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Why Did Sussmann’s Attorneys Put Robby Mook on the Witness Stand?
In 20 years as a prosecutor, it never ceased to amaze me how often a defense case at trial ends up helping the government far more than it helps the
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In the Sussmann Trial, What a Difference a Text Makes
A text message, first located about two months ago, completely changed the prosecution’s case against Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann. In
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Mr. Attorney General, Don’t Just Rant, Do Something about Protests at Justices’ Homes
Finally, the attorney general of the United States has bestirred himself into a righteous rant about the lawless protests at the homes of Supreme
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Sussmann Is a Case about Privilege . . . Including the New ‘Vacation’ Exception to Subpoenas
As our Isaac Schorr reported from the courtroom, prosecutors from special counsel John Durham’s office have described the trial of Democratic
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Has Sussmann Opened the Door to Durham’s Proof about Deep Flaws in Alfa Bank Data?
In Isaac’s excellent reporting on opening statements in the false-statements trial of Democratic lawyer Michael Sussmann, he relates an assertion
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Durham’s Biggest Challenge: The Jury
In a preview of the Michael Sussmann trial that the New York Post ran over the weekend, I summed things up with this: [Special counsel John] Durham
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Judge Jackson Won’t Say Dobbs Leak Is Wrong and Won’t Object to Protests at Her Soon-to-Be Colleagues’ Homes
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court after the current term ends in a few weeks, sat for an
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Durham Barred from Introducing Trove of Fusion GPS Emails at Sussmann Trial
Justice Department special counsel John Durham has won a hollow victory in his false-statements prosecution of Democratic lawyer Michael
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FBI Resists Garland Pressure to Politicize ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Probes of America’s Parents
There was heavy breathing this week from House Republicans regarding Attorney General Merrick Garland’s abominable October 2021 directive that the
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That Community Spirit
Could there be a better place to write to you about NRPlus than . . . an airport? That’s right. That’s where I am, laptop at the ready, banging
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Bill Barr’s Tours of Duty
Breathless press reports notwithstanding, the defining vignette in William P. Barr’s scintillating autobiography is not his White House
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Bill Barr’s Tours of Duty
Breathless press reports notwithstanding, the defining vignette in William P. Barr’s scintillating autobiography is not his White House
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DOJ’s Silence on the Left’s Lawless Intimidation of Supreme Court Justices
Fox News has a report on the Biden Justice Department’s refusal to take enforcement action against radical leftists who have been conducting
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Lori Lightfoot’s Incitement to Insurrection
Yes, it’s tiresome to catalogue the media-Democrat complex double-standard. But it’s worth pausing over what Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot just
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Judge Gives Ample Leeway to Prove Sussmann Lied to FBI but Limits Durham’s ‘Joint Venture’ Evidence
‘Mr. Sussmann is not charged with a conspiracy.” With that simple assertion of the obvious, Judge Christopher Cooper explained why he is limiting