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The Russia Connection

Federal Prosecutors Recommend Sentencing Roger Stone to Seven to Nine Years

Hadley Baker Tue, Feb 11, 2020, 12:17 PM

Federal prosecutors filed a sentencing memorandum recommending that Roger Stone—longtime Trump associate—deserves a sentence of seven to nine years for making false statements to Congress and witness tampering related to his efforts to obtain information from WikiLeaks about the hacked Democratic emails leading up to the 2016 presidential election. The filing notes that this recommendation is “consistent with the applicable advisory Guidelines.” Stone’s sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 20.

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Livestream: FBI Director Wray Testifies at House Oversight Hearing

Elliot Setzer Wed, Feb 5, 2020, 10:55 AM

The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday. The hearing will feature testimony from FBI director Christopher Wray. You can watch the hearing here and below.

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Disinformation

Members of the House Are on Notice: No Tweeting Deepfakes

Evelyn Douek, Quinta Jurecic, Jacob Schulz Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 3:54 PM

The House Ethics Committee has announced that members who share deepfakes or “other audio-visual distortions intended to mislead the public” could face sanctions. It’s a small but noteworthy step.

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Reviving Qui Tam Monitoring of Executive Branch Officials

Randy Beck, John Langford Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 8:06 AM

As Congress considers various measures to rein in unchecked executive power, it should look back in history to a critical, well-established and underutilized tool for holding executive officials to account: qui tam statutes.

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Afghanistan

The SIGAR Called Congress to Action, But How Will It Respond?

William Ford Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 9:00 AM

In testimony before the House, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction offered a sobering portrait of the challenges confronting U.S. reconstruction efforts, and called for more vigorous and proactive congressional oversight of those efforts.

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Impeachment

The First Test for Chief Justice Roberts? McConnell’s Organizing Resolution for Impeachment

Margaret Taylor Sat, Jan 18, 2020, 12:31 PM

How the chief justice deals with the question of whether the Senate will hear new evidence and testimony could illuminate how aggressive a role he intends to play throughout the trial.

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Interrogation: CIA Program

Examining the Shortcomings of the Senate Intelligence Committee's 'Torture Report'

Brian Greer Fri, Jan 17, 2020, 10:45 AM

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's study of the CIA’s detention and interrogation program made several critical mistakes that have limited its long-term impact. Here's how it could have been better.

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Testimony and Executive Privilege in the Senate Impeachment Trial

Jonathan Shaub Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 2:41 PM

Senators are debating whether witnesses will appear at the impeachment trial. But if the Senate does vote to hear from witnesses, could executive privilege be utilized to block their testimony?

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Impeachment

Should the House Have Gone to the Courts on Obstruction Before Impeaching?

Jonathan Shaub Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 2:56 PM

Legislators largely allowed the executive branch to take refuge in broad prophylactic doctrines that eliminated any need to consider Congress’s interests.

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Impeachment

Obstruction of Congress, Impeachment and Constitutional Conflict

Jonathan Shaub Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 2:56 PM

Any discussion of the obstruction charge against President Trump should take into account the historical constitutional disputes between Congress and the executive branch.

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Impeachment

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