Justice Department officials theorized that Flynn's lie to Vice President Mike Pence exposed Flynn to Russian blackmail. ..…

White House issued statement saying that Trump had acted on recommendation from Justice Department. The president decided not to push out Sessions at the time, except he brought the letter with him on trip to Middle East, showing it to senior advisors Air Force One... ..…

House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat, issued a subpoena to the Justice Department to hand over the full Mueller report and other relevant evidence by May 1. . ... One reason it would be difficult to charge Trump is that the Justice..…

Indicting a President . . Last month and again on Thursday, Barr downplayed the role that Justice Department guidelines played when Mueller considered whether Trump violated the law. . Internal Justice Department policies say that a sitting president..…

The day, Sanders spoke to reporters at White House press briefing, that the president, members of Congress, Department of Justice, and FBI agents had all lost confidence Comey.. ..…

Neither Mueller, Obama FBI, DOJ, CIA, State Department, nor Deep State ever had good-faith basis to pursue President Trump on Russia collusion. By finally initiating investigation of Attorney General Barr can begin restoring the credibility of Justice Department..…

Mueller investigation proceeded against the backdrop of effort by Trump to blunt the inquiry and campaign by his supporters Congress to discredit Justice Department, depicting as corrupt inquiry they now say exonerates the president.. ..…

., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that “Attorney General Barr appears to have shown an unsettling willingness to undermine his own [Justice] Department in order to protect President Trump” and that Barr had been “disingenuous and misleading.” ..…

McGahn also tried in other ways to keep the president in line, advising him that he should not communicate directly with the Department of Justice to avoid the perception or reality of political interference in law enforcement and reminding him that their conversations were not..…

In the hours some Democrats on Capitol Hill called not to impeach the President except for the removal of Attorney General William Barr... The attacks against the head of Justice Department underscored Democratic Party's reluctance to opening up politically divisive proceedings to..…

Despite Barr's initial contention that Mueller declined to recommend prosecution of the president for obstruction the decision was foreordained by Mueller's to Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel's policy statement that president cannot be indicted. ..…

The report notes that this case is “atypical compared to the heartland obstruction-of-justice prosecutions brought by the Department of Justice” for several reasons. First, “the conduct involved actions by the President” and any factual analysis of Trump’s conduct..…

But so poorly understood are Barr’s ties to the president himself that the fires now threatening the Justice Department have barely singed the Oval Office. . ..…

The special counsel writes that the weight of the evidence suggests that the president went further than simply trying to bring Mueller’s alleged conflicts to Department of Justice’s attention but, rather, instructed McGahn to have Rosenstein remove the special counsel. The..…

Those top Democrats also took umbrage with Barr stating that Mueller’s team mulled other Justice Department guidelines that some legal scholars say prevent the indictment of a sitting president. . ..…

The special counsel, even if he had wanted to, couldn't prosecute a sitting president. . 'This Office accepted (an internal Justice Department) legal conclusion for the purpose of exercising prosecutorial jurisdiction,' Mueller wrote, citing the Office of Legal Counsel policy. ..…

After the May 2017 appointment of the special counsel, for instance: “According to Sessions, the President asked him to reverse his recusal so that Sessions could direct the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute Hillary Clinton, and the ‘gist’ of the conversation..…