Russia Investigation
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What Does it Mean that Mueller Got a Warrant to Obtain Facebook Data?
The Wall Street Journal and CNN recently reported that Facebook provided data about Russian advertising purchases made in the run-up to the 2016 election to Special Counsel Robert…
Episode 37 of the National Security Law Podcast: Enemy Combatants, Agents of Foreign Powers
In this week’s episode, Bobby Chesney and I explore three big national security law developments from the past few days. First is that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court…
Former Federal Prosecutor Dissects Trump Lawyer, Michael Cohen’s Statement to Senate
Unlike the statements from Kushner and Trump Jr., which I’ve previously dissected, the statement of Michael Cohen is awkwardly written and does not appear to have any clear…
The Cobb-Dowd BLT Summit Heard ’Round the World
On Sunday, Peter Baker and Kenneth Vogel of the New York Times reported on strains within the White House Counsel’s Office about strategy in responding to the Special Counsel…
How Facebook Could Crack the Trump-Russia Case
Facebook should be treated like a crime scene. The social media company likely has troves of data that could provide critical leads for the investigation into possible collusion…
Q&A with Andy Wright on Flynn, Subpoenas and “Privileged Information”
CNN reported Tuesday that retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, has twice declined to comply with a subpoena to appear…
Trump’s Moscow Tower and Back-Channel Ukraine Dossier: Both Began During the Election, Evidence Suggests
Congressional investigators are reportedly exploring any connections between two deals brokered by Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen and Felix Sater which directly raised Russian…
Former Federal Prosecutor Dissects Donald Trump Jr.’s Statement to Congress
Unlike the prior statements of Donald J. Trump Jr., which drew criticism and may have created potential liability for him and others, his Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee…
A Second Look at the Steele Dossier
[Editor’s Note: In this special Just Security article, highly respected former member of the CIA’s Senior Intelligence Service, John Sipher examines the Steele dossier…
The States Can Trump Trump’s Pardons: State Prosecutions for Money Laundering, Hacking Conspiracy, Tax Fraud, and More
This article is cross-posted at Shugerblog. After President Donald Trump pardoned former Sheriff Joe Arpaio, observers feared that the president was just warming up his pardon…
Naming the President as an Unindicted Co-conspirator?
As Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his staff go about their work, the media is rife with “what-ifs.” Among them — what if, as the great weight of legal commentary…
A Round-Up of Just Security’s Obstruction of Justice Coverage
President Donald Trump’s lawyers are trying to make the case that their client did not obstruct justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey in May and in his other actions…