Mueller report sent to attorney general, signaling his Russia investigation has ended
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Source: Washington Post
National Security
Mueller report sent to attorney general, signaling his Russia investigation has ended
By Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky
March 22 at 5:02 PM
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has submitted a confidential report to Attorney General William P. Barr, marking the end of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible obstruction of justice by President Trump, a Justice Department spokeswoman said.
The Justice Department notified Congress late Friday that it had received Mueller's report but did not describe its contents. Barr is expected to summarize the findings for lawmakers in coming days.
The submission of Mueller's report marks the culmination of his closely held inquiry, a case that has engulfed the Trump administration since its inception and led to multiple guilty pleas from former advisers to the president. With the closing of his investigation, Congress and the newly empowered Democratic House majority will soon assess his findings - and determine what steps to take next.
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Devlin Barrett writes about national security and law enforcement for The Washington Post. He has previously worked at the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press and the New York Post, where he started as a copy boy. Follow https://twitter.com/DevlinBarrett
Matt Zapotosky covers the Justice Department for The Washington Post's national security team. He has previously worked covering the federal courthouse in Alexandria and local law enforcement in Prince George's County and Southern Maryland. Follow https://twitter.com/mattzap
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/03/22/special-counsel-mueller-has-submitted-a-report-to-the-attorney-general-signaling-the-end-of-his-russia-investigation/
There's a thread in GD too, with discussion. Blue Adept posted it at 5:00 p.m.
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee is told to expect notification by 5pm that the Mueller rpt.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211942761
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Special counsel Mueller has submitted a report to the attorney general, signaling the end of his Russia investigation
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Politics
Special counsel Mueller has submitted a report to the attorney general, signaling the end of his Russia investigation
By Washington Post Staff
March 22 at 5:02 PM
The contents of the highly anticipated report from Robert S. Mueller III were not immediately known, but its submission signals the culmination of the nearly two-year probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election -- a case that has consumed Washington and led to multiple guilty pleas from former advisers to President Trump.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
mainer
(12,022 posts)I just worry there's an anticlimax to all this.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I think the family stays clean. They won't touch the President or his family, for any reason.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)does the report contain guidance on prosecutions (or the like)?
So maybe the report doesn't "recommend" whatever the various jurisdictions might want to do with the report findings. Impeachment, indictments, no indictments, slap on the wrist, or nothing at all.
Mean of them to deliver the report late on a Friday.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Which is disappointing to me. I can't see anyone else in the country who would indict Don Jr or Kushner.
So I guess it means that Mueller didn't have the evidence to indict them. The level of evidence required is a very high bar.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)Mueller's report does not include indictments that are already UNDER SEAL. When those indictments are released, your knowledge base will not look to be valid. He reportedly does not make a global assertion about there being NO indictments, only that there are no further indictments contained in the current report.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)And, "no," the correspondent did not miss a signal.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I think the "no" the twitter refers to is that "no, we don't provide any guidance on prosecutions, etc."
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Rosenstein wrote. We also have a duty to prevent the disclosure of information that would unfairly tarnish people who are not charged with crimes.
In fact, disclosing uncharged allegations against American citizens without a law-enforcement need is considered to be a violation of a prosecutors trust.
He used the Comey incident as an example, when HRC was put in the spotlight right before the election.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)keith sw
(45 posts)Will come via SDNY in my opinion
Kablooie
(18,619 posts)I fear the standards for conspiracy against the US will be so high that there may not be enough solid documented evidence to reach it.
If the behavior doesn't reach that standard we will only hear that it doesn't, not how close it comes.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)No indictments of people that I have seen evidence indicating are guilty of conspiring with Russia. Namely, Jr. and Kushner. (They will never indict a President.)
...Mueller has determined that he cannot indict certain people himself, and we'll leave it to Congress but will recommend it in his report. I think there's a lot left to see here. Certainly we will have a great volume of information coming shortly.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)calimary
(81,179 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,706 posts)as I was sticking something into the oven...
NYT -
By Sharon LaFraniere and Katie Benner
March 22, 2019
WASHINGTON The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has delivered a report on his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election to Attorney General William P. Barr, according to the Justice Department, bringing to an apparent close an investigation that has consumed the nation and cast a shadow over President Trump for nearly two years.
Mr. Barr will decide how much of the report to share with Congress and, by extension, the American public. The House voted unanimously in March on a nonbinding resolution to make public the reports findings, an indication of the deep support within both parties to air whatever evidence prosecutors uncovered.
Since Mr. Muellers appointment in May 2017, his team has focused on how Russian operatives sought to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential race and whether anyone tied to the Trump campaign, wittingly or unwittingly, cooperated with them. While the inquiry, started months earlier by the F.B.I., unearthed a far-ranging Russian influence operation, no public evidence has emerged that the president or his aides illegally assisted it.
Nonetheless, the damage to Mr. Trump and those in his circle has been extensive. A half-dozen former Trump aides have been indicted or convicted of crimes, mostly for lying to federal investigators or Congress. Others remain under investigation in cases that Mr. Muellers office handed off to federal prosecutors in New York and elsewhere. Dozens of Russian intelligence officers or citizens, along with three Russian companies, were charged in cases that are likely to languish in court because the defendants cannot be extradited to the United States.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/mueller-report-release.html
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,359 posts)I stayed late when this thing happened. I'm about to get out of here.
Have a nice weekend.
BumRushDaShow
(128,706 posts)it's for the weekend and next week! My tonight's dinner will be going in a toaster oven shortly (the last of some home-made fish and chips)!
TGIF to you too!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,359 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,706 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)...That you were putting in the oven.
Or is that even a thing now? What with all the safeguards in modern appliances, and all. (Showing my age, with pride).
Stay strong!
BumRushDaShow
(128,706 posts)using crescent roll dough. Cooked up ground sausage with some onions and peppers, melted some cream cheese in a pan and coated the sausage mixture with the melted cheese, laid a "sheet" of the crescent dough (with the perforations pressed out) on the bottom of a 13 x 9 pan, topped that with the cheese/sausage mixture, sprinkled shredded cheese on top of that, and then sealed the whole thing in with another crescent roll can's sheet of dough. Bake @ 375 for ~21 - 26 minutes so it's about done now!
ETA - just pulled it out. Fini!
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,706 posts)Have to cool it down and then I can cut it into pieces. Not eating it tonight though.
It should theoretically look like this though -
(recipe - https://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/sausage-and-cheese-crescent-squares/f2b22bde-19e4-4447-aa99-30e90ee5a38f)
jmowreader
(50,546 posts)Producer gas was made from coal. It was 40 percent carbon monoxide.
The gas we use now is mostly methane plus methyl mercaptan for stench.
BumRushDaShow
(128,706 posts)... although you do have some folks who use propane for heating/cooking.
Of course my oven could have been electric and then the whole gas thing would be moot (but it's not though).
jmowreader
(50,546 posts)If they kill you its by reducing O2 concentration below what you need to survive.
Carbon monoxide is a poison gas. Big difference.
BumRushDaShow
(128,706 posts)have a degree and all!
You can die with too much O2 as well. We're made to have that certain percentage (~80%) of N2.
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)And it is Friday....now what? Is the investigation officially over now?
Mr.Bill
(24,262 posts)we get to see.
Never forget Ken Starr's report was posted on the internet in it's entirety.
FakeNoose
(32,610 posts)There's no way this report will stay locked up. Time to celebrate!
Thank you Robert Mueller!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,359 posts)2016: We got him!
2017: We got him!
2018: We got him!
2019:
FakeNoose
(32,610 posts)2020 Oh never mind, let's just vote him out!
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)669 days
16063 hours
963808 minutes
57828496 seconds
Then hopefully he won't win reelection.
Lady_Chat
(561 posts)That's what I can't understand. Can you explain that to me. Thanks!
Igel
(35,293 posts)After it happened to Clinton, they wanted to make damn sure it never happened again.
DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)Starr was able to print graphic sexual details about a sitting President. I vividly remember sitting in my office that day with people that I worked with stopping everything to read every salacious detail. One of the greatest lines I ever heard out of this was Larry Flynt's offer to Kenneth Starr to come work for Hustler magazine because Flynt thought Starr was one of the finest pornographic authors ever.
getagrip_already
(14,674 posts)Starr was an independent prosecutor. Mueller is a special council. Starr was largely independent of the doj and white house. He never had any constraints on him. He made it a theatrical production, complete with a truck pulling up to congress and wheeling boxes in on hand trucks.
Muehler can't do any of that. He is bound to the approval of every major action by the ag or designate. His reort is to the ag only, not the congress.
It's a miracle it ever got this far, but the deck was always stacked in the wh's favor.
Lady_Chat
(561 posts)Appreciate it!
barbtries
(28,787 posts)Ken Starr is.
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Hamlette
(15,411 posts)ancianita
(36,009 posts)barbtries
(28,787 posts)but just last week they requested a delay for pressing matters. I assume cases are continuing and more may be brought by other prosecutors.
sigh. i fucking hope so.
cilla4progress
(24,723 posts)60 day extension for Gates cooperation, etc. WTF??
elleng
(130,825 posts)*Even though Mr. Muellers report is complete, some aspects of his inquiry remain active and may be overseen by the same prosecutors once they are reassigned to their old jobs within the Justice Department. For instance, recently filed court documents suggest that investigators are still examining why the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort turned over campaign polling data in 2016 to a Russian associate whom prosecutors said was tied to Russian intelligence.
Mr. Mueller looked extensively at whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice to protect himself or his associates. But despite months of negotiations, prosecutors were unable to personally interview the president. . .
EDIT: The regulations that govern Mr. Mueller, who is under the supervision of the Justice Department, only require him to explain his decisions to either seek or decline to seek criminal charges in a confidential report to the attorney general. The attorney general is then required to notify the leadership of the House and Senate judiciary committees.
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Mr. Barr promised to release as much information as possible, saying the country needs a credible resolution of these issues. But he may be reluctant to release the part of Mr. Muellers report that may be of most interest: who the special counsel declined to prosecute and why, especially if Mr. Trump is on that list.
The departments longstanding practice, with rare exceptions, is not to identify people who were merely investigative targets in order to avoid unfairly tainting their reputations, especially because they would have no chance to defend themselves in a court of law. Mr. Rosenstein, who has overseen Mr. Muellers work and may have a say in what is released, is a firm believer in that principle.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/us/politics/mueller-report-release.html
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)elleng
(130,825 posts)I added an edit, with more info.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)who the special counsel declined to prosecute and why." Rosenstein has already stated that there will be no public mention of anyone in the report that hasn't been indicted or charged with a crime. Its not a law, just his rules & I'm sure tRumps buddy Barr is happy with that. The reason they used was they didn't want to damage anyones reputation like what happen to HRC when Mueller called her out right before the election.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)I weep for our country even now.
Chakaconcarne
(2,438 posts)which explains Trump singing a different tune to its release.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)Hekate
(90,616 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)Or video.
Whatever!
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)Gothmog
(145,046 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)I am not hopeful.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)He made hush payments that should have been reported and were not. He even signed checks!
And that's without considering Cohen's testimony.
And that's just one issue.
Mueller may have punted on indicting higher ups than Flynn because of thorny legal issues and thus may have pushed the remaining stuff in to the lap of the Department of Justice.
Rod Rosenstein is still technically overseeing the investigation, even if Barr is AG. Remember how this week or last it was suddenly stated that Rosenstein would be staying on for a few weeks, length of time undefined.
AJT
(5,240 posts)Reuters Top News (@Reuters)
BREAKING: Mueller is not recommending any further indictments in Russia probe - Senior Justice Department official
https://t.co/U196YV5GTW
pic.twitter.com/u4FFOQ122D
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,336 posts)But, the big focus should be on 2020 elections, undoing the mischief of Russia, China, etc. Hopefully, Mr Coffee (Schultz) will choose to not run as independent or third party.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)fearing the worst, as in nothing much to see here folks, move along.)
Also, what major distraction will Trump erupt to misdirect the media?
MarcA
(2,195 posts)If not for impeachment then to defeat his reelection.
bluestarone
(16,894 posts)WE all know that probably our best shot no matter what happens today, is in 2020!! So just don't give up hope if report is not what we want! i'm concerned about this report BUT I REALLY believe we will get him defeated in 2020!!
Lars39
(26,108 posts)Intelligence communities' investigations are still ongoing.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)Lars39
(26,108 posts)oldsoftie
(12,515 posts)I have said since the start that trumps biggest trouble will be from his past business scams, not Russians. And also the public finding out he makes nowhere NEAR what he wants us to believe & he's worth nowhere NEAR what he says either.
MontanaMama
(23,297 posts)about the report going forward. Hope that's crap talk. They shouldn't be feeling good about the report...at least I hope not.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)or charged with a crime so I don't expect any tRump or family bombshells, what I do expect is tRump using it as a I Told You So moment and will be campaigning with it like its a "yuge" victory.
srobertss
(261 posts)Im poised for disappointment even though I have been telling myself for a long time that were stuck with him at least until 2021. Its just that hes so corrupt, but 42% of the country (latest aggregate from five thirty eight.com) like him. I wanted some sort of revenge.
But, even if were disappointed, the bright side is that maybe the other side will finally stop bashing the rule of law. That has been so damaging.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)From the Steele dossier, and in light of the massage parlor corruption and selling of influence, reversing sanctions on 2 Chinese companies, ...
yaesu
(8,020 posts)& attack all of us who know damn well he's guilty.
Mr.Bill
(24,262 posts)SkatmanRoth
(843 posts)If not for immediate impeachment, then indictment upon leaving office.
SergeStorms
(19,190 posts)to find out what the Mueller Report says. How much will we finally be privy to?
I think the larger and more detrimental cases for Trump are yet to come from the SDNY. Then the cases in the New York State courts. Those are the cases that will heavily hurt Trump in the wallet.
keepFocused06
(28 posts)trump is going to get off. I'm convinced of it. He's going to run with it and use this to carry him into the next election. Democrats need to shut the hell up and get in line. This is bigger than AOC, Bernie, or Omar. This is time for Democrats to stop attacking Democrats, stop the investigations, and focus on showing how trump is moron and coming up with a clear message for 2020. This guy can and if he is fully exonerated has a good chance of winning and putting more right wing justices on the court.
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)mahina
(17,637 posts)denbot
(9,899 posts)Obstruction of justice is a slamdunk.
judesedit
(4,437 posts)To come out so there's no more speculating. He's still horrible for so many reasons I can't count, whether guilty of collusion and/obstruction or not. Stay woke. Stay united in the effort to dethrone the repukes and save America.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)nitpicker
(7,153 posts)There IS a difference between "beneficiary of actions" and "directed actions".
In the former, there is an implied "benefit of the doubt".
Versus the Watergate coverup.
((Yes, I do wish they had found a "smocking gun" on HIM, but...))
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)a republican is.
So, what we have is the State of NY with more than enough to put the traitor away for life the instant he leaves the WH, which means he aint leaving, no matter what, voluntarily.
That much I am certain of. I guarantee it. Whether that means he uses his bosses putin, NK and Saudis to help him or he just tells 45 million assholes to start shooting, one way or another he aint leaving, voluntarily.
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)Either way. Barf if the report DOESN'T conclude that The Don (reference to Mafia here) was behind it all.
and barf if the report DOES conclude that The Don was behind it but DOES NOTHING -- no indictments, no nothing.
In either case, the 2020 election will be the deciding point for this country. Do we desperately hang on to our democracy or do we continue down the path of fascism to Hitler/Mussolini style dictatorships.
Yup, I'm going to barf
xcuse me..........
panfluteman
(2,065 posts)It's too important not to, and the public deserves to know and read every word that's in there. The Friday news dump timing does not look good. I wonder if Trump and his gang were secretly able to silence Mueller, or at least curb his work, with behind the scenes threats. Astrologically speaking, the whole timing of this, only four days before Mercury comes to a station and goes direct, does not particularly bode well, as the possibility for dirty tricks looms large. I can see how some on this thread have already started weeping for our country in advance. The house Democrats have to fight like hell and demand every single page, every single word of that Mueller report, and not put up with any BS or hanky panky from the Republicans.
MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)history, painting Mueller as Elliott Ness x 100. There's no way this can disappoint...
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)it will probably be leaked.
DeminPennswoods
(15,273 posts)on the truly reprehensible policies and non-stop corruption of Trump and his crony cabinet.
meadowlander
(4,393 posts)You know everyone in the White House is about to start eating each other on national TV.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)videohead5
(2,170 posts)Has already been indicted and it's under seal?
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)Others remain under investigation in cases that Mr. Muellers office handed off to federal prosecutors in New York and elsewhere.
gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)listen on repeat:
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Marthe48
(16,926 posts)Mr. Mueller asked for and got an extension. How does the report getting submitted at this time tie in with the length of the extension? Does it seem like the report got jerked in? I heard speculation that Barr would close it down as soon as he could, so did he? I hope that Mr. Mueller got to the point where he can pass the foundation off and others, many others, can finish any work that needs to be done.
Maxheader
(4,371 posts)Give it up already....How hard is it to say the president is going to jail?..