Opinion

Dog-and-pony show

Posted May 25, 2019 1:00 am

The Daily Herald's May 9 headline "Trump formally blocks report" is quite misleading. According to the New York Times, what was blocked (redacted) from Mueller's report is: 69% dealing with ongoing investigations, 18% grand jury testimony that cannot legally be released, 8% classified material and 5% that would infringe on personal privacy rights.

The Justice Department offered 12 congressional leaders - party leaders and the heads of the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees - and a staff member each the ability to view a version of the Mueller report that only contained redactions of grand jury material, which the Justice Department has argued it is prohibited by law from sharing without a court order.

While no Democrat has taken the opportunity, six Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr and Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham have taken up the offer, along with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Doug Collins,

Need more proof that Nadler is running a dog-and-pony show?

Joan Baillie

Volo

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