Earlier today Robert Mueller delivered the final russian report to attorney general william barr at the Justice Department. The attorney general sent a formal letter of notification to the Congressional Committees which direct oversight, house judiciary and senate judiciary. He told the committees theres a possibility he will be able to provide a full explanation as early as this weekend. What we expect is that would include the decision to prosecute and the declination. Those are cases they did not pursue in the criminal courts. Now william barr will meet with Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein to further consider based on regulations and Justice Department practices what can further be released to congress and the public. What was shared today with reporters was from a senior Justice Department official who confirmed special counsel Robert Mueller recommending against further criminal indictments in this matter, recommending against rather indictments. That is effectively the end of t
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their efforts to talk to city council members and push for reforms the family wants to see. late last night out of a city council meeting, they passed five new ordinances that are going to change the culture of policing in memphis that includes a rage of changes to civilian oversight, independent review groups that will look at their use of force and deadly force, department practices and procedures. but it also means an end to things like the use of unmarked vehicles in traffic stops. the community there is really grateful for these changes. and i think people are going to be watching closely tonight to see what other demands might come. antonia hylton, thank you so very much. moments ago, the house select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic wrapped up its hearing looking into the origins of covid. joining us is dr. rick bright, former biden/harris transition covid advisory board member. thank you so much for being with us this morning.
mueller delivered the final russian report to attorney general barr here at the justice department. attorney general barr sent a formal letter. he also told the committees that there s a possibility he will be able to provide them a fuller explanation as early as this week. what we expect is that that would include the decisions to prosecute and then also what s called the declination. those are cases they did not pursue in the criminal courts. now barr will meet with mueller and rosenstein to further consider, based on the regulations and justice department practices, what can further be released to congress and perhaps the public. perhaps one of the most important things was that special counsel mueller recommending against further
and neal, i want to go to these regulations, justice department regulations as well as special counsel regulations. and to that first paragraph in the attorney general s letter where it says the special counsel did not propose anything that was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established departmental progress practices that it should not be pursued. there were no such instances during the special counsel s investigation. now, there are many possibilities i think with that line. isn t it possible that the special prosecutor, one of the things the special prosecutor did not propose was indicting the president even though evidence existed for indicting the president, for example, in the southern district of new york in the michael cohen case and he did not propose that because it would be so inappropriate and unwarranted under the established department