Last week, a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that grand-jury testimony and information may be disclosed only to prosecutors, defendants and other grand juries and that judges may not carve out exceptions to the secrecy already mandated by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. The majority (two Republican … Read more
President Donald Trump delivered an unhinged rant about the Mueller report on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, accusing investigators of an “attempted coup” and “treason,” once again. Our mentally unstable and increasingly erratic “Captain Queeg” is pushing the right-wing conspiracy theory of an attempted “deep state” mutiny on his ship of state … Read more
For those of you who are C-Span junkies, pop some popcorn and get ready for some key oversight hearings today. Must see TV! Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary, Bond villain Steve Mnuchin, on Tuesday will be grilled by House lawmakers in back-to-back hearings, where questions about how he plans to handle a formal request for Mr. … Read more
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team of lawyers and investigators were remarkably disciplined during his investigation. They were never the source of any leaks to the press. When asked for comment, Mueller’s media spokesperson, in almost every instance, responded with ‘no comment” (refuting a Buzzfeed report was the rare exception). But now that the Mueller investigation … Read more
Today is the deadline congressional committees have set for Attorney General William Barr to produce the full unredacted Mueller Report to congressional committees. Barr will certainly not comply with congressional demands. As Michael Bryan pointed out in his post about our constitutional crisis, Barr keeps adding categories of information he intends to redact from the … Read more