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Julian Assange is restrained by men and police.

Q&A: Does an Assange Prosecution Pose a Threat to Freedom of the Press?

Julian Assange's arrest raises the prospect that he will be prosecuted for his role in facilitating various disclosures of classified national security information, which raises…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) (C) and ranking member Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) talk before a hearing on gun violence legislation in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 06, 2019 in Washington, DC.

The Ripening: The House Judiciary Committee Investigation Will Bear Fruit

The House Judiciary Committee sent out document requests to 81 parties associated with President Donald Trump in its wide-ranging investigation into “allegations of corruption,…
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…
Roger Stone arrives at the Prettyman United States Courthouse surrounded by DHS officers.

Will the Public Find Out if Trump Directed Campaign Contact with Stone on Wikileaks?

On January 24th, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. convened by Special Counsel Robert Mueller returned an indictment of Roger Stone for false statements, obstruction of…
Roger Stone, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves the Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse on January 25, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Roger Stone Indictment Implicates Trump Campaign in Election Law Violations

"The details of Stone’s allegedly illegal activities laid out in the indictment implicate the Trump campaign, and perhaps President Trump himself, in illegally soliciting a campaign…

Yes, Collusion: The Legal Significance of the New Mueller Revelations

Former White House Counsel Bob Bauer and Ryan Goodman lay out the anatomy of collusion and potential campaign law offences revealed by Special Counsel's new draft court document.
Roger Stone points at someone or something with a sharpie during a book signing.

Timeline: Roger Stone and His Interactions with Wikileaks, Russians, and More

An update with all the recent information about Roger Stone, his connections to Russia-Wikileaks in the 2016 campaign, and his congressional testimony.

Prosecuting Wikileaks, Protecting Press Freedoms: Drawing the Line at Knowing Collaboration with a Foreign Intelligence Agency

Top law professor on Internet and press freedoms--who was witness for defense of Chelsea Manning--writes why Assange's actions in 2016 may be very different.
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chairman Charles Grassley (R-IA) and ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) participate in an executive business meeting to debate and vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination out of committee and on to a vote by the full Senate in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill April 3, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Whistleblowers: The New “Insider Threat”

Thanks to information recently released by the Senate Judiciary Committee, we now have fresh, incontrovertible evidence that elements of the Intelligence Community (IC) have monitored…

Reply to Bauer and Goodman: No, the Government Doesn’t Decide What ‘Legitimate Press Functions’ Are First Amendment Worthy

Former Obama administration lawyers Bob Bauer and Ryan Goodman make a dangerous argument: that coordination with a political campaign is outside the “legitimate press function” and…

Why the First Amendment Does Not Protect Trump Campaign Collusion with Wikileaks and Russia

Despite the president’s signature hostility toward the press, the Trump campaign is strenuously trying to wrap itself and Wikileaks in the protective garb of the First Amendment…
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