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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts) Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:12 PM Feb 2019

A question for folks hee: Could Mueller be releasing an initial report?

With all the news about Mueller releasing a report, I was wondering: Could Mueller release an initial report or does this have to a be a final report?

After all, Mueller seems to have many areas to cover that haven't been addressed publicly. There's the tRump Tower meeting, the foreign money in the inauguration, the whole Carter Page thing, tRump Tower Moscow, Facebook & Putin, the change in the GOP platform to being pro-Russia, and so on, ad infinitum.

I really don't know the requirements of what Mueller must release. Given the massive amount of shady dealing between tRump and the Russians, I would think that an initial report that detailed some of progress and set out what still needed to be done would make sense.

Is this idea of an intermediate report a realistic possibility?

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A question for folks hee: Could Mueller be releasing an initial report? (Original Post) Julian Englis Feb 2019 OP

Call it a status report? Pantagruel Feb 2019 #1

Why would any investigator publicize partial results in an ongoing investigation? struggle4progress Feb 2019 #2

He just has to report to the AG, there's at present no requirement it be made public mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #4

The house will investigate Trump... Blanks Feb 2019 #3

House doesn't have nearly the resources or the reach of a SC of the Justice Dept. mr_lebowski Feb 2019 #5

Perhaps... Blanks Feb 2019 #9

Why can't he release a partial report? watoos Feb 2019 #6

Here's what I learned today about the report frazzled Feb 2019 #7

How will it be a road map to the House, watoos Feb 2019 #8

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)

1. Call it a status report?

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:18 PM

Feb 2019

Outlining progress to date and avenues of criminality that still need to be probed.

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)

2. Why would any investigator publicize partial results in an ongoing investigation?

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:20 PM

Feb 2019

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

4. He just has to report to the AG, there's at present no requirement it be made public

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:32 PM

Feb 2019

Plus the AG can basically just come in and require whatever he wants from Mueller, given he's not recused. Can fire him, make him give him status reports, he can do whatever he wants. I think he'd have to remove Rosenstein as head of the investigation first though.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)

3. The house will investigate Trump...

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:31 PM

Feb 2019

Mueller only needed to investigate Trump because the govermment was controlled by republicans. The house can and will subpoena records and persons as needed.

Mueller has gotten the ball rolling, but the house has this from here.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

5. House doesn't have nearly the resources or the reach of a SC of the Justice Dept.

Reply to Blanks (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:33 PM

Feb 2019

It's not even close, really.

Blanks

(4,835 posts)

9. Perhaps...

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #5)

Sun Feb 24, 2019, 10:28 AM

Feb 2019

But look at the damage house investigations conducted by republicans did to Hillary Clinton.

Nobody’s going to jail anyway, at least it’s not swept under the rug. It’ll still get the attention of the press.

watoos

(7,142 posts)

6. Why can't he release a partial report?

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:41 PM

Feb 2019

Not partial in the sense of an issue not being completed but why can't he release his findings of obstruction but hold back his findings on conspiracy to a later date?

frazzled

(18,402 posts)

7. Here's what I learned today about the report

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:44 PM

Feb 2019

And it's different than I thought. From an Op-Ed in the NYT by Neal Katyal (acting solicitor general under Obama and Georgetown law professor)

The Mueller Report Is Coming. Here’s What to Expect.
A concise report will probably act as a “road map” to investigation for the Democratic House — and to further criminal investigation by other prosecutors.

The special counsel Robert Mueller will apparently soon turn in a report to the new attorney general, William Barr. Sure, there is still a lot of activity, including subpoenas, flying around, but that shouldn’t stop Mr. Mueller.

The report is unlikely to be a dictionary-thick tome, which will disappoint some observers. But such brevity is not necessarily good news for the president. In fact, quite the opposite.

For months, the president’s lawyers have tried to discredit Mr. Mueller and this report, but their efforts may have backfired. A concise Mueller report might act as a “road map” to investigation for the Democratic House of Representatives — and it might also lead to further criminal investigation by other prosecutors. A short Mueller report would mark the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end.

The report is unlikely to be lengthy by design: The special counsel regulations, which I had the privilege of drafting in 1999, envision a report that is concise, “a summary” of what he found. And Mr. Mueller’s mandate is limited: to look into criminal activity and counterintelligence matters surrounding Russia and the 2016 election, as well as any obstruction of justice relating to those investigations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/opinion/mueller-report-trump-democrats-barr.html?fallback=0&recId=1HVFymvEo2zLV6YrUaK3P4g7xgP&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=IL&recAlloc=top_conversion&geoCountry=US&blockId=most-popular&imp_id=645647054&action=click&module=Most%20Popular&pgtype=Homepage

watoos

(7,142 posts)

8. How will it be a road map to the House,

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Feb 22, 2019, 12:51 PM

Feb 2019

if it doesn't get to see the full report?

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