Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered release of the legal memo
It came before AG Bill Barr announced Trump did not obstruct justice
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller listed 10 instances of potential obstruction
But his team of prosecutors did not issue a formal recommendation
DOJ fought FOIA request to hand over the document
Mueller wrote: If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed records request for the document
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Live Updates: Republicans Push for Biden to Shrink Infrastructure Plans
President Biden will meet this week with Republican senators on his infrastructure ambitions, which the senators want him to scale back and pay for without tax increases. Administration officials see some opportunities for compromise.
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Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia is among the Republicans who will meet with President Biden this week.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
President Biden will engage Senate Republicans in further discussions this week as both sides seek a bipartisan compromise on infrastructure, but he appears unlikely to scale back his $4 trillion economic ambitions in the talks.
Inspector general for pandemic relief funds warns of oversight breakdown Access to information curtailed in final months of Trump administration.
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Washington – A breakdown in the oversight of trillions of dollars of economic relief money spilled into public view Friday night when the Treasury Department s special inspector general for pandemic recovery said in a report that his powers to scrutinize funds had been curtailed this week after a decision by the Justice Department s Office of Legal Counsel.
The inspector general, Brian Miller, said in his quarterly report to Congress that he had been engaged in a monthslong dispute with another inspector general in the Treasury Department over who had access to information about and oversight of the Payroll Support Program and the Coronavirus Relief Fund. The programs were created in the $2.2 trillion stimulus legislation that passed
Pandemic Inspector General Warns of Oversight Breakdown
An internal dispute at the Treasury Department shows the challenge of tracking trillions of dollars of economic relief money.
Brian D. Miller, the special inspector general for pandemic recovery, at his confirmation hearing last May.Credit.Pool photo by Salwan Georges
May 1, 2021, 12:12 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON A breakdown in the oversight of trillions of dollars of economic relief money spilled into public view on Friday night when the Treasury Department’s special inspector general for pandemic recovery said in a report that his powers to scrutinize funds had been curtailed this week after a decision by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.