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The illustration depicts pages from the government's released version of the F.B.I. search warrant affidavit for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. The pages contains black redactions that cover many portions of the affidavit. On the bottom right page, there is a signature by Judge Bruce E. Reinhart.

A Damage Assessment of Trump’s “Declassification Defense”

"It should be shocking to the American public and to jurors in a courtroom to hear such a line of defense to allegations of mishandling national defense information."

The Curious Case of Alvin Bragg — Reconsidering the DA’s Trump investigation

An expert analysis of how Manhattan' District Attorney Alvin Bragg may be playing a multi-level chess game in prosecution of Trump entities and associates.
Donald Trump and Kash Patel sit across from one another in a hall below a chandelier.

Trump Associate’s Stated Plan to Publicly Release “Declassified” Documents

New revelations "could have significant legal implications for the Justice Department’s ongoing criminal investigation."
People embrace near a memorial for the shooting victims outside of Tops grocery store on May 20, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. 18-year-old Payton Gendron was accused of the mass shooting that killed 10 people at the Tops grocery store on the east side of Buffalo on May 14th and was investigated as a hate crime.

Oversight Reports Raise Questions About Value of DHS Counterterrorism Efforts

Twenty years after DHS was cobbled together in the wake of 9/11, it’s time to seriously examine which of its programs really protect us.
Members of the DC National Guard are deployed outside of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup.

Trump and the Insurrection Act: The Legal Framework

University of Chicago Law Professor Al Alschuler writes that the evidence is sufficient to indict Trump under Insurrection Act, 18 U.S. Code § 2383.
The US Department of Homeland Security building

DHS IG Cuffari’s Actions Exhibit Clear Pattern: Unwillingness or Inability to Meet the Mission

President Biden may be tempted to let the inspector general community police their own, but that might tacitly approve inferior performance.
Former director of CIA and former commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus gives a speech in front of a federal courthouse. News microphones surround him.

Lessons from Petraeus’s Guilty Plea for Trump’s Classified Docs Investigation

In the retired general's case, the FBI executed a search warrant at his home and seized notebooks allegedly containing classified material.
A photo of a white male police officer wearing sunglasses and police uniform, standing next to two vehicles in front of the ornate tan and gold gates of Mar-a-Lago, with an American flag flying to the left of the gates. Palm trees wave in the background against a stormy sky.

Expert Backgrounder: Criminal Statutes that Could Apply to Trump’s Retention of Government Documents

The DOJ obtained a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago. What underlying crimes might have justified the search? Experts survey the possibilities.
Members of the DC National Guard are deployed outside of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup.

The Biden Administration’s Senseless Opposition to Congress’s Effort to Prevent Abusive National Guard Deployments

Section 516 of the NDAA is a commonsense reform that would prevent a president from borrowing the National Guard of a political ally to use it as a domestic police force in an…
Acting US Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell whispers in US Vice President Mike Pence's ear as US President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2020. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

US Democracy’s Survival Requires a More Powerful Response to January 6th

Team Trump's shocking efforts to manipulate government institutions to overturn the 2020 election results echo despots abroad.
An image of former President Donald Trump speaking on the phone is displayed during the third hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Failing to Prosecute Trump Reflects – and Feeds – US Rule of Law Erosion

Prosecution of subordinates but not Trump, writes a former federal prosecutor, "threatens the idea of an impartial legal system."

American Tragedies

Buffalo, Uvalde, Laguna Woods among US communities shattered by mass shootings.
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