Dems warn Barr he has no reason to redact embarrassing dirt about Trump's family from Mueller report

House Democrats have warned Attorney General Bill Barr that he has no legal reason to redact information that could be embarrassing to President Donald Trump's family from special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

In a letter to Barr sent this week, top Democrats said they expected the attorney general to significantly limit his redactions to the report -- and they said those redactions should not be used to protect the reputation of the Trump family brand.

"The Department also should not be able to keep from Congress information related to the 'reputational interests of peripheral third parties' as referenced in the Attorney General's March 29 letter," they wrote. "To the extent the Special Counsel has developed information relative to President Trump's family members (including those employed by the White House) or his associates, campaign employees, consultants, advisers, and others within the scope of the investigation, that should not be withheld."

The Democrats go on to argue that this is "precisely the type of information" that Congress needs to properly perform its oversight functions.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has given Barr a deadline of today to give the Mueller report to Congress. If Barr misses this deadline, Nadler has said he may seek to subpoena the report.

Read the Democrats' entire letter here.