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
White House Counsel Emmet Flood in a five-page letter to Attorney General William Barr dated April 19, took Special Counsel Robert Mueller to task for not making a charging determination (snippet): [T]he SCO had only one job – to “provide the Attorney General with a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by … 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
To paraphrase the great Betty Davis in All About Eve, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy week.” There are several congressional committee deadlines coming due this week in the Trump administration’s policy of “total obstruction” of Congress: Stunned by the administration’s refusal to allow officials to testify or respond to document requests, … 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