Almost exactly a month ago, Steve Mnuchin and the IRS failed to comply with House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal’s subpoena for Trump’s taxes. Since then, nothing has happened. On May 22, three weeks ago, New York State passed a law that allows the House Ways and Means Committee to request an individual’s state tax returns, including Trump’s. […]
What is the counterintelligence investigation? Mueller’s report is very narrow: it only answers (1) did Russia interfere in our election and did Trump associates enter into an agreement to cooperate with the hacking of stolen materials (eg Podesta’s emails); (2) did Trump obstruct justice? He was only investigating potential crimes. Anything that could not be […]
Attorney General Bill Barr gave an interview with CBS in which he said that he overruled Mueller’s legal analysis. Transcript and video. we didn’t agree with the legal analysis, a lot of the legal analysis in the report. It did not reflect the views of the department. It was the views of a particular lawyer or lawyers and […]
[see update at bottom of post] Yesterday, the Office of Legal Counsel released an opinion that Congress cannot compel McGahn to testify about his official duties when he worked in the White House. Trump then sent a letter to McGahn directing him not to testify. McGahn told Chairman Nadler he will not show up today […]
Hi everyone! In case you missed it: I am now writing a bi-weekly newsletter for CAFE (Preet Bharara’s company) called CAFE Brief, where I recap news and analysis of politically charged legal matters. This will become a daily newsletter eventually. For more explanation, see here. SUBSCRIBE to get the newsletter in your inbox twice a […]
I’m very excited to announce that I have teamed up with some very talented people to launch Forensic News! Founded by investigative journalist Scott Stedman, the goal is to deliver original long-form investigative journalism that actually matters. Investigative reports will always include hard evidence and articles will always be free. Our hope is that readers will find value […]
Hi everyone! In case you missed it: I am now writing a bi-weekly newsletter for CAFE (Preet Bharara’s company) called CAFE Brief, where I recap news and analysis of politically charged legal matters. This will become a daily newsletter eventually. For more explanation, see here. SUBSCRIBE to get the newsletter in your inbox twice a […]
Coming up this week: Monday is the deadline for the IRS to turn over Trump’s tax returns AND the deadline for Barr to turn over the unredacted report. I think we all know it is very unlikely either of these deadlines will be met. With that in mind… There has been a lot of bashing […]
Hi everyone! In case you missed it last week: I am now writing a bi-weekly newsletter for CAFE (Preet Bharara’s company) called CAFE Brief, where I recap news and analysis of politically charged legal matters. This will become a daily newsletter eventually. For more explanation, see here. SUBSCRIBE to get the newsletter in your inbox […]
This is both a summary of Rosenstein’s speech and a fact check of it, with an opinion (at the end) about Rosenstein. Update: The Washington Post reported Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw Mueller probe, repeatedly assured Trump that he would be treated fairly, that he wasn’t a “target” and that he was on the president’s team. […]
