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18 Jan 2019, 6:00 am by Stephen Bates
“[W]e do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation,” Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote in 2017, concerning then-FBI director James Comey. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 11:06 am by Mikhaila Fogel
Attorney general nominee Bill Barr has said in written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee that Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to complete his investigation. [read post]
14 Jan 2019, 5:36 am by Staci Zaretsky
" Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani says the president's legal team should be allowed to "correct" special counsel Robert Mueller's report before anyone else gets to read it, including members of Congress. [read post]
13 Jan 2019, 6:16 am by Jack Goldsmith
  The New York Times reported on Jan. 11 that the FBI “began investigating whether President Trump had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests” soon after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. [read post]
12 Jan 2019, 4:05 pm by David Kris
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s appointment order of Special Counsel Robert Mueller directs Mueller to continue the investigation cited by Comey in his March 2017 congressional testimony and specifically includes “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump. [read post]
12 Jan 2019, 3:24 pm by Quinta Jurecic
The New York Times’ recent report on an FBI counterintelligence investigation into the president has placed a new focus on the counterintelligence aspect of the Mueller investigation. [read post]
12 Jan 2019, 4:52 am by William Ford
On Friday evening, the New York Times reported that in the days after President Trump fired then-FBI Director James Comey, federal law enforcement officials become so concerned with the president’s conduct that they opened a counterintelligence investigation into whether Trump was acting on behalf of Russia against U.S. interests. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 5:43 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Observers of the Russia investigation have generally understood Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s work as focusing on at least two separate tracks: collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, on the one hand, and potential obstruction of justice by the president, on the other. [read post]
11 Jan 2019, 1:30 pm
” The memo questions the scope of Mueller’s investigation, and it argues that Mueller should not be permitted to demand answers from the president about possible obstruction of justice based on attempts by Trump to pressure former FBI Director James Comey to drop his investigation of Trump’s ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. [read post]
4 Jan 2019, 6:20 am by Jack Goldsmith
Daniel Hemel and Eric Posner have harshly criticized William Barr’s memo on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s obstruction of justice theory. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 4:04 pm by Mikhaila Fogel, Benjamin Wittes
” Dowd argued both that the president’s actions were authorized by Article II of the Constitution and that an FBI investigation does not count as a “proceeding. [read post]
19 Dec 2018, 5:48 am by Quinta Jurecic, Benjamin Wittes
Neither Flynn nor Special Counsel Robert Mueller can be happy with what emerged—and the public shouldn’t be either. [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 5:21 pm by Jen Patja Howell
Long before becoming Lawfare's head of operations, Priess was an intelligence officer, manager, and briefer with the CIA, including some time spent as a primary PDB briefer to then-FBI director Robert Mueller and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
18 Dec 2018, 5:21 pm by Jen Patja Howell
Long before becoming Lawfare's head of operations, Priess was an intelligence officer, manager, and briefer with the CIA, including some time spent as a primary PDB briefer to then-FBI director Robert Mueller and Attorney General John Ashcroft. [read post]
14 Dec 2018, 5:00 am by Sarah Grant, Chuck Rosenberg
Indeed, it was much discussed during former FBI Director Jim Comey’s testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Dec. 7. [read post]
7 Dec 2018, 3:15 pm
During his time in public life, he has defended the Muslim ban, Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, and attacks on immigrant rights and free speech. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 12:59 pm by Anushka Limaye
In a sentencing memo released Tuesday night, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office said that former national security adviser Michael Flynn should receive little to no prison time for lying to the FBI due to his cooperation with Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential collusion with Russia and record of service, reports the New York Times. [read post]
1 Dec 2018, 12:26 pm by Anushka Limaye, Mikhaila Fogel
President Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to one count of lying to Congress and entered a formal plea agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Thursday. [read post]
30 Nov 2018, 11:27 am by Mikhaila Fogel
  New guidance issued by the Office of the Special Counsel, an independent agency which enforces the Hatch Act and not connected to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, prohibits federal employees from discussing the “resistance” against Trump, according to the New York Times. [read post]