The US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his nearly two-year investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election, any possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow and whether President Donald Trump unlawfully sought to obstruct the probe.
On Friday, Mueller handed over his report to Attorney General William Barr, who has said he will write his own account of the special counsel's findings.
Trump has denied any collusion and called the report a "witch-hunt". Moscow has denied interfering in the election.
Democrats have demanded that Congress and the public be allowed to look the full report.
Barr expected to release summary of Mueller's report on Sunday
Attorney General William Barr is on pace to release his first summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on Sunday, people familiar with the process said.
Barr has said he wants to release as much as he can under the law.
That decision will require him to weigh the Justice Department's longstanding protocol of not releasing negative information about people who aren't indicted against the extraordinary public interest in a criminal investigation into the president and his campaign.
Americans await for details on probe after conclusion
Americans waited for details on Sunday of the special counsel's investigation that is shrouded in mystery. Many expressed relief the investigation was finally over.
"Now maybe we can move on to better things," said Bubba Metts, a 61-year-old conservative from Lexington, South Carolina. "Twenty million dollars spent for nothing."
Dajah Harris, 21, a college senior at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, is a Democrat and no fan of Trump. But she saw the investigation as a distraction from more important things such as homelessness, college debt, and welfare programmes.
"I don't feel that where the country is right now that this is something we should even be discussing," she said.
Trump remained uncharacteristically silent early Sunday. After months of denouncing the probe as a "witch hunt", the US president had yet to comment on its conclusion.
Trump's silence stretches on
Trump is yet to address Mueller's report, almost 24 hours since news broke that the special counsel's investigation had concluded.
The president is at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida where he played golf on Saturday, following a meeting with leaders from several Caribbean countries on Friday.
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo, reporting from nearby Palm Beach, said Trump was in the company of his top lawyers and advisers but that the White House had yet to be briefed on the report.
"They are just as much in the dark as everybody else," he added.
When Trump did tweet on Saturday, it was to warn against online "propaganda" from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and announce the withdrawal of newly-issued additional sanctions on North Korea.
Congress won't see Mueller's findings on Saturday: Justice Department official
Barr will not be providing Congress with Mueller's findings on Saturday, a senior Justice Department official has told The Associated Press news agency.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorised to publicly discuss the review process.
Barr is currently reviewing Mueller's confidential report and has said he expects to provide Congress with the "principle conclusions" this weekend.
House Democrats set group call on Mueller report
House Democrats are expected to gather by phone as they wait for the Justice Department to send them details of what Mueller has found in his investigation of Russian interference, according to a person familiar with the meeting.
The source requested anonymity to discuss the private call.
Democrats planned the 3pm conference call on Saturday to discuss strategy and their next steps after they were notified Friday afternoon that Mueller had sent his completed report to Barr.
Barr said in a Friday letter to the House and Senate Judiciary committees that he would share Mueller's "principal conclusions" with Congress as soon as Saturday.
The special counsel's full report is confidential, but Barr says he will be deciding soon how much of it he will release to Congress and the public.
Democrats demand release of full report 'without delay'
The Democratic chairs of six House committees have demanded that the Justice Department release "without delay" the full report it has received from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. They said they expect Barr also to turn over all evidence Mueller has uncovered.
The Democrats said since the Justice Department asserts a sitting president can't be indicted, Barr's failure to release evidence of criminal or other misconduct by Trump "would raise serious questions about whether the Department of Justice policy is being used as a pretext for a cover-up of misconduct".
The six chairs are Jerrold Nadler of Judiciary and Eliot Engel of Foreign Affairs; Elijah Cummings of Oversight and Reform; Adam Schiff of the Intelligence Committee, Maxine Waters of Financial Services and the Ways and Means Committee's Richard Neal.
Trump's lawyers want early look
President Trump's lawyers said they want an early look at Mueller's findings before they are made public.
That's according to Rudy Giuliani, Trump's lawyer. He said Trump's legal team has not received any assurances that they will get the early look they want, though.
Mueller to conclude service 'in coming days'
Mueller will conclude his government service in the "coming days", according to special counsel spokesman Peter Carr.
Carr said in a statement that a "small number" of the office's staff will remain "to assist in closing the operations of the office". He did not provide a specific timeline for when that might occur. As of Friday, 11 prosecutors were still employed by the special counsel's office.
Schiff: House intel panel will issue subpoena if necessary
House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff says his panel will issue subpoenas if Mueller's report - and its underlying evidence - are not released to Congress for further review.
The California Democrat said on CNN that Congress needs to know "and so does the country".
He said he is willing to subpoena Mueller as well as Attorney General Barr, if needed, to push for disclosure.
House Democrats now see the Mueller investigation as a starting point for their own probes of President Trump and Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Republican senator demands report be made public
A top Republican, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, said the findings of the special counsel's Russia investigation must be made public to end the "speculation and innuendo" that hangs over Trump's administration.
The former Judiciary Committee chairman said while it is clear the Russians "tried to meddle in our democratic processes", he has still not seen any evidence of collusion.
Grassley said Barr must provide the findings from Mueller's report to Congress and the American people "to finally put an end to the speculation and innuendo that has loomed over this administration since its earliest days".
Muller 'not recommending' further indictments
Mueller is not recommending any further indictments in the Russia investigation.
That is according to a Justice Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorised to speak publicly about the confidential recommendation.
Graham: We will be brief in 'coming days'
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said that he and the panel's top Democrat, Senator Dianne Feinstein, will be briefed "in the coming days" about Mueller's report.
The South Carolina Republican said he was notified by the Justice Department that Mueller's report has been turned over and that the attorney general "will pursue as much transparency as possible".
Graham said he expects to be "more thoroughly" briefed. He says he believed it was important for Mueller to do his job "without interference, and that has been accomplished".
Barr: DOJ did not block Mueller
Attorney General Barr said the Justice Department did not block Mueller from taking any action during his Russia investigation.
Barr is required to disclose to Congress any instance in which he or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided an action Mueller proposed should not be pursued.
He said in his letter to members of Congress on Friday that "there were no such instances during the Special Counsel's investigation".
The attorney general notified four key congresspeople that he may update them over the weekend.
McConnell welcomes conclusion of probe
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he welcomes news that Mueller has completed his investigation into Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 elections.
McConnell said he and other Republicans have long believed that Russia poses a significant threat to American interests, adding that he hopes Mueller's report will "help inform and improve our efforts to protect our democracy".
The Kentucky Republican said he hopes that Barr, who received Mueller's report on Friday, will "provide as much information as possible" on the findings, "with as much openness and transparency as possible".
Georgia Congressman Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said he expects the Justice Department to release the report to the committee without delay "and to the maximum extent permitted by law".
Top Dems: It's 'imperative' to make full report public
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer said it's "imperative" to make the full report from Mueller public.
The top congressional Democrats said, "The American people have a right to the truth."
In a joint statement, they said Barr must not give President Trump, his lawyers or staff any "sneak preview" of the findings or evidence.
"The White House must not be allowed to interfere in decisions about what parts of those findings or evidence are made public," they said.
Nadler: Congress should be given full report
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Congress should receive the full report from Mueller's Russia investigation.
New York Democrat Jerrold Nadler said in a statement: "We look forward to getting the full Mueller report and related materials." He added that "transparency and the public interest demand nothing less" because the public needs to have faith in the rule of law.
Democratic presidential candidates demand full report be made public
Democratic presidential candidates have demanded that Attorney General Barr make Mueller's report on Russia public.
Minutes after Barr notified members of Congress on Friday that Mueller had delivered his report, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts tweeted that the attorney general should "release the Mueller report to the American public".
Shortly afterwards, Warren tweeted a call to supporters to sign a petition to have the report made public.
Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey tweeted that the report "should be made public immediately".
The Trump administration's handling of Mueller's report foretells big fights to come, from the presidential campaign trail to, in all likelihood, the federal courts.
Trump's lawyers say they are pleased report is delivered
President Trump's lawyers said they were "pleased" that Mueller has delivered his report.
Rudy Giuliani and Jay Sekulow issued their joint statement within minutes of Barr's letter to key members of Congress confirming the delivery and suggesting he could update congresspeople as soon as this weekend.
"We're pleased that the Office of Special Counsel has delivered its report to the Attorney General pursuant to the regulations. Attorney General Barr will determine the appropriate next steps," the statement said.
White House: Next steps are up to Barr
Responding to the release of the report, the White House said the next steps are "up to Attorney General (William) Barr".
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said, "We look forward to the process taking its course."
She added, "The White House has not received or been briefed on the special counsel's report."
Report delivered by security officer
Mueller's report concluding the Russia investigation was delivered by a security officer early on Friday afternoon to the office of Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, according to Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec.
It was then delivered within minutes to Attorney General Barr.
The White House was notified around 4:35pm that the Justice Department had received the report.
The letter was scheduled to be delivered at 5pm to staff members on Capitol Hill.
Later on Friday, Rosenstein was expected to call Mueller to thank him for his work in the last two years.
Barr could update Congress over weekend
The Justice Department says Attorney General Barr is reviewing Mueller's final report, which is still confidential.
Barr said he could update Congress as early as this weekend about Mueller's findings in the Russia investigation.
It sets the stage for big public fights to come. The next steps are up to Trump's attorney general, Congress and, in all likelihood, federal courts.
It's not clear how much of the report will become public or will be provided to Congress. Barr has said he will write his own report summarising Mueller's findings.
The nearly two-year probe has shadowed Trump's presidency and resulted in felony charges against 34 people, including six people who served on Trump's campaign.-Al Jazeera
