Spotted this essay on The Hill, by Joel Cohen and Jennifer Rodgers:
Let’s assume a worst-case scenario: Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker straight-up fires special counsel Robert Mueller — no half-measures of refusing to allow Mueller to take certain investigative steps, or drastically cutting Mueller’s budget to starve his Russia investigation of resources, but a flat out “You’re fired!
The two lawyers run through a set of scenarios, any of which may be true. But one sentence caught my eye. During a discussion of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6e — which generally prohibits public release of evidence gathered at the direction of a Grand Jury — Cohen and Rodgers offer this exception:
Documents provided voluntarily to the special counsel’s office, instead of being provided pursuant to subpoena, likewise can be discussed publicly.
Who has been providing voluntary testimony and probably relevant documents — apparently without a plea agreement, to boot?
That would be The Orange One’s consigliere, Michael Cohen.