In a recent podcast interview with Mehdi Hasan, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirscher posed the interesting possibility that President Donald J. Trump could face criminal liability after leaving office. According to Kirshner, the President faces criminal exposure because of his…
Category: Corruption
2020
“The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens,” the third president of the United States wrote nearly two hundred and fifty years ago.
Equal and impartial justice is…
2020
Every human disaster or catastrophe that strikes within the shores of the United States will inevitably produce a byproduct of corruption and criminal wrongdoing. Inevitably, some Americans will take unfair advantage of other Americans to satisfy their greed for profits…
2020
Category: Corruption | Criminal Justice Reform
In response to the growing threat of COVID-19, some responsible public officials, activists, and experts in Harris County have demanded that non-dangerous “accused” people in the local jail be released. These are mostly individuals who have been charged but not…
2020
President Donald J. Trump has declared “war” on the COVID-19 virus. The president says the virus is an “invisible enemy” that must be defeated at all costs.
By its very indiscriminate nature, war demands that you love your “foxhole buddy.”…
2020
On March 13, 2020, President Donald J. Trump declared a “national emergency” under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. The Stafford Act is a 1988 amendment to the …
2020
Category: Constitutional Law | Corruption
We have made it quite clear that we are not fans U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr. A political sycophant, Barr has sworn an allegiance to serve the personal and political interests of President Donald J. Trump rather than serve…
2020
Category: Constitutional Law | Corruption
In the wake of a series of executive clemency actions, and interference with criminal cases being prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department, President Donald J. Trump declared himself “the chief law enforcement officer of the United States” under the authority…
2020
Category: Corruption
On February 10, 2020, four Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) filed a Government’s Sentencing Memorandum in the case of United States v. Roger J. Stone, Jr. The sentencing memorandum was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…
2020
Category: Corruption | Obstruction of Justice
In one year, U.S. Attorney General William “Bill” Barr has undermined the historical integrity and independence of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with appearances of insider corruption, carrying out political investigations of the president’s political opponents, providing legal support…