Morning Jolt: How Many Pages Is the Mueller Report?

Making the click-through worthwhile: the cold, hard facts about the Mueller report and the review and redaction process; Pete Buttigieg's moment and the country's not-always-healthy yearning for a "fresh face" in presidential politics; and a full-throated defense of our Andy McCarthy, not that he asked for it.

Just Share the Page Count with Us, Mr. Attorney General!

Attorney General William Barr could do himself, the administration, and the country a favor by immediately releasing one small piece of information about special counsel Robert Mueller's report.

How many pages is it?

People who are familiar with these kinds of investigation feel comfortable saying that it's long, with speculation that it could be "thousands" of pages.

The first factor holding up the release of the Mueller report is the sections that deal with grand-jury testimony. The people on Capitol Hill screaming "Release the whole report now with absolutely no redactions whatsoever!" are demanding that Barr break the law.

Earlier this year, the Congressional Research Service ...

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How Many Pages Is the Mueller Report? Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: the cold, hard facts about the Mueller report and the review and redaction process; Pete Buttigieg's moment and the country's not-always-healthy yearning for a "fresh face" in presidential politics; and a full-throated defense of our Andy McCarthy, not that he asked for it. Just Share the Page Count with Us, Mr. Attorney General! Attorney General William Barr could do himself, the administration, and the country a favor by immediately releasing one small piece of information about special counsel Robert Mueller's report. How many pages is it? People who are familiar with these kinds of investigation feel comfortable saying that it's long, with speculation that it could be "thousands" of pages. The first factor holding up the release of the Mueller report is the sections that deal with grand-jury testimony. The people on Capitol Hill screaming "Release the whole report now with absolutely no redactions whatsoever!" are demanding that Barr break the law. Earlier this year, the Congressional Research Service ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories The Judiciary Can't Impose Proportional Representation on the Nation, Justice Kavanaugh James W. Lucas Where will abuse of the equal-protection clause end? Unpopular Green New Deal? Ackchually . . . Kevin D. Williamson The fact that bullsh** polls well does not make it non-bullsh**. And the so-called Green New Deal is pure bullsh** — with a weird focus on other products of bovine recta as well. Charlottesville Killer Pleads Guilty, Avoids Death Penalty Mairead McArdle The driver who killed one woman when he drove into a crowd of counter-protesters during a white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. two summers ago pled guilty Wednesday to 29... ADVERTISEMENT A Flood Reveals Nebraska's Grit Ben Sasse Nebraska got hit hard. But the most important things can't be lost in floodwaters. As the whole country will see soon: We're stronger than ever. The Steele Dossier, Hillary Clinton's Malignant Gift to America David French The Steele dossier was a Clinton- and DNC-funded cancer, and it sickened American culture and politics. Our nation is weaker because that document entered the bloodstream of the body politic. Seven Things to Remember Post-Mueller David L. Bahnsen The aftermath to the special counsel's report is playing out much the same way that the lead-up did: in line with each observer's own tribalistic instincts. Court-Packing: A Blow Against the Rule of Law Casey Mattox Packing the Court would abandon 150 years of agreement that overtly politicizing the courts is dangerous to the foundational principle of an independent judiciary. House Dems Unveil Bill Blocking Trump's Pullout from Paris Climate Deal Mairead McArdle House Democrats proposed a bill Wednesday that would prevent President Trump from pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, as he announced he would in July 2017. ADVERTISEMENT What NR is Reading Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War: Stories of Martyrdom from Mexico Msgr. James T. Murphy "Very few Americans, including those of Mexican ancestry, know anything about the brutal modern persecution of the Church in Mexico. This is a most welcome and thorough account...of this very cruel oppression of the Church. It's a stirring wake-up call." — James V. Schall, S. J., Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University LEARN MORE Photo Essays F-22 Raptor Rollout Inside Huawei ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.