Lawyer, william burke. However, the lawyer then says but they were okay with giving this information over. This administration isnt. Make some sense of this for me. Well, i think the thing to think about is this, im not sure at the end of the day how much difference its going to make. Partly this is a matter of arithmetic. The republicans simply have the votes. But secondly while this will be, and you can count on it, that the democrats will be following joe bidens advice, theyll be saying how can we vote on this guy until we know every possible thing about him. The crucial question will be how will he vote as a judge, what can we learn from his time on the Court Of Appeals here in the district of columbia. I think thats where the bulk of the questions will be. Whats going to be new and different about this Confirmation Hearing is questions about how far you can go in subpoenaing or possibly indicting or other Legal Process against a sitting president. That becomes important obviously
his testimony on wednesday. really the letter lays it out in very strict terms saying any testimony must remain within the bounds of the public report that mueller cannot refer to any redacted material from the report, references like grand jury material or other ongoing investigations, and crucially, mueller must not discuss the conduct of any uncharged third parties. anderson, that right there will likely severely hinder democrats plan to hammer home the question would donald trump be charged with obstruction if he were not the president since really by the terms of this letter, mueller will not be able to talk about any uncharged third parties here. and in terms of any kind of an opening statement from mueller, do we know if the department of justice gets a copy of that beforelahand? i m told no one at d.o.j. will see mueller s report before it s delivered. it will be under wraps until the hearing begins on wednesday morning. so the attorney general won t be
requested this guidance about what he can and can t say during his testimony on wednesday. really the letter lays it out in very strict terms saying any testimony must remain within the bounds of the public report that mueller cannot refer to any redacted material from the report, references like grand jury material or other ongoing investigations, and crucially, mueller must not discuss the conduct of any uncharged third parties. anderson, that right there will likely severely hinder democrats plan to hammer home the question would donald trump be charged with obstruction if he were not the president since really by the terms of this letter, mueller will not be able to talk about any uncharged third parties here. and in terms of any kind of an opening statement from mueller, do we know if the department of justice gets a copy of that beforehand? i m told no one at d.o.j. will see mueller s report before it s delivered. it will be under wraps until the hearing begins on wednesday
i want to share what the justice department wrote in this letter. it says, mueller cannot discuss any redacted portion ls of the report, cannot comment on the investigation or its conclusions regarding uncharged individuals, and he cannot discuss any investigative steps or decisions that aren t already public. assuming mueller follows the justice department guidelines, and let s make it clear, mueller asked for these guidelines. he said, what are my guard rails? assuming he stays within them, are democrats going to be disappointed? first of all, steph, he can and he will stay within the justice department guidelines because that s who bob mueller is. and, no. the democrats aren t going to be disappointed and the american people aren t going to be disappointed. here s why. we ve heard so many people say, you know, this is going to be the movie version of the story not the book. ken just mentioned that a moment ago. think about it. ask the american people to read a book about the sin
and implies that mueller cannot discuss his disagreements with attorney general william barr. quote, any testimony must remain within the boundaries of your public report because matters within the scope of your investigation were covered by executive privilege. including discussion about investigative steps or decisions made during your investigation, not otherwise described in the public version of your report. the letter adds, it is the department s long standing policy not to discuss the conduct of uncharged third parties. a spokesman for mueller, jim hopkins said on monday that mueller will have a brief opening statement and will then offer the entire report of the special counsel investigation as his full statement. for the hearing record. mueller intends to abide by the