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From Pardons to Purges: Pressing Questions that Bondi and Patel Must Answer Now

McCord weighs in on the nominations for attorney general and FBI director.
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The Real Reason Trump’s Purge of Career DOJ Officials Should Alarm You

Senate Judiciary Committee and Department of Justice alum maps out the threat posed to 2028 election by President Trump's personnel moves inside the Department of Justice.
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The Just Security Podcast: Special Counsel Jack Smith’s Final Report in the 2020 Election Interference Case

Joining the show to discuss Jack Smith's final report in the 20220 election interference case are Tom Joscelyn and Marty Lederman.
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Clearinghouse: Georgia Election Interference Case

Repository containing information about Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's election interference case against Donald Trump.
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Clearinghouse: January 6th Election Interference Case – District of Columbia

This repository contains a collection of information for researchers, journalists, educators, scholars, and the public at large. This particular repository is part of a much larger…
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Courts Blocked Georgia’s Hand-Count Rule, But Risk of Election Misinformation Remains

The hand-counting rule provides foreign adversaries with a potentially tailor-made narrative to spread election disinformation.
(TOP LEFT) DANBURY, CONNECTICUT - JULY 1: Steve Bannon, the former Donald Trump White House strategist, departs to turn himself in to custody after addressing the media at the Federal Correctional Institution Danbury he is expected to begin his four-month sentence on July 1, 2024 in Danbury, Connecticut. Bannon will be imprisoned for contempt of Congress, his conviction for not complying with issued subpoenas by the now-defunct House Select Committee that investigated the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Bannon attempted to avoid reporting to prison while challenging his conviction before the federal appeals court in Washington, DC but was denied by the Supreme Court. (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty Images); (TOP MIDDLE) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 20: Boris Epshteyn, advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump, returns to the courtroom after a break during Trump's hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 20, 2024 in New York City. Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney, took the stand again today to finish his cross examination by the defense in the former president's hush money trial. Cohen is the prosecution's final witness in the trial and are expected to rest their case this week. Cohen's $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels is tied to Trump's 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images); (TOP RIGHT) John Eastman speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington D.C., Monday, July 8, 2024. (Photo by Dominic Gwinn / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images); (BOTTOM LEFT) A November 19, 2020 photo shows Sidney Powell speaking during a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC. - US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and campaign lawyer Jenna Ellis reportedly said that Powell is not a member of the Trump legal team. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images); (BOTTOM MIDDLE) MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE - JANUARY 21: Rudy Giuliani speaks to members of the media where Republican candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was scheduled to host a campaign event on January 21, 2024 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Gov. DeSantis has suspended his presidential campaign and is endorsing Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images); (BOTTOM RIGHT) ATLANTA, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 20: Kenneth Chesebro speaks to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee during a hearing where Chesebro accepted a plea deal from the Fulton County District Atorney at the Fulton County Courthouse October 20, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Chesebro was facing seven charges related to his alleged role as the legal architect in using Trump electors in Georgia and other key states to undermine the 2020 elections. (Photo by Alyssa Pointer/Getty Images)

Who’s Who in Jack Smith’s Immunity Brief

A list detailing what is publicly known about the more than 80 people whose names are redacted in the Special Counsel's October 2024 immunity brief.
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What the Arizona GOP’s Surprise Reversal in ‘Noncitizen’ Voting Litigation Reveals

The false notion of noncitizens voting in large numbers in federal elections has emerged as a faultline in U.S. politics. While an explosion of new legislation and lawsuits across…
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Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases

A public resource that tracks the legal and political milestones in former President Trump's busy 2023-2024 court and campaign calendar.
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A 2024 Election Litigation Hot List

The cases include ones affiliated with major political parties, tackling emerging legal fault lines in the 2024 election, and involving issues of trust in the democratic process…

Chronology of a Dozen Times Trump Pushed to Prosecute His Perceived Enemies

A deeply researched list of specific instances in which former president Trump used the Department of Justice and other levers of government power — including by directly, publicly…

Keeping Count: Major Adverse Legal Findings Against Donald Trump (Nov. 2020-2024)

Tracking former President Donald Trump's string of major defeats in the legal system after the 2020 election.
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