BYRON YORK: Release The Mueller Report Now.

Laws and regulations regarding special investigative reports have changed over the years. The last report that matched the Mueller investigation in both importance and intensity of public interest was independent counsel Kenneth Starr’s report on the Lewinsky matter, which served as the basis for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998. That report was prepared under the old independent counsel law, which has since expired and been replaced by the Justice Department’s special counsel guidelines that have been in place during the Mueller investigation.

Although there are many differences between the cases, Mueller faces one major obstacle that Starr faced, and that is how to handle grand jury information included in the report. The law forbids public release of such information. It also forbids release of grand jury information to Congress.

But there is perfectly legitimate way around the law, and that is to seek a court order authorizing release of the material.

I also want to see what was in the FISA warrant applications.