Thread by @neal_katyal

After being on planes most of last 2 days, I'll be on @AC360 tonight on @CNN talking about the very impt legislation introduced by Sens. Blumenthal & Grassley to require the Mueller report to be disclosed. In general, I think the legislation wise.

The regulations we drafted back in 1999 contemplated a mandatory report from the Attorney General (or Acting AG) to Congress, explaining why the investigation is closed and detailing in particular any instance in which the AG overruled the SC.

But we did not contemplate a situation like this one, where the Acting AG has been installed as an end-run around the Senate confirmation process, and where he reeks of a lack of independence from Trump.

So while in ordinary situations, a detailed report may be unnecessary or even problematic, here, the fact is we cannot trust the Acting AG to follow the SC guidelines and the American public have a right to know.

Given Barr's bizarre memo to Trump and Trump's legal team, the balance tips this way toward disclosure should he be confirmed as well. Of course, salacious private information, if any, should be redacted.

That public right to know is heightened by Trump's lawyers arguments that a sitting President cannot be indicted. If so, the report absolutely must be public, for reasons I outlined here. No real constitutional scholar thinks otherwise;puts Trump above law
nytimes.com/2018/05/21/opi…