The Congress-Barr conflict shows it's time to bring back prosecutors with true independence, writes CNN legal analyst Michael Zeldin for cnnopinion
Michael Zeldin, a CNN legal analyst, has served as a federal prosecutor in the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice and was a special counsel to then-Assistant Attorney General Robert Mueller. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion at CNN.
As we wait for Attorney General William Barr to release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election, it's worth asking: how did we arrive at this moment? Why, unlike the reports of previous independent counsels, is Mueller's unredacted report not being provided to Congress or the American...
Michael ZeldinAnd, now that we are facing the inevitable fight that will ensue between Congress and the Department of Justice for full access to Mueller's report, how can we avoid a similar situation in the future?My answer: It is time to bring back the Independent Counsel statute.How we got hereIn 1978, as part of the post-Watergate reform package known as the Ethics in Government Act, Congress passed the Independent Counsel Act.
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