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April 22 - May 14, 2019
we determined that there was a sufficient factual and legal basis to further investigate potential obstruction-of-justice issues involving the President.
We also sought a voluntary interview with the President. After more than a year of discussion, the President declined to be interviewed.
On October 30, 2016, Michael Cohen received a text from Russian businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze that said, “Stopped flow of tapes from Russia but not sure if there’s anything else. Just so you know. . ..”
The President-Elect had concerns because President Obama had warned him about Flynn shortly after the election.
Comey recalled, and his memoranda reflect, that he told the President in his January 6, 2017 meeting, and on phone calls on March 30 and April 11, 2017, that the FBI was not investigating the President personally.
when the President’s official actions come into conflict with the prohibitions in the obstruction statutes, any constitutional tension is reconciled through separation-of-powers analysis.
for it is taking the bribe, not performance of the illicit compact, that is a criminal act,”
The President has no more right than other citizens to impede official proceedings by corruptly influencing witness testimony.
The President retains broad latitude to supervise investigations and remove officials, circumscribed in this context only by the requirement that he not act for corrupt personal purposes.
we were not persuaded by the argument that the President has blanket constitutional immunity to engage in acts that would corruptly obstruct justice
while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.
After extensive discussions with the Department of Justice about the Special Counsel’s objective of securing the President’s testimony, these accommodations included the submissions of written questions to the President on certain Russia-related topics.
On October 7, 2016, emails hacked from the account of John Podesta were released by WikiLeaks. i. Where were you on October 7, 2016?
A lifelong friend said that after Vietnam, Mueller “went from being this affable, good guy, good athlete” to having the “backbone and the steel that he has today.”
“You are only as good as your word. You can be smart, aggressive, articulate and indeed persuasive, but if you are not honest, your reputation will suffer, and once lost, a good reputation can never be regained.”
Mueller was intent on protecting civil liberties, according to those who worked with him. “He didn’t allow FBI agents in the post-9/11 era to engage in interrogation techniques that he thought were inconsistent with American law and tradition,” said Holder,
