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Democratic Debates Round 2: Time to Ask About America’s Courts
When the Democratic U.S. presidential candidates face off in Detroit for their second debates July 30-31, they or the moderators should raise what will be one of the most pressing…

Mueller Moments You Might Have Missed
You might not have caught all of these more substantive, significant, and revealing moments on Wednesday, but they were there, tucked away in between the many times Special Counsel…

Top Law and Intelligence Experts’ Views on Mueller Hearings
To help make sense of the day’s hearings, we turned to Just Security’s editors and contributors for their thoughts.

Unsealed Documents in Special Counsel Mueller’s Investigation [Updated]
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has prosecuted the Russia investigation by bringing charges against a number of former Trump campaign officials and their associates, and against…

Just Security’s Post-Mueller Report Coverage
A roundup of our analysis since the Mueller Report's release almost exactly four months ago to the date.

Mueller Hearing Risks Narrowing the Range of Impeachable Offenses
The congressional hearings will likely overlook the larger set of impeachable offences even though Mueller's report itself provides significant evidence of them.

35 Questions for Congress to Ask Robert Mueller (+ Questions from Readers)
Former FBI (Rangappa), Justice Department and NSC (Geltzer), and Pentagon (Goodman) officials team up to suggest questions for Mueller.
House Should Prepare Criminal Referral of A.G. Barr for Lying to Congress
Mueller’s testimony puts not only the President’s job and criminal liability on the line. Attorney General Barr is in jeopardy too.

Dear Dems: Make Mueller’s Testimony About 2020, Not 2016
Congressional Democrats are champing at the bit to have Robert Mueller recite, on live television, the past indiscretions of Donald Trump that Mueller documented at length in his…

Presidential Abuse of Power Should Be Focus of Mueller Questioning
Instead of focusing on criminal conduct, the House must consider whether as president, Donald Trump abused his power or violated his oath of office.

After Publishing Strong Evidence of Trump’s Campaign Finance Crimes, DOJ Closes Case Without Explanation
Every American should have an opportunity to scrutinize the complete body of evidence of Donald Trump’s campaign finance crimes, not just the now-public search warrant applications…

Five Takeaways from Talking Feds’ Mueller Preview Panel
As we prepare for the upcoming congressional testimony of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, we thought it would be helpful to tune into the Talking Feds podcast, which taped a series…