Impeachment
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Is Jeffrey Clark’s Secret Conversation With Trump “Privileged”?
A few days after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, news reports broke that then-President Donald Trump had met with Jeffrey Clark, the acting chief of the Department of Justice’s…

Congress Now Has More Power to Shed Light on Trump’s Abuses of Power
Throughout former President Donald Trump’s tenure, the White House stonewalled congressional oversight requests with impunity. Until now.

History Shows the Senate Can Hold an Impeachment Trial After Trump Leaves Office
The suggestion that impeachment applies only when officials are in office is not consistent with the uniform practice of impeachments in US history.

Ousted Autocratic Presidents and Their Backers in the Legislative Branch
Machinations of hardliners from Sri Lanka to Hungary, Colombia and more signal the trouble Trump and his supporters could make for the Biden administration.

Impeachment Defense, the Constitution, and Bill of Rights
The question at the moment isn’t whether the president could be charged with incitement to violence in criminal court.

The Constitutional Case for Impeaching Donald Trump (Again)
We are, it seems, hurtling toward impeaching Donald J. Trump for a second time in thirteen months. It is entirely right that he should be impeached again, but in the whirl of the…

Does Cy Vance Already Have the Trump Organization Tax Returns?
The Manhattan DA may already have obtained the pertinent New York state tax returns for the Trump Organization and its executives, including Trump and his family. If this is the…

House Should Impeach Trump to Keep Him from Running in 2024
It is time to impeach President Donald Trump again, and this time, it might even result in conviction. And it is necessary to protect the future of our country. Trump’s commutation…

Is the Pardon Power Unlimited?
Let Trump be forewarned: don’t even think about pardoning Stone, Manafort, or Flynn.

Barr Ignores Settled Justice Department Policies in Run-Up to 2020 Elections
Apparently seeking to support false claims about the Russia investigation and the president's reelection bid, the attorney general flouts long-settled DOJ policy.

Sen. Van Hollen Calls for Paoletta to Relinquish Role as OMB’s Top Ethics Official
Mark Paoletta, the general counsel at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), needs to recuse himself from ongoing inquiries into the Trump administration’s withholding of…
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Exclusive: New Unredacted Emails Show How Deeply OMB Misled Congress on Ukraine
New unredacted emails confirm that OMB, including the general counsel’s office, was fully in the loop about the Pentagon’s Ukraine funding worries, and took active steps to…