In Watergate, Congress got everything from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, including a “road map” of grand jury evidence and the underlying grand jury evidence. In Whitewater, Congress got everything from Special Prosecutor Ken Starr, who went to court to have the judge approve the release of grand jury testimony under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e), … Read more
House Judiciary Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Don McGahn for documents he provided to the Special Counsel — his response is due today — and for his testimony related to the committee’s obstruction of justice investigation, setting a May 21 hearing date. CNN reports that the White House … Read more
I’ll see your “Coverup-General Barr” who spun the Mueller Report to say that there are no chargeable crimes against Donald Trump, and raise you more than 400 former federal prosecutors (and growing) who say Trump’s “fixer” at the Department of Justice is full of shit and that they find chargeable crimes. Tierney Sneed reports, 400 Ex-Prosecutors: … Read more
An update to my earlier post, Congress and Americans need to hear from ‘SilentBob’. Former U.S. Attorney Neal Katyal, who drafted the Special Counsel regulations and therefore is the expert on their purpose, intent and meaning, explains at the New York Times why Why Barr Can’t Whitewash the Mueller Report: Many who watched Attorney General … Read more
Congress and Americans need to hear from “Silent Bob.” No, not this guy …. This “Silent Bob,” Robert S. Mueller III, who has only been “heard” through Attorney General William Barr’s redacted version of his Mueller Report, and his March 27 letter to Barr objecting to Barr’s mischaracterization of “the context, nature, and substance of … Read more