Remember the Watergate report had been sealed since the 70s and only recently unsealed with redactions. Good quotes from Mark Levin and the Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski that somewhat mirror my beliefs as to why this Mueller report needs to stay sealed.

Mark Levin on AG Barr:

“Bill Barr is not part of the Postal Service where he picks up the report and gives it to Congress. This regulation (Rule 6(e)) has been in place for 20 years since the Clinton Administration: His job is to look at this report, to make sure there isn’t secret 6-C grand jury information which legally is not to be made public. It’s his job to make sure that FBI raw notes—301s—are not to be distributed publicly. And, believe it or not, it’s his job to make sure that people are not smeared who haven’t been charged. Bill Barr and the executive branch, they are not the impeachment arm of the House of Representatives for the Democrats. The Special Council report to the Attorney General is not an impeachment report for the House Democrats.”

Leon Jaworski:

“For the Watergate Special Prosecutor to make public the evidence it gathered concerning the former President and others who were not charged with criminal offenses, would add to the abuse of power to those that led to the creation of the Special Prosecutor’s office. The federal rules of criminal procedure prohibit the disclosure of information presented to a grand jury except as necessary in the course of criminal proceedings. . . . Most importantly, in terms of the American Constitutional system of government, is the notion of fundamental fairness for those who, after investigation, have not been charged with any criminal misconduct. This consideration is particularly important for a special prosecutor, whose independence considerably reduces his accountability and must be unusually sensitive to possible abuses of power. It is a basic axiom of our system of justice that every man is innocent until proven guilty after judicial proceedings designed to protect his rights to ensure a fair adjudication of the charges against him. Where not charges are brought, it would be irresponsible and unethical for a prosecutor to issue a report suggesting criminal conduct on the part of an individual who has no effective means of challenging the allegations against him or of requiring the prosecutor to establish charges beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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