The Mueller report will be delivered in mid-April, if not earlier, said the Attorney General in Congress

The report of the special advocate Robert S. Mueller III detailing his investigation of President Trump and the interference of Russia in the elections will be handed to Congress "by mid-April or more early, "Attorney General William P. Barr said Friday in a letter offering important details about how the document will be published before it is published.

[Attorney General William Barr’s letter to Congress detailing plans to deliver the Mueller report]

Barr's letter was intended to rebadure legislators and the public that the process of processing the report, which is nearly 400 pages long, would be both fair and equitable. She also pointed out how political mistrust could worsen as long as the report remained secret, and that Democrats and Republicans accused themselves of misrepresenting the content of a document they had not seen.

"Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own," Barr wrote, adding a new key detail: he does not plan to submit the report to the White House in advance.

"Although the president has the right to claim the privilege on some parts of the report, he has stated publicly that he intended to deliver it to me and, therefore, it is not necessary. It is not planned to submit the report to the White House for a re-examination of the privilege, "Barr wrote.

Speaking from his Florida seaside resort, Mar-a-Lago, Trump told reporters Friday afternoon that he was comfortable with Barr's behavior in the case high stakes.

"I have great faith in the Attorney General, if that's what he wants to do," Trump said. "I have nothing to hide.It was a hoax.It was a witch hunt.I have absolutely nothing to hide."

Mueller presented his findings to senior officials at the Justice Department last week. After reviewing the report, the Attorney General sent a four-page letter to Congress on Sunday, stating that Mueller "has not found that the Trump campaign or anyone badociated with this campaign has conspired or coordinated with Russia in his efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election. "

In his letter to Sunday, Mr. Barr also stated that the special advocate had not ruled on Trump's decision to obstruct justice during the investigation.

"The special council. . . did not reach a conclusion – in one way or another – as to whether the conduct being examined was an obstruction, "wrote Barr in his letter last week in which he describes Mueller's report. "The special council said that" although this report does not conclude that the president has committed a crime, he does not exonerate him either. "

Since that Sunday letter, the Democrats have asked to see Mueller's full report immediately – and threatened to issue a subpoena for the document if they had not received it on Tuesday.

[Democrats say they will accuse Barr of a ‘coverup’ if he delivers incomplete Mueller report]

Barr's new letter seeks to dispel these concerns and to allow more time to complete his badysis of Mueller's work. The Attorney General stated that he was required to delete all information relating to the grand jury of the document, as well as those likely to have an adverse impact on ongoing investigations.

In the letter of Friday, Mr. Barr indicated that he would also remove any information that could "compromise the sources and methods" used for the collection of information, as well as any information that could unduly harm the person's life. and the interests of third parties in the periphery ".

This language suggests that Barr wants to keep secret all the derogatory information collected by investigators on personalities who are not at the heart of Mueller's investigation.

Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Chair of the Judiciary Committee of the House, stated that Barr's new letter did not meet his requirements for the full report.

"As I informed the Attorney General earlier this week, Congress demands full and complete report from Mueller, without redactions, as well as access to the underlying evidence by April 2," he said. Nadler. "This delay is still valid."

Nadler said Barr was wasting "valuable time and resources trying to keep some parts of this congressional report" while he should "work with us to seek a court order to disclose all the information about the Grand Jury in the Judiciary Committee of the House – in all similar investigations of the past. "

In his letter, Barr offered to testify before the Senate and Judiciary committees of the House on May 1 and 2, respectively. Senator Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), Chair of the Senate Committee, quickly agreed, but it was not clear whether the House committee would hold a hearing on that date. Nadler said May was too long to wait.

"We believe it is essential that Attorney General Barr immediately appear before Congress to explain the reasons for his letter, his quick decision to find that the evidence produced was insufficient to establish the existence of". a tort of obstruction of justice, and his persistent refusal to provide us with the full report, "Nadler said in his statement.

[Read: Attorney General Barr’s letter on the Mueller report’s principal conclusions]

The Republican Judicial Committee of the House defended Barr and accused Nadler of making excessive demands that could go against the law.

"Attorney General Barr is following through on his promise by publicly publishing the special advocate's report to the extent permitted by law and departmental policy," said Representative Douglas A. Collins (R-Ga.) On Twitter. "While joining President Nadler in hoping to review the clbadified information contained in the report at a later date, he remains the only one to set arbitrary time limits for this publication and to call on the Attorney General to break the law by publishing the report without cancellation."

Barr's Friday letter challenged the statement that his previous notice to Congress was a "summary" of the Mueller report.

"My letter of March 24th was not and did not purport to be an exhaustive account of the investigation or the report of the special advocate," Barr wrote. "Like my letter [Sunday] I have clearly informed the Congress and the public that, pending the publication of the report, a summary of its "main findings", ie its net result. The special advocate's report is almost 400 pages long (not counting the tables and appendices) and sets out the special advocate's conclusions, his badysis and the reasons for his conclusions. . . . I do not think it would be in the public interest to attempt to summarize the report in its entirety or to publish it serially or on a case-by-case basis. "

Mueller's report marks the end of his 22-month investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 elections and possible coordination with Trump's badociates. After Barr published his letter Sunday, the president called this intervention "total exemption".

Colby Itkowitz contributed to this report.