Justice Department inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz inquired into the FBI’s Russia Investigation to evaluate its legal credibility. It validated the FBI’s effort to open …
Why Mueller Report is Significant
“Because we determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment, we did not draw ultimate conclusions about the President’s conduct. The evidence we obtained about …
Mueller Report – Defense Against Accusations? Pt. 2
p. 178 – 181 Ascertaining Whether the President Violated the Obstruction Statutes Would Not Chill his Performance of his Article II Duties “Several safeguards would …
Mueller Report – Defense Against Accusations? Pt. 1
p. 159 – 178 “[The White House] counsel has made a categorical argument that ‘the President’s exercise of his constitutional authority here to terminate an …
Mueller Report – “Overarching Factual Issues”
p. 156 – 158 “Although this report does not contain a traditional prosecution decision or declination decision, the evidence supports several general conclusions relevant to …
Mueller Report – Obstruction Case #10 – Trump and Cohen – Pt. 4: Analysis of Trump & Cohen
p. 153 – 156 Potential Obstructive Act: “We gathered evidence of the President’s conduct related to Cohen on two issues: (i) whether the President or …
Mueller Report – Obstruction Case #10 – Trump and Cohen – Pt. 3: Cohen Spills Information and Trump’s Response
p. 149 – 152 “On September 17, 2018, this Office submitted written questions to the President that included questions about the Trump Tower Moscow project …
Mueller Report – Obstruction Case #10 – Trump and Cohen – Pt. 2: The Lead Up to Cohen’s Charges
p. 139 – 149 “In early May 2017, Cohen received requests from Congress to provide testimony and documents in connection with congressional investigations of Russian …
Mueller Report – Obstruction Case #9 – Trump, Flynn, and Manafort
Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight felony counts and Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the investigation. p. 120 – 134 Potential obstructive act: …
Mueller Report – Obstruction Case #8 – McGahn
p. 113 – 120 A NY Times article in June 2017 reported that Trump had told White House Counsel, Don McGahn, to have the DOJ …