Epstein Secrets

and the public. Mr. Mueller was appointed as the special counsel on May 17, 2017, in the wake of Mr. Trump's decision eight days earlier to dismiss James B. Comey as F.B.I. director. Mr. Mueller was given a mandate to investigate whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election and "any links and/or coordinatio

, Mr. Barr wrote a 19-page memo last summer arguing that Mr. Mueller was on shaky legal ground if he tried to treat Mr. Trump's decision to fire Mr. Comey, the former director of the F.B.I., as an act of obstruction — a memo that has Democrats in Congress worried that the attorney general comes to the

"essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe" and further granted immunity to "any potential co-conspirators" in the case. Earlier this month, Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican who's a member of the Judiciary Committee, said he had received a letter from the Justice Department informing him that its O

and the public. Mr. Mueller was appointed as the special counsel on May 17, 2017, in the wake of Mr. Trump's decision eight days earlier to dismiss James B. Comey as F.B.I. director. Mr. Mueller was given a mandate to investigate whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election and "any links and/or coordinatio

, Mr. Barr wrote a 19-page memo last summer arguing that Mr. Mueller was on shaky legal ground if he tried to treat Mr. Trump's decision to fire Mr. Comey, the former director of the F.B.I., as an act of obstruction — a memo that has Democrats in Congress worried that the attorney general comes to the

"essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe" and further granted immunity to "any potential co-conspirators" in the case. Earlier this month, Sen. Ben Sasse, a Nebraska Republican who's a member of the Judiciary Committee, said he had received a letter from the Justice Department informing him that its O

it released materials in the Clinton case, despite prosecutors not bringing charges." However, McCabe said, "I'm not sure that [former FBI Director James Comey's] decision to announce it in July is a precedent. ... However, I think that it is a very concerning and now recent precedent the volume of informatio

d, "I'm not sure that [former FBI Director James Comey's] decision to announce it in July is a precedent

The Washington Post (2/22, Paquette, 14.71M) reports that during Acosta's confirmation hearings, "Epstein's name came up 59 times: On Thursday, Sen. Ben Sasse, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Oversight Subcommittee, issued a statement saying, "The Department of Justice should use this opportunity to reope