CAFE Insider 04/22: Mueller v. Barr, a post-mortem

Preet and Anne address the criticisms of Bob Mueller and Bill Barr, the tricky situation Mueller faced on obstruction, and what’s next as lawmakers grapple with the report’s findings and conclusions. 

REFERENCES AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

The Mueller Report & Barr’s comments

• Mueller’s report, plus the executive summaries for Volumes I and II
• Bill Barr’s press conference, plus the transcript of his remarks

OLC Memos

• The 1973 and 2000 Office of Legal Counsel memos on indicting a sitting President

Congressional response

• House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler’s subpoena requesting the unredacted Mueller report

Federal Campaign Finance laws

• 52 U.S.C. Subchapter I, Disclosure of Federal Campaign Funds, Legal Information Institute
• 52 U.S. Code § 30121, Contributions and donations by foreign nationals, Legal Information Institute
• 11 CFR § 110.20, Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals, Legal Information Institute  

Rudy Giuliani

• An excerpt of Rudy Giuliani’s interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Preet’s interview, and a transcript of both interviews

Mueller & the role of the Special Counsel

• Video: “MSNBC Reporter Confronts Robert Mueller Outside Church After Easter Service; Mueller: ‘No Comment,’” RealClearPolitics, 4/21/19
• 28 CFR § 600, Special Counsel regulations
• “Special Counsel Investigations: History, Authority, Appointment and Removal,” Congressional Research Service, 3/13/19
• “Expired Independent-Counsel Law Leaves More Power with Justice Department,” Wall Street Journal, 5/10/17
• “How the Mueller report reminds us of Watergate,” Washington Post, 4/19/19

Reactions to & analysis of Mueller’s report

• “Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: A Heat Map,” Lawfare, 4/21/19
• “Trump lawyers reviewed Mueller report for 10 hours before it was made public,” Reuters, 4/19/19
• “How a legal dispute between Mueller and Barr drove the end of the special counsel’s probe,” Washington Post, 4/20/19
• “Robert Mueller failed to do his duty,” Washington Post, 4/19/19
• “On live TV, instant Mueller report takes reveal the challenges of real time reporting,” Washington Post, 4/20/19
• “All the Mistakes Mueller Made in Declining to Prosecute Donald Trump Jr,” Slate, 4/18/19

Trump’s prior experience with depositions

• “Trump: A True Story,” Washington Post

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