May 17, 2017 - Robert S. Mueller III is appointed to serve as Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice.Â
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The 1870 Act remains the foundation for the Department’s authority, but the structure of the Department of Justice has changed over the years, with the addition of the offices of Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, and the formation of various components, offices, boards and divisions. From its beginning as a one-man, part-time position, the Department of Justice has evolved into the world's largest law office and the chief enforcer of federal laws.
Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The most sacred of the duties of government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens.â€Â This sacred duty remains the guiding principle for the women and men of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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U.S. Department of Justice
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The Special Counsel's Office
Washington, D.C. 20530
December 17, 2018
By ECF
The Honorable Emmet G. Sullivan
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse
333 Constitution Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Re: United States v. Michael T. Flynn, Crim. No. 17-232 (EGS)
Dear Judge Sullivan:
Pursuant to the Court's Minute Order dated today, the government hereby
files two redacted versions of the FD-302 report summarizing the FBI's interview of
the defendant on January 24, 2017. See Attachment. The content of both versions
of the report is identical, except that the first version, which was digitally signed
and certified in February 2017, inadvertently contained a header labeled "DRAFT
DOCUMENT/DELIBERATIVE MATERIAL." Once that error was recognized, the
header was removed and a corrected version, omitting only the header, was re-
signed and re-certified in May 2017.
Very truly yours,
ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
Special Counsel
By: _________/s/__________
Brandon L. Van Grack
Zainab N. Ahmad
Senior Assistant Special Counsels
(202) 616-0800
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