1/ The House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Justice Department for access to Robert Mueller’s full report, including grand jury testimony and other material not made public. “My committee needs and is entitled to the full version of the report and the underlying evidence consistent with past practice,� Chairman Jerry Nadler said in a statement. He added that the redactions in Mueller’s report “appear to be significant.� Nadler gave the Justice Department a May 1st deadline to provide the report and “all documents obtained and investigative materials created by the Special Counsel’s Office.� Attorney General William Barr will testify to the House Judiciary Committee on May 2nd. (NPR / Bloomberg / NBC News / New York Times / Politico / The Guardian)

2/ The White House called the House Democrat subpoena for the unredacted version of Mueller’s report “more political grandstanding.� Meanwhile, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, accused Democrats of issuing a “wildly overbroad� subpoena to Barr. (Washington Post)

3/ The House Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department to allow Mueller to testify next month. Nadler said he wants Mueller to testify “no later than May 23.� Barr said he has no objection to Mueller testifying before Congress. (Politico / CNBC)

4/ Trump claimed that statements about him “by certain people� in Mueller’s “crazy� report are “total bullshit,� made by people trying to make themselves look good and harm him. Close White House advisers said Trump’s rage was aimed at former White House counsel Don McGahn, who blocked several attempts by Trump to interfere in Mueller’s investigation. Trump continued tweeting: “This was an Illegally Started Hoax that never should have happened, a…� He never finish the statement. (Politico / Bloomberg / Washington Post / NBC News / Wall Street Journal)

5/ Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed the Mueller report contains “no evidence substantiated by any facts� that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and that Moscow rejects any such accusations. Peskov also claimed that Putin has repeatedly denied any interference “because there was none.� Mueller’s report, however, documents multiple efforts by the Russians to meddle in the ele...

1/ Attorney General William Barr repeatedly insisted that Robert Mueller “found no evidence� that the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that Russian efforts to interfere “did not have the cooperation of President Trump or the Trump campaign.� Barr also claimed Mueller’s report did not find “collusion� between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Further, Barr said that even if the Trump campaign had colluded with WikiLeaks, that was not a crime. Mueller identified “numerous� Trump campaign-Russia contacts, but the report says there was “insufficient evidence� to establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump or his campaign aides and their contacts with Russians. The report outlines how Trump was elected with Russia’s help and when a federal inquiry was started to investigate the effort, Trump took multiple steps to stop or undermine it. Barr said Mueller examined 10 “episodes� where Trump may have obstructed justice, but that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein “disagreed with some of the special counsel’s legal theories and felt that some of the episodes did not amount to obstruction.� According to Barr, Trump acted out of “noncorrupt motives� because he was frustrated by Mueller’s investigation, as well as media coverage that he felt was hurting his administration. (Washington Post / New York Times / Politico / NBC News / CNN / The Guardian / Bloomberg)

📌 Day 700: Trump’s pick for attorney general criticized Mueller’s obstruction of justice investigation in an unsolicited memo he sent to the Justice Department in June . William Barr said “Mueller’s obstruction theory is fatally misconceived,� claiming that Trump’s interactions with James Comey would not constitute obstruction of justice, because Trump was using his “complete authority to start or stop a law enforcement proceeding.� If confirmed as attorney general, Barr would oversee Mueller’s work. (Wall Street Journal / New York Times / CNN / The Guardian / Washington Post)

READ: Barr’s prepared remarks. (New York Times

1/ Attorney General William Barr directed immigration judges to deny some asylum seekers the opportunity to post bail after being detained. Previously, migrants who established “a credible fear of persecution or torture� in their home country were eligible to seek release on bond. Now they could end up being jailed indefinitely while they wait months or years for their claims to be processed. The Department of Homeland Security will have the discretion to decide whether to release immigrants who initially crossed the border illegally, but later claimed asylum. The order will go into effect in 90 days. (New York Times / CNN / Washington Post / NBC News / Politico / ABC News)

2/ Trump vetoed a bipartisan resolution to end American military involvement in the Saudi-led campaign in Yemen. Earlier this month, Congress voted to invoke the War Powers Resolution to try to stop U.S. involvement in the foreign conflict. Trump called it “an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities.� The veto – the second of Trump’s presidency – comes a month after he vetoed a resolution to reverse his national emergency declaration aimed at securing funding for a border wall. (Politico / Washington Post / New York Times / NBC News / Axios / Reuters / Associated Press)

3/ Trump’s attorneys and the White House plan to resist congressional requests for information about security clearances approvals, Trump’s meetings with foreign leaders, and other topics the administration deems subject to executive privilege. While House Democrats say they’ll continue to issue subpoenas, they also said they have little confidence that Barr will enforce contempt actions if their demands are ignored. Congressional subpoenas — and any criminal contempt proceedings — expire at the end of a congressional session. (Washington Post)

4/ Barr and Rod Rosenstein will hold a press conference to discuss the Robert Mueller report at 9:30 am ET Thursday. It’s not clear if the news conference will occur before or after the release of the redacted, 400-page report. [Story is developing…] (CNBC /

1/ House Democrats subpoenaed Deutsche Bank for Trump’s personal and financial records. Democrats also subpoenaed JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citigroup for documents related to possible Russian money laundering. Maxine Waters said Trump’s “potential use of the U.S. financial system for illicit purposes is a very serious concern� and that the House Intelligence and Financial Services committees will “follow the facts wherever they may lead us.� Deutsche Bank reportedly requested a so-called “friendly subpoena� from the committees before it would comply with their request. The Trump Organization, meanwhile, said it was looking at options to block Deutsche Bank from complying with the subpoena. (New York Times / CNN / Politico / Reuters / Washington Post)

📌 Day 320: Robert Mueller issued a subpoena for the banking records of people affiliated with Trump. The move forced Deutsche Bank – Trump’s biggest lender – to turn over documents related to certain credit transactions and the $300 million Trump owes the lender. Legal experts said it showed Mueller was “following the money� in search of links between the campaign and the Kremlin since Deutsche Bank may have sold some of Trump’s mortgage or loans to Russian-owned banks, which could potentially give Russia leverage over Trump. Jay Sekulow, one of Trump’s personal lawyers, denied that a subpoena had been issued. Since 1998, Deutsche has helped loan at least $2.5 billion to companies affiliated with Trump, which he used to build or purchase highest-profile projects in Washington, New York, Chicago and Florida. (The Guardian / Bloomberg / Reuters / Wall Street Journal)

📌 Day 356: The Trump administration waived fines for Deutsche Bank and four other multinational banks convicted of manipulating global interest rates. Trump owes Deutsche at least $130 million in loans that were originally worth $300 million. The German bank was alsofined$425 million by New York State for laundering $10 billion out of Russia. (International Business Times / USA Today)

📌 Day 746: Deutsche Bank refused to give Trump a loan during his 2016 presidential campaign. Trump ...

1/ Attorney General William Barr will release a redacted version of Robert Mueller’s report to both Congress and the public on Thursday morning. The redactions will cover four categories: secret grand jury details, classified national security and intelligence specifics, material related to ongoing investigations and sections that could defame “peripheral� third parties wrapped up in Mueller’s probe. The release comes days after Barr told Congress he believed “spying� on the Trump campaign occurred during the 2016 election. Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have already authorized the use of a subpoena to compel the Justice Department for the full report without redactions if they do not receive it this week. (New York Times / Washington Post / CNN / Politico / NBC News)

2/ The House intelligence committee demanded that Mueller “must� brief them and provide “all materials, regardless of form and classification, obtained or produced� during his 2-year investigation. Chairman Adam Schiff and Ranking Member Devin Nunes requested that Mueller and other senior members of his team brief the committee, in a letter sent March 27th to Barr, FBI Director Chris Wray, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Nunes has previously dismissed the Mueller report as a “partisan document� that he has no interest in reading. (Daily Beast / Axios / Politico)

3/ Trump’s attorneys threatened legal action if an accounting firm complied with a subpoena from the House Oversight and Reform Committee to turn over 10 years of Trump’s financial records. Last month, the committee requested that Mazars USA turn over Trump’s personal and business finances. In response, Mazars asked for a subpoena before they would comply. (Politico)

4/ Sarah Sanders claimed that members of Congress aren’t “smart enough� to understand Trump’s tax returns. Earlier this month, the House Ways and Means Committee formally requested Trump’s tax returns from the IRS, setting a hard deadline of April 23 to comply. (CNN / Washington Post)

1/ Trump pressured Kirstjen Nielsen into busing detained immigrants to “sanctuary cities� located in the congressional districts of Democratic members of Congress. The plan was first raised in a Nov. 16, 2018, email asking whether members of a migrant caravan could be arrested when they reached the border and then transported “to small- and mid-sized sanctuary cities� where local officials have refused to cooperate with ICE. The White House claimed that the proposal would free up ICE detention space, as well as send a message to Democrats. One top official responded to the plan by pointing out budgetary and liability concerns, as well as the “PR risks.� The White House called the proposal a “nonstory� and said “this was just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any further discussion.� (Washington Post / CNN / New York Times)

2/ Trump – contradicting his own administration – confirmed that he is “giving strong consideration� to releasing detained undocumented immigrants in Democratic “sanctuary cities,� suggesting that it should make liberals “very happy� because of their immigration policies. Trump’s tweets come after both the White House and Department of Homeland Security said they rejected the plan when it was floated in November and again in February, because it’d be “so illegal.� The new push comes as Trump has empowered senior adviser Stephen Miller to lead the administration’s immigration policy. Miller reportedly wants to create tent cities at the border to house migrants and detain migrant children beyond the current 20-day limit imposed by a federal judge. The goal is to force migrant parents to choose between splitting from their children or remaining together indefinitely in detention while awaiting court proceedings. (New York Times / CNN / Washington Post / NBC News / Politico / Wall Street Journal / ABC News)

3/ Trump promised to pardon the Customs and Border Protection Commissioner if he were sent to jail for blocking asylum seekers from entering the U.S. in defiance of U.S. law. Two days later, Trump promoted Kevin McAleenan to acting secretary of homeland security after pressuring Nielsen to submit her resignation. Nielsen previously refused to close the border, telling Trump it was illegal. A few days prior to the encounter with McAleenan, Trump backtracked from his thread to close the border, s...

1/ British authorities arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and charged by the U.S. with conspiracy to hack a classified Defense Department computer. The U.S. is seeking Assange’s extradition over allegations that he agreed to help former military analyst Chelsea Manning crack a password on a Defense Department computer, resulting in what the Justice Department called “one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the United States.� Assange is facing up to five years in prison. He had been living in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London for the past 2,487 days. During the 2016 presidential campaign, WikiLeaks released thousands of emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee and from Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta. U.S. intelligence officials concluded the hacks were orchestrated by the Russian government. The conspiracy charge against Assange, however, is not related to Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s election influence. (New York Times / Washington Post / Associated Press / The Guardian / NPR)

2/ Trump claimed that “I know nothing about WikiLeaks� despite declaring in October 2016 that “I love WikiLeaks.� During the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Trump praised WikiLeaks more than 140 times for leaking DNC and Clinton campaign emails. At one point during the campaign, Trump publicly encouraged the Russians “to find the 30,000 emails (from Hillary Clinton’s server) that are missing.� Following Assange’s arrest, Trump told reporters: WikiLeaks is “not my thing.� (CNN / Politico)

3/ The Treasury Department missed the deadline set by Democrats to hand over Trump’s tax returns. In a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he has “serious issues� with the request for six years of Trump’s personal and some business returns. Mnuchin added that he was consulting with the Justice Department as to the “constitutional scope� and “legitimacy of the asserted legislative purpose� of the request. Hours earlier, Trump flatly rejected the request for his tax returns, telling reporters: “I won’t do it.� The issue could ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court. (Politico / Vox / Washington Post / New York Times)

1/ Attorney General William Barr assembled a team to examine the origins of the counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia. Barr is pursuing allegations by Republican lawmakers of anti-Trump bias at the Justice Department and FBI. Robert Mueller took over the counterintelligence investigation when he was appointed special counsel. Separately, the Justice Department’s inspector general is reviewing whether the FBI and federal prosecutors abused their authority when obtaining FISA warrants to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. (Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal)

2/ Barr told Congress that the government was “spying� on Trump’s campaign during the 2016 election, but provided no evidence. During a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Barr said that while he’s not launching an investigation of the FBI or suggesting there is an “endemic� problem at the FBI, he does “think there was a failure among a group of leaders at the upper echelons.� Barr went on to say that he wanted to understand if there was “unauthorized surveillance� of political figures and whether law enforcement officials had proper legal justification for the “genesis� of the counterintelligence investigation. (New York Times / Washington Post / Politico / NBC News / CNN / Bloomberg / Axios)

3/ Trump claimed the Russia investigation was “an attempted coup� to remove him from office. Trump accused Mueller’s probe of being “started illegally� and that “every single thing about it� was “crooked.� Trump went on to say that “as far as I’m concerned, I don’t care about the Mueller report,� claiming that “I’ve been totally exonerated.� (NBC News / Washington Post / Politico)

4/ The FBI discussed the possibility that Trump fired FBI Director James Comey “at the behest of� the Russian government in May 2017. James Baker, a former top lawyer of the FBI, testified to the House Oversight and Judiciary committees in October 2018 about the discussions he had with Andrew McCabe, FBI counterintelligence official Bill Priestap, and national security official Carl Ghattas about the possibility that Trump was “following directions� and “executing [the] will� of the Russian Government. (Politico)

5/ Trump repeated his refusal to relea...

1/ Trump recently put Stephen Miller “in charge� of the administration’s immigration policy “and he’s executing his plan� to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security. “There is a near-systematic purge happening,� one official said. Miller has been arguing to bring in more like-minded hardline immigration reform advocates, with the senior White House adviser reportedly calling federal departments and agencies to demand that they do more to stop the flow of immigrants. (Wall Street Journal / Politico / CNN)

2/ A senior White House official: DHS is not doing enough to crack down on immigration and more people could be forced out soon. Sources close to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen say Trump and Miller have called for changes at DHS that are legally questionable, which would make them operationally ineffective. Several DHS officials who will likely be forced out soon, include Claire Grady, DHS’ acting No. 2 official, Lee Francis Cissna, head of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Kathy Nuebel Kovarik, one of Cissna’s top deputies, and John Mitnick, the department’s general counsel. (Reuters / Axios / New York Times)

3/ Congressional Republicans urged Trump not to fire any more top immigration officials. Senator Chuck Grassley said he was “very, very concerned� about reports that Cissna could be dismissed. Grassley said he texted Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff, to express his concerns about removing Cissna, but Mulvaney “didn’t seem to know who I was talking about.� After Trump forced Nielsen’s resignation, pulled his Immigration and Customs Enforcement nominee, removed his Secret Service director and threatened more firings, Senator John Cornyn called the situation “a mess.� Cornyn added that he has no idea what Miller’s “agenda� is for determining immigration policy because he isn’t Senate-confirmed and doesn’t talk with members of Congress. (Washington Post / Politico)

4/ The Trump administration plans to put Customs and Border Protection agents in charge of interviewing asylum-seekers. Miller has argued that the move will mean fewer migrants will pass the initial screening, known as a credible fear interview. Currently, asylum-seekers are interviewed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum officers. (NBC News)

5/ Trump denied that he’s planning to resume separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite pushing Nielsen to reinstitute a “zero-tolerance� immigration policy for months. Trump instead lied and blamed Obama for instituting the child separation policy and for building “cages.� Obama had guidelines that prioritized the deportation of gang members, national security risks, and felons, while Trump’s policy systematically separated families, even if...

1/ Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned after meeting with Trump to plan “a way forward� at the U.S.-Mexico border. Nielsen’s resignation came two days after she traveled to the border with Trump, and three days after Trump withdrew his nomination of Ronald Vitiello to be the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, because he wanted to “go in a tougher direction.� In her resignation letter, Nielsen said it was the “right time for me to step aside.� She will be replaced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, who will take over as acting DHS Secretary until Trump appoints a permanent replacement. (New York Times / Washington Post / ABC News / Associated Press / CNN / Politico / NBC News) / Axios)

2/ Nielsen reportedly resisted Trump’s pressure to reinstate large-scale family separation at the border since January. Nielsen told Trump that federal court orders prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from reinstating the policy. Trump reportedly wanted families separated even if they came through a legal port of entry and were legal asylum seekers. Trump also wanted families separated if they were apprehended within the U.S. McAleenan has not ruled out family separation as an option. Separately, Trump was reportedly “ranting and raving, saying border security was his issue� two weeks ago. He then ordered Nielsen and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to shut down the port of El Paso the next day, Friday, March 22, at noon. Nielsen proposed an alternative plan that would slow down entries at legal ports, to which Trump responded: “I don’t care.� (NBC News / CNN)

3/ A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from requiring asylum ...