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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
Wittes shows that previous investigators of potential obstruction by sitting presidents—Leon Jaworski investigating President Nixon, Lawrence Walsh investigating President Reagan and Kenneth Starr investigating President Clinton—did not appear to view their investigations as hampered by a clear statement rule: [A]ll three investigated the presidents then in office for obstruction of justice in situations in which the matters… [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
” The vote followed six hours of debate that included, among other things, discussion of the status of the committee’s efforts to obtain grand jury material protected by Section 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. [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
Circuit has rejected Andrew Miller's petitions for both a panel rehearing and a rehearing en banc in his effort to quash a subpoena issued by the grand jury empaneled to examine matters related to the Mueller investigation. [read post]
27 Apr 2019, 7:00 am by Jonathan Shaub
The House oversight committee’s deposition procedures have long prohibited any “observers or counsel ... for agencies under investigation” from attending the deposition. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 10:16 am by John Jascob
In contrast, the grand jury indictment alleges that Holmes and Balwani defrauded doctors and patients and that hundreds of patients paid for blood tests and results that were inaccurate, unreliable, and improperly validated. [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
The President’s reaction to the continued Russia investigation. [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]
18 Apr 2019, 12:41 pm by Lev Sugarman
Beginning in June 2016, [Redacted: Harm to Ongoing Matter] forecast to senior Campaign officials that WikiLeaks would release information damaging to candidate Clinton. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 6:11 am by Mikhaila Fogel, Margaret Taylor
Under section 6(e) of the FRCP, certain people involved in a grand jury proceeding “must not disclose a matter occurring before the grand jury,” including the grand jurors themselves, the government attorney presenting the case to the grand jury, the court reporter and other technical people involved in the proceeding itself. [read post]