Big Trump-Russia report is coming, but how much will remain secret?
by Byron York
| September 16, 2019 01:16 AM
On May 23 of this year, President Trump gave Attorney General William Barr "full and complete authority" to declassify information relating to the actions of the FBI and intelligence community in investigating the 2016 Trump campaign.
Granting Barr that authority "will help ensure that all Americans learn the truth about the events that occurred, and the actions that were taken, during the last presidential election and will restore confidence in our public institutions," the White House said.
The move immediately set off speculation. What would Barr do? Would the public see a flood of secret documents, like records of informants and spying on the Trump campaign, like documents relating to the start of the FBI's "Crossfire Hurricane" probe, like papers on the use of the secret FISA court and wiretap authority? Congressional investigators and journalists who had long wanted to see such documents were in a state of high anticipation.
One well-connected lawmaker said he expected to see declassified documents within days, not weeks.
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