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Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. Here's why

NPR  

Legal experts worry about presidential abuse of the Insurrection Act. "It's really up to the president to decide when to use the armed forces as a domestic police force," said Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. "Stewart Rhodes, who's been convicted of seditious conspiracy, which means conspiracy to overthrow …

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Jamie Raskin says Trump is ‘disqualified’ from the presidency
1 year, 3 months ago

Jamie Raskin says Trump is ‘disqualified’ from the presidency

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rep Jamie Raskin said on CNN’s State of the Union …

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January 6: What the criminal referrals against Donald Trump mean
2 years ago

January 6: What the criminal referrals against Donald Trump mean

Al Jazeera  

Department of Justice will have the final say on whether to indict Trump on serious charges recommended by committee. As it relates to Trump, Raskin explained on Monday that the charge stems from Trump’s efforts to advance slates of “fake electors” from states won by Biden to reverse the results of the 2020 vote. “The evidence clearly suggests that President …

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Jan. 6 committee to vote Monday on riot criminal referrals
2 years ago

Jan. 6 committee to vote Monday on riot criminal referrals

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will hold its final meeting Monday, wrapping up its year-and-a-half-long inquiry by asking the Justice Department to investigate potential crimes. The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has said the committee will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department recommending prosecution, but has not disclosed who the targets would be or whether …

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Congressional oversight panel to investigate after Trump supporters launch a 'vigilante' election audit
2 years, 9 months ago

Congressional oversight panel to investigate after Trump supporters launch a 'vigilante' election audit

Raw Story  

Canvassers have been knocking on doors in Otero County as part of what they say is an attempt to verify voter rolls and the results of the 2020 election. “Your company’s proven lack of knowledge about the details of election administration, your personal advocacy of election conspiracy theories, and your partnership with a conspiracist volunteer group to canvass voters raise …

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Trump trying to 'run out the clock' with privilege claims to 'cover up potentially criminal conduct': Legal experts
3 years ago

Trump trying to 'run out the clock' with privilege claims to 'cover up potentially criminal conduct': Legal experts

Raw Story  

Donald Trump and his allies are trying to "run out the clock" on the Jan. 6 insurrection by claiming executive privilege, and investigators are concerned the courts might let them get away with stalling. The former Justice Department official might be able to "clearly implicate Trump in any number of conspiratorial crimes,” said former prosecutor Glenn Kirschner, adding that the …

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Trump May Get Away With Obstruction Of Congress. Again.
3 years, 2 months ago

Trump May Get Away With Obstruction Of Congress. Again.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Nearly two years after getting away with obstruction of Congress while he was president, Donald Trump may get away with it again, this time as a former president trying to block an investigation into the insurrection he incited. Even Norm Eisen, who worked for the House committee that pursued Trump’s first impeachment and strongly supports …

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Senate Declares That Trump's Impeachment Trial Is Constitutional
3 years, 10 months ago

Senate Declares That Trump's Impeachment Trial Is Constitutional

NPR  

Senate Declares That Trump's Impeachment Trial Is Constitutional Enlarge this image toggle caption Handout/Getty Images Handout/Getty Images The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will move forward after the Senate voted Tuesday that the trial of a former president is constitutional. The Louisiana Republican told Capitol Hill reporters that he thought Trump's legal team did "a terrible job" on Tuesday. …

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