Ex-Mueller employee calls on lawmakers to pass new independent counsel law to avoid another Congress
Ex-Mueller employee calls on lawmakers to pass new independent counsel law to avoid another Congress-Barr feud
NOOR AL-SIBAI
13 APR 2019 AT 14:48 ET
A former federal prosecutor is calling on Congress to re-establish an independent counsel law so that investigators like Robert Mueller will have more self-determination in the future.
“How did we arrive at this moment?” Michael Zeldin, a former Mueller employee at the Justice Department, wrote in a CNN column published Saturday. “Why, unlike the reports of previous independent counsels, is Mueller’s unredacted report not being provided to Congress or the American people?”
With the “inevitable fight” that’s soon to unfold between Congress and Attorney General Bill Barr over the release and redaction of Mueller’s report, Zeldin urged lawmakers to ask themselves one burning question: “How can we avoid a similar situation in the future?”
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Zeldin, like many others, noted that independent counsel regulations were put into effect in 1978 (and in the shadow of Watergate) “to remove the inherent conflict of interest that could arise when the Justice Department was investigating the President and other top Executive Branch officials.”
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