Russia probe memo wrongly withheld under Barr, court rules
Source: Associated Press/Meg Kinnard
The Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr improperly withheld portions of an internal memo Barr cited in announcing that then-President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice in the Russia investigation, a federal appeals panel said Friday.
The department had argued that the 2019 memo represented private deliberations of its lawyers before any decision was formalized, and was thus exempt from disclosure. A federal judge previously disagreed, ordering the Justice Department to provide it to a government transparency group that had sued for it.
At issue in the case is a March 24, 2019, memorandum from the head of the Justice Departments Office of Legal Counsel and another senior department official that was prepared for Barr to evaluate whether evidence in special counsel Robert Muellers investigation could support prosecution of the president for obstruction of justice.
Barr has said he looked to that opinion in concluding that Trump did not illegally obstruct the Russia probe, which was an investigation of whether his campaign had colluded with Russia to tip the 2016 election.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-donald-trump-william-barr-obstruction-of-justice-992952614b7619681df0e1109548a27f
Learn to read, Mr. Barr.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,023 posts)Though I'm guessing he expected this outcome. His was just a stall for time.
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)appearances like all the shit he did was WAY behind him. Guess again, Nimrod
bigtime
(724 posts)Or release the memo?
ck4829
(35,077 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)What happens to Barr? Will he face any legal charges? Not likely.
Will the Mueller's memo finally be given a full court press? Not likely, three years after the fact.
None the less, will there be a collective demand for these actions to happen? (see: sound of crickets)
Will Barr be dis-barred?
probably not. I don;t think he gives a damn one way or the other.
side note: I have wondered how much damage to the relationship between him and Mueller (plus wves) has occurred, or if it's all water under the bridge by now?