He’s exactly correct. Release of some portions of it would be quite illegal.
What does the law mean to the Rats?
Place the report in a pit with a thousand rattlesnakes and tell them to go for it.
What’s the statute that identifies attempting to coerce someone into breaking the law?
Nadler can be tied down with that. And it would change the conversation.
antics with semantics. It can be modestly redacted then released. That’s what Barr says he’s doing.
I suppose this is technically true.
It is also true that the President can declassify anything he wants.
To some extent, I think a heck of a lot of stuff should be declassified, let us see it all, and let justice be done though the heavens fall.
I’m not sure this that is one of those cases where the names of US assets embedded in foreign countries would be revealed and thus the lives of Americans put at risk. I certainly wouldn’t want to do something like that. But I suspect most of the “redacted” stuff is redacted because it’s just darn embarrassing to certain US politicians. That’s the stuff I really want to see, and I don’t think it should be withheld.
If someone was on a jury that chose not to go after Trump, imagine what the democrats would do to them.
If Congress is serious about wanting the full report released, they can enact a law requiring such action. That would be foolish, but would be legal. Trying to force the AG to release Grand Jury and classified material is not proper.
Why redacted?
Congress wants the full report.
Show us the enacted legislation demanding that from President Trump. Then we will see about it after Trump vetoes it.
Mr.Trump. They play the game. Play it right back.
The left wants state secrets revealed, so they can give them to our enemies.
This is true.
And this is WHY the Dems will continue to howl about it FOREVER!!
This is not the first time they've tried to maneuver Trump into breaking the law - recall that Rosenstein originally recommended firing Comey and suddenly turned around and called it obstruction when Trump took his advice. It was at that point that it was obvious that lying and betrayal were going to be the cornerstone of the case.