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A Round-Up of Just Security’s Obstruction of Justice Coverage
President Donald Trump’s lawyers are trying to make the case that their client did not obstruct justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey in May and in his other actions…
A Baker’s Dozen of Additional Questions for the Russia Investigation
In her recent post, “20 Questions That Should Be Answered by the Russia Investigations,” Faiza Patel enumerates a series of questions that should be addressed by the various…
Federal Court: US Can Extradite Ex-El Salvador Official to Spain for Jesuits Massacre
On Monday, U.S. federal judge Terrence Boyle ruled that Inocente Orlando Montano Morales (Montano)—who headed El Salvador’s National Police as Vice Minister for Public Security…
20 Questions That Should Be Answered by the Russia Investigations
As speculation continues to swirl about President Donald Trump’s plans to put an end to the investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the ongoing congressional…
A Post-Charlottesville Reading List
Top image: A man makes a slashing motion across his throat toward counter-protesters as he marches with neo-Nazis and other rascist groups during the ‘Unite the Right’…
FBI Search of Paul Manafort’s Home: What Does It Really Mean?
On Wednesday news broke that at the end of last month, FBI agents searched one of Paul Manafort’s homes for documents as part of the Russia collusion investigation, directed…
Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (July 28-August 4)
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
The Resignation of George Selim and the Implications for CVE in the U.S.
George Selim, the first head of the countering violent extremism (CVE) office at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and of the federal CVE task force, resigned July 28.…
French Anti-Terror Bill Threatens To Extend State of Emergency Abuses
The French Senate voted 229 to 106 earlier this month to approve a controversial new anti-terrorism bill, titled the “Draft Law to Strengthen Internal Security and the Fight…
Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (July 21-July 28)
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
Q&A on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Decision to Subpoena Manafort
On Monday night, the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena to compel Paul Manafort, the former chairman of the Trump presidential campaign, to testify at a…
How the Prospect of Indictment Could Impact the President’s Decision Making
Over the weekend, the New York Times revealed that former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr concluded that it was “proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand…