CAFE Insider 03/25: Don't Barr Mueller's Report

CAFE Insider: Don't Barr Mueller's Report

Taped on 3/25/19

Preet and Anne dissect Attorney General Bill Barr’s summary of Bob Mueller’s principal conclusions and look ahead to what’s next.  

REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

Order Preet’s book, “Doing Justice,” here.

Bob Mueller

• Preet’s blurb on Bob Mueller for the Time100 from 2018
• An article from the Washington Post on the origin of Mueller’s investigation into obstruction of justice
• A March 2019 Congressional Research Service report: “Special Counsel Investigations: History, Authority, Appointment and Removal”

Bill Barr

• AG Bill Barr’s letter to congressional leaders summarizing Mueller’s principal conclusions
• 28 CFR § 600.8 - Notification and reports by the Special Counsel
• Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 6(e) – Recording and Disclosing Grand Jury Proceedings.
• A tweet from CNN’s Laura Jarrett reporting that Mueller was not consulted on AG Barr’s letter

Trump

• Trump’s response to Barr’s summary
• An article from Politico about Trump’s written responses to Mueller’s questions (in lieu of an in-person interview)

Rudy Giuliani & Charging obstruction when there’s no underlying crime

• Transcript and video of Rudy Giuliani’s appearance on CNN, where he argues, “it’s almost impossible to have obstruction of justice if there’s no underlying crime.”
• An article from the NYT on Martha Stewart’s 2003 case in which she was charged with obstruction, but not the underlying crime of insider trading.

Roger Stone

• An article from the Washington Post on Roger Stone’s case, plus his indictment

Michael Flynn

• An article from CNN on Michael Flynn’s cooperation in other criminal investigations

Other investigations

• A report from NPR on investigations into Trump by other prosecutor offices and congressional committees

Ferguson

• The DOJ report on the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

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