1 min ago

Mueller was not consulted on the letter

From CNN's Laura Jarrett




Attorney General Bill Barr’s chief of staff called White House lawyer Emmet Flood at 3 p.m. to give him a “read out” directly from this 4-page summary, but that’s the extent of the conversations between the White House and Department of Justice, according to a Justice official.

Special counsel Mueller has not been in the building this weekend, and he was not consulted on this letter.

This was the product of the Attorney General Bill Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the official said


1 min ago

Mueller interviewed hundreds of witnesses and obtained thousands of subpoenas

The special counsel’s office employed a massive effort through the court system and in interviewing witnesses to reach his findings.

In all, Mueller’s team:

  • Interviewed about 500 witnesses
  • Obtained more than 3,500 subpoenas and warrants of various types—the bulk of which were subpoenas—and 13 requests to foreign governments for evidence.



5 min ago

Here's how the special counsel defined "coordination"

In assessing potential conspiracy charges, the special counsel also considered whether members of the Trump campaign “coordinated” with Russian election interference activities.

The special counsel defined “coordination” as an “agreement — tacit or express — between the Trump campaign and the Russian government on election interference.”