; Whereas, on January 15, 2019, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Attorney General William Barr testified I * * * believe it is very important that the public and Congress be informed of the results of the special counsel’s work. For that reason, my goal will be to provide as much transparency as I can consistent with the law ; Whereas, on February 22, 2019, the chairs of six committees of the House of Representatives wrote to Attorney General Barr to inform him of their expectation that he will make Special Counsel Mueller’s report public to the maximum extent permitted by law ; Whereas transparency is consistent with the overall purpose and intent of the Special Counsel Regulations and the accompanying Department of Justice commentary, which notes the importance of ensur[ing] congressional and public confidence in the integrity of the process ; Whereas the need for transparency is most pronounced with regard to investigations that involve the President or individuals associated with his campaign as the President is responsible for the appointment of the senior leadership of the Department of Justice; Whereas the Department of Justice’s United States Attorney’s Manual indicates that in public filings and proceedings, prosecutors should remain sensitive to the privacy and reputation interests of uncharged third-parties , that is, of persons who the Department considers may be, but are not yet criminally charged; Whereas this general nonstatutory policy of sensitivity to the interests of uncharged third-parties should be inapplicable to a sitting President because the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel has previously written that a sitting President is constitutionally immune from indictment and criminal prosecution ; Whereas the Department of Justice has on numerous recent occasions provided investigatory information to Congress and the public concerning investigations of high-level public officials in both pending and closed cases