DOJ tells Mueller to limit testimony to his report

The Justice Department argues that anything outside the report is covered by ‘presidential privilege’ that hasn’t been waived.

Justice Department officials have communicated to Robert Mueller that the department expects him to limit his congressional testimony this week to the public findings of his 448-page report, according to one current and one former U.S. official familiar with the preparations.

In extensive discussions since the former special counsel was subpoenaed on June 25 to testify, department officials have emphasized that they consider any evidence he gathered throughout the course of his investigation to be “presumptively privileged” and shielded from public disclosure.

View the complete July 22 article by Eliana Johnson, Andrew Desiderio and Kyle Cheney on the Politico website here.