Read the Special Counsel’s Report on Trump’s Attempted Election Subversion in 2020 (My Analysis to Come in the Morning)
You can read the report at this link.
Category Archives: election subversion risk
“Judge Allows Release of Half of Special Counsel’s Report on Trump Cases”
NYT:
A federal judge in Florida cleared the way on Monday for the Justice Department to soon release a portion of a report written by the special counsel, Jack Smith, detailing the decisions he made in charging President-elect Donald J.… Continue reading
“The Good Lawyers of January 6”
W. Bradley Wendel has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Much of the response by the community of legal ethics and professional responsibility scholars to the 2020 presidential election has been focused on the wrongs committed by… Continue reading
“Jack Smith, Who Led Prosecutions of Trump, Resigns”
NYT:
Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought two failed federal prosecutions against President-elect Donald J. Trump, resigned this week, according to a footnote buried in court papers — a remarkably muted conclusion to a fight that redefined the nation’s… Continue reading
“Trump urges Garland to block release of Jack Smith’s final report”
Politico:
Donald Trump and two of his allies are making a last-minute push to block special counsel Jack Smith from issuing his final report on his two dismissed criminal cases against the president-elect.
Trump’s lawyers wrote to Attorney General Merrick… Continue reading
“Donald Trump is about to get the Jan. 6 that he denied Joe Biden”
Politico:
The transfer of power to Donald Trump is shaping up to be, well, peaceful.
No mobs are assembling to disrupt Congress’ Jan. 6 counting of electoral votes. No Democratic leaders are questioning the results of the election or concocting… Continue reading
“‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6”
NYT:
In two weeks, Donald J. Trump is to emerge from an arched portal of the United States Capitol to once again take the presidential oath of office. As the Inauguration Day ritual conveying the peaceful transfer of power unfolds,… Continue reading
“F.B.I. Offers New Details in Hunt for Jan. 6 Pipe Bomb Suspect”
NYT:
F.B.I. officials on Thursday released new details of their investigation into the still-unidentified suspect believed to have placed pipe bombs in Washington the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, hoping to spur tips that might… Continue reading
“Expect a quieter Jan. 6 this time around — as long as Republicans avert a looming speakership crisis”
Politico:
Donald Trump’s victory has made Jan. 6 boring again.
Four years after a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory, Republicans and Democrats seem to agree they’ll give Trump the smooth,… Continue reading
“The Big Companies Funding Trump’s Inauguration Despite Denouncing Jan. 6”
WSJ:
Four years ago, dozens of companies denounced the invasion of the U.S. Capitol and pledged to withhold support from those who disputed the 2020 election results. Now, many of those companies are lining up to fund Donald Trump… Continue reading
“Judges increasingly alarmed as Trump’s Jan. 6 clemency decision nears”
Politico:
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she has often reassured police officers traumatized by the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, that “the rule of law still applies.”
But as President-elect Donald Trump — once a defendant in Chutkan’s very … Continue reading
“Georgia Court of Appeals strips Fulton DA Fani Willis of Trump election interference case”
AJC:
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her office should be removed from the 2020 election interference case, a bombshell decision that will upend the last remaining criminal case against… Continue reading
Jan. 28 Safeguarding Democracy Project Live and Online Event with Amy Gardner, Pam Karlan, and Stephen Richer: “Fair Elections and Voting Rights: What’s Ahead in the Next Four Years?”
The UCLA Law Safeguarding Democracy Project will be announcing its spring speaker series in January, but here’s our first event for you to put on your calendars:
Tuesday, January 28
Fair Elections and Voting Rights: What’s Ahead in the Next… Continue reading
“After Trump’s Victory, Republicans Trust the Election System Again”
NYT:
Americans are more confident in the country’s election system than they have been at any time since the 2020 election, according to a new study — a shift owed to a sea change in Republican sentiment since Donald J.… Continue reading