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Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
They had no problem releasing the Clinton report.

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the law had five-year sunset provisions and was ultimately allowed to expire in 1999, according to the Congressional Research Service.

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The 1978 law wasn’t continually in effect through 1999. It was allowed to expire in 1992, but was reauthorized in 1994 over concerns about the Whitewater scandal. Attorney General Janet Reno had already appointed under her own authority a "special counsel" with powers similar under the prior law, according to the Congressional Research Service, but once the law was renewed she asked a panel of judges to reappoint the special counsel in the investigation.

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Originally posted by Mary Anna:
I believe Pique is the winner of the first part of the pool with her guess of March 31 for the report release date. I thought I had it at April 1, but she beat me by a day.

Congratulations! Does this mean that you're the next decorator of the month?

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Attorney General William Barr has created public distrust about whether the Justice Department is committed to sharing as much as possible about the Russia probe's findings, a federal judge said on Tuesday.

“The attorney general has created an environment that has caused a significant part of the public … to be concerned about whether or not there is full transparency,” U.S. District Court Judge Reggie Walton said during a hearing Tuesday afternoon on a Freedom of Information Act suit demanding access to a report detailing the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller.

Walton, an appointee of President George W. Bush, did not elaborate on what actions or statements by the attorney general have generated those perceptions.

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In May 2017, then Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Trump that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein had just appointed Mueller as special counsel. Trump slumped back in his chair, according to notes from Jody Hunt, Sessions’s chief of staff. “Oh my God, this is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I’m f****d.”

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Originally posted by piqué:
Doesn't Trump himself get indicted? I'm going to say March 31 for the release of the report. April 15 for release to the public.

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Originally posted by Nina:
and now all eyes turn to the SDNY.

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“The president’s efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the president declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests.”