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Schiff Seeks Answers from Barr Regarding Whistleblower

Gordon Ahl   Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 12:49 PM

The Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff published a letter written to Attorney General Bill Barr regarding the Department of Justice’s involvement in the whistleblower complaint. Schiff characterized the intervention as “improper and contrary to both a clear, categorical statutory directive and longstanding IC whistleblowing practices” before demanding the formal legal opinion, allegedly from the Office of Legal Counsel related to the complaint.

immigration

Judge Vacates Trump Asylum Order

Mikhaila Fogel   Fri, Aug 2, 2019, 3:07 PM

Judge Randolph Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia vacated on Friday a presidential proclamation barring people who enter the country outside ports of entry from seeking asylum. The policy had been temporarily enjoined by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Northern California. The ruling is available here and below.

Federal Law Enforcement

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in the Attorney General’s CBS Interview

Jack Goldsmith   Sun, Jun 2, 2019, 1:05 PM

Jan Crawford’s extraordinary CBS interview with Attorney General William Barr was released on Friday, May 31. In it Barr said some good things about why his investigation of the Trump campaign investigation is needed. He also said some bad things about his attitude toward his investigation that reveal the depressingly ugly state of U.S. intelligence and law enforcement institutions.

On the Need for an Investigation

Federal Law Enforcement

Reflections on the President’s Delegation of Declassification Authority to the Attorney General

David Kris, Benjamin Wittes   Tue, May 28, 2019, 11:40 AM

In the wake of Watergate, a remarkable series of legislative and administrative reforms sought to prevent future abuses by making the attorney general responsible for keeping intelligence agencies within the law.

Times have changed.

Federal Law Enforcement

Defending Mueller’s Constitutional Analysis on Obstruction and Faithful Execution

Andrew Kent, Justin Florence, Ben Berwick   Mon, May 20, 2019, 1:55 PM

The extent to which federal obstruction of justice statutes apply to the president, especially when concerning actions facially within the office’s powers under Article II, has been hotly contested at least since President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017.

Federal Law Enforcement

Bill Barr’s Actions on the Mueller Report: A Response to Jack Goldsmith

Robert S. Litt   Tue, May 7, 2019, 5:04 PM

Jack Goldsmith’s defense of Attorney General Barr’s handling of the Mueller report is typically thoughtful but ultimately unpersuasive. While certain aspects of Barr’s behavior could be defensible if they stood alone, taken as a whole his course of conduct—what he said, how he said it and what he didn’t say—shows that Barr is not merely “defen[ding] the presidency” institutionally, as Goldsmith argues, but defending this particular president politically.

House Judiciary Committee

Document: Draft Congressional Contempt Citation for Attorney General Barr

Mikhaila Fogel   Mon, May 6, 2019, 1:43 PM

The House Judiciary Committee will consider a contempt citation against Attorney General Bill Barr on Wednesday, May 8. The citation involves Barr's failure to comply with the committee's subpoena for an unredacted version of the Mueller report and underlying evidence. The full draft citation resolution is available here and below.

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