Litigation

Espionage Act cases often require a balancing of the need to protect sensitive intelligence information and a defendant’s due process rights.

The former president's retention of highly classified intelligence has potentially grave implications for U.S. national security.

Much has been written in the last 24 hours about where charges against former President Donald Trump would be brought with respect to his handling of government documents and obstructing…

How, in prosecutions for mishandling classified documents, the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) is designed to protect both U.S. national security secrets and defendants'…

"The authors have decades of experience as federal prosecutors and defense lawyers, as well as other legal expertise. Based upon this experience and the analysis that follows,…

The strongest case involves statements to tax authorities falsely characterizing the payments to Michael Cohen as “legal fees.”

Part of Just Security’s work on accountability and election law. Originally published on March 29, 2023; updated version published on May 24, 2023. On April 4, 2023, Manhattan…

Analysis of potential tax-related crimes in the Manhattan District Attorney's charges against former president Donald Trump.

"But why is this admission so pivotal to the potential outcome of a trial? The answer is location, location, location."

Prosecutors in counterintelligence cases are maximizing their chances of success while protecting defendants’ rights and national security.

"[E]nsuring that Trump receives a fair trial while maintaining his Sixth Amendment rights is a necessary step on the path toward accountability."

In countering transnational repression, "[c]ivil litigation provides a pathway for holding ... authoritarian regimes directly accountable, not just their hired guns, if significant…