Chapter 25: Impeachment, Mueller Report, & Atty. General Barr

President Donald Trump reportedly told White House counsel Don McGahn that he was not concerned about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation because he could always just "settle" with Mueller, according to a new book by New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt.

Donald TRump’s failure to handle the GOP plague means that the 2020 conventions will be virtual affairs as a result the 2020 nominees deliver a speech to a room. Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders more than made the virtual convention work for Joe...

The Senate Intelligence Committee describes Russia’s activity in 2016 as an “aggressive, multifaceted effort” to disrupt U.S. democracy.

President Donald Trump and others in his administration have been claiming that a batch of 2019 emails discussing his hold on military aid to Ukraine are protected by “executive privilege.” But U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson — the Barack Obama appointee who sentenced Trump ally Roger Stone t

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The Federalist Society's Steven Calabresi called the president's threats to delay the election "fascistic."

In prepared congressional testimony, the recently ousted U.S. attorney from New York describes in exquisite detail Attorney General William Barr's repeated attempts to force him out of the job. Geoffrey Berman, formerly the top prosecutor in the...

Rhe executive summaries of the two volumes of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report. Volume I deals with links between Russia and the Trump campaign, while Volume II deals with potential obstruction of justice by President Trump. This article is available in audio format on the Lawfare Podcast: Special Edition:

Read and download the full redacted Mueller report PDF released by the Department of Justice. The report covers the two-year investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 US presidential election.

The impeachment trial of the president moved into its final stage before a vote on Wednesday.

Two Justice Department lawyers and a former deputy attorney general detailed Barr’s corrupt meddling on behalf of Trump—while House Republicans embarrassed themselves.

Texas Rep. Al Green was the first to support impeaching Trump. He’s not planning on dropping it anytime soon.

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"The Government has engaged in highly irregular conduct to benefit a political ally of the President."

The president’s gross distortion of facts is a problem, but legal norms themselves may yet survive him.

By firing the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Barr’s effort to protect Trump further bulldozes the norms of the Department of Justice.

Instead of helping cities change police practices, the Justice Department is threatening to turn federal resources on protesters.

The decisions ensure none of these cases will be decided before the November election.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress represents a critical opportunity for the legal community to help the American people understand what is in his March 2019 Report On The

President Donald Trump now faces the second stage of a political process that could see him removed from office.

Attorney General Barr is too dangerous to democracy and to the well-being of Americans to be left in place. He must be removed from office.