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Document: Justice Department Letter to Nadler Invoking Executive Privilege Over Unredacted Mueller Report
On Wednesday, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legislative Affairs Stephen Boyd transmitted a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler notifying Nadler that the president w... -
Bill Barr’s Actions on the Mueller Report: A Response to Jack Goldsmith
Jack Goldsmith’s defense of Attorney General Barr’s handling of the Mueller report is typically thoughtful but ultimately unpersuasive. While certain aspects of Barr’s behavior could be defensible if the... -
Video: FBI Director Chris Wray Testifies Before Senate on Bureau Budget
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifed on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Committee about the Bureau's Fiscal 2020 budget. The questions covered a wide range of topics, including law enforcement... -
Documents: May 7 Letters Regarding Executive Privilege and McGahn Documents
On Tuesday, Pat Cipillone, the White House counsel, sent a letter to Don McGahn's attorney invoking executive privilege over documents that the White House provided to McGahn in the course of his coopera... -
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... -
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.” -
Document: Robert Mueller's Letter to Bill Barr
On Tuesday, the Washington Post reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had submitted a letter to Attorney General Bill Barr on March 27 related to the letter Barr sent to Congress on March 24 summa... -
New Asylum Limits: A Balancing Act for the Homeland Security Secretary
President Trump continued his push for new restrictions on asylum seekers with his April 29 memorandum to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Justice Department. In the memo, Trump directed... -
The Special Counsel’s Constitutional Analysis: Chilling Effects
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report found that the federal obstruction of justice statutes can apply to the president, even though the statute did not expressly state that it applies to the president... -
The Special Counsel’s Constitutional Analysis: Corrupt Intent and the Take Care Clause
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report found that the federal obstruction of justice statutes can apply to the president, even though the statutes do not state this expressly. Robert Mueller chose not t... -
Transnational Organized Crime and National Security
Traditional organized crime, ranging from the Italian-American mafia to street gangs, has long been a target of American law enforcement efforts. Unlike purely domestic organized crime, transnational org... -
‘Cooperation’ and ‘Corrupt Intent’ in Barr’s Obstruction Analysis
On the morning of April 18, just hours before the long-awaited release of the Mueller report, Attorney General William Barr convened a press conference to reiterate what he viewed as the report’s “bottom...
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