💥 OMG. They just now unredacted those key portions. So I’m now going to just show you the pages that were previously redacted. I’ll show you the before and after.
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🧵 I have a theory about the content of part two of the 2019 memo to Barr on whether the Mueller report provided enough evidence to prosecute Trump fit obstruction. This is the part @TheJusticeDept is holding back.
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And though I would have preferred it being released and it’s entirety now, it’s complicated. Let’s walk through this.
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Before I do. I want to be clear, I’m not talking about the legal justification/argument for a stay pending appeal. That is set forth very clearly in the court documents.
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Refreshing PACER constantly today. Nothing there yet as of 8:45 a.m. So nervous. Really hoping @TheJusticeDept will do the right thing and give @CREWcrew the memo Bill Barr relied on
Remember how on May 3, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered the Department of Justice to hand over the March 24, 2019 memo that AG Barr claimed to have relied on when he decided not to criminally charge Trump with obstructing the Mueller Investigation?
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The original deadline for the Justice Department to file a motion to stay was TODAY. But, I just checked the docket, and this past Friday, judge Amy Berman Jackson granted the Justice Department an extension. The new deadline is May 24.
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Maybe you all knew this already, but it was news to me.
The case is
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND
ETHICS IN WASHINGTON v.