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Federal judge orders Justice Dept. to release obstruction memo on former President Trump Share Updated: 12:21 AM EDT May 5, 2021 ERIC TUCKER MANDEL NGAN/GETTY US President Donald Trump (R) and US Attorney General William Barr step off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 1, 2020. SOURCE: MANDEL NGAN/GETTY
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 12:21 AM EDT May 5, 2021 ERIC TUCKER A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.The Justice Department had refused to give the March 24, 2019, memorandum to a government transparency group that requested it under the Freedom of Information Act, sayin
Judge orders DOJ to release memo on Trump obstruction during Russia investigation
By Eric Tucker
WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.
The Justice Department had refused to give the March 24, 2019, memorandum to a government transparency group that requested it under the Freedom of Information Act, saying the document represented the private advice of lawyers and was produced before any formal decision had been made and was therefore exempt from disclosure under public records law.
Judge orders release of memo on Russia probe
Updated May 4, 2021, 5:28 p.m.
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WASHINGTON â A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.
The Justice Department had refused to give the March 24, 2019, memorandum to a government transparency group that requested it under the Freedom of Information Act, saying the document represented the private advice of lawyers and was produced before any formal decision had been made and was therefore exempt from disclosure under public records law.
Federal judge orders DOJ to release memo that said Trump shouldn t be prosecuted for obstruction
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A U.S. Department of Justice memo concluding that former President Donald Trump should not be prosecuted for obstruction of justice was not protected by privilege because then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr had already reached that conclusion, a federal judge ruled Monday.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington, D.C., ordered the release of the March 2019 memo drafted by the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics had sought the memo in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.