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21 May 2019, 10:57 am by Molly E. Reynolds, Margaret Taylor
The resolutions authorizing both the Nixon and Clinton impeachment proceedings granted the judiciary committee this authority. [read post]
The language of “faithful execution” in the Take Care Clause and the Article II oath—“I will faithfully execute the Office of President”—was for centuries before 1787 very commonly associated with the performance of public offices, including by quite lowly, ministerial officials. [read post]
17 May 2019, 11:41 am by Josh Blackman
For example, President Clinton perjured himself under oath during a grand jury investigation. [read post]
14 May 2019, 4:47 am by Andrew Kent
§ 1512(c), applies to “[w]hoever” corruptly interferes with an ongoing proceeding. [read post]
12 May 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
In the 1993 Nixon case, Judge Nixon was a US District Judge in Mississippi who had been criminally convicted of making false statements before a federal grand jury and sentenced to prison. [read post]
12 May 2019, 1:01 pm by Benjamin Wittes
In other words, if Goldsmith is right, it is lawful for the president to, say, walk into a grand jury and lie knowingly and intentionally and repeatedly as long as there’s some plausible argument, even an attenuated one, that the lies are intended to protect, say, a secret diplomatic initiative. [read post]
9 May 2019, 3:19 pm by Margaret Taylor
On May 2, Barr declined to appear for a scheduled hearing before the committee. [read post]
8 May 2019, 5:23 pm by Jonathan Shaub
In particular, grand jury material has never itself been considered a component of executive privilege. [read post]
7 May 2019, 4:15 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The copy of Mueller’s report that Attorney General William Barr released earlier this month contained redactions that were labeled according to one of four categories: harm to ongoing matter, meaning investigations that are still ongoing; grand jury material, which is secret under federal rules and exempt from disclosure; classified information; and personal privacy. [read post]
7 May 2019, 8:30 am by Scott Bomboy
Once a committee rules that an act of criminal contempt has occurred, the Speaker of the House or Senate President refers the matter to the appropriate U.S. attorney’s office, “whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action. [read post]
3 May 2019, 7:04 am by Jonathan Shaub
Nor is the direction certain to hold up in any subsequent judicial proceedings. [read post]
2 May 2019, 9:01 pm by Dean Falvy
Although Barr may have initially hoped to treat it as a confidential internal memo, he was compelled to promise a redacted version, purged of materials that might compromise ongoing cases, reveal grand jury material or intelligence methods, or harm the personal privacy of persons not charged with crimes. [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 4:04 pm by Mikhaila Fogel
According to Politico Politico, the district court's contempt order against Miller for failing to appear before the grand jury is set to go into effect in a week if Miller does not obtain relief. [read post]
27 Apr 2019, 7:00 am by Jonathan Shaub
The constitutional issues that have arisen related to congressional oversight are thus somewhat recent as a historical matter, and they are continually evolving. [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 5:00 am by Neil Siegel
When the President gave the order, “substantial evidence” (to quote the Report) existed that the President was aware that he was under investigation by a federal prosecutor who could present evidence of the President’s criminality to a grand jury, which satisfies the nexus requirement. [read post]
22 Apr 2019, 1:12 pm by John Floyd
  Courts Can Release Grand Jury Testimony   The question is whether the Court has the authority to order the Attorney General to release the grand jury material inasmuch as Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure encases grand jury proceedings in secrecy. [read post]
19 Apr 2019, 2:20 pm by Mark Graber
But the President had decided to fire Comey before hearing from the Department of Justice. [read post]
19 Apr 2019, 6:25 am by Tim Zubizarreta
The report is redacted according to the Attorney General’s stated framework of Grand Jury, Harm to Ongoing Matter, Investigative Technique and Personal Privacy. [read post]
Despite being warned by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus not to discuss Russia matters, Trump brought up the Steele report and whether the FBI could investigate to prove the allegations contained in it were false. [read post]