Report: Mueller’s Report Won’t Come Out Next Week After All

A few days ago, everyone reported that Mueller’s witch hunt investigation was near completion. The Justice Department was preparing to make the big announcement, which could come “as early as next week.”

BREAKING: The Justice Department is preparing to announce as early as next week that special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report is complete, according to people familiar with the plans https://t.co/oEHMuRGWN7 pic.twitter.com/N77wig9SBd

— CNN (@CNN) February 20, 2019

WOMP WOMP WOOOOOOOMP. It won’t be done. According to additional sources, it will not be prepared next week.

Special counsel Robert Mueller‘s report on the Russia investigation is not expected to be delivered to the Justice Department next week, a senior department official told The Associated Press on Friday.

The official could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear when the report might come, though Mueller is showing signs of concluding his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and ties to the Trump campaign.

What a bummer. I want this to end already!

Under Justice Department guidelines, Mueller will produce a confidential report to Attorney General William Barr that explains his decisions to pursue or decline prosecutions.

Barr will then prepare his own report that would be released to Congress. He has said he intends to share some information with the public, though it’s unclear whether Mueller’s actual report will ever be made public.

Guess we’ll have to wait a bit longer. Pffft. What’s new?

h/t Chicago Tribune