Federal judge orders release of memo on alleged Trump obstruction
donal brown
May 7, 2021
Seeking transparency for Justice Department proceedings under former Attorney General William Barr, a federal judge ordered the release of a memo justifying its decision not to prosecute former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice. In a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, department attorneys claimed the memo contained only an advisory on the matter and as such was an exception under the public records law, but Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the memo came after