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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post

Alex Potcovaru
Saturday, July 29, 2017, 9:27 AM

Bob Bauer examined President Trump’s public beratement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his apparent misunderstanding of his relationship with the Justice Department. Jack Goldsmith discussed how those serving the American people should handle a President so openly hostile to his senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.

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Bob Bauer examined President Trump’s public beratement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his apparent misunderstanding of his relationship with the Justice Department. Jack Goldsmith discussed how those serving the American people should handle a President so openly hostile to his senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.


Carrie Cordero emphasized that Sessions was correct to recuse himself from the Department of Justice investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and urged that Sessions not resign despite escalating pressure from President Trump.


Benjamin Wittes defended his view, offered last Thursday, that Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should jointly resign, and he evaluated Goldsmith’s opposing position.


Helen Klein Murillo and Steve Vladeck explored whether there is a viable perjury case against Sessions.


Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck posted the National Security Law Podcast, where they discussed the extradition of Ali Damache and the issues surrounding the potential removal of Sessions.



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Alexander J. Potcovaru is a former National Security Intern at the Brookings Institution. A senior in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, he studies International Politics with an International Security concentration. He is particularly interested in the interaction of law, security, and religion.

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