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23 May 2019, 5:38 am by Nassiri Law
However, that changed under Jeff Sessions, Trump’s former attorney general who overturned that guidance. [read post]
The Competing Views on the President’s Asserted Constitutional Defense to Obstruction In June 2017 and January 2018 letters to the special counsel’s office, which have been published, as well as February and August 2018 letters, which have not, Trump’s private lawyers argued that presidential actions that fall within the scope of the president’s Article II powers cannot constitute criminal obstruction, “[T]he President’s actions here”—actions such as… [read post]
15 May 2019, 4:23 pm by David Jensen
 So the governing board put together today's session to hash over ideas, starting with a 10 page list of initial thoughts. [read post]
13 May 2019, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
For the symposium on Sanford Levinson and Jack M. [read post]
10 May 2019, 12:40 pm by David Post
At the time that Rosenstein may have been cleared to serve as Acting AG—in Feb. 2017, when AG Jeff Sessions recused himself from overseeing Mueller's probe—there was no obstruction-of-justice investigation underway, and Rosenstein had not participated in any events that could be relevant to such an investigation and to such a charge; the possibly obstructive conduct in connection with the firing of FBI Director Comey took place a month later, in March 2017. [read post]
3 May 2019, 7:04 am by Jonathan Shaub
Soon after the release of the special counsel’s report, House judiciary committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, issued a subpoena requiring that McGahn produce all documents in his possession and testify before the committee about the 33 subjects listed in the subpoena’s schedule, including, among other things, the investigation into National Security Adviser Michael Flynn; the firing of FBI Director James Comey; Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recusal from the Russia… [read post]
2 May 2019, 9:01 pm by Dean Falvy
Across the Potomac River, the United States Congress was back in session. [read post]
2 May 2019, 5:45 am by John Floyd
  These five facts present ample probable cause to bring a criminal indictment for obstruction against the president:   Asked the FBI director to stop investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn Fired the FBI director (search “lawful employment”) Attempted to fire Mueller Attempted to persuade AG Jeff Sessions to reverse his recusal and tank the investigation Attempted to influence the testimony of witnesses   The overwhelming evidence… [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 12:25 pm by Eric Halliday
The investigation against Tajideen was led by the Justice Department’s Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team, which then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced in January 2018 as the centerpiece of the department’s effort to target the group’s criminal activities. [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 11:34 am by Scott R. Anderson
On the morning of April 18, just hours before the long-awaited release of the Mueller report, Attorney General William Barr convened a press conference to reiterate what he viewed as the report’s “bottom line”: that the special counsel had failed to find sufficient evidence to show that President Trump or his campaign had colluded with Russia or obstructed subsequent investigations. [read post]
27 Apr 2019, 7:00 am by Jonathan Shaub
President Trump proclaimed recently that his administration would be “fighting all the subpoenas. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Alaska – As Capitol Reporters Dwindle, Alaska Lawmakers Grapple with Rise of Political BlogsKTOO – Nat Herz | Published: 4/23/2019 The press corps in Juneau has a new addition this year: Jeff Landfield, a failed candidate for state Senate who is now running a colorful political blog called the Alaska Landmine. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 9:01 pm by Jim Sedor
Alaska – As Capitol Reporters Dwindle, Alaska Lawmakers Grapple with Rise of Political BlogsKTOO – Nat Herz | Published: 4/23/2019 The press corps in Juneau has a new addition this year: Jeff Landfield, a failed candidate for state Senate who is now running a colorful political blog called the Alaska Landmine. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 8:43 am by Tom Smith
Senator Marco Rubio wrote to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, calling on them to revise former President Barack Obama’s reforms. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 7:45 am
Attorney General William Barr, who has shown himself to be exactly the kind of presidential protector Trump wanted Jeff Sessions to be, did his best to whitewash the report. [read post]
21 Apr 2019, 7:16 pm
When, in reaction to the news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had requested the appointment of a special counsel, Trump truthfully said "I'm fucked. [read post]
19 Apr 2019, 2:46 pm by Throneberry Law Group
Jeff Waldstreicher, a Montgomery County Democrat sailed through the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on a 10-1 vote two days after its hearing. [read post]