SURVEY: Should the Mueller Report be made public?

[riclag]

1 hour ago, thaicurious said:

OP's survey results to date:

"The full report should be released to the public" 81.76%

 

Latest (March 26, 2019) Quinnipiac University National Poll**

Mueller's report should be released to the American public 84%

 

https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2609

32. Do you think that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report should be released to the American public, or not?

                                                               WHITE......
                                                               COLLEGE DEG
                     Tot    Rep    Dem    Ind    Men    Wom    Yes    No
 
Yes/Released         84%    75%    93%    86%    86%    83%    84%    84%
No                    9     17      4      8      8     10     11      9
DK/NA                 6      8      4      6      6      6      5      7
 
                     AGE IN YRS..............    WHITE.....
                     18-34  35-49  50-64  65+    Men    Wom    Wht    Blk    Hsp
 
Yes/Released         87%    87%    86%    79%    85%    83%    84%    87%    88%
No                    6      9     10     12     10     10     10     10      6
DK/NA                 7      4      5      9      5      7      6      3      6
 

** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinnipiac_University_Polling_Institute

 

 During 2 -1/2 years of the Mueller investigation ,how many American's new that Barr(acting AG)  would have to report Mueller's summary  and act according to the rules and reg's, that have been in place since 1999 which the Dem's at the time changed as a result of the harsh investigation toward Clinton ! How many !

They left out key questions... Should Barr's(AG) report be redacted or not to protect the innocent people involved.

Should Barr's(AG) report protect classified info,the privacy of individuals,grand jury information and information relating to ongoing investigations!

 

This Q.edu poll doesn't represent the issues surrounding the  report,  legalities!

[connda]

Government by the People, for the People.  Well, until the bureaucrats want to cover their derrieres, and then it's either "The report can not be released due to National Security", or it's so heavily redacted as to be a joke. Which by the way is all total BS.

[thaicurious]

9 hours ago, riclag said:

 During 2 -1/2 years of the Mueller investigation ,how many American's new that Barr(acting AG)  would have to report Mueller's summary  and act according to the rules and reg's, that have been in place since 1999 which the Dem's at the time changed as a result of the harsh investigation toward Clinton ! How many !

They left out key questions... Should Barr's(AG) report be redacted or not to protect the innocent people involved.

Should Barr's(AG) report protect classified info,the privacy of individuals,grand jury information and information relating to ongoing investigations!

 

This Q.edu poll doesn't represent the issues surrounding the  report,  legalities!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_prosecutor

"...Since the independent counsel law expired in 1999, the term 'special counsel' has been used....

 

...Since the expiration of the independent counsel statute in 1999, there has been no federal statutory law governing the appointment of a special counsel...

 

...In 1999, the Department of Justice under Attorney General Janet Reno promulgated regulations for the future appointment of special counsels. As of 2018, these regulations remain in effect in the Code of Federal Regulations...

 

...The regulations restrict the power to fire the special counsel into the hands of the attorney general alone, and they forbid the firing of the special counsel without good cause...."

 

Oh, so the rule you refer to applies to appointment and firing of special counsel. Not to whether or not Congress can demand the report. There are other rules, however, governing how Barr might handle the report which can justify his redacting or otherwise withholding though much of that also can be counter measured even if an uphill battle.

 

Or perhaps you are suggesting Republicans in Congress are trying to break the law when they also insist upon seeing the full report?

 

https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/house-republicans-join-democrats-to-demand-the-full-mueller-report-from-doj

"House Republicans join Democrats to demand the full Mueller report from DOJ

The non-binding resolution passed 420-0

House Republicans united with their Democratic counterparts to pass a resolution demanding that the Department of Justice release to Congress,  and then to the public the full report of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III."

 

Here seems your confusion: just like all the rules you make for your dog might not apply to your child--like only the dog can't sit on the couch but neither the dog nor the child should shred the cushions--rules regulating what a Attorney General might voluntarily share about a Special Counsel's report apply to him. Congress has other options and powers and it doesn't always shed as much as the dog.

 

That Congress allows the child to sit on the couch is not the Congress breaking the rules for the dog.

 

How important is it that Congress, an Article 1 institution https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/articles/article-i be able to check possible wrongdoings of the President, an Article 2 institution https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/articles/article-ii ?

 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/could-congress-force-the-mueller-report-to-be-made-public

“We’re in a fight to the death for the viability of the Congress as an institution,” Wehle said. “The checks and balances system, whether anyone is above the law, the whole fulcrum of our democratic process is hinging on Barr as we speak. He’s not elected and he’s picked by the person who’s being investigated.”

 

Meanwhile, the poll does represent what is in the greater public interest which is often factored into legal decision making.

 

When before has 84% of the American public ever agreed on anything?

[riclag]

16 minutes ago, thaicurious said:

Here seems your confusion: just like all the rules you make for your dog might not apply to your child--like only the dog can't sit on the couch but neither the dog nor the child should shred the cushions--rules regulating what a Attorney General might voluntarily share about a Special Counsel's report apply to him. Congress has other options and powers and it doesn't always shed as much as the dog.

I don't have a dog

[Chomper Higgot]

5 hours ago, riclag said:

I don't have a dog

And Trump doesn’t have a cat in hell’s chance of keeping the Mueller report secret.

 

Something American voters understand:

 

If the report exonerates Trump, why are he and Republicans trying to keep it secret.

 

Nothing to hide, nothing to fear.

[Tug]

Both houses of the senate the full Un redacted compleat 100 % with all notes ect us common folk we get thr HONEST redacted version that way if Barr try’s covering for Donald the senators will let us know nothing to fear Donald?