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Rosenstein says the public should trust Attorney General Barr on the Mueller report

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Outgoing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday said that the public should have faith in Attorney General William Barr's handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. "I think we can count on him to do the right thing," Rosenstein told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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· 7 hours ago

Outgoing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Americans should be confident that Attorney General Bill Barr will make an appropriate decision about whether to publicly release Robert Mueller’s upcoming report

Rosenstein: Barr will do the ‘right thing’ on Mueller report
Rosenstein offered no details on the timing of the report or on what he would recommend to the attorney general.
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· 7 hours ago

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Mueller Investigation: "I think Attorney General Barr is going to make the right decision. We can trust him to do that. He has a lot of experience with this…I think we can count on him to do the right thing."

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· 8 hours ago

If you are expecting Mueller/DOJ to willingly release a report that blasts Trump or other, un-indicted people in his orbit, please read these remarks today from Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and supervised most of his investigation. The bold emphasis is mine.

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· 7 hours ago

-----> If Rosenstein is showing his thinking about the Mueller report (highly likely IMO), Adam Schiff and Elijah Cummings are going to crank their amplifiers to 11.

If you are expecting Mueller/DOJ to willingly release a report that blasts Trump or other, un-indicted people in his orbit, please read these remarks today from Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and supervised most of his investigation. The bold emphasis is mine.
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· 7 hours ago

Folks who think Barr won't/can't bury Mueller report should read up on 2000 Bush v Gore, Merrick Garland and Brett Kavanaugh.

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· 7 hours ago

No report yet, but "Mueller has spoken loudly, if indirectly, in court — indictment by indictment, guilty plea by guilty plea." write &

Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump was in full deflection mode. The Democrats had blamed Russia for the hacking and release of damaging material on his presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton....
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· 20 hours ago

Not So Fast: Mueller's report might not actually drop next week and could be delayed...due to possible investigations into and , says former Obama appointee

Former US attorney: Mueller report could be delayed by investigation into Trump Jr., Jared Kushner
A former U.S. attorney who was appointed during the Obama administration said the “tea leaves” show special counsel Robert Mueller’s report could be delayed by a possible investigation into Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner.
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· 12 hours ago

. on MUELLER: "There are no actual crimes. There's only things that people did in past lives, in 2006 before we even thought we'd ever get into this crazy world... it's that old Stalinist tactic."

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· 7 hours ago

Rosenstein here stresses that, if Mueller “believed something should be done and we prohibited him from doing it, there would be a report about that to Congress at the end.”

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· Feb 24
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Because the statute of limitations for crimes like campaign finance (and many others) is a practical problem for holding a president to the rule of law, (& bc there is probable cause Trump committed a campaign finance felony), Barr can and should encourage indictments of Trump.

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· 22 hours ago
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The Constitution doesn’t contemplate the presidency will be checked by prosecutors or FBI agents or any other executive branch employees. The Constitution vests executive authority in the president.

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· 21 hours ago
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I make these points because I think folks who opine that Trump might be indicted while in office or Mueller/Barr may deliver a detailed report to Congress laying out an impeachment case against the president are likely to be disappointed, as will those who rely on those opinions.

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· 21 hours ago

If and the Democrats don't get a public report from Mueller, they intend to drag him in front of Congress and have him testify. 's new AG, William Barr, has been noncommittal to an entirely public release of the report.

Adam Schiff threatens to bring in Robert Mueller for testimony if Russia report doesn't go public
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says his panel plans to bring in special counsel Robert Mueller to testify on the Russia investigation if the Justice Department does not release his entire report to the public.
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· 14 hours ago

“Adam Schiff is warning Attorney General Bill Barr that anything less than full disclosure of Mueller’s eventual findings will set off a showdown with Congress.” has the latest on the push to make special counsel Robert Mueller’s report public

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· 18 hours ago

House Judiciary chair writes to Attorney General William Barr, calling for access to full scope of records and evidence gathered in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.

Democratic House chairman asks attorney general for 'full disclosure' of Mueller's findings
Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., wrote to Attorney General William Barr Friday to demand access to the full scope of records and evidence gathered by special counsel Mueller.
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· Feb 20

Attorney General William Barr is preparing to announce the end of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation as early as next week, reported.

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· Feb 15

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office recommended 20-24 years in prison for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort, who was convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud.

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· Jan 19

The Mueller team disputed ' Michael Cohen report after it was caught by surprise by the report's reference to the special counsel, the reports. On Saturday, BuzzFeed said it stood by the accuracy of its initial reporting.

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