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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJerry Nadler Won't Stop Until the Full Mueller Report is Out
The House Judiciary chair and New York congressman has brawled with Trump for more than 30 yearsJerry Nadler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is about to do something wholly out of character: pay the Trump administration a compliment, sort of. Its a late morning at the end of March, and Nadler is sipping Diet Coke from a paper cup in his spacious office in Washington, D.C., slouched so deeply into his chair that he seems to be submerging into the books and manila folders stacked atop his desk.
Its a very intelligent press strategy, he says, jabbing a finger onto his desk, where a pocket-size copy of the Constitution peeks out of his business-card holder. Hes talking about Attorney General William Barrs March 24th letter outlining the principal conclusions of special counsel Robert Muellers investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Barrs letter claimed that not only did Mueller find no evidence of conspiracy by the Trump campaign, but in Barrs view, Trump also did not obstruct justice in part because there was no underlying crime to cover up.
What that letter is is a press release, Nadler tells me in his thick Brooklyn accent. Its the only thing out there for a few days or weeks or whatever, and the president can claim vindication, when the report may be very different, for all we know.
Nadler, who stands five feet four and prefers sweater vests and impossibly high-waisted trousers, could reasonably pass for a judge or a law professor, and the ease with which he dismantles Barrs no-obstruction argument suggests he missed his true calling in the courtroom. For example and just to be very obvious about it I am suspected of committing the crime of bank robbery, he tells me. I know I didnt do it. But I decide, in order to avoid being convicted for this crime I never committed, to perjure myself in front of the grand jury, bribe witnesses, et cetera. Ive committed crimes even though theres no underlying crime. Barrs reasoning, he says, is just wrong.
Seeing Barr cover for the president has only deepened Nadlers resolve that he and his committee must get their hands on the full Mueller report without redactions and share as much of it with the public as they can. (On Tuesday, Barr promised a redacted version would be released within the week.) The whole point of the special counsel is to take this away from politics so that the public can depend on an independent assessment, Nadler says. And what did we get? A political guy doing the presidents job.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/jerry-nadler-mueller-report-judiciary-821364/
Article is too long to print here but I highly recommend reading the whole thing.
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Jerry Nadler Won't Stop Until the Full Mueller Report is Out (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2019
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Got to remember Mueller was in the FBI for how many years? He let Trump slide
rockfordfile
Apr 2019
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Baltimike
(4,137 posts)1. Honestly, it'd be nice if he'd START.
He needs to subpoena the fucking thing already.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)2. So, he's been battling Trump for 30 years
and Trump is in the White House and ignoring laws left and right, pissing on the Constitution.
I think Rep Nadler is losing, big time.
rockfordfile
(8,695 posts)4. Got to remember Mueller was in the FBI for how many years? He let Trump slide
lgrnwd
(28 posts)3. All they need to do is subpoena Meuller
Then you can ask him anything you want about the report while under oath. He would have no reason to fear his boss because he has no choice but to answer the questions honestly. Seems like the easiest way to get to the bottom on what is going with Barr and the report. What is keeping the House from doing this?
maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)5. going by the book
so it's defensible before the supremes.
gordianot
(15,232 posts)6. I am tired of waiting; "Just Do It".
Same goes for Trumps taxes.