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Senior Advisor Jared Kushner and Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly listen while US President Donald Trump puts his papers away at the beginning of a meeting on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House January 31, 2017 in Washington, DC.

The White House Counsel’s Flawed Response to Congress on Security Clearances

Intensifying congressional oversight activity prompted President Donald Trump to accuse Democrats of “presidential harassment.” He complained — falsely — that President…
Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on February 27, 2019.

Trump Told Cohen to Lie to Congress About “Collusion” in General—Not just the Moscow Tower deal

"What has largely escaped notice is that Cohen directly implicated the President in an instruction to lie about collusion more generally. Cohen’s about face on the question of…
A collage of Michael Cohen and Donald Trump

The Biggest Bombshell in Michael Cohen’s Written Testimony

'"The biggest bombshell is this one: Cohen's statement that Roger Stone informed candidate Trump in advance of Wikileaks' release of the stolen emails (and Trump's responding with…
Michael Cohen is surrounded by press as he arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing, December 12, 2018 in New York City.

Questioning Michael Cohen: An Advanced Course in Congressional Investigations

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, has announced his willingness to testify before the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the House and Senate intelligence…

Why It May Not Matter If BuzzFeed Got It Wrong: “Encouraging” Perjury is Also a Crime

"If President Trump encouraged, rather than directed, Cohen to lie to Congress, the President would still be guilty of a federal crime involving an obstruction of justice."
Trump boards Marine One, a helicopter, departing from the White House on November 3rd 2017.

Why Trump’s Directing Cohen, Others to Lie Would Be Far Worse Than Watergate

The threats to U.S. national security make these alleged acts of suborning perjury, false statements, and obstruction of justice much worse than Watergate.

Not Mere “Process Crimes,” False Statements Prosecutions Are Serious

In case you haven’t noticed, Special Counsel Robert Mueller takes lying very seriously. And, as we witnessed during Michael Flynn’s dramatic sentencing hearing, apparently…

Trump’s Bookkeeper: How Prosecutors Could Easily Prove Tax Crimes for Hush Money Reimbursements

Federal and state prosecutors' textbook strategy looks likely to prove tax crimes based on SDNY's court filings in Michael Cohen's sentencing .

All Evidence Points to Campaign Finance Crimes By President Trump

"The fact that we have in these documents ... all strongly suggest that Trump knew what the law forbade and violated it notwithstanding this knowledge. In other words, the DOJ…

Did Trump Organization Executives Cook the Books?–Tax Crimes Explained under Federal and State Law

Cohen sentencing points to likely falsification of corporate accounting and tax fraud. So which Trump Executives are liable?

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.

Major Takeaways from Michael Cohen’s Plea on Trump Moscow Project

What are the big takeaways from Michael Cohen's revelations about the Trump Tower Moscow project? And how does this information shed light on other public information concerning…
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