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Has to do vis-a-vis congress from the public. neal seems to think that the regs require the ag to report to congress. jack goldsmith, former head of the office of legal counsel doj has recently written that he doesnt read the regs that way at all and that the ag is not required to report to congress on anything substantive. so its all going to come down to a negotiation between doj and congress. >> dana, two years in the making. what sort of anticipation or dread is building there in the capital...

Questions and we can only hope that robert mueller will answer them in this report. >> harry, neal cot who helped draft the special counsel regulations, he wrote this in the "new york times." its a fascinating piece if you havent read it yet. if e the report, unlikely to be lengthy by design. the special counsel regulations envision a report that is concise, a summary of what he found. and mr. muellers mandate limited to look into criminal activity and counterintelligence matters surrounding rus...

Envision something fairley bare bones. its also true that barr and others have said theyll try to reveal more rather than less and there will be a lot of pressure to do so. neal cots point is a possible mere recitation that serves it up to congress will the the worst for the president because it will pass the ball on and leave them to gallop ahead and take the baton as happened in watergate. i personally think congress doesnt seem poised to do that in the way they did in watergate and we will be...