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23 Jun 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
FBI Resisted Opening Probe into Trump’s Role in Jan. 6 for More Than a Year MSN – Carol Leoning and Aaron Davis (Washington Post) | Published: 6/19/2023 Merrick Garland and his deputies in January 2021 were briefed on the investigation he had promised to make his highest priority as attorney general: bringing to justice those responsible for the attack on the U.S. [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The ‘Red Wave’ Washout: How skewed polls fed a false election narrative DNyuz – Jim Rutenberg, Ken Bensinger, and Steve Eder (New York Times) | Published: 12/31/2022 Polling helped feed what quickly became an inescapable political narrative in 2022: a Republican wave election was about to hit the country. [read post]
15 Dec 2022, 8:04 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Advocates Seek Federal Investigation of Multistate Effort to Copy Voting Software MSN – Emma Brown, Aaron Davis, and Jon Swaine (Washington Post) | Published: 12/12/2022 An effort by supporters of former President Trump to copy sensitive voting software in multiple states after the 2020 election deserves attention from the federal government, including a criminal investigation and assessment of the risk posed to election security, according to election-security… [read post]
13 Dec 2022, 1:55 am by Kevin Kaufman
The tax rate reductions ranged from just 1.5 percentage points in Monaco to a 5 percentage point reduction in Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Tajikistan. [read post]
9 Dec 2021, 1:50 am by Kevin Kaufman
Note: All data and methodological notes are accessible in our GitHub repository. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 12:44 pm
Contents include:ArticlesTobias Ide, Carl Bruch, Alexander Carius, Ken Conca, Geoffrey D Dabelko, Richard Matthew, & Erika Weinthal,The past and future(s) of environmental peacebuilding Keina Yoshida & Lina M Céspedes-Báez, The nature of Women, Peace and Security: a Colombian perspective Christina Ankenbrand, Zabrina Welter, & Nina Engwicht, Formalization as a tool for environmental peacebuilding? [read post]
8 Dec 2020, 9:00 pm by Kevin Kaufman
Note: All data and methodological notes are accessible in our GitHub repository. [read post]
3 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
NRA Reports Alleged Misspending by Current and Former Executives to IRS MSN – Beth Reinhard and Carol Leonning (Washington Post) | Published: 11/26/2020 After years of denying allegations of lax financial oversight, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has made a stunning declaration in a new tax filing: current and former executives used the nonprofit group’s money for personal benefit and enrichment. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal At U.S.A.I.D., Juggling Political Priorities and Pandemic Response New York Times – Laura Jakes and Pransu Verma | Published: 9/13/2020 Political intervention has roiled the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), an agency that prides itself as leading the humanitarian response to disasters, conflict, and other emergencies around the world. [read post]
6 Mar 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Judge Says Ken Cuccinelli Was Appointed Unlawfully to Top Immigration Post National Public Radio – James Doubek | Published: 3/1/2020 A federal judge ruled Ken Cuccinelli’s appointment to a top immigration position in the Trump administration was unlawful, saying several directives issued by Cuccinelli to tighten asylum rules must now be “set aside. [read post]
23 May 2019, 7:08 am by Jack Goldsmith
I argued earlier this month that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report misapplied the presidential clear statement rule and improperly exposed many of President Trump’s actions in response to the Russia investigation to potential criminal liability. [read post]
27 Feb 2019, 4:30 am by Bob Bauer
The respective roles of Mueller and Congress in the investigation of Donald Trump—and the relationship of the legislature to the special counsel in any impeachment inquiry—comes immediately to mind when reading former Independent Counsel Ken Starr’s recently published book, “Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation,” in which Starr defends his role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. [read post]
3 Sep 2018, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
But there are—as there have been in prior special counsel settings (think Leon Jaworski in Watergate or John Danforth in Waco)—sufficient political costs to influencing Mr. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 4:35 am by Stephen Bates
When disagreements arose, final decisions ultimately were Ken’s. [read post]
29 Mar 2018, 4:00 am by Bob Bauer
A case in point are the attacks during the investigation of President Bill Clinton on the Special Division of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, accused of partisan mischief replacing of Robert Fiske with Ken Starr. [read post]
22 Mar 2018, 5:23 am by Jack Goldsmith, Maddie McMahon
Mueller might also follow the model of Watergate Special Counsel Leon Jaworski by providing a road map of factual information with supporting documents but no legal conclusions, and then let Congress decide what to do. [read post]
15 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by John Dean
Phil and I discussed his memorandum for Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski (and Cox), laying out the case that a sitting president could be indicted. [read post]
1 Jan 2018, 7:00 am by Jack Goldsmith
One of most remarkable stories of 2017 was the extent to which President Donald Trump was prevented from executing his many pledges—both on the campaign trail and in office—to violate the law. [read post]