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Livestream: FBI Director and Justice Department Inspector General Testify on Clinton Email Investigation Report
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Indicting a President Is Not Foreclosed: The Complex History
Can a sitting president be indicted? Often, in answering this question, commentators point to Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions answering in the contrary. To whatever extent the writer agrees or dis... -
The Inspector General on the FBI in Fall 2016: How a Fateful Delay Set the Stage for the Ultimate October Surprise
The Inspector General (OIG) report (see Lawfare’s summary here) on the Clinton email investigation has reinvigorated a parade of what-ifs surrounding the 2016 presidential election. What if former FBI di... -
My Mistakes: The Witness Tampering Case Against Manafort and the Inspector General Report
As part of the analysis we do on Lawfare, we often express our best professional judgment on an issue. I like to think that my judgment is pretty good and that a review of what I've said in the past tell... -
Nine Takeaways From the Inspector General’s Report on the Clinton Email Investigation
The 500-page Justice Department report underscores that the investigation has no simple narrative arc. -
Document: Justice Department Inspector General Final Report on Clinton Email Investigation
On Thursday, the Justice Department’s inspector general released its final report on conduct by FBI and Justice Department leadership during the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private emai... -
Enslaved and Forced to Watch Her Husband Dig His Own Grave—And Labeled A Terrorist As A Result
With all the immigration-related action of late, it was pretty easy to overlook last week’s decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals in the Matter of A-C-M. We write to say you should take note. -
The Ethics of Separating Families at the Border
I have been thinking a lot lately about the reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have been forcibly removing children from their parents -
Document: Forced Labor Constitutes Material Support, Board of Immigration Appeals Finds
In a June 6th ruling, the Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed and remanded the case of a woman appealing an immigration judge's decision to deny her asylum application because of her provision of mate... -
Document: Grand Jury Indicts Former SSCI Staffer for False Statements Regarding Contacts With Reporters
A grand jury in the District of Columbia has charged James Wolfe, the former director of security for the Senate intelligence committee, with three counts of making false statements to a government agenc... -
Censorship in the Age of Large Cloud Providers
Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. These providers have concerns that are much broader than the tar... -
The Latest—and Perhaps Last—Twist in Doe v. Mattis
The Doe v. Mattis saga has taken a significant turn, as the U.S. government continues to attempt to rid itself of the dual U.S.-Saudi citizen it has held in military custody in Iraq since last September ...
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