when they talk about criminal referrals, i suspect what he s talking about is referringminut. when they talk about criminal referrals, i suspect what he s talking about is referring the testimonial subpoenas that to investigate and consider charging the witnesses with criminal contempt, which is a felony crime. and how long is that process? well, it depends on what happens and it depends on how much the testimony gets wrapped up in the litigation that many believe is forthcoming. the reason why you would go after the testimony is it s much cleaner than documents. documents, some of them may give rise to punitive executive privilege and claims that donald trump would assert and then biden would have to respond to. it gets very mushy and that s
would suspect that what he s talking about is referring the defiance of the testimonial subpoenas, to the department of justice, for them to investigate and consider charging the witnesses with criminal contempt. which is a felony crime. how long is that process? well, it depends on what happens, and it depends on how much the testimony gets wrapped up in the litigation. that many believe is forthcoming. the reason why you would go after the testimony, is much cleaner, then documents. documents, some of them may give rise to punitive, executive privilege claims, that donald trump would ve sir, and biden would have to respond to, it gets very machine and that s not a good case to bring for a criminal contempt, but the doj would have to investigate it, it doesn t take that long to investigate it in theory and then they would
letter concerning the testimonial subpoenas you received from the judiciary and intelligence committees in the house. it quotes from what mueller said in his one public press conference at the end of may and pulls up the guillotine in terms of mueller s testimony. the department generally does not perm prosecutors such as yourself to appear and testify before congress regarding their investigative and prosecutorial activity. should you testify, your testimony should not go beyond the public version of your report to the attorney general. there should be no testimony concerning the redacted versions of your report. it is the department s long standing policy not to discuss the conduct of uncharged third parties, named trump. the department policy precludes comments on the fact develop and legal conclusions by the special counsel with respect to