John Yoo’s attorney, Miguel Estrada, released this statement in response to the Office of Professional Responsibility report on Yoo’s conduct during the Bush Administration. Via National Review, here is the full statement:“After a years-long investigation, the U.S. Justice Department today rejected a Final Report by the Office of Professional Responsibility purporting to find that Professor John C. Yoo, a distinguished legal scholar in one of our Nation’s finest universities, was guilty of professional misconduct during his tenure as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel. In our written submissions to the Department, we demonstrated in great detail how the various versions of the OPR report reflected shockingly substandard legal work and a deep partisan bias. We are pleased that the Justice Department, at long last, has agreed with the bulk of our criticisms.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=130258