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Mueller probe has cost more than $25M so far
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election has cost the Department of Justice (DOJ) more than $25 million, according to new and previous expenditure reports.
The special counsel’s office said in a new filing Friday that the expenses for Mueller’s team over the six-month period from April 1 to Sept. 30 added up to $4.5 million.
The bulk of those costs came from personnel compensation and benefits, which totaled about $2.9 million. Another $580,000 was spent on travel and transportation, and $942,787 was spent on rent, communications and utilities.
The DOJ, which supports the special counsel’s office, also accrued $3.9 million in costs related to the probe, which Mueller’s team noted it is not legally required to report.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/421462-mueller-probe-has-cost-more-than-25m-so-far
EPA to pursue final 'science transparency' rule in 2019
Under the proposal, the EPA would only be able to use scientific data and studies if they are reproducible and the underlying data can be made public, among other factors, with some exceptions, including for personal health data.
Republicans and regulated industries have been pushing similar proposals for years, arguing that the EPA previously relied too much on “secret” science that could not be fully scrutinized.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/421479-epa-to-pursue-final-science-transparency-rule-in-2019
>>4313201 Stanford Physicist with Ties to China and Huawei Committed Suicide on Day of CFO Arrest
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Stanford → "the Epoch Times presents evidence that much of Zhang’s work was in the service of Beijing and that some did overlap with Huawei."
NC elections board postpones hearing over contested House race until January
The North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement announced Friday that it would delay an evidentiary hearing into fraud allegations in the 9th District's House election until Jan. 11.
The board initially planned to have its hearing on or before Dec. 21, but said in its statement that it needed more time to continue its investigation into claims of illegal activity surrounding absentee ballots in the Nov. 6 race.
"State investigators are awaiting additional documents from parties subpoenaed in this matter and finalizing the investigation prior to the hearing," the board of elections body said in a statement.
Republican Mark Harris currently leads Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes, but the board has refused to certify the results, citing the unusually high number of requested absentee ballots, many of which were unreturned, in rural Bladen County and neighboring Robeson County.
The board set the evidentiary hearing for 10 a.m. on Jan. 11, 2019. That would be after Jan. 3, when the 116th Congress is due to be sworn in under a new Democratic majority after the party flipped 40 seats in November.
Democratic leaders have suggested they will refuse to seat Harris on Jan. 3.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/421482-north-carolina-elections-board-postpones-hearing-over-contested-house-race
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Special Counsel Responds to Judge Sullivan Request for FBI Notes – Fails to Submit Agent Pientka January Interview Notes…
The curious case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn gets even more curious as Robert Mueller doesn’t deliver the FBI notes (FD-302) from the January 2017 interview of Flynn, as requested by Judge Emmet Sullivan, and instead submits notes from an internal July 19th, 2017, interview with FBI agent Peter Strzok.
Where did Joe Pientka’s FD-302 notes go? They are not in the responsive filing despite the judge’s request.
Instead what we see is that FBI Agent Peter Strzok was interviewed internally by the FBI on July 19th, 2017. The FD-302 notes of that interview were written on July 20th, 2017 and submitted for entry on August 22nd, 2017. This is around the time that Strzok was working for the special counsel, and Robert Mueller was informed of the strongly biased text messages retrieved by the DOJ inspector general.
The July 19, 2017, interview notes with Strzok are the only FD-302 notes submitted with the filing.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/12/14/special-counsel-responds-to-judge-sullivan-request-for-fbi-notes-fails-to-submit-agent-pientka-january-interview-notes/