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18 Oct 2019, 9:32 am by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes
 Episode 10 covers Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision to recuse from the Russia investigation, Trump’s reaction to the recusal, and the sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey. [read post]
12 Oct 2019, 9:55 am by Gordon Ahl
Meanwhile, Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes posted episode eleven of The Report which covers President Trump’s reaction to the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel, Don McGahn’s refusal to help fire Mueller and the president’s anger directed at Jeff Sessions for his recusal: Peter Margulies analyzed the legality of Trump’s new proposal to bar entry into the United States for otherwise qualified visa applicants who are unable to… [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 7:03 am by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes
So he turns up the heat on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, pressuring him privately and attacking him publicly. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Bernie Sanders Says He Will Slow His Campaign Pace After Heart Attack ENM News – Sydney Ember and Jonathan Martin (New York Times) | Published: 10/8/2019 U.S. [read post]
5 Oct 2019, 7:26 am by Gordon Ahl
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the tenth episode of The Report, which covers Mueller’s evaluation of obstruction of justice related to President Trump’s reactions to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recusal decision and the sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey: Benjamin Wittes broke a little news, reporting that the FBI did not know when it opened its investigation on President Trump that Trump had told two senior Russian officials in a 2017 Oval… [read post]
4 Oct 2019, 8:23 am by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes
This episode covers Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s decision to recuse from the Russia investigation and President Trump’s reaction. [read post]
1 Oct 2019, 9:27 am by Ron Friedmann
I have appended the session description at the end of this post. [read post]
27 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal Convictions Tossed Out Against Ex-Flynn Business Partner AP News – Michael Barakat | Published: 9/24/2019 A federal judge tossed out convictions against a one-time business partner of former national security adviser Michael Flynn who was accused of acting as a Turkish foreign agent. [read post]
25 Sep 2019, 9:30 am by Alan Z. Rozenshtein
It was clear early on that Trump had both welcomed Russian interference in the election and committed multiple acts—from firing FBI Director James Comey to pressuring Attorney General Jeff Sessions to take control of the Russia probe—meant to frustrate the investigation. [read post]
This includes Trump’s request to then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions to—as the Mueller report describes—“reverse his recusal so that Sessions could direct the Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute Hillary Clinton. [read post]
23 Sep 2019, 11:27 am by Margaret Taylor
On Sept. 17, former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski testified before the House Judiciary Committee in an impeachment investigation hearing titled “Presidential Obstruction of Justice and Abuse of Power. [read post]
19 Sep 2019, 1:52 pm by Bob Bauer
He complied with a presidential order to test Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s determination to recuse himself from the Russia investigation, but he did not attempt to force the issue with Sessions. [read post]
16 Sep 2019, 2:19 pm by Mikhaila Fogel
The House Judiciary Committee is seeking testimony from former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, reports the Washington Post. [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 11:00 am by Melissa Crow
The current controversy dates back to September 2017, when then-Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke – upon legal advice from then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that DACA was “an unconstitutional exercise of authority by the Executive Branch” and that it had been implemented “without proper statutory authority” – rescinded the program with no prior notice. [read post]
13 Sep 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
National/Federal At the Bedraggled FEC, a Clean Slate of Leaders? [read post]
12 Sep 2019, 11:30 am by Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
Despite the tremendous success of DACA and its strong legal foundation, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in a press conference on September 5, 2017, that DACA would end, calling DACA recipients “illegal aliens” and the policy an “unconstitutional exercise of authority by the executive branch. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 3:57 pm by Bryn Miller
Assembly Bill (AB) 5, authored by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), has been one of the most contentious measures of the 2019 legislative session. [read post]
11 Sep 2019, 8:12 am by Josh Blackman and Ilya Shapiro
Attorney General Jeff Sessions concluded that this reading of federal law had “constitutional defects. [read post]