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A close look at the California bar’s charges against John Eastman reveals how professional discipline can help hold lawyers responsible for their role in Jan. 6—and how it can’t.
The Jan. 6 select committee showed its work—enabling marginal comments, reality checks, and tantalizing hints at what the committee couldn’t prove.
The Fulton County District Attorney wants the special purpose grand jury’s supervising judge to keep its report under seal—at least for now.
Anna Bower explains another niche, yet surprisingly consequential, area of Georgia law—presentments.
The House Committee on Ways and Means committee released six years of Trump's taxes, from return years 2015-2020, on Dec. 30.
The House Ways and Means Committee’s report on the IRS’s handling of Trump’s tax returns revealed two major failures, of both the IRS itself and the Democrats on the committee—who promised to carry out a thorough review of the IRS’s presidential audit program.
The Jan. 6 Committee voted earlier today to release the executive summary of its final report, following 18 months of hearings and investigations.
Today on Lawfare No Bull: On Dec. 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in Blassigame v. Trump, regarding whether former President Donald Trump should receive absolute civil immunity for allegations related to his Jan. 6, 2021 “Save America” rally and his conduct surrounding the subsequent attack on the Capitol. Trump appealed the D.C. district court’s February ruling on this issue, which did not grant him immunity.
If the Justice Department chooses to indict Trump in connection with his alleged unlawful possession of classified documents, it is likely to have the legal basis to bring charges in D.C.; however, policy considerations may counsel otherwise.
Attorney General Merrick Garland had an alternate path before him, an option with a successful track record that would have afforded a special counsel greater autonomy.