Rosenstein's Letter To Grassley: No Uncharged Allegations
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Last night Paul Sperry tweeted out a core Bill Barr quote, which I believe is from Barr's confirmation testimony before taking office as Attorney General. Barr is addressing the politically motivated demands of Dem senators that the much anticipated "Mueller Report" be made public. Few things are that easy, as Barr notes: a special counsel report is explicitly supposed to be "confidential" (for sound and principled legal reasons of long standing) and it is the Attorney General--not the special counsel--who reports to Congress regarding the conclusion of any investigation. The reason should be obvious to anyone concerned for fairness: a special counsel is a prosecutor and as such works for the Executive Branch, nor for Congress. As Barr made clear in his testimony, he favors transparency but will not sacrifice fairness and legality to satisfy partisan demands. Anyway, here's the tweet of Barr's remark:
Rosenstein's Letter To Grassley: No Uncharged Allegations
Rosenstein's Letter To Grassley: No Uncharged…
Rosenstein's Letter To Grassley: No Uncharged Allegations
Last night Paul Sperry tweeted out a core Bill Barr quote, which I believe is from Barr's confirmation testimony before taking office as Attorney General. Barr is addressing the politically motivated demands of Dem senators that the much anticipated "Mueller Report" be made public. Few things are that easy, as Barr notes: a special counsel report is explicitly supposed to be "confidential" (for sound and principled legal reasons of long standing) and it is the Attorney General--not the special counsel--who reports to Congress regarding the conclusion of any investigation. The reason should be obvious to anyone concerned for fairness: a special counsel is a prosecutor and as such works for the Executive Branch, nor for Congress. As Barr made clear in his testimony, he favors transparency but will not sacrifice fairness and legality to satisfy partisan demands. Anyway, here's the tweet of Barr's remark: