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BREAKING: It is confirmed that the Office of The Special Counsel has turned over the Mueller Report to Ag William Barr this afternoon.
Awaiting further reports. Will update.
#FridayFeeling
Awaiting further reports. Will update.
#FridayFeeling
2-AG Barr is now reported to be updating Congress and will be reviewing the Report immediately following that. It's expected that Barr could update Congress as early as this weekend.
4-AG Barr's letter to Congress states that he anticipates that he will be in a position to inform Congress of SC Mueller's "principal conclusions" as early as this weekend, and that Barr remains as committed to transparency as possible..
6-"WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, entangled Trump’s family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the
7-"president’s closest associates. The comprehensive report, still confidential, marks the end of Mueller’s probe but sets the stage for big public fights to come. The next steps are up to Trump’s attorney general, to Congress and, in all likelihood, federal courts.
8-"The Justice Department said Mueller delivered his final report to Attorney General William Barr and officially concluded his probe of Russian election interference and possible coordination with Trump associates. The report will now be reviewed by Barr, who has said he will
9-"write his own account communicating Mueller’s findings to Congress and the American public. Barr said he could send his account to Congress quickly. “I am reviewing the report and anticipate that I may be in a position to advise you of the special counsel’s principal
10-"conclusions as soon as this weekend,” Barr said in his letter the top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary committees.With no details released at this point, it’s not known whether Mueller’s report answers the core questions of his investigation:
11-"Did Trump’s campaign collude with the Kremlin to sway the 2016 presidential election in favor of the celebrity businessman? Also, did Trump take steps later, including by firing his FBI director, to obstruct the probe?But the delivery of the report does mean the investigation
12-"has concluded without any public charges of a criminal conspiracy between the campaign and Russia, or of obstruction by the president. It’s unclear what steps Mueller will take if he uncovered what he believes to be criminal wrongdoing by Trump, in light of Justice Department
13-" legal opinions that have held that sitting presidents may not be indicted. The mere delivery of a confidential report will set off immediate demands, including in the Democratic-led House, for full release of Mueller’s findings. Barr has said he wants to make as much public
14-"as possible, and any efforts to withhold details will prompt a tussle between the Justice Department and lawmakers who may subpoena Mueller and his investigators to testify before Congress. Such a move by Democrats would likely be vigorously contested by the Trump
15-"administration. The conclusion of Mueller’s investigation does not remove legal peril for the president. Trump faces a separate Justice Department investigation in New York into hush money payments during the campaign to two women who say they had sex with him years before
16-"the election. He’s also been implicated in a potential campaign finance violation by his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, who says Trump asked him to arrange the transactions. Federal prosecutors, also in New York, have been investigating foreign contributions made to the
17-"president’s inaugural committee. No matter the findings in Mueller’s report, the investigation has already illuminated Russia’s assault on the American political system, painted the Trump campaign as eager to exploit the release of hacked Democratic emails and exposed lies by
18-"Trump aides aimed at covering up their Russia-related contacts. Over the 21-month investigation, Mueller has brought charges against 34 people, including six aides and advisers to the president, and three companies. The special counsel brought a sweeping indictment accusing
19-"Russian military intelligence officers of hacking Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign and other Democratic groups during the 2016 election. He charged another group of Russians with carrying out a large-scale social media disinformation campaign against the American political
20-"process that also sought to help Trump and hurt Clinton. Closer to the president, Mueller secured convictions against a campaign chairman who cheated banks and dodged his taxes, a national security adviser who lied about his Russian contacts and a campaign aide who misled
21-"the FBI about his knowledge of stolen emails..." ~WaPo, 3/22/19 5pm
22-John Brennan is saying on MSNBC that there could still be some sealed indictments that Mueller's got, if so, they could drop tonight or at some point next week-that the report has been turned in is not necessarily an indication that Jr etc..should exhale.. #MuellerFriday
23-Here's a copy of the letter from AG Barr to Graham and Nadler:
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24- And here's Seth Abramson's take on the release of the Mueller Report this afternoon.. good thread. #MuellerFriday
25-MSNBC reporting that per fed regulations, the moment that OSC turned over the Mueller report no further indictments can be filed by them. This means that if there are further indictments they'd have to have been referred to a US Attorney's office. Guess Jr CAN exhale-for now.
26- 6:30 pm: It appears that there is still a great deal of thought, among fed prosecutors and members of Congress, that there could be remaining sealed indictments, that despite the law cited above, they could still exist and could still be filed. More will be revealed..
27- Sen Chuck Schumer just said, "I think we should wait for the full report to be made public before jumping to ANY conclusions"
Best advice I've heard in weeks.
#MuellerFriday #FridayFeeling #MuellerFindings
Best advice I've heard in weeks.
#MuellerFriday #FridayFeeling #MuellerFindings
