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Mueller’s Roadmap: Major Takeaways from Cohen and Manafort Filings

Reading between the lines in Special Counsel and SDNY filings--some things much worse for Trump and his associates and some better than you may have thought.

The Already-Strong Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump Just Got Stronger—Criminal offenses included

Friday's blockbuster Wall Street Journal report provides significant evidence of criminal wrongdoing by Donald Trump—top election law experts explains why.

Explainer: Object Lessons in Mismanagement at the Donald J. Trump Foundation

Amid the many legal problems swirling around President Trump, New York state authorities have launched significant investigations of the Donald J. Trump Foundation. The Attorney…

Why Impeachment Isn’t the Solution

Breathless talk about impeachment is unlikely to ever lead to Trump’s ouster, and that road has many dangers. The most viable path remains the voting booth.

Three Options for Prosecuting a President’s Offences—Plus a Wildcard

The President can be criminally prosecuted, but it’s far from clear when or how. Two paths are open to federal prosecutors and one for state Attorneys General.

The Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump is a Strong One: Just Ask John Edwards’ Prosecutors

Top campaign finance law expert, Paul S. Ryan, writes, "The case against Donald Trump is much stronger than was the case against John Edwards. Indeed, the case against Trump would…

Why Michael Cohen May End Up Cooperating Despite No Cooperation Deal

"No cooperation deal does not necessarily mean no cooperation."

Trump Could Learn from Gore on How to Handle an Election Interference Scandal

Replace Russia with China, the 2016 election with 1996, and Trump with Gore, and there are disturbing parallels. The stark difference is in how the White House handled the case.
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Who Says Collusion is a Crime: The Justice Department

"Any discussion in this space should include an understanding that the U.S. Justice Department has set out explicitly that acts of collusion can amount to a federal crime, and…

Mueller’s Choice of Criminal Charges: Why the Trump Team Should Be Very Worried

The Russians not only told the Trump campaign that they had dirt on Hillary Clinton in the form of thousands of emails, but also previewed for George Papadopoulos that they could…

The Trump Campaign-Russia Alliance and Campaign Finance

Recent commentaries and press reports have tended to downgrade the prospects for a special counsel prosecution of campaign finance charges. Moving ahead of them in the Mueller…
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The Trump-Russia-WikiLeaks Alliance and Campaign Finance Laws

The news cycles are busy with revelations about the Trump campaign-Russia-WikiLeaks connections, and they may be moving more quickly than the capacity to absorb their legal significance.…
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