“5 things to watch for if Trump is indicted again”
Aaron Blake’s in WaPo on a potential federal indictment for Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
Category Archives: Department of Justice
“Special counsel scrutinizing February 2020 meeting where Trump praised US election security protections”
CNN:
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office has asked former US officials about a February 2020 Oval Office meeting where then-President Donald Trump praised improvements to the security of US elections, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
In… Continue reading
“Even as third indictment looms, many Republicans still stand by Trump”
A not-very-surprising WaPo story from Iowa: “Even with the backdrop of Trump facing another potential indictment over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, many GOP voters wrote off the former president’s legal challenges as part of a continued liberal… Continue reading
“As Inquiries Compound, Justice System Pours Resources Into Scrutinizing Trump”
NYT on the resources being devoted to investigating the former president, including around $25 million that the office of Special Counsel Jack Smith is on track to spend this year: “These efforts, taken as a whole, do not appear to… Continue reading
“GOP Splits Over Jan. 6 Deepen as Trump Indictment Looms”
WSJ: “The former president and many of his allies have played down the riot and boosted support for those who stormed the Capitol. A smaller wing of the party has strongly criticized Trump and the rioters. In between… Continue reading
“Unpacking the ‘Surprise’ Crime in DOJ’s Target Letter to Trump”
Norman Eisen, Ryan Goodman, and Joshua Kolb in Just Security:
On Tuesday the world learned that the Department of Justice had served Donald Trump with a target letter for crimes related to January 6th. On Wednesday, reporting by The … Continue reading
“Trump says he’s received a target letter from special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigators”
Politico:
Donald Trump said Tuesday he expects to be indicted by special counsel Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 grand jury, citing a “target letter” he received from investigators on Sunday….
Trump said the letter, which is prosecutors’ typical precursor to… Continue reading
“Trump and Allies Forge Plans to Increase Presidential Power in 2025”
NYT:
Donald J. Trump and his allies are planning a sweeping expansion of presidential power over the machinery of government if voters return him to the White House in 2025, reshaping the structure of the executive branch to concentrate… Continue reading
“Justice Department Challenges Racially Discriminatory Provisions of New Mississippi Law Targeting Hinds County”
You can find the complaint here. From DOJ’s press release:
The Justice Department filed a complaint today challenging portions of Mississippi House Bill 1020 (H.B. 1020), which mandates the appointment of special judges and prosecutors by Mississippi state officials… Continue reading
Jeffrey Clark, Former DOJ Official Implicated in Attempts to Overturn 2020 Election, Now Has Put Forward Maximalist Unitary Executive Decision to Politicize DOJ in Second Trump Term
Quite the theory, and quite ironic from the team that insists the Biden DOJ has politicized the indictment of trump.
It’s tricky for different sovereigns to run related investigations at the same time
And the NYT walks through some of the practicalities with respect to the Trump investigations by the special federal prosecutor in DC and county prosecutors in Georgia.
More on the Georgia case here.
“Top GA official says ‘coordinated effort’ between DOJ and ‘liberal activists’ to ‘scapegoat’ voting law”
Fox News:
A top Georgia official said Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) documents should show a “coordinated effort” between the Department of Justice (DOJ) and “liberal activists” to use the state’s voting law as a “scapegoat for political losses.”
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“Special counsel is locked in at least 8 secret court battles in Trump investigations”
CNN:
Special counsel Jack Smith is locked in at least eight secret court battles that aim to unearth some of the most closely held details about Donald Trump’s actions after the 2020 election and handling of classified material, according… Continue reading
“Lawmakers Call for Inquiry Into Durham’s Review of Russia Investigation”
NYT:
Two House Democrats urged the Justice Department’s independent inspector general on Wednesday to open an investigation into the special counsel review of the Russia inquiry, citing “alarming” disclosures in a recent New York Times article.
The article, which showed… Continue reading