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The Justice Department will appeal a court decision ordering the public release of a memo cited by former Attorney General William Barr as the reason for not charging President Trump with obstructing the Russia probe.
In a brief one-page filing, Justice Department lawyers said they will take their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
The Justice Department’s (DOJ) effort to block the release of an internal legal memo from 2019 has highlighted the delicate balancing act Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing as he tries to turn the page on the Trump era.
DOJ Releases Part of Memo on Decision Not to Charge Trump with Obstruction
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26 May 2021
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has released part of an internal memorandum recommending against prosecuting then-President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice as a result of findings by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in 2019.
As Breitbart News reported earlier this month, Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a scathing rebuke to former Attorney General William Barr over his handling of the case.
Mueller’s original assignment had been to investigate foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election. He found no evidence of collusion with Russia. However, he also added a second volume exploring allegations of obstruction.
Democrats had been holding out hope that the Senate’s confirmation of ex-DC Circuit Judge Merrick Garland would let the sunlight in on every dirty little secret of the Trump-era Justice Department. Unfortunately, a three-line filing submitted to US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson on Monday seemed to put an end to all that.
Since May 2019, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a good-government and transparency advocacy group, has been waging a court battle under the Freedom of Information Act. The aim is to gain access to key documents which detail how former Attorney General William Barr handled ex-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s decision to not offer any opinion on whether Trump obstructed the investigation into Russian election interference in 2016.