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The Situation: Pam Bondi Announces a Ghost Investigation
Let’s read her statement on “Russiagate” carefully. -
The Situation: No, Don’t Release the Epstein Files
I have a better idea. -
Crossing the Rubicon: U.S. Government Cash for Human Rights Violations
With a payment to El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele, President Trump appears to have hired a foreign government to arbitrarily detain hundreds of men. -
The Situation: Real Housewives of the Justice Department
A new reality show playing out before eyes. -
What to Make of the Justice Department’s Denaturalization Initiative
The policy will terrify some naturalized citizens without cause and may dissuade others from naturalizing or coming to the United States in the first place. -
The Situation: The Case of Erez Reuveni
What if America had checks and balances and nobody came? -
Lawfare Daily, Bonus Edition: Unpacking the July 7 Hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Listen to the July 8 livestream as a podcast. -
What Abrego’s Bail Hearing Revealed About Him—and the Trump Administration
The government’s goals in the detention hearing, the criminal case it relates to, and Abrego’s civil litigation are the same: political messaging. -
The Situation: The Investigation Is the Point
On the ghost criminal probe of two intelligence leaders -
Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI. -
Badges of Honor?
A review of Jessica Pishko, “The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy” (Dutton, 2024) and Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, “The Power of the Badge: Sherif... -
The Situation: Some Things That Have Happened
An incomplete list.
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