--- title: William Barr's Letter to Congress About the Mueller Report description: Attorney General William Barr submitted a letter to Congress Friday confirming that Robert Mueller submitted his report on Trump and Russia. canonical: https://time.com/5557334/mueller-report-william-barr-letter-congress/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-22T22:03:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:57:10.462Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read William Barr's Letter to Congress Confirming the Mueller Report og:description: The Attorney General told Congress he is 'committed to as much transparency as possible' og:url: https://time.com/5557334/mueller-report-william-barr-letter-congress/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb48a92111f96269c/698947374ee262f394314392/william-barr-letter-congress-mueller-report.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: Read the Full Text of William Barr's Letter to Congress Confirming the Mueller Report og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read William Barr's Letter to Congress Confirming the Mueller Report twitter:description: The Attorney General told Congress he is 'committed to as much transparency as possible' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb48a92111f96269c/698947374ee262f394314392/william-barr-letter-congress-mueller-report.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read William Barr's Letter to Congress Confirming the Mueller Report > Sponsored content. 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U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home on March 22, 2019 in McLean, Virginia, the same day he submitted a letter to Congress confirming he received Robert Mueller's report. Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Kathy Ehrich Dowd](https://time.com/author/kathy-dowd/) ## Kathy Ehrich Dowd Mar 22, 2019 10:03 PM UTC After receiving [Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated report](http://time.com/5557315/mueller-report-trump/) on President Donald Trump and Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election, Attorney General [William Barr](http://time.com/5503496/william-barr-hearing-testimony-trump-mueller/) told Congress that he is “committed to as much transparency as possible.” In a letter addressed to ranking member of the Senate and House Committees on the Judiciary on Friday, Barr stated that he is currently reviewing the report and “I may be in a position to advise you of the Special Counsel’s principal conclusions as soon as this weekend.” Barr also noted that when Mueller delivered the report, the Special Counsel stated “that the Attorney General may determine that public release of” this notification “would be of the public interest.” “I have so determined,” Barr wrote. Read Barr’s full letter below.  Attorney General Bill Barr notified Congress on Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had completed his report and submitted it to him for review. 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