Epstein Secrets

ing precedent. But it's not at all clear that courts will be sympathetic to those arguments, not just because they haven't been to date, but because the Executive Branch is likely to argue that the conflict with al Qaeda isn't ending just because we're leaving Afghanistan." EFTA00149769 COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE Michi

st week, another member of the Oath Keepers, Jon Ryan Schaffer, became the first defendant following J

orney General were consulted, received legal submissions, and fully approved the exercise of discretion by the heads of the USAO-SDFL. In the end, the Executive Branch exercised, in good faith, the unreviewable prosecutorial discretion afforded to it by Article II of the Constitution, as even recognized by Congres

le theory." Slater, 871 F.3d at 1180-81, quoting Ryan Operations G.P. v. Santiam-Midwest Lumber Co., 81

methods and national defense. See, e.g., Dep’t of Navy v. Egan, 484 U.S. 518, 527 (1988). In order to facilitate appropriate congressional oversight, the Executive Branch may entrust classified information to the appropriate committees of Congress, as it has done in connection with the Committee’s oversight activities

ses, including the need to protect intelligence sources and methods. Sincerely, a1 Donald F. McGahn II Counsel to the President cc: The Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker of the House of Representatives The Honorable Adam Schiff Ranking Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_

Counsel to the President cc: The Honorable Paul Ryan Speaker of the House of Representatives The Hono