What McCabe did is probably indistinguishable from the kind of lying and half-lying that happens in every corner of government every day of the week. He would have gotten away with it if the FBI and Justice Department had not become the focus of historic partisan ire.
Evidence supporting the warrant application likely exceeded what is legally required, which makes Cohen’s situation, and Trump’s, grave.
Reflections on the former FBI director’s book, leadership—and no-win situations.
On Friday, the Democratic National Committee filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and associated persons, and WikiLeaks, alleging an illegal conspiracy to influence the outcome of the election.
Earlier today, the Justice Department provided copies of ex-FBI Director James Comey's memos of his conversations with President Trump to the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee, the majority leaders of which had threatened to subpoena of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and hold him in contempt if he did not provide the memos. The memos have since become public. The transmission letter, as well as the declassified memos, are available below.
Following an FBI raid on his home, hotel room and office, President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen filed for a temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to prevent federal investigators from reviewing material seized in the raid. Cohen is also requesting that the court allow his attorneys to review the seized material prior to investigators to ensure that the government does not review material covered by attorney-client privilege. The government has filed an opposition to Cohen's motion.
What being Robert Mueller’s daily intelligence briefer revealed about the special counsel—and how why it underscores that Mueller has conducted the special counsel investigation with integrity.
If the president can fire the deputy attorney general for openly corrupt reasons and not pay a devastating electoral price, the ramifications would be vast and chilling.
A year and a half past the 2016 U.S. presidential election, it’s clear that that we are not paying sufficient attention to Russian efforts in “hybrid warfare.”
Does Congress still have war powers?
A review of Bandy X. Lee’s “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President,” (Thomas Dunne, 2017).
A quick take on what to make of the new draft authorization for use of military force.
The search of Michael Cohen’s office implicates age-old legal protections—but they probably will not protect Cohen or President Trump.
The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a report concluding that former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe “lacked candor, including under oath, on multiple occasions” in violation of FBI policy and that his “disclosure of the existence of an ongoing investigation in the manner described in this report violated the FBI’s and the Department’s media policy and constituted misconduct.”
The CIA released a declassified December 2011 memo by Michael Morell, then the deputy director, about Gina Haspel’s involvement in the destruction of detainee interrogation tapes in 2005. President Trump has nominated Haspel, the current deputy director, to serve as CIA director.
Amid a bad news week for the Trump team, a new lawsuit highlight an under-explored theory of possible criminal liability: violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Iran has paid a heavy price to prop up the Assad regime. It's finally paying off.
Israel just carried out another strike on an Iranian military facility in Syria. Iran is likely preparing a response.
There is no apparent domestic or international legal authority for the airstrikes conducted in Syria on April 14.
Jim Comey has a few words to say. Nikki Haley is not confused about anything. And Mike Pompeo makes a surprise trip to North Korea.