I. The Special Counsel's Investigation (Mueller Report)
Government Unfiltered
Dan Williams
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🗓️ 6 May 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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This episode contains Section 1 of Volume 1 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election." The section is titled "I. The Special Counsel's Investigation" from pages 11 to 13 of the report.
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| 0:20.2 | Welcome to the Mueller Report Audio. |
| 0:23.3 | Section 1. The Special Counsel's Investigation. |
| 0:27.7 | On May 17, 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, then serving as acting |
| 0:33.5 | Attorney General for the Russia investigation following the recusal of former Attorney |
| 0:37.4 | General Jeff Sessions on March 2, 2016, appointed the Special Counsel to investigate Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election and related matters. |
| 0:47.3 | Office of the Deputy Attorney General Order Number 3915-2017. |
| 0:53.1 | Relying on the authority vested in the acting attorney general, including 28 U.S.C. |
| 0:58.2 | Sections 509, 510, and 515, the acting attorney general ordered the appointment of the special |
| 1:04.0 | counsel in order to discharge the acting attorney general's responsibility to provide supervision |
| 1:08.9 | and management of the Department of Justice |
| 1:11.2 | and to ensure a full and thorough investigation of the Russian government's efforts to interfere |
| 1:15.5 | in the 2016 presidential election. Appointment order introduction. The special counsel, the order |
| 1:21.3 | stated, is authorized to conduct the investigation confirmed by then FBI director James B. Comey |
| 1:26.8 | in testimony before the House |
| 1:28.2 | Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including, one, any links and or |
| 1:34.4 | coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President |
| 1:38.9 | Donald Trump, and two, any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation, |
| 1:50.2 | and three, any other matters within the scope of 28 CFR, Section 600.4A. |
| 2:01.2 | Appointment order paragraph B, section 600.4, affords the special counsel the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with the special counsel's investigation such as perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, |
| 2:06.2 | and intimidation of witnesses. 28 CFR, Section 600.4A. The authority to investigate any matters that |
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