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Benjamin Wittes
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Correcting Our Errors
Over the past several weeks, I have become aware of two serious quality control failures that have occurred at Lawfare, one recent and one several…
In Defense of the Justice Department
Editor’s Note: The following article should be read in conversation with “Is the Justice Department Meeting the Moment?” by Quinta Jurecic and Natalie Orpett. Together,…
Belatedly Introducing #LiveFromUkraine
I had a remarkable conversation this week with a woman named Katya Savchenko, a survivor of the murderous Russian rampage in Bucha who is originally…
Thoughts on the Michael Sussmann Verdict
In the years since Donald Trump’s election, the former president’s supporters and opponents have often seemed to occupy entirely separate factual universes regarding both his…
Donald Trump, John Eastman, and the Silence of the Justice Department
It is no exaggeration to say that the history of the United States has never seen an account of a president’s conduct quite so devastating…
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Guantanamo and the Role of Defense Attorneys
Back in March 2010, a few months before this site came into existence, I drafted and circulated a joint public letter on a matter of…
The Aftermath, Episode 2: Scattered to the Four Winds
On Monday, we released the second episode in our narrative podcast series, The Aftermath: Episode 1, available here, had dealt with the events of Jan….
Introducing The Aftermath: A Podcast Series from Lawfare
The anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection today will, no doubt, be an occasion for a great deal of commentary and reflection: what the day…
Fred Hiatt
It is the historical custom at the Washington Post editorial page, at least in the print edition, to use a person’s name alone as an…
On the Special Counsel’s Weird Prosecution of Michael Sussmann
Attorney General William Barr appointed John Durham, lo these increasingly-many years ago, to investigate a supposed scandal inside the FBI: There had been an attempted…