FBI, Justice Dept plan to redact Russia documents despite Trump order for full declassification: report

By Justin Wise
The Hill
09/19/18 07:23 AM EDT

The Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI and Office of the Director of National Intelligence are reportedly expected to propose redactions to a series of documents related to the Russia investigation that President Trump ordered to be declassified this week.

Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday that the agencies are currently doing a methodical review of the documents. There is no official timeline on when their evaluation of the sensitive documents will be finished.

But the news outlet, citing sources familiar with the process, noted that the FBI and the DOJ plan on submitting their proposed redactions to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

The office is expected to then assemble the material and turn it over to the White House, Bloomberg reported.

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