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Statement of NSC Ukraine Expert on the Zelensky Call
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a U.S. Army officer and the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, will appear before the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday. He will report that he raised ... -
Former Deputy National Security Advisor Requests Declaratory Judgment on Testimonial Immunity
Charles Kupperman, the former deputy and acting national security advisor to President Trump, is seeking declaratory judgment from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia regarding whether h... -
House Can Receive Mueller Grand Jury Materials, Court Rules
The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia authorized the release of certain grand jury materials to the House Judiciary Committee relating to the Mueller investigation. The... -
The Collapse of the President’s Defense
All that’s left to defenders of President Trump in Congress is to make noise. -
Inspectors General Criticize OLC Whistleblower Opinion
Multiple federal inspectors general signed onto a letter addressed to the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), expressing their support for the determination by the inspector general of the intelligence commun... -
More on the Role of OMB in Withholding Ukrainian Aid
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), announced on Twitter that he and Michael Duffy, an OMB political appointee, are refusing to be deposed by House committee... -
The Lawfare Podcast Shorts: What William Taylor’s Testimony Adds to the Ukraine Story
Amb. William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified on Tuesday in a close-door meeting with Congressional committees involved in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Tuesday afternoon... -
What William Taylor’s Testimony Adds to the Ukraine Story
Editor’s Note: This article is available in audio format on the Lawfare Podcast Shorts: -
Amb. William Taylor Testifies Before Impeachment Inquiry
Amb. William B. Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, testified on Tuesday before three House committees conducting an impeachment inquiry into President Trump's efforts to have the government of Ukr... -
Self-Dealing in Ukraine: The Core of the Impeachment Inquiry
As the Ukraine story develops, the public focus has remained largely on wrongdoing by the president outside the realm of criminal law, focusing instead on President Trump’s apparent use of his office for... -
Andrew C. McCarthy’s Unconvincing Defense of the President on Ukraine
Over at National Review, former federal prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy has weighed in on Trump's Ukraine shenanigans and arrived at some out-of-the-box conclusions. -
Impeachment, Elections and Bad History
Law professor and former deputy assistant attorney general John Yoo this week declared, “What the framers thought was that the American people would judge a president at the time of an election. They wou...
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