Fresh lawsuit increases pressure on US to release Mueller probe report

A U.S. civil liberties privacy group has filed a lawsuit seeking the public release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Electronic Privacy Information Center brought the Freedom of Information Act suit against the Department of Justice, the group said in an announcement posted on its website on Friday.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has submitted a report on his nearly two-year inquiry into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US elections and the Trump campaign's collusion with them, following which the opposition Democratic Party demanded that its content is made public.

During his 22 months of investigation, Mueller, a former FBI director, criminally charged three companies and 34 individuals, of which seven pleaded guilty and one was convicted. He had also posted a question to President Trump which was responded to in writing. Trump has repeatedly claimed that he was a victim of "witch hunt", while asserting that there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russians.