Members of Congress and the public can finally what special counsel Robert Mueller and his team of investigators found in their 22-month probe into .
There is a catch, however: Readers cannot see every word, sentence and paragraph in the massive document.
Attorney General William Barr and his staff have been working with Mueller's team for the better part of a month to identify — and remove — segments of the document that contain the following four categories of sensitive information:
Grand jury materials — Under federal rules, materials from grand jury proceedings are secret, although there are exceptions. Democrats are currently wrestling with the Justice Department over access to those materials.
Intelligence materials — The report contains information that comes from U.S. intelligence agencies. Officials are concerned about compromising sources and methods that America's spies want to protect.
Information related to ongoing investigations — A number of high-profile investigations have been spun out of Mueller's Russia probe, most notably the case against President Trump's . Details that could reveal information about other ongoing investigations are scrubbed out of the redacted report.
Derogatory information about "peripheral" individuals — the Justice Department would not reveal information it has uncovered about people — not including the president and other public office holders — who are not accused of a crime.
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