Daily Update | April 19, 2019
Kyle Skinner // 4/19/19 //
A private right-wing militia in New Mexico has been detaining migrant families at gunpoint before handing them over to Border Patrol. A redacted version of the Mueller Report was released following a press conference including prepared remarks from AG William Barr. Following the press conference, top Dems have suggested that Barr “deliberately distorted” portions of the report. The report of a second Justice Department investigation, discussing the FBI’s investigation of the Christopher Steele dossier, could be released as early as next month.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS & LITIGATION
A redacted version of the Mueller Report was released following a press conference including prepared remarks from AG William Barr (Lawfare).
- The full report is available here.
- DOJ discussed the report with the White House before its release (NYT).
- A less redacted version of the report will be provided to certain members of Congress (CNN).
- Mueller did not exonerate the president and could not show intent, but concluded that Russia did attempt to help him win the election (The Hill).
- When Trump learned of the investigation, he told Jeff Sessions it was the end of his presidency (Politico).
- The report indicates that Russia tried to hack into Hillary Clinton’s emails just hours after Trump publicly suggested they do so (The Hill).
- Just Security collected first-takes from experts.
- Richard Hasen argues that Mueller erred in not prosecuting Donald Trump, Jr. (Slate).
- The report does suggest that Wikileaks pushed Seth Rich conspiracies (The Hill).
- Following the press conference, top Dems have suggested that Barr “deliberately distorted” portions of the report (The Hill).
- Dems and Republicans disagree on the utility of having Mueller testify (The Hill).
The report of a second Justice Department investigation, discussing the FBI’s investigation of the Christopher Steele dossier, could be released as early as next month (Politico).
IMMIGRATION
A private right-wing militia in New Mexico has been detaining migrant families at gunpoint before handing them over to Border Patrol (NYT).
New HUD regulations will limit housing aid for undocumented immigrants (NYT).