A. You have no idea that Dems would lose in a court battle.
The Grand Jury rule is entirely too broad that could apply to 60% of the report. (Btw with the exceptions technically members whose names have been leaked could assist the staff of the House Judiciary commitee per the rule)
The Democrats are basing all their hopes on an old Watergate decision Haldemen v Sirica to be precise in which a report on Grand Jury testimony, not actual Grand Jury testimony can be released. I would give Kimberley Strassel's long twitter report a read to better understand why the Dems face a losing argument here.
https://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1113207186728005633
B. if we entertain the notion that it's about leacking personal information, the Mueller report could just be released to the Gang of 8 and they could read it in a secure location.
Doesn't matter, releasing Grand Jury testimony is an illegal act, no matter who is viewing it.
C. Lest we not forget that Barr is a political appointee, whose son now works in the administration. To quote Stacy Abrams, No collusion is a pundit's analysis to a complicated question. If there is no collusion, or at least no truly damaging information (which probably is not the case given the
push back from Mueller staff with Barr's letter).
Yawn Mueller filled his staff with Democrats, and friends of friends are pushing back, tell me when Muller ( Who is working with Barr ) says something. Mind you the idea that Barr put out a false report is ludicrous in and of itself, Mueller is working with Barr on the redacted report, if Muller believed something did not need to be redacted, or that the summaries were ready to be released now, he could say so directly. At the very least, Mueller could pull his cooperation, from Barr if he believed the AG was being dishonest.
Besides what exactly would Barr gain from misleading the Congress and the public about the report? The report is coming out in less than two weeks at most, which means that at most Barr gave Trump a few weeks of good press at most before substantial damage happened. Furthermore the report was dropped on a Friday night before March Madness weekend, if the report was damming for Trump, then the best time to release it would have been the weekend that everyone was focused on the tournament.
The conspiracy does not pass the smell test, and in the end sounds like some of the Democrats on Mueller's team whining.