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The Dry Run: The Ouster of a County Official as an ‘Insurrectionist’ Creates Ominous Precedents for Trump
Though other courts have referred to the Capitol riot in passing as an “insurrection,” Judge Francis Mathew is the first to apply that term to the riot in a formal, rigorous way in a case against a New M... -
Demystifying the Financial Action Task Force
A review of Julia Morse, “The Bankers’ Blacklist: Unofficial Market Enforcement and the Global Fight Against Illicit Financing” (Cornell University Press, 2021). -
On Emails, PowerPoints, Sovereign Immunity, and Testimony From Governor Kemp
Governor Brian Kemp tries to evade testifying before the Georgia special purpose grand jury. -
Evaluating the Jan. 6 Committee’s Evidence
The committee promised to prove seven key points about the former president’s conduct. How did it do? A summary and evaluation of the committee’s evidence. -
The Lawfare Podcast: A Jan. 6 Criminal Update with Roger Parloff
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2019 Trump Obstruction of Justice Memo Released
The newly released memo reveals the reasoning that then Attorney General Bill Barr relied on to decline to prosecute former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation. -
Immigration Enforcement Priorities and Presidential Duty
The executive branch has not just the authority to draw lines that set immigration enforcement priorities in order to advance homeland security objectives—it has the duty to do so. -
Escape From D.C.: Analyzing Jan. 6 Venue Transfer Motions
Many Jan. 6 defendants are seeking to move the locations of their trials to avoid alleged bias among jurors in Washington. Are they likely to succeed? -
“She’s Sitting There With Rudy Giuliani”: Fulton County Comes to Colorado
It’s Jenna Ellis’s turn to attempt to fight off a grand jury subpoena—and fail. -
Can Trump Just Declare Nuclear Secrets Unclassified?
It’s not entirely clear whether the former president can use an appeal to presidential authority to declassify any secrets, but in the case of “Restricted Data,” the classification category for nuclear s... -
Lindsey Graham Can’t Ignore a Fulton County Subpoena
A federal court is poised to decide whether to quash the Fulton County subpoena to the South Carolina senator. -
Where’s Rudy? A Fulton County Court Wants to Know
Is New York’s former mayor too sick to testify before the special purpose grand jury in Georgia?