Robert Mueller's prosecutors never drafted a report to Congress about alleged misconduct by President Trump, Justice Department lawyers indicated in a court filing Friday
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors never drafted a report to Congress about alleged misconduct by President Donald Trump, Justice Department lawyers indicated in a court filing Friday.
DOJ attorneys said they were unable to locate any records in Mueller's files that were responsive to a Freedom of Information Act request seeking reports and compilations "prepared for the eventual consideration of one or more members of Congress, whether or not such records were actually transmitted to any party outside of the Special Counsel’s Office.
While the Mueller lawyers may not have prepared any reports explicitly labeled as referrals or potential referrals to Congress, the final report the special counsel's team drafted last spring was prepared in anticipation that substantial portions of it would be released to the public, which includes Congress.
Some observers compared that report as impeachment fodder akin to the Watergate "road map," although the articles of impeachment the House approved last December largely overlooked the conduct in the Mueller report, including acts analyzed by Mueller's prosecutors as potential obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump.
The House Judiciary Committee is still battling for access to grand jury secrets in the Mueller report. Last October, a judge
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