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The Russia Connection

Announcing a New Lawfare Podcast Series: The Report

Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes   Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 12:57 PM

We are excited to announce a new project we’ve been working on for the past few weeks here at Lawfare. We are launching a new podcast documentary series on the Mueller Report. Called, “The Report,” it will tell the story of what is actually in the Special Counsel’s report, over a number of narrative episodes featuring the extended family of Lawfare analysts and many of the journalists who broke and reported on key stories the Mueller report details.

Mueller Investigation

Document: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Requests Public Release of Mueller Grand Jury Material

Mikhaila Fogel   Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 12:13 PM

Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed an application in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for an order authorizing the public release of grand jury material “cited, quoted, or referenced” in Special Counsel Mueller's report to Attorney General Bill Barr.

The Russia Connection

Why the FBI’s Investigation Into the President Was Unavoidable

David Kris   Sat, Jan 12, 2019, 7:05 PM

The New York Times has reported that, in the wake of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey, the bureau opened a counterintelligence investigation into the president. At one level, of course, this is not surprising—John Bellinger identified Donald Trump as a potential danger to U.S.

Congress

What Independent Investigations of the Past Can Teach Congress About Its Role in the Mueller Probe

Anne Tindall, Jessica Marsden   Fri, Jan 11, 2019, 8:06 AM

The new Congress is poised to investigate possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller has finished his work or not. This task will be at once unprecedented and familiar. Never before in the history of the republic has Congress investigated credible allegations that the president obtained the highest office in the land by conspiring with a hostile foreign power in violation of federal law.

Federal Law Enforcement

What a Judge Should Ask Mueller About Trump’s Tweets

Benjamin Wittes   Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 5:11 PM

When Michael Cohen first pleaded guilty back in August, the President of the United States declared that his former lawyer had, in fact, not committed campaign finance crimes:

Michael Cohen plead guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime. President Obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled!

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