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Giuliani Cannot Rely on Attorney-Client Privilege to Avoid Congressional Testimony
As the House of Representatives launches its impeachment inquiry with a focus on President Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine, the question has been raised whether the president’s personal attorney, Rud... -
Collusion After the Fact
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House Chairmen Subpoena Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
The chairmen of the three House committees—Oversight and Reform, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence—issued a subpeona to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to produce documents related to the Trump administra... -
How to Understand the Whistleblower Complaint
The news is moving quickly on events surrounding President Trump’s ill-fated phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the whistleblower complaint about the call that precipitated this l... -
The Hearing and the Whistleblower Complaint: L’Affaire Ukrainienne Continues
The earthquake took place yesterday, but today’s aftershocks continued to rock the Trump presidency. First, the House Intelligence Committee released the whistleblower complaint. Then, amid presidential... -
House Intelligence Committee Releases Whistleblower Complaint
The House Intelligence Committee has released a declassified copy of the whistleblower complaint at the center of the recent controversy concerning President Trump's conduct regarding Ukraine. The docume... -
Livestream: Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire Testifies Before House Intelligence Committee
Acting DNI Joseph Maguire will testify before the House Intelligence Committee at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday. His testimony will concern the whistleblower complaint reportedly involving President Donald Trump... -
Self-Impeaching: On the Trump-Zelensky Conversation
The misconduct cannot be dismissed as unproven; it screams off the plain text of the White House’s own memorandum detailing the president’s phone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart. -
Whistleblower’s Counsel Signals Intent to Contact Congress Directly
Counsel for the IC whistleblower contacted acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire to inform of the whistleblower’s intention to “contact the congressional intelligence communities direct... -
Schiff Seeks Answers from Barr Regarding Whistleblower
The Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff published a letter written to Attorney General Bill Barr regarding the Department of Justice’s involvement in the whistleb... -
Don’t Over-Legalize Impeachment
As soon as the news broke that President Trump had pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden—including by threatening to withhold hundreds of milli... -
The Lawfare Podcast Special Edition: A Perfect Phone Call
The White House has released a memorandum of a July 25 call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Donald Trump.
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