The Mueller report is coming, but with color-coded cuts
WASHINGTON - The most consequential editing process in the country is taking place behind closed doors in drab government offices.
Lawyers from the Justice Department and the special counsel's office are going word by word, sentence by sentence through the nearly 400-page confidential report that Robert S. Mueller III completed last month, striking out tidbits as they prepare to release a redacted version to the public.
They've identified four categories of protected information and assigned different colors to each one to identify each cut or trim. For now, the four hues are as closely guarded as the report's contents.
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