Justice Department Appeals Order to Turn Over Unredacted Mueller Report

Justice Department Appeals Order to Turn Over Unredacted Mueller Report
Former special counsel Robert Mueller on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 24, 2019. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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The U.S. Justice Department on Oct. 28 said it had appealed a lower court’s decision ordering it to turn over an unredacted copy of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. The report details Russian meddling in the 2016 election to the Democratically-controlled House Judiciary Committee.

In a filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the department also asked the court to stay its Friday order directing the government to turn over the unredacted report by Oct. 30 while its appeal is pending.