It should come as no surprise that the man William Safire once called “the Coverup-General” when he blocked the independent counsel investigation into Iraqgate (his strategy was to stall past Dec. 15, 1992 when the law authorizing independent counsel expired, thanks to Republicans) The Patsy Prosecutor, lied to the American people and lied to congressional … Read more
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein submitted his resignation letter on Monday, indicating that he will leave his job on May 11. Rod Rosenstein to resign effective May 11: Rosenstein’s departure had been expected since the beginning of the year, but the date was repeatedly pushed back as special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wound … Read more
There have been several good analyses of the Mueller Report Volume II on obstruction of justice. Let’s review some of them. Quinta Jurecic, the Managing Editor of Lawfare, breaks it down in Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: A Heat Map: The Mueller report describes numerous instances in which President Trump may have obstructed … Read more
The Trump administration’s move to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census was argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this morning. First, the case background from the Washington Post, The Four Pinocchio claim at the center of the census citizenship question: [T]he justices could be weighing a Four-Pinocchio claim by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. … Read more
From the Nixon Tapes: John Dean: I think that there’s no doubt about the seriousness of the problem we’ve got. We have a cancer within-close to the presidency, that’s growing. It’s growing daily. It’s compounding. It grows geometrically now, because it compounds itself… Today the husband of the Wicked Witch of the White House, Kellyanne … Read more