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Document: Executive Order on Family Separations
On June 20, President Trump signed the following order to end the administration’s policy of separating families who attempt to enter the country illegally. Under the new policy, the administration will ... -
Document: Superseding Indictment Against Joshua Schulte for Alleged Leak of CIA Hacking Tools
On Monday, the U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York filed a 13-count superseding indictment against Joshua Schulte in connection with the unauthorized disclosure of classified information. -
Livestream: Justice Department Inspector General Testifies on Clinton Email Investigation Report
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will testify before the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform on last week’s inspector general report on the FBI’s ha... -
James Comey’s 'Higher Loyalty' and His Response to the Inspector General Report
Almost as soon as the Justice Department Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued its sharp criticism of James Comey’s actions in the 2016 Clinton email investigation, Comey responded with an op-ed i... -
Legal Considerations for Separating Families at the Border
Reports spilling out of detention centers and immigration proceedings in McAllen, Tex. and elsewhere along the southern border include new details about the measures government officials are taking to se... -
Livestream: FBI Director and Justice Department Inspector General Testify on Clinton Email Investigation Report
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Indicting a President Is Not Foreclosed: The Complex History
Can a sitting president be indicted? Often, in answering this question, commentators point to Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions answering in the contrary. To whatever extent the writer agrees or dis... -
The Inspector General on the FBI in Fall 2016: How a Fateful Delay Set the Stage for the Ultimate October Surprise
The Inspector General (OIG) report (see Lawfare’s summary here) on the Clinton email investigation has reinvigorated a parade of what-ifs surrounding the 2016 presidential election. What if former FBI di... -
My Mistakes: The Witness Tampering Case Against Manafort and the Inspector General Report
As part of the analysis we do on Lawfare, we often express our best professional judgment on an issue. I like to think that my judgment is pretty good and that a review of what I've said in the past tell... -
Nine Takeaways From the Inspector General’s Report on the Clinton Email Investigation
The 500-page Justice Department report underscores that the investigation has no simple narrative arc. -
Document: Justice Department Inspector General Final Report on Clinton Email Investigation
On Thursday, the Justice Department’s inspector general released its final report on conduct by FBI and Justice Department leadership during the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private emai... -
Enslaved and Forced to Watch Her Husband Dig His Own Grave—And Labeled A Terrorist As A Result
With all the immigration-related action of late, it was pretty easy to overlook last week’s decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals in the Matter of A-C-M. We write to say you should take note.
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