2016 Presidential Elections
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A Guide to Thursday’s Hearing on Trump’s Motion to Dismiss the Manhattan Prosecution
A guide to the hearing where the Manhattan court will take up former President Trump's motion to dismiss District Attorney Alvin Bragg's prosecution for hush money payment in 2016…

The Just Security Podcast: Disinformation and Threats Ahead of the 2024 U.S. Elections
The 2024 election is a stress test for American democracy: Are officials and social media platforms ready for a barrage of disinformation?

America’s Election Officials Fight Disinformation and Death Threats Ahead of 2024
Disinformation stemming from the 2020 vote still leads to overwhelming records requests, retirements, and threats towards election officials.

The Just Security Podcast: An Indictment of Donald Trump
The alleged indictment raises important questions about efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election and the rule of law.

Survey of Past Criminal Prosecutions for Covert Payments to Benefit a Political Campaign
Surreptitious third-party payments are routinely prosecuted as campaign finance violations in New York and nationally under various statutes.

The Manhattan DA’s Charges and Trump’s Defenses: A Detailed Preview
Analyzing DA Bragg's options for felony charges, including campaign finance crimes and conspiracy to prevent an election, and Trump's defenses.

Trump’s Hush Money is News Again. Here’s Why We Should Care
A criminal investigation of former president Donald Trump now being restarted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and also discussed in a new book by one of his former…

Pomerantz vs. Pomerantz: An Annotation of His Leaked Resignation Letter in Manhattan DA Trump Investigation
"Many of the assertions in the book, rather than support Pomerantz's resignation letter, cast a very different impression of his prior claims."

Draft Trump Executive Order Shows How False Foreign Interference Claims May Be Used to Undermine U.S. Elections
Among the many efforts to undermine the 2020 election results, the draft EO stands out, offering a strategy that may be used and abused in future elections.

Big-Tobacco-Type Lawsuits from State AGs: A Roadmap for Redressing Facebook’s Harms
Facebook has followed the Big Tobacco model, maximizing profit at expense of the public. It's time for AGs to dust off this playbook too.

Same Data, Same Strategy: A New Look at How the Trump Campaign and Russian Intelligence Operated in 2016
The recent Biden administration sanctions on the Russian government are part of an ongoing effort to push back against the Kremlin’s malign influence campaign against the West.…

US Treasury Provides Missing Link: Manafort’s Partner Gave Campaign Polling Data to Kremlin in 2016
The U.S. Treasury Department said Thursday that Konstantin Kilimnik, an associate and ex-employee of Paul Manafort, “provided the Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive…