attorney general. so you re exactly right. we might not know a ton after this. so what do you expect to learn, assuming barr follows d.o.j. policy? well, assuming, so, two question, assuming mueller follows d.o.j. policy, the declinations, charge the president with obstruction of justice in any other circumstance when he wasn t the president, but because of the office of legal counsel memorandum which says you can t indict a sitting president, that s why he declined to prosecution, that will tell you something but suppose it is that he declined to prosecution because there wasn t key evidence, and we may never know from a transparency standpoint, because this is not the ken starr report. we are in whole new unchartered territory here. i want to bring shimon prokupecz into this conversation too. because mueller never tried to subpoena the president as far as we know and the president was never interviewed in person.
lawyers. they probably made sure that he wasn t going to say something that would shock the prosecutors and agents from the sdny. but as you point out, they are potentially looking at a lot of different things. and as you know, right now the department of justice policy is that sitting president can t be indicted. but that doesn t extend to his businesses, mi business, his kocolleagues, his family. so the president has reason to be worried about the sdny even as a sitting president and especially after his presidency. yeah, and that s exactly right. the current doj policy is that sitting president can t be indicted. but that didn t mean that president can t be indicted once he leaves office. and that is also a concern. all right. russ garbe, appreciate it. lots of big questions
now, it is true that donald trump has of course distanced himself from michael cohen since he pleaded guilty, but that doesn t mean that he won t offer some interesting new information that lawmakers will be asking him about. now, what will be interesting to see is whether he provides documentation to corroborate some of what he says. of course he said previously that the president directed him to pay off those two women during the election. so that is something else to look out for. but certainly there is a lot of anticipation to hear from michael cohen on capitol hill this week. back to you. pamela brown, thanks. rod rosenstein appears to be suggesting that the justice department may not be completely transparent with robert mueller s report. he man a appearance last night at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. he offered no time line for the russian report and cautioned the audience about doj policy. it is a knee jerk reaction to
pamela brown, thanks. rod rosenstein appears to be suggesting that the justice department may not be completely transparent with robert mueller s report. he made an appearance last night at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. he offered no time line for the russia report and cautioned the audience about doj policy. it is a knee jerk reaction to suggest that we should be transparent about what we do, but there are a lot of reasons not to be transparent. just because the government collects information, didn t mean that it can be accurate and it can be misleading if you are overly transparent about information that the government collects. so if we aren t prepared to prove our case beyond reasonable doubt in court, we have no
look out for. but certainly there is a lot of anticipation to hear from michael cohen on capitol hill this week. back to you. pamela brown, thanks. rod rosenstein appears to be suggesting that the justice department may not be completely transparent with robert mueller s report. he made an appearance last night at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. he offered no time line for the russia report and cautioned the audience about doj policy. it is a knee jerk reaction to suggest that we should be transparent about what we do, but there are a lot of reasons not to be transparent. just because the government collects information, didn t mean that it can be accurate and it can be misleading if you are overly transparent about information that the government collects. so if we aren t prepared to prove our case beyond reasonable doubt in court, we have no business making allegations against american citizens. adam schiff firing back saying this double s