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once his work is completed, things will switch to another forum, namely the congressional oversight committees who are just beginning their work of oversight and of investigating what happened here, so even though special counsel mueller s work is coming to a close, the investigative process is going to continue on. you worked with the deputy attorney general sal yates, how do you think now attorney general barr will handle the release of this report? yeah, so i think he has a difficult strategic decision to make. there are always institutional clashes between the legislative branch of congress and the executive branch in the form of the department of justice over oversight requests because congress believes it has a legitimate need to conduct oversight, and the department of justice believes it has a
there are a number of other inquiries at the department of justice that will continue even when the special counsel finishes his work, and then also once his work is completed, things will switch to another forum, namely the congressional oversight committees who are just beginning their work of oversight and of investigating what happened here, so even though special counsel mueller s work is coming to a close, the investigative process is going to continue on. you worked with the deputy attorney general sal yates, how do you think now attorney general barr will handle the release of this report? yeah, so i think he has a difficult strategic decision to make. there are always institutional clashes between the legislative branch of congress and the
is entering march with a host of new and growing political and legal challenges for himself, his family and some one-time members of his inner circle. just a few hours ago, one of the former associates, campaign chairman, paul manafort, asked a federal judge in virginia to give him a prison term, significantly below the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines. his lawyers noted what they call special counsel mueller s attempt to vilify manafort as a, quote, life-long and irredeemable felon, accusing mueller of grossly overstating the facts. manafort, now 69 years old, was convicted in virginia of bank and tax fraud. he is set to be sentenced in virginia next thursday. and in washington, d.c., six days later. there has been much speculation about a potential pardon from president trump. one former associate who more than likely will not receive a pardon is trump s former personality attorney, michael cohen. he is headed to prison in may, but spent three days this week
give him a prison term, significantly below the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines. his lawyers noted what they call special counsel mueller s attempt to vilify manafort as a, quote, lifelong and irredeemable felon, accusing mueller of grossly overstating the facts. manafort, now 69 years old, was convicted in virginia of bank and tax fraud. he is set to be sentenced in virginia next thursday. and in washington, d.c., six days later. there has been much speculation about a potential pardon from president trump. one former associate who more than likely will not receive a pardon is trump s former personal attorney, michael cohen. he is headed to prison in may, but spent three days this week on capitol hill, denouncing trump, and detailing his alleged crimes. he is a racist, he is a con man, and he is a cheat. the president of the united