hours, we ll get a first look at what s in that report. ed? ed: thanks, molly. still waiting, as are we. thame deign so the special counsel may have finally closed his investigation, but president trump may not be out of the legal woods. federal prosecutors in new york have opened a string of investigations into the president and his associates are facing their own legal battles. leland vittert in washington with more. leland? reporter: hi, dana. robert mueller s team had a relatively specific scope of investigation. but remember that-an unlimited budget, unlimited power and a grand jury. part of the process of ending the mueller investigation is turning over what he learned to other parts of the doj that were not part of his initial scope. most notably, turning things over to the southern ticket of new york, sdny for short. they were the ones who looked into and prosecuted part of the michael cohen case. more on him in a moment. sdny prosecutors reportedly have
actions, many which took place in public view, the report identifies no actions in our judgment that constitute obstructive conduct. and had a nexus to a pending or contemplated proceeding, were done with corrupt intent. each of which would need to be proven beyond a reasonable are doubt to establish aning of course instruction of justice defense. we re at the last part, so bear with me. status of the department s review. in relevant regulations, the relevant regulations con policemen contemplate that the special counsel s report will be confident oring. i am mindful of the public s interest in this matter. far reason, my goal and intent is to release as much of the special come s report as i can. based on my discussions with the special counsel and initial review, it is apparent that the report contains material that is or could be summit to the federal rule of criminal procedure which imposes
election. and there will be all kinds of fallout on both sides. but the bottom line is the special counsel interviewed almost 50 people. they had the ability to call grand juries, to bring all kinds of evidentiary efforts going forward, and he did not find it. so when democrats, if they go down this road up on capitol hill, they don t have all those tools, and this is a pretty definitive report brett, can i just get a brief answer on the bred l of this, because there breadth of thit the detail jake gibson with this letter, 2800 subpoenas, about 500 witnesses. if democrats want to say this wasn t thorough enough, what more could you ask for? dana: right. you can t. and this was, you know, two years plus. if you think about it in the
didn t find that two years later, it might blow up in democrats faces, no? it s not whether the report finds collusion, but the fact that it s been able to carry out unimpeded. we saw in bill barr s letter to lawmakers on capitol hill he said no requests were made were blocked by doj. there s been so many questions as to whether even mueller would make it through. ed: a big moment, as you say, we are all waiting and watching. dana: this is for real, we re expecting this report nor 15-30 minutes now. we will find out exactly what special counsel says in that report, but lay a merrickers lawmakers on both sides of the aisling are not waiting for the withdraw of words. a live report from capitol hill next. cos i know what it means
restrictions on the use and disclosure of information relating to matters occurring before a grand jury. generally, that limits the disclosure of certain grand jury information and a criminal investigation and prosecution. this restriction protects the integrity of grand jury proceedings and insures that the unique and valuable investigative powers of a grand jury are used strictly for their intent. given those restrictions, given these restrictions, the schedule for processing the report depends in part on how quickly the department identify the material that, by law, cannot be made public. i have requested the assistance of the special counsel in identifying all the information contained in the report as quickly as possible. separately, i must also identify any information that could impact other ongoing matters including those that if special counsel has referred to other offices. as soon as that process is complete, i had been in a position to move forward expeditiously in determin