Previously redacted portions of the report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller that Attorney General William Barr had hoped to keep hidden until after the November election have been released as the result of a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit, and they show that President Donald Trump likely lied under oath in the written responses he […]
Attorney General William Barr got rebuked by a federal appeals court Tuesday and has been ordered to turn over all grand jury materials from the investigation conducted by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller. CNN reports: “The appeals panel sided with an earlier ruling from the chief judge of the DC District Court, who had roundly […]
When he testifies tomorrow before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, it’s expected that former Special Counsel Robert Mueller will hew closely to the report he filed back in April, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t significant dangers to President Donald Trump when Mueller begins answering questions from the two committees. Though he didn’t seek […]
When he testifies before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees next Wednesday, the main focus of the hearings will be to highlight “shocking evidence of criminal misconduct” by President Donald Trump, according to an explosive new report from NBC News: “‘It is not that that there will be a big, dramatic new revelation necessarily, we’re […]
Attorney General William Barr is worried, and it shows. On Monday, Barr was asked about the upcoming testimony from Special Counsel Robert Mueller before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, which will begin next Wednesday, July 17 at 9:00 a..m EST. Here’s what the AG said, according to the Associated Press (AP): “I’m not sure what […]
Now that we have a version of the report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller in hand, we know that President Donald Trump repeatedly obstructed justice and was only spared from being indicted because he was shielded by a Justice Department directive saying a sitting president cannot face indictment. The Washington Post laid out the obstruction […]
Earlier today, the House Judiciary Committee voted to authorize Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) to issue subpoenas for the full report compiled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and all underlying investigative materials. Nadler noted: “We’re going to work with the attorney general and for a short period of time in the hope that he will reveal […]
Minutes after Attorney General William Barr’s four-page “summary” of the Mueller report was released to Congress and the press, Donald Trump’s defenders began proclaiming that it completely exonerated the president and was great news for the White House. That’s simply not true. As House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler noted immediately after he read over […]
Earlier this week, CNN, NBC News, and the Washington Post all reported that the long-awaited report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller was about to be delivered to newly confirmed Attorney General William Barr. But by Friday, those reports were proven to be wrong, with a senior Justice Department official telling NBC that Barr would not […]
Donald Trump thought he had it all figured out. He’d appoint William Barr as his new attorney general and the Mueller report would never see the light of day. Trump probably though the whole scheme was freaking brilliant. But as usual with our dotard chief executive, it fell apart in less than 24 hours. With […]