1. Here is the part of the DOJ OLC memo that the DOJ filed with their motion for stay. The rest is redacted. 
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2. I think Ed O'Callaghan was in charge of the DOJ National Security Division at that time. It's a bit unclear but I think that it is so. They blew off Part II but are holding Part I that was the Russian influence piece close to the vest. @maddow @Lawrence wilmerhale.com/en/people/edwa…
3. It looks to me that the Russian piece is still in play. We know that Mueller didn't do a Counterintelligence investigation and the guy who was likely doing it signed off on the memo to Barr. DOJ has a pending nominee for Nat Sec Div but today it's still a Trump appointee,
4. John Demers still in charge. I think he and Merrick Garland have worked together in the past. I don't chase any of this stuff other than to seek to learn what happened to the Counterintelligence investigation. And they may have just bought it some more time.
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