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Don McGahn
July 29, 2024
Robert Schlesinger
J.D. Vance Proves It: Trump Hires the Very Worst People
Trump’s new running mate will haunt him just like all of the fools and weasels from his first administration.
September 20, 2022
Jack McCordick
Trump’s Lawyers Have Some Explaining to Do
The law firm Jones Day was crucial to Trump’s presidency. How much responsibility does the firm bear for his legacy?
June 1, 2021
Michael Tomasky
Don McGahn’s Testimony Is One More Wall Quickly Closing In on Donald Trump
The former president is learning that the old, responsibility-evading tricks he used as a private-sector scammer don’t work once you’ve held public office.
October 13, 2020
Ankush Khardori
No One’s Hands Are Clean at the Justice Department
Why officials at every level are implicated in the department’s worst abuses of the Trump era, starting with its family separation policy
June 17, 2019
Matt Ford
“It’s High Time This Whole Matter Get Revisited”
An interview with J. T. Smith, who was there when the Justice Department concluded that a sitting president can't be indicted
April 25, 2019
Matt Ford
Trump Is Building His Own Case For Impeachment
The president's actions this week are accomplishing what Democrats have failed to do.
April 19, 2019
Matt Ford
Who Will Say No to Trump Now?
The underlings who resisted his abuses of power have since left the administration.
January 23, 2019
Marcy Wheeler
How Trump Suborns Perjury
Even without BuzzFeed’s explosive report about Michael Cohen, the evidence shows that the president has persuaded his associates to lie to Congress and the feds.
November 21, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump pushed Justice Department to investigate James Comey and Hillary Clinton.
August 29, 2018
Matt Ford
Don McGahn is leaving the White House at a critical time for Trump.
January 26, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump nearly sparked a constitutional crisis in June.
May 12, 2017
Brian Beutler
We Need to Hear from James Comey, ASAP
Trump is threatening the former FBI director on Twitter. What does Comey have on him?
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