As the Washington Post editorialized, The impeachment evidence will catch up to Republicans and Trump — whether they ignore it or not. Drip, drip, drip… Anita Kumar explains, “It’s not impeachment that’s worrying Republicans. It’s the months of steady revelations about the Ukraine saga that could follow.” Forget impeachment. Republicans fear Ukraine revelations could spill … Read more
On January 3, U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan authorized Lev Parnas, the associate of Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to turn over documents and the contents of his iPhone to a House panel as part of the impeachment process against President Donald Trump. The Justice Department did not object to Parnas handing them over. Giuliani associate can … Read more
From the press release: Washington, DC – Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the draft report – “The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report” – to all Members and the public. Click here to read the draft report. The Committee will vote tonight to issue the report, before the Chairman of the Committee transmits … Read more
Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal in an op-ed last month made the argument that Donald Trump is too inept to have committed extortion and bribery: [Ambassador] Taylor says in his statement that many people in the Administration opposed the Giuliani effort, including some in senior positions at the White House. This matters because it may … Read more
One of the most important functions of our system of justice is the selection of an impartial jury. Judges and lawyers do this through a jury selection process called voire dire. A few key points: There must be assurance that the jurors chosen are unbiased, i.e., willing to decide the case on the basis of … Read more