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23 Feb 2021, 10:50 am by Benjamin Wittes
The premise of this demand is that Barr, in his confirmation hearing, promised to let Special Counsel Robert Mueller complete his work. [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Van Grack was a lead prosecutor on Robert Mueller’s team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 6:57 am by J. Michael Goodson Law Library
Trump was previously impeached last year by the House but acquitted in the Senate for abuse of power and obstruction charges, in connection with the Robert Mueller investigation of Russian election interference. [read post]
8 Feb 2021, 9:21 am by David Hechler
” And before the latest GRU indictment, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted a dozen members of that organization in 2018 for attacks that sought to influence the 2016 presidential election. [read post]
30 Jan 2021, 6:01 am by Quinta Jurecic
He posted racist and anti-Semitic photos and memes and routinely retweeted the @TEN_GOP account, which purported to belong to the Tennessee Republican party but, Special Counsel Robert Mueller revealed two years later, was actually run from St. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Several prominent Trump allies failed to do so, ensnaring them in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation and other probes. [read post]
21 Jan 2021, 3:51 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
He seemed to revel in absolving corrupt politicians, corrupt law enforcement officers, and of course, anyone prosecuted by Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel Office. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 1:18 pm by Keith E. Whittington
It seems likely that if and when President Trump is put on trial in the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors, his lawyers will argue that the president was exercising his First Amendment right to free speech in the weeks after the election—and, as a consequence, his words cannot form the basis of an impeachable offense. [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 1:56 pm by Benjamin Wittes
The issue is no longer merely whether the Justice Department should respect Attorney General Bill Barr’s decision to close the obstruction of justice questions involving Trump that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had intentionally sought to leave open. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 12:10 pm by Kevin Kaufman
Key Findings Introduction Climate Change and Energy Consumption Cost Recovery and Expensing, Explained Energy Tax Policy in the United States Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Increased Capital Stock Turnover Retrofitting Accelerating the Shift Towards Clean Energy Housing Investment, Density, and Sprawl A Word on Policy Neutrality Expensing Is a Great Complement for Green Policies Conclusion Key Findings Expensing for capital investments would increase new investment and capital stock… [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 5:01 am by Tia Sewell
Office of Special Counsel—an independent federal investigative body with no connection to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller—disclosed that it has found “a substantial likelihood of wrongdoing” under Pack’s leadership at the USAGM. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 12:59 pm by Quinta Jurecic
Congress, obviously, did not agree—and Trump did not face impeachment for the actions detailed in the Mueller report, even after Special Counsel Robert Mueller made clear that he had written the report with the intention of passing the baton to Congress. [read post]
1 Jan 2021, 12:38 pm by Amy Howe
” In the days before Christmas, President Donald Trump used this power to pardon or commute the sentences of over 40 people, including Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager; Charles Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner; Roger Stone, who was convicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller of obstruction of justice and other crimes; and four men who were convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors for the… [read post]
24 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Some of Trump’s actions seemed intended to send clear messages, such as grants of clemency for George Papadopoulos, the former campaign operative whose 2016 activities triggered the FBI probe that led to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. [read post]
Trump claims “prosecutorial misconduct” by the Special Counsel Robert Mueller team and “political bias” at Stone’s jury trial. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 10:28 am by Bob Bauer
During Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation, President Trump was famously quoted as complaining about the quality of the lawyering he was getting. [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 9:50 am by J. Michael Goodson Law Library
While several involved the more typical clemency for non-violent drug offenders, other recipients of a pardon have generated headlines and controversy: two were connected to the Robert Mueller investigation that resulted in the impeachment of President Trump, three more were former GOP congressmen convicted of financial wrongdoing, and four were former Blackwater contractors convicted of killing 14 civilians in Iraq.These latest acts of clemency have not yet been posted to the… [read post]
20 Dec 2020, 7:08 am by Howard Bashman
“William Barr: ‘One Standard of Justice’; The departing attorney general talks about John Durham, Robert Mueller, Hunter Biden, Mike Flynn and the flak he’s taken from both parties. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 11:01 am by Benjamin Wittes
And again, the pardon for Flynn—who reneged on his cooperation agreement with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and has become an enthusiastic participant in right-wing conspiracy theories—partakes of a certain amount of this type too. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 12:09 pm by Anna Salvatore
Although Barr has been intensely loyal to the president—most famously, he misled the country about the contents of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference—he angered Trump by rebutting his claims of widespread voter fraud in the November election. [read post]