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Summary: Office of Inspector General Report on Andrew McCabe’s Firing and Response by McCabe's Lawyer
On March 16, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe hours before McCabe's retirement, allegedly for showing a lack of candor under oath. -
Zuckerberg’s New Hate Speech Plan: Out With the Court and In With the Code
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week for over ten hours, but he had very little new to say. -
Document: DOJ Inspector General Report on Andrew McCabe
The Justice Department Inspector General released the following report on its investigation of allegations against Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the FBI: -
What I Learned From Briefing Robert Mueller
When Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Bob Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russian election interference, I found myself neither surprised that Mueller had be... -
Livestream: Senate Judiciary Committee Discusses Mueller Protection Proposals
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding an executive business meeting Thursday during which it will consider legislation protecting the special counsel from termination without good cause. Sen. Chuck G... -
Recent Russia Sanctions Designations: A Rundown
On Friday, April 6, the Treasury Department announced sanctions on a variety of Russian entities, including “seven Russian oligarchs and 12 companies they own or control, 17 senior Russian government off... -
Six Takeaways From Trump’s Threats Against Rod Rosenstein
The firing of James Comey happened without warning. After fuming about the FBI director during a May 2017 weekend trip, President Trump dismissed Comey in a shocking fashion. There was no time for other ... -
Michael Cohen, Attorney-Client Privilege and the Crime-Fraud Exception
The world is awash in “hot takes” on the news that President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is under criminal investigation. On Monday, the FBI executed a search warrant at his home, his offic... -
Can Mueller or Rosenstein Issue an Interim Report on Obstruction?
Unnamed sources in a Washington Post story last week claimed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller told President Trump’s lawyers that “he is preparing a report about the president’s actions while in offic... -
Andrew McCarthy's Puzzling Argument, Round 2
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “Andrew McCarthy's Puzzling Argument” that explained the weakness in Andrew McCarthy’s then-recent argument in the National Review that the Mueller investigation ha... -
Oral Argument Summary: Doe v. Mattis
Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral argument in Doe v. Mattis, the case of a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen (John Doe) detained in Iraq by the U.S. military. Judges Sri Srin... -
The Supreme Court of Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg Floats a Governance Structure for Online Speech
Mark Zuckerberg is on a charm offensive. Fresh off a round of interviews with various media outlets following the revelations about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data in the 2016 election, the Fa...
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