Trump’s nominee raises serious concerns about independence at the Justice Department.
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Hunter Biden was targeted by Trump’s allies. The president should now protect others from political prosecutions, too.
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If former President Trump gets a second term, he and his administration will feel safe in acting with abandon.
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It would be wise for Biden and his team to rethink the structure, dissemination channels and follow-up of this year’s speech.
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Abbott either doesn’t understand the Constitution, or doesn’t want to. Both options are worrying.
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I write to supplement Victor Shi’s op-ed “A Gen Zer’s advice to Biden as he gears up for reelection bid” (Nov. 20) with a baby boomer perspective.
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The Detroit News 8/17/2023
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The committee says it has the goods — and I believe them. But that doesn’t mean that it will ultimately succeed.
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As Watergate prosecutors, we sent evidence to the House. McConnell sent a message from the Senate to prosecutors about damning evidence against Trump.
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I disagree with Tony Messenger’s column “St. Louis attorney has early advice for new president: Remember Watergate era” (Jan. 22). I was an assistant Watergate special prosecutor for the obstruction trial of President Richard Nixon’s top aides in which he was named a co-conspirator. We were prevented from indicting Nixon when President Gerald Ford pardoned him, so I understand the impact of issuing a pardon and moving on.
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The sentencing of Michael Flynn, President Trump's former national security adviser, for lying to the FBI about his calls with the Russian ambassador should have been straightforward.
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We believe that justice requires a more nuanced approach than we are seeing in the current debate.
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USA Today 12/9/19
By Jill Wine-Banks
Former assistant Watergate special prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks believes President Trump's actions are "far worse" than those of former President Nixon, she wrote in a Chicago Tribune letter to the editor.
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Tuesday’s editorial (“Trump’s fate: The case for censure over impeachment,” Nov. 26) admits President Donald Trump’s "clear abuse of power,” but nonetheless concludes that censure, not impeachment, is the proper remedy. To this I say, if Trump’s conduct is not grounds for using impeachment, what would be?
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This OpEd is right on. Chicago City Council should stop acting like citizen input is something to be endured and allow more than 30 minutes for public comment per month. Democracy demands that government let the people speak.
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Finally, the wait is over for the Russiagate facts. Or is it? First, there was the four-page summary of the Mueller report by Attorney General William Barr. Then there was Barr's news conference telling us what the report said just hours before we got the redacted report and saw that Barr had misrepresented what Mueller wrote.
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Blumenthal's piece changes the balance to favor Congress acting now. His data decimate the major impediment to holding Trump accountable - the fear that this president would be strengthened by a House vote for impeachment with no conviction by the Senate.
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