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Andrew Weissmann is a legal analyst for MSNBC and a professor of practice with the New York University School of Law's Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. Previously, he was a lead prosecutor for Robert Mueller’s special counsel’s office and led the Justice Department’s Fraud Section.He co-hosts MSNBC’s podcast “Prosecuting Donald Trump.”
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Andrew Weissmann is a legal analyst for MSNBC and a professor of practice with the New York University School of Law's Center on the Administration of Criminal Law. Previously, he was a lead prosecutor for Robert Mueller’s special counsel’s office and led the Justice Department’s Fraud Section.He co-hosts MSNBC’s podcast “Prosecuting Donald Trump.”
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America witnessed a Manhattan jury finding Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts. But most did not actually witness this moment. My MSNBC colleagues and I did.
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35d ago
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When Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel in 2017, many saw it as a healthy sign of adherence to the rule of law in this country — a sign that Donald Trump was not above the law.
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Deadline: Legal Blog
100d ago
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The Supreme Court could have responded to Trump’s immunity petition in far less time. There's no reason they needed 13 days to deliver their answer.
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153d ago
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The new year is beginning with needless uncertainty as to when Donald Trump will go to trial for criminal charges related to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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213d ago
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After former President Donald Trump's legal team appeared to play the timing of his federal trials against each other, Judge Aileen Cannon showed her bias in rebuking not Trump but the special counsel.
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269d ago
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Trump's hush-money case in New York is likely to be delayed, which is a win for democracy and for Alvin Bragg himself.
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310d ago
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Two things stood out to me as unusual during Donald Trump's arraignment after he was indicted in special counsel Jack Smith's 2020 election interference investigation.
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353d ago
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The Hunter Biden plea deal and Republican reactions to it raise important questions about special counsels for the DOJ and the public.
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409d ago
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Georgia DA Fani Willis should not purport to issue a letter couched as a concern about safety if that is not what it is really about.
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432d ago
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So much for the misleading effort by MAGA Republicans to use the former Manhattan district attorney to attack the current one.
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449d ago
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As Joe Tacopina makes headlines in the hush money probe, it's worth noting the attorney-client relationship it seems he had with one client in particular.
