Special Counsel

You might not have caught all of these more substantive, significant, and revealing moments on Wednesday, but they were there, tucked away in between the many times Special Counsel…

To help make sense of the day’s hearings, we turned to Just Security’s editors and contributors for their thoughts. 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has prosecuted the Russia investigation by bringing charges against a number of former Trump campaign officials and their associates, and against…

Former FBI (Rangappa), Justice Department and NSC (Geltzer), and Pentagon (Goodman) officials team up to suggest questions for Mueller.

Instead of focusing on criminal conduct, the House must consider whether as president, Donald Trump abused his power or violated his oath of office.

As we prepare for the upcoming congressional testimony of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, we thought it would be helpful to tune into the Talking Feds podcast, which taped a series…

"Some of the differences involve near complete contradictions—in other words Mueller’s statement and Barr’s statements cannot both be true."

Don McGahn's chief of staff had a front seat at the Trump White House during the Russia investigation, and has reasons to comply with Congress' subpoena.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a better argument than Attorney General William Barr about whether obstruction statutes apply to the president. They do, and here's why.

"Maneuvering 'around' the Attorney General was not how Mueller saw his job—indeed, it was not his job—and it’s not how we should see it, either."

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s questioning of Attorney General William Barr yesterday raises the question of whether Congress, in responding to the findings in Special Counsel…

OLC’s governing view of the constitutionality of a grand jury indictment of a sitting president therefore doesn't stand in the way of DOJ providing a comprehensive account to…