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Can't the House subpoena it?âThe regulations require the attorney general to give Congress a report, too. The regulations speak of the need for public confidence in the administration of justice and even have a provision for public release of the attorney generalâs report. In a world where Mr. Mueller was the only investigator, the pressure for a comprehensive report to the public would be overwhelming.
This is where the âwitch huntâ attacks on Mr. Mueller may have backfired. For 19 months, Mr. Trump and his team have had one target to shoot at, and that target has had limited jurisdiction. But now the investigation resembles the architecture of the internet, with many different nodes, and some of those nodes possess potentially unlimited jurisdiction. Their powers and scope go well beyond Mr. Muellerâs circumscribed mandate; they go to Mr. Trumpâs judgment and whether he lied to the American people. They also include law enforcement investigations having nothing to do with Russia, such as whether the president directed the commission of serious campaign finance crimes, as federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York have already stated in filings. These are all critical matters, each with serious factual predicates already uncovered by prosecutors.â ibid
The submission of the Mueller report is the beginning, not the end.
Also, from a political standpoint, presuming there is a separate report to party leadership, you do what Harry Reid did to Mitt Romney and his taxes if youâre the democrats. Have a leading âgang of 8â Dem go off the reservation and talk about the contents of the report that wonât be released. The denials from the Conservatives will be âIt doesnât say thatâ. Then the Dems have a political issuesâŚ.âKindly release the report and show us what it does sayâ. Then when the Trump syndicate wonât, they look even more shadowy and corrupt than usual.
Not having the report made public isnât that huge a matter.