Barr To Hold 9:30 AM Press Conference Thursday On Mueller Report Release

Attorney General William Barr testifies during a House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Justice Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020 on April 10, 2019. (Photo ... Attorney General William Barr testifies during a House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Justice Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020 on April 10, 2019. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Attorney General Bill Barr is scheduled to hold a press conference at 9:30 a.m. ET Thursday to discuss special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted final report, the Justice Department confirmed Wednesday.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will also attend.

“Attorney General William P. Barr will hold a press conference on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. EDT, on the release of the Mueller Report,” a Justice Department press release read.

Trump mentioned the press conference during a radio interview with on WMAL’s “Larry O’Connor Show” before the official DOJ release went out.

The DOJ said the press conference would be “limited to DOJ hard badge holding reporters only,” and that it would be streamed online at the Justice Department’s website and Ustream.

This post has been updated.

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