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Documents: Nadler Threatens Contempt Proceedings Over Mueller Redactions
House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has sent a letter to the Justice Department regarding the committee's subpoena for the unredacted Mueller report and other materials, threatening co... -
Document: Judge Denies Government Motion to Dismiss in Travel Ban Case
On May 2, Judge Theodore Chuang of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland denied the government's motion to dismiss in International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump, challenging the cur... -
Executive Privilege and Compelled Testimony of Presidential Advisers: Don McGahn's Dilemma
The release of the redacted Mueller report focused the spotlight squarely on former White House Counsel Don McGahn, whose testimony to the special counsel featured prominently in the report’s discussion ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi accused Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday of lying to Congress regarding the Mueller report, according to the Washington Post. A Justice Department spokesperson sai... -
Document: White House Letter to Barr About Mueller Report
On April 19, Emmet Flood, special counsel to the president, sent a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr expressing concerns about the Mueller report. Flood argues that the report, particularly regarding ... -
Call for Papers: The "Bobby R. Inman Award" for Student Scholarship on Intelligence
The Intelligence Studies Project of The University of Texas at Austin announces the fifth annual competition recognizing outstanding student research and writing on topics related to intelligence and nat... -
Document: U.S. Department of Defense Annual Report on Civilian Casualties
The U.S. Department of Defense has released the 2018 edition of its annual report on civilian casualties in connection with U.S. military operations. The full report is available below. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bonus Edition: Attorney General Barr vs. the Committee with No Bull
Attorney General Bill Barr appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to discuss the Mueller report and the Justice Department’s wider efforts to investigate Russian interference in the... -
The F-35 Dispute and Tensions in the U.S.-Turkey Relationship
The United States has taken several escalatory steps in recent months to suspend delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, currently scheduled for November 2019. On Feb. 15, the Consolidated Appropriation... -
Is There a Perjury Case Against Barr?
On May 2, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi made an accusation: Attorney General William Barr, she said, had lied to Congress. And the speaker emphasized: “That’s a crime.” -
Rational Security: The 'Eating Your Soul in Small Bites' Edition
Special Counsel Robert Mueller told the attorney general that he failed to convey the “context, nature, and substance” of his investigation. Rod Rosenstein steps down from the Department of Justice and b... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Attorney General Bill Barr is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today on the Mueller investigation. A livestream of the hearing is available on Lawfare.
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