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So How Big a Deal Are Those Manafort Disclosures?
I was focused yesterday on the indictment of Natalia Veselnitskaya and only considered briefly the apparently inadvertent disclosures by Paul Manafort's lawyers concerning their client's contacts with a ... -
The Veselnitskaya Obstruction Indictment: A Collusion Tale
It’s not about L’Affaire Russe, but the indictment of Natalia Veselnitskaya tells a remarkable story about Russian abuse of the U.S. judicial system. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Special Edition: Jaimie Nawaday on the Veselnitskaya Indictment
I talk to Jaimie Nawaday, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, to discuss the indictment of Natalia Veselnitskaya over alleged obstruction of justice in a case Nawaday handle... -
Document: D.C. Circuit Upholds Contempt Citation in Mueller Mystery Subpoena Case
On Tuesday, Judges Tatel, Griffith and Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a contempt citation against the unnamed defendant in In re: Grand Jury Subpoena, the case of the m... -
U.S. Syria Withdrawal Impact on Kurdish Partners
On Dec. 19, 2018, President Trump unexpectedly announced that U.S. would withdraw its troops from Syria. To date, the U.S. has deployed around 2,000 troops to Syria, many of them Special Forces members a... -
Document: Indictment Charging Russian Lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya Describes Links to Kremlin
On Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York unsealed a Dec. 20 indictment charging Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who atte... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump will deliver an address from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening to discuss the government shutdown and border security, reports the New York Times. -
The Lawfare Podcast: John Sipher on Spy Swaps: Past, Present, and Future
The Russian government's recent arrest of American Paul Whelan and its charges against him have many politicians and pundits speculating about the possibility of an intended spy swap for Maria Butina. Th... -
The President Is Still Subject to Generally Applicable Criminal Laws: A Response to Barr and Goldsmith
In an op-ed in the New York Times and a post on Lawfare, we criticized President Trump’s nominee to be the next attorney general, William Barr, for a memo he sent to Trump administration officials last J... -
The National Vetting Enterprise: Artificial Intelligence and Immigration Enforcement
In May 2018, facing widespread outrage, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) backed away from a proposal for machine learning technology to monitor immigrants continuously. -
International Terrorism Prosecutions: 2018 Wrap-Up
In the past few months, prosecutors have tried, juries have convicted, and judges have sentenced defendants from the height of the Islamic State’s power in 2014–15. Meanwhile, American law enforcement c... -
Declaring an Emergency to Build a Border Wall: The Statutory Arguments
The president’s statutory authorities regarding a proposed wall at the southern border are more generous than they might initially seem.
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