Tag: Attorney General

New York Attorney General Letitia James joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber to discuss why she’s fighting Trump in the Supreme Court to protect immigrants, challenging the administration’s attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. »…

Did Barr distort the findings of the Mueller report to favor President Trump? Reaction from Guy Lewis, former U.S. attorney who served with William Barr at the Justice Department under President George H.W. Bush. FOX News operates the FOX News…

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough savaged Attorney General Bill Barr as a "political hack" on Friday's edition of "Morning Joe," saying Barr was among the worst attorneys general in history. Scarborough said Barr "shamed himself" with the release of a redacted version of the Mueller report this week and in doing has made himself "irrelevant to the discussion and to history." Yesterday was fascinating. I think really the most remarkable thing about yesterday was the fact that a man who had had the respect of attorneys on both sides of the aisle over the past 30, 40 years, Attorney General Barr humiliated himself, shamed himself by just a pathetic performance. And you’ll notice yesterday half of the talk was about what Barr did and a lot of pundits couldn’t focus long enough on what Donald Trump did. And Robert Mueller even said in the report, of course, William Barr lied. That's exactly what Barr did yesterday like any political hack would do. I want to say, though, how ridiculous for Barr to try to excuse Donald Trump’s obstruction of justice, for Barr to try to excuse Donald Trump running around telling people to fire the special counsel, telling people to lie to investigators, all the things he did, because he was angry, he was frustrated because of political enemies. What Bill Clinton was charged for, I mean, again, we’re talking about lying before a grand jury, lying in a deposition about his personal life, so pales in comparison to what Lindsey Graham, who prosecuted that case in the Senate, to what Lindsey Graham now excuses every day of the week. Let's talk about the Mueller report, what we know about it so far.

Democrat leadership claims Attorney General Bill Barr is in cahoots with President Trump. Rep. Matt Gaetz and Fox News contributor Sara Carter respond. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News…

On 'Life, Liberty & Levin,' Washington Examiner columnist and Fox News contributor Byron York says the Mueller report confirms President Trump's stinging criticism of the Russia investigation. FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX…

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski speaks out about the Mueller report on 'The Story.' FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct-to-consumer streaming service,…

This is a moment, people: It’s a major crossroads in Donald J. Trump’s presidency. (If you read only one section, make it pages 290-299, which detail Mr. Trump’s attempts to fire the special counsel.) This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.” [Get On Politics delivered to your inbox.] The report notes, though, that the tapes were likely “fake.” The report also details a search by Mr. Trump’s associates for Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails, which Mr. Trump, in July 2016, publicly asked Russia to help him obtain. What about the obstruction investigation? “If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice,” they wrote, “we would so state.” Here’s some of what they’re describing: • For 13 days after Mr. Trump asked Mr. Finally, on May 30, the president returned the letter with a notation: “Not accepted.” • Mr. Trump repeatedly called Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, at home and ordered that he have Mr. Mueller removed. The two-volume document is a redacted version of the report written by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, presenting the findings of his team’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and into Mr. Trump’s possible effort to influence the outcome. Mr. Barr, the attorney general, released a four-page summary of Mr. Mueller’s report last month, in which he said the investigation did not find that the Trump campaign had colluded with the Russian government and cleared the president of the charge of obstruction of justice. A lot of Democrats were skeptical of Mr. Barr’s summary — particularly on the obstruction issue — and pushed for the release of the full report.

Courson and Rick Quinn are among four lawmakers to resign from office after guilty pleas in the probe. As part of his deal, Richard Quinn, who represented some of South Carolina’s most influential politicians, businesses and state agencies, agreed to testify before a state grand jury. Then he helped draft a letter that Wilson sent to Pascoe suggesting that the attorney general take back control of the probe. The other perjury allegations against Quinn came from cases involving Statehouse lawmakers. Quinn said Harrison worked on campaigns, including having a “major role” in McCain’s presidential runs in 2000 and 2008, along with doing some legal work, according to the indictment. But other grand jury witnesses said Harrison did not perform legal or campaign work. Courson said the money covered personal payments made for campaign expenses over his three decades in office. According to the indictment, Quinn contradicted his daughter in his own testimony, saying allegations that his firm pocketed some of the money from Courson’s Senate account were not accurate “at least from our perspective.” Quinn also said he had did not know about the payments to Courson at first and did not know why Courson was not reimbursing himself directly. While he was in office, Rick Quinn received pay from his own firm Mail Marketing Strategies, Richard Quinn testified. And Rick Quinn discussed happenings at the Statehouse with his father’s clients and helped in RQ&A’s political consulting work, the indictment said.

The Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald weighs in on the media reaction to the Mueller report on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7,…

House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows and House Oversight Committee ranking member Jim Jordan react to the release of the Mueller report. #YourWorld #Cavuto #FoxNews FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio,…