Showing posts with label obstruction of justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label obstruction of justice. Show all posts

Monday, June 19, 2023

CIPA and the Silent Witness (feat. Brian Greer) (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #29)

This week: Allison and Andy are joined by Brian Greer. Brian is a former associate counsel at the CIA. He’ll help us understand CIPA rules, so-called “Goldilocks Docs,” the “silent witness” rule, and more; plus the January 6th investigation keeps moving along.
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Friday, June 9, 2023

Trump says he’s been charged in Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation - The Washington Post

The charges include illegal retention of government secrets, obstruction of justice and conspiracy, according to people familiar with the matter. It is the second time Trump has been criminally charged since March, when he was indicted in state court in New York on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments from 2016. Trump, who has denied wrongdoing in both cases, is the only former president ever charged with a crime...


Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Jail the Hitman (feat.Harry Dunn) (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast Episode #18)

This week, no one is above the law, Trump was indicted in Manhattan; Jack Smith is reportedly looking at conspiracy charges; new chief judge of the DC District Court, Jeb Boasberg, says Pence must testify; plus listener questions.
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Court rejects Barr’s claim, orders release of memo on Trump, obstruction

…Indeed, in those proceedings, the judge wanted to know exactly what guidance Barr received from Justice Department attorneys. Barr said that legal advice constituted internal deliberations over a prosecutorial decision, and therefore couldn't be shared.


Jackson, unsatisfied, came to the opposite conclusion, ruling that the legal advice Barr pointed to wasn't real: What apparently happened was that the then-attorney general decided to give Trump a pass, and he then had the DOJ cook up an after-the-fact rationalization of the decision Barr had already made…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/court-rejects-barrs-claim-orders-release-memo-trump-obstruction-rcna44480


Saturday, August 20, 2022

Appeals court upholds ruling ordering DOJ to release memo on Mueller report

The Department of Justice must release a 2019 memorandum supporting then-Attorney General Bill Barr's decision to clear former President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled on Friday...


Friday, July 1, 2022

Hutchinson's Jan. 6 testimony sways legal experts, some right-wing media : NPR

"He knew right before he took that stage that that crowd was armed. He knew they were headed to the Capitol and he was so confident that they were not going to do anything to him, they were there for him, that he was willing to risk his own security by telling people that he wanted those mags taken down," Honig said. "To me, that could lend itself to a conspiracy charge, to an obstruction charge, even to a seditious conspiracy charge, which requires a showing that force was part of the plan."


Thursday, May 6, 2021

Federal Judge Calls Out Bill Barr For Lying | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Rachel Maddow looks at former Attorney General Bill Barr's record of lying about the Mueller report, and outlines a federal judge's finding that Barr lied again about how the decision was made not to charge Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, ordering the release of never-before-seen material on that subject unless Attorney General Merrick Garland appeals that decision....
https://youtu.be/T0E333MX714







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