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DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 09:31:08 2019


Published on: April 15th, 2019 at 01:14 PM
By: AP

Washington - The Justice Department expects to make a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation public Thursday morning, a spokeswoman said Monday.

The redacted report would be sent to Congress and also made available to the public, spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said.

As Washington counted down until the release, President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks in an eleventh-hour effort to undermine the report's findings.

Trump unleashed a series of tweets on Monday — including two just minutes after the Justice Department's announcement — focusing on the favorable toplines in the previously released summary produced by Attorney General William Barr.

Mueller officially concluded his investigation late last month and submitted the confidential report to Barr. Two days later, the attorney general sent Congress a four-page letter that detailed Mueller's "principal conclusions."

In his letter, Barr said the special counsel did not find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump associates during the campaign, but Mueller did not reach a definitive conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice. Instead, Mueller presented evidence on both sides of the obstruction question. Barr said he did not believe the evidence was sufficient to prove that Trump had obstructed justice.

"Mueller, and the A.G. based on Mueller findings (and great intelligence), have already ruled No Collusion, No Obstruction," Trump tweeted. "These were crimes committed by Crooked Hillary, the DNC, Dirty Cops and others! INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS!"

In his letter, Barr noted that Mueller's team did not exonerate the president of obstruction of justice.

Democrats immediately called for Mueller to testify and for his report to be released. Portions of the report being released by the Justice Department will be redacted to protect grand jury material, sensitive intelligence, matters that could affect ongoing investigations and damage to the privacy rights of third parties, the attorney general has said.

Trump and his allies are also attacking the origins of the Russia investigation, portraying it as an effort by Democrats and career officials in the Justice Department who wanted to bring down a president.

"The Mueller Report, which was written by 18 Angry Democrats who also happen to be Trump Haters (and Clinton Supporters), should have focused on the people who SPIED on my 2016 Campaign, and others who fabricated the whole Russia Hoax. That is, never forget, the crime." Trump tweeted.

Trump's long- asserted accusation — though not supported by evidence — that his campaign was spied upon was given new life last week when Barr, testifying before Congress, said he thinks "spying did occur" in 2016.

Barr may have been referring to a surveillance warrant the FBI obtained in the fall of 2016 to monitor the communications of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page, who has not been charged with any wrongdoing. The warrant was obtained after Page had left the campaign and was renewed several times. Critics of the Russia investigation have seized on the fact that the warrant application cited Democratic-funded opposition research, done by a former British spy, into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.

Barr later softened his tone, adding "I am not saying improper surveillance occurred."

The attorney general's comments have frustrated Democrats, already anxious for the release of the full, uncensored report and concerned that Barr may withhold pertinent information. The report could provide new information that could prompt further investigations or even consideration of impeachment proceedings, a tricky political calculation since Mueller did not conclude there was collusion or obstruction.

The scores of outstanding questions about the investigation has not stopped the president's allies from declaring victory.

The Russia probe began on July 31, 2016, when the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into Russia's efforts to influence the 2016 presidential campaign and the question of whether anyone on the Trump campaign was involved. That probe was prompted by former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos' contacts with Russian intermediaries, including a Maltese professor who told the young aide that the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton in the form of emails.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by bingbong on Mon Apr 15 10:05:37 2019, in response to DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 09:31:08 2019.

Congress, specifically the Judicicary Committee, who has yet to make their determination WRT trump’s potential exposure to obstruction charges on all of this, must get the full report, even if it’s done closed-door. There's no arguing this.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Mon Apr 15 10:27:24 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by bingbong on Mon Apr 15 10:05:37 2019.

Wrong. I disagree. There is your argument against.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by bingbong on Mon Apr 15 10:32:35 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by TRAIN DUDE on Mon Apr 15 10:27:24 2019.

That is not an argument. That's just unpatriotic blather in full contempt of the law and Constitution.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 11:36:46 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by bingbong on Mon Apr 15 10:32:35 2019.

full contempt of the law and Constitution.

LOL! The LAW (the federal rules of criminal procedure) states that government officials are not allowed to share material from grand jury proceedings without permission from a federal judge. Why can't you get that through your head?

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Apr 15 16:53:19 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 11:36:46 2019.

Exactly. It boggles my mind that she "knows better" than attorneys, LEOs, Financial advisors/analysts, doctors

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Train Dude on Mon Apr 15 19:26:54 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 11:36:46 2019.

Because her brains are between her legs

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by bingbong on Mon Apr 15 20:12:43 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 11:36:46 2019.

And do you actually expect them to comply with a judges order? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Mon Apr 15 20:23:52 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by bingbong on Mon Apr 15 20:12:43 2019.

Oy!!

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by AlM on Mon Apr 15 21:22:12 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 11:36:46 2019.

Hmm. You're right. However, how many people in DHS senior leadership is Trump firing because they won't obey his directives to violate the law? Seems like the law only matters some of the time.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 01:15:42 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by bingbong on Mon Apr 15 20:12:43 2019.

Why wouldn't they? Failure to do so is contempt of court. Most likely the order would be stayed pending appeal but if SCOTUS upholds the lower court's decision, it will be released with grand jury information unredacted.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 01:17:13 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by AlM on Mon Apr 15 21:22:12 2019.

Sheesh! Another would-be-lawyer who knows more than actual lawyers.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Apr 16 03:30:54 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 01:15:42 2019.

I'm waiting to see what she says next!

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by bingbong on Tue Apr 16 05:40:50 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 01:15:42 2019.

How about their continuing attempts at contravention of the law. Proves disregard. What makes you think this is anything different?

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 05:59:40 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by bingbong on Tue Apr 16 05:40:50 2019.

Where's your proff the AG has contravened the law? He's the one on the hot seat here so stop conflating the issue.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by AlM on Tue Apr 16 06:00:11 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 01:17:13 2019.

Another would-be-lawyer who knows more than actual lawyers.

Are you saying the Times article's authors and editors didn't consult any lawyers before publishing the article?

You certainly can't be referring to me, because I didn't express a legal opinion.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Apr 16 06:03:28 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by AlM on Tue Apr 16 06:00:11 2019.

If people had to defend their master's theses the way people have to defend their posts here, no degrees would ever get issued!

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by AlM on Tue Apr 16 06:05:13 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Apr 16 06:03:28 2019.

It's good mental exercise though. :)

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 16 06:30:51 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 01:17:13 2019.

No matter what the subject, we have 3 experts on everything among us.

AlM(ost)
Bingbong
Little Jizzie

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 16 06:32:00 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by bingbong on Tue Apr 16 05:40:50 2019.

You are mentally ill.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 16 06:46:11 2019, in response to DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Mon Apr 15 09:31:08 2019.

I hope that AlM(ost), Bingbong and little Jizzie will all post their reactions before Thursday as I will be away Thursday through Sunday. After all, they are the true authorities on all matters.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by bingbong on Tue Apr 16 07:26:28 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 05:59:40 2019.

I mean trump. Barr works at his pleasure.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 07:43:05 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by bingbong on Tue Apr 16 07:26:28 2019.

Proff or shens of when Trump had disregarding a judge's order. Filing an appeal doesn't count, BTW.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 07:44:04 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by AlM on Tue Apr 16 06:00:11 2019.

My post wasn't meant in response to yours, sorry.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Apr 16 08:01:17 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 07:43:05 2019.

Here is just one example of Trump, as President, ignoring a court order.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Apr 16 08:17:29 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Apr 16 08:01:17 2019.

FALSE!

From the very article:

Although Buchwald did not order Trump or Dan Scavino, the White House director of social media, to unblock the individual plaintiffs in the case, she did announce that a declaratory judgment should be sufficient.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Apr 16 08:27:31 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Apr 16 08:17:29 2019.

Also from the article:

"Eugene Gu, a surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and one of the seven plaintiffs in the lawsuit, told Newsweek on Thursday that Trump still hasn’t complied with the court’s ruling. “I am still blocked,” Gu said at 11 a.m. ET. “I have spoken to the other plaintiffs, and they are still blocked as well.”

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Apr 16 08:44:03 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Apr 16 08:27:31 2019.

Except that the ruling didn’t order Trump to do anything. There was therefore nothing for him to comply with.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by bingbong on Tue Apr 16 12:12:25 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Dave on Tue Apr 16 07:43:05 2019.

Just in…The"stay in Mexico" policy.

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Tue Apr 16 13:15:42 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Apr 16 08:44:03 2019.

Big bitch slap

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Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Apr 16 14:13:24 2019, in response to Re: DOJ Expects To Make Mueller Report Public Thursday Morning, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Apr 16 08:44:03 2019.

Yep!

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