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What James Comey Told Me About Donald Trump
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One Reading of the President’s “Witch Hunt” Tweets
The President has now spoken on the subject of the appointment of a special counsel for the Russia investigation. This morning, he communicated on Twitter to express his unhappiness. -
Meeting of the Minds: How Presidents and Generals Stake out Their Territory
They shall have wars and pay for their presumption. —Shakespeare, Henry VI Like many a new president before him, President Trump is opening his administration with bold—and sometimes contradictory—actio... -
No, Jim Comey Is Not In Legal Jeopardy
Fox News personality Gregg Jarrett is making some waves with a short piece making the remarkable claim that Jim Comey may have himself have broken the law with respect to his now-famous memo recording Pr... -
DAG Rosenstein Appoints Robert Mueller as Special Counsel
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as Special Counsel to oversee the investigation into Russian election interference. Rosenstein's statement on Muell... -
Why Did Congress Set a Ten-Year Term for the FBI Director?
President Trump’s request that James Comey kill the investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, which Comey reportedly refused, raises significant questions about Trump’s decision ... -
The Mercurial Presidency: Trump and the Governing Crisis
The news of the last several days may leave any number of factual questions unanswered, but even clearer than before are the sweep and character of the extraordinary difficulties facing this current Admi... -
Defend Norms, Don't Violate Them
The malignant deviance from normative behavior that is the Trump presidency took a turn for the worse this past week. -
Deconstructing McMaster
After yesterday’s briefing by National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, it is clear that the Washington Post article about President Trump’s disclosure of classified information to Russian officials was a... -
An Impeachment Should Not Be a Partisan Affair
Imagine that the Democrats sweep the Republicans out of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections of 2018. Given President Trump’s current approval ratings, that is a likely prospect unl... -
Another Bomb Drops: Initial Thoughts on Trump Asking Comey to Kill the Flynn Investigation
The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to drop the FBI’s investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. -
Intelligence Liaison and Counterterrorism: A Quick Primer
Press reports that President Trump may have revealed sensitive counterterrorism information originating from the Israeli government to Russian officials are potentially disastrous for U.S. counterterrori...
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