https://news.yahoo.com/doj-says-durham-report-permit-205500236.html
Special counsel John Durham's report into the Trump-Russia investigators should be submitted in a way that allows it to be released to the public when completed, the Justice Department said.
Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland for answers about Durham’s inquiry. Although the Biden DOJ did not fully answer Republican questions about Susan Hennessey, an appointee in the Justice Department’s National Security Division whom they said displayed “bias” toward Durham, it did provide some clarity on its thoughts on Durham’s impending report.
Deputy Assistant Attorney General Joe Gaeta told Johnson and Grassley in a letter that “because the Special Counsel’s investigation is ongoing, we cannot comment on the investigation or when it will be completed.”
Gaeta also referenced Barr’s October 2020 special counsel order, which stated that “in addition to the confidential report” Durham was required to submit to DOJ, “the Special Counsel, to the maximum extent possible and consistent with the law and policies and practices of the Department of Justice, shall submit to the Attorney General a final report, and such interim reports as he deems appropriate, in a form that will permit public dissemination.”
The Biden DOJ official confirmed, “The Department agrees with this statement.”
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Barr quietly appointed Durham to be special counsel in October after assigning him the task in May 2019. Garland declined to promise he would protect Durham's investigation or make his report public during his confirmation hearing.
In February, President Joe Biden asked all Senate-confirmed U.S. attorneys for their resignations. Durham was asked to step down as a U.S. attorney from Connecticut but stay on as special counsel. A DOJ official also said Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss was an exception, with then-acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson asking him to stay on as he investigates Hunter Biden.