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25 Oct 2019, 9:27 am by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes
Episode 12 shows Trump’s attempts to cover up two damaging stories: one revealing his son’s troubling exchange with a Russian lawyer and one detailing the president’s demand to Don McGahn that he get rid of Mueller. [read post]
5 Feb 2018, 11:52 am by William Ford
ICYMI: This Weekend on Lawfare Jack Goldsmith discussed the implications of White House Counsel Donald McGahn's cover letter to the release of the Nunes memo. [read post]
6 Jan 2018, 6:15 am by Alex Potcovaru
Wittes also posted a special edition of the Lawfare Podcast, featuring New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt—along with Susan Hennessey, Jack Goldsmith, and Bob Bauer for a discussion of Schmidt’s article on White House Counsel Donald McGahn’s attempt to stop Attorney General Jeff Sessions from recusing himself from the Russia investigation. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 12:50 pm by William Ford
After Wray’s threat, White House counsel Donald McGahn cautioned Sessions against further pressuring the director, arguing that McCabe—who is reportedly planning to retire this year—was not worth the risk of losing Wray. [read post]
10 May 2017, 5:34 am by Pamela Wolf
On February 1, Grassley, Chaffetz, and Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald McGahn, urging the Trump Administration to protect whistleblowers as a means of encouraging transparency throughout the federal government. [read post]
The result is that Democrats were able to lay down certain core substantive findings of the report about actions by Russians, by members of the campaign, by Trump administration officials like former White House counsel Don McGahn and by Trump himself. [read post]
19 Apr 2019, 2:20 pm by Mark Graber
  Russian entities conducted a social media campaign that favored Republican candidate Donald Trump and sought to discredit Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 11:56 am by Jonathan Shaub
Background on the Obstruction Charge The impeachment resolution approved by the House charges Trump with obstruction of Congress and summarizes the charge as follows: Donald J. [read post]
10 Jul 2018, 5:16 am by Mark Walsh
I’m in an Uber on my way to the White House for President Donald Trump’s announcement of his Supreme Court nominee when we hit a time warp of sorts. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 11:34 am by Amy Howe
It has been nearly 15 months since President Donald Trump first issued an order that banned travel to the United States by nationals of seven countries, all of which have overwhelmingly Muslim populations. [read post]
18 Mar 2017, 5:42 am by Jordan Brunner
Jack Goldsmith argued that White House counsel Donald McGahn should have pre-empted the issue of Gen. [read post]
27 Jan 2018, 6:43 am by William Ford
Wittes posted a special edition of the Lawfare Podcast in which he discussed the Times story with Bob Bauer, Carrie Cordero, Jack Goldsmith and Steve Vladeck: Bob Bauer argued that White House Counsel Donald McGahn protected the institution of the White House counsel when he threatened to resign rather than execute President Trump’s order to fire Mueller. [read post]
18 Apr 2023, 5:16 am by Eric Columbus
On April 11, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a lawsuit against House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the House Judiciary Committee, and former New York County special assistant district attorney Mark Pomerantz to block a subpoena Jordan issued to Pomerantz seeking his testimony at a closed-door deposition regarding the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 3:01 pm by Ilya Somin
" The fact that White House counsel Donald McGahn and other legally sophisticated officials refused to carry out the president's orders is a strong sign they considered them improper and likely illegal. [read post]
12 Aug 2019, 4:00 am by David Priess, Margaret Taylor
  Announcing that formal proceedings are underway will be ammunition in the related coming courtroom battles, including efforts to compel former White House counsel Don McGahn’s testimony. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 1:30 pm by Jane Chong
It’s certainly not enough that Trump’s closest lawyers, Alan Garten and Donald McGahn—whose names have graced many a dubious Trump cease-and-desist letter and have been floated for the White House counsel gig—are likely grappling with these issues from the inside. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 5:00 am by Vanessa Sauter
Trump Claims No Recordings of Conversations with Comey Only 17 Percent of Americans Believe Donald Trump is Telling the Truth About Comey FBI Independence - Too Much of a Good Thing? [read post]