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6 Apr 2019, 4:04 am by Lev Sugarman
This week has seen a flurry of shadow boxing surrounding the impending release of Special Counsel Robert Muellers report. [read post]
5 Apr 2019, 5:33 am
"... under the headline, 'Some on Mueller's Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed.' What concerned me most is that the story’s anonymous allegations reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the role prosecutors play, including special counsels such as Robert Mueller. [read post]
29 Mar 2019, 9:24 am by Nate Jones
” Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on his own account, authorized a counterintelligence investigation of Trump himself in the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey. [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 12:28 pm by Paul Rosenzweig
The second legal issue is one that Barr is familiar with and has already opined on—the question of whether a president may obstruct justice by taking an official act (such as, say, firing an FBI director). [read post]
25 Mar 2019, 9:20 am by Robert Litt
This conclusion must be read in coordination with Barr’s 2018 memo arguing that acts within the president’s constitutional authority over law enforcement, including firing the director of the FBI, cannot constitute obstruction of justice—at least if they do not “impair[] the integrity or availability of evidence. [read post]
23 Mar 2019, 6:18 am by Lev Sugarman
Lev Sugarman shared interview transcripts from former Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division Peter Strzok's interview with the House Judiciary Committee. [read post]
20 Mar 2019, 6:30 am by Jim Sedor
Council Approves Public Campaign Financing Measure by Alison Knezevich for Baltimore Sun North Carolina: Ex-N Carolina Lawmaker Indicted in Campaign Finance Probe by Gary Robertson (Associated Press) for WRAL Ethics National: Mueller Sought Michael Cohen’s Emails Months Before FBI Raid, Warrants Show by Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, and Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post) for MSN National: Steve King Posts Meme Warning That Red States Have ‘8 Trillion… [read post]
16 Mar 2019, 4:47 am by Lev Sugarman
Doug Collins (R-Ga.): one with former FBI Assistant General Counsel Lisa Page, and the other with former Assistant Director of the FBI Counterintelligence Division Peter Strzok. [read post]
24 Feb 2019, 4:16 am by Lev Sugarman
And Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes wrote on former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe’s 60 Minutes interview and its contributions to the overall public understanding of the Russia investigation. [read post]
19 Feb 2019, 12:10 pm by Lev Sugarman
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Friday that she was interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Muellers team in late 2018, CNN reports. [read post]
14 Feb 2019, 1:54 pm by Lev Sugarman
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said in an interview for 60 Minutes that will run on Sunday that following Trump’s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey, Justice Department leadership discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, according to the Times. [read post]
5 Feb 2019, 12:35 pm by Jean Galbraith, Benjamin Schwartz
For example, President Obama’s signing statement for the NDAA for fiscal 2017 was more limited in its objections than was Trump’s signing statement for the NDAA the following year. [read post]
2 Feb 2019, 6:42 am by Lev Sugarman
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and the leaders of the CIA, NSA, FBI, DIA, and NGIA testified on Tuesday before the Senate intelligence committee on worldwide threats. [read post]
31 Jan 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Lawmakers Push Crackdown on Foreign LobbyistsThe Hill – Alex Gangitano | Published: 1/29/2019 Foreign lobbying has been in the national spotlight since special counsel Robert Mueller obtained guilty pleas under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) from two of Donald Trump’s campaign officials, Paul Manafort and Richard Gates, over their lobbying work in Ukraine. [read post]
30 Jan 2019, 4:00 am by Margaret Taylor
The following is an overview of congressional requests for executive branch information and executive privilege assertions in response; it does not cover, for example, requests by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the law and dynamics of which are quite different. [read post]
26 Jan 2019, 8:05 am by Lev Sugarman
On Friday, Roger Stone, the longtime associate of President Trump, was indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. [read post]
19 Jan 2019, 8:28 am by Lev Sugarman
Stephen Bates also unpacked Barr’s refusal to promise a release of Special Counsel Robert Muellers report. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 6:00 am by Stephen Bates
President Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr says he has the “the utmost respect” for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but during his confirmation hearings he would not pledge to release any report produced by Muellers office. [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]