Press Releases Archive

Trump On Trial: “Pros Memo” Analyzes Charges DOJ May Bring Against Trump For 2020 Election Interference

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A model prosecution memorandum (or “pros memo”), published today on Just Security,  assesses federal charges Special Counsel Jack Smith may bring against former President Donald Trump for alleged criminal interference in the 2020 presidential election. The deeply researched 264-page pros memo concludes that there likely is sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction of Trump for his […]

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Key Facts In The Trump Classified Documents Case

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On June 13, 2023, former President Donald Trump was indicted on 37 felony counts related to his handling of classified documents. The former President has pleaded not guilty. The federal charges were brought by the Justice Department, led by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Here are key facts in the case: #1. According To The Indictment, Trump Knowingly […]

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Eisen, Painter, Wertheimer: Aileen Cannon’s Previous Rulings About Trump Demand Her Recusal In Docs Case

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Judge Aileen Cannon, the judge assigned last week to oversee the government’s case against former President Donald Trump regarding his possession and refusal to return classified government documents, “should do the ethical thing and recuse herself,” Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), Richard Painter, and Fred Wertheimer write in an op-ed published today on Slate. Eisen served as […]

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E.J. Dionne Jr.: Trump’s Indictment Is Tragic For Our Country But An Imperative For Justice

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“On Thursday, accountability overcame fear. In bringing the first federal charges ever against a former President, the Justice Department made the less political decision.” – E.J. Dionne Jr.   This op-ed by E.J. Dionne Jr. appeared in The Washington Post on June 9, 2023. Read it online or below. ____________________ The Washington Post   |  June 9, 2023 Trump’s Indictment […]

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The Mar-a-Lago Documents Case – Do Trump’s Own Words Convict Him?

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The publicly known evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case keeps growing, and some of the strongest evidence has come from former President Donald Trump himself, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer writes in an op-ed published today on Medium. “Trump’s own words may well play a pivotal role in convicting him,” Wertheimer writes. Recent reports indicate […]

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Nine Former Prosecutors, Legal Experts Conclude Sufficient Evidence Exists For DOJ To Indict Trump In Classified Documents Case

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“There is sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction.” The Justice Department should indict former President Donald Trump for crimes relating to classified documents removed from the White House, according to a new report published in Just Security. That conclusion is based upon government filings and statements and media reports concerning the evidence. The […]

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Eisen, Kolb, Wertheimer Op-Ed: The Mar-a-Lago Classified Docs Case Keeps Getting Worse For Trump

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The potential case the Justice Department could bring against former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation “is becoming clearer and potentially more damning — and the possible consequences for Trump more dire,” Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.); Joshua Kolb, a former law clerk on the Senate Judiciary Committee; and Democracy 21 Education Fund President […]

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New In Just Security: The Untold Strength Of Tax Crimes In Manhattan DA’s Case Against Former President Trump

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“Pursuing an approach based upon state tax violations is wise and well grounded.” Last month, former President Donald Trump was arraigned in New York on an indictment for 34 felony false books and records charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s suggestion at the time that tax violations may serve as a felony ‘bump up” came […]

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Former Federal & GA Prosecutors File Brief Opposing Trump Motion To Quash GA Special Purpose Grand Jury Report, Suppress Evidence, & Recuse DA & Judge

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y “Former President Donald J. Trump seeks what in Amici’s experience is extraordinary and unwarranted relief from this Court.” A bipartisan group of eight former federal and Georgia state prosecutors filed an amicus brief in the Superior Court of Fulton County Georgia on May 19 opposing former President Donald Trump’s motion to quash the Special Purpose Grand […]

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Joscelyn, Eisen, & Wertheimer On Just Security: How Trump’s CNN Town Hall Remarks Put Him In Greater Legal Peril For The Jan. 6 Investigations

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During CNN’s town hall on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump made multiple incriminating remarks about his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Tom Joscelyn, Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write today on Just Security. “Trump’s responses will further hurt his case should Special Counsel Jack Smith charge the former President in […]

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