation that had refused to turn over documents to the special counsel.