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On Emails, PowerPoints, Sovereign Immunity, and Testimony From Governor Kemp
Governor Brian Kemp tries to evade testifying before the Georgia special purpose grand jury. -
Evaluating the Jan. 6 Committee’s Evidence
The committee promised to prove seven key points about the former president’s conduct. How did it do? A summary and evaluation of the committee’s evidence. -
The Lawfare Podcast: A Jan. 6 Criminal Update with Roger Parloff
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2019 Trump Obstruction of Justice Memo Released
The newly released memo reveals the reasoning that then Attorney General Bill Barr relied on to decline to prosecute former President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice in the Mueller investigation. -
Escape From D.C.: Analyzing Jan. 6 Venue Transfer Motions
Many Jan. 6 defendants are seeking to move the locations of their trials to avoid alleged bias among jurors in Washington. Are they likely to succeed? -
“She’s Sitting There With Rudy Giuliani”: Fulton County Comes to Colorado
It’s Jenna Ellis’s turn to attempt to fight off a grand jury subpoena—and fail. -
Lindsey Graham Can’t Ignore a Fulton County Subpoena
A federal court is poised to decide whether to quash the Fulton County subpoena to the South Carolina senator. -
Where’s Rudy? A Fulton County Court Wants to Know
Is New York’s former mayor too sick to testify before the special purpose grand jury in Georgia? -
What We Do and Don’t Know About the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search
The FBI’s surprise search of former President Trump’s residence has raised unanswered questions and engendered wide speculation. Here is a guide for the perplexed. -
The Aftermath, Episode 4: A Bipartisan Interlude
In this episode, we recall the brief period, now all but forgotten, in which Democrats and Republicans worked together to confront what had happened on Jan. 6. -
The Lawfare Podcast: When Lawyers Spread Disinformation
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The Lessons—and Limits—of the Jan. 6 Committee
What factors helped get the Jan. 6 committee’s work off the ground, and to what extent can and should they be replicated in future investigations?
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