Schiff says House will make a criminal referral of Trump ally Erik Prince for possible perjury

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37. Again... it just doesn't work that way

If Barr shows up to testify tomorrow and gets asked about the referral, he'll just say "I haven't even read the referral yet... it wouldn't be appropriate for me to comment". If they read it to him (or hand it to him), he'll say "We will certainly investigate this and take appropriate action if it's true". If asked how long it will be "I couldn't possibly say. We haven't even opened an investigation yet."

From that day on, the response to any question will be "I can't comment on an ongoing investigation". That investigation could easily last beyond the next election.


I.e., the whole issue of Prince would be irrelevant if not for his direct connection to the subject of "Russian influence" on the U.S. elections that Congress has been investigating,

It's also directly related to Mueller's investigation and he had access to Prince's testimony to Congress. If he didn't prosecute for it, then it's not likely that a partisan DOJ would... but also unlikely that we would get much traction insisting that DOJ prosecute something he declined to.