Amy Howe at SCOTUSblog reported on Thursday, DOJ asks court to temporarily block release of secret Mueller grand jury materials: The Department of Justice came to the Supreme Court today, asking the justices to put on hold the disclosure of grand jury materials from the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who in March 2019 … Read more
I want to reiterate everything David Gordon said in his excellent post. Michael Flynn needs to be in Jail; William Barr needs to Resign. But I also want to direct your attention to some ominous signs of the “grand distraction” that the Trump White House and his sycophant supporters in Congress are about to unleash … Read more
Like a mob boss, Donald Trump believes that he should never be held accountable for his actions by anyone, especially by those gumshoe government inspectors whose job it is to protect the public interest in the inspector generals office. In recent days, Trump has declared war on the governments’ inspector generals, mostly because they are … Read more
This is a really big deal. I am not aware of any federal judge at any time having rebuked an attorney general in this way and essentially declaring that the attorney general, and by extension the Department of Justice, has no credibility before his court. William “Coverup” Barr has effectively destroyed the institution of the Department … Read more
During William “Bill” Barr’s first tenure as Attorney General Under Georg H.W. Bush, New York Times columnist William Safire referred to him as “Coverup-General Barr” because of his role in burying evidence of then-President George H.W. Bush’s involvement in “Iraqgate” and “Iron-Contra.” Barr’s history of cover-ups to help Republican presidents in legal crises explains why Donald Trump … Read more