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“Virtual Iowa Caucuses” Demand Cybersecurity Attention: 2020 Election Security Can’t Wait Till 2020

The past week featured stark reminders of the importance of election security as the 2020 presidential election swiftly approaches. First, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and fellow Democratic members of the committee (L-R) Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Rep. Val Butler Demings (D-FL), Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) hold a news conference about this week's testimony of former special counsel Robert Mueller July 26, 2019 in Washington, DC.

How Congress Can Access the Legal Powers of Impeachment Without a Formal Inquiry

"It is safe to say the House is already well within the zone of its impeachment powers and may exercise the necessary and proper authorities that come with that power to investigate…

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s Troubling Conclusions About US Election Infrastructure

The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) released its first of several bipartisan reports about its own investigation into Russia’s 2016 election interference on Thursday.…
People walk on a sidewalk on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier on January 25, 2019 in San Diego, California.

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…
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller arrives to testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, July 24, 2019 in Washington.

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…
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in for his testimony before the House Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 24, 2019.

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. 
ederal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller is sworn in during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee June 13, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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…
A copy of the Mueller Report opened to page 166 and 167. Significant portions of the text are redacted.

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.
FBI Director Robert Mueller III testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a oversight hearing on Capitol Hill December 14, 2011 in Washington, DC.

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.
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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.
US Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and US Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, look on during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 11, 2019.

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…
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