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The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

July 29, 2025

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

By: James Trusty

Americans are used to a considerable level of dirty tricks when it comes to politics. Occasionally, however, a legal line is crossed and a high-level official is either chased out of office, subjected to a criminal prosecution, or both. Ask Richard Nixon, Marvin Mandel, and Bob Menendez. Despite the predictable proclamation from prominent democrats that DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard’s referral is “old news” and “politically motivated,” in reality it is too early to characterize the newly discovered evidence as overwhelming or to call it mere hardball politics. If President Obama decided to completely flip intelligence conclusions about Russian (non) interference in the 2016 election and knowingly set the false information in motion to hobble the incoming president, then we could…

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Baltimoronic Investigation

July 8, 2025

Baltimoronic Investigation

By: James Trusty

June 24, 2025, may mark the day that the criminal justice system for Baltimore, Maryland finally established its lunacy. If the allegations are correct, an employee of Pretrial Services committed what Maryland officials view as a cardinal sin—he or she let ICE know that there was an illegal alien coming to the office. Armed with that information, ICE showed up at the courthouse, was allowed…

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Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege

June 30, 2025

Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege

By: James Trusty

During the pre-indictment period in which I was one of President Trump’s lawyers, there was a considerable amount of then-sealed litigation over the Special Counsel Office’s (“SCO”) insatiable search for incriminating evidence. We regularly found ourselves fighting against prosecutors providing ex parte information to the Court in support of their singular claims that Donald J. Trump did not have the same legal privileges as almost…

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Court Reins In Prosecutorial Overreach in Insider Trading Cases

February 25, 2015

Court Reins In Prosecutorial Overreach in Insider Trading Cases

By: Ifrah Law

In an effort to reinstate powers stripped from them by the Court of Appeals in U.S. v. Newman and Chiasson, prosecutors have sought a rehearing of the landmark Second Circuit decision which severely curtailed the scope of insider trading cases. The case is one which has already seen a dramatic reversal, so it is perhaps no surprise that prosecutors are hoping for the tide to…

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The Government’s [Subpoena] Power is Not Infinite

February 18, 2015

The Government’s [Subpoena] Power is Not Infinite

By: Ifrah Law

It’s not every day that a federal court likens an Assistant U.S. Attorney’s argument to that “of a grade schooler seeking to avoid detention.” But, in a recent opinion, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the D.C. District Court did just that. In so doing, he reminded us that—despite the government’s (admitted) routine abuse of its subpoena power—the privacy rights of inmates matter, and a standard…

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Closing the Loop: The Proposal of New Subcontracting Limitations on Small Businesses

February 5, 2015

Closing the Loop: The Proposal of New Subcontracting Limitations on Small Businesses

By: Nicole Kardell

Many small business government contractors may have to rethink the way they do business. The Small Business Administration issued a proposed rule at the end of December to implement provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013. The NDAA, which was signed into law in January 2013, requires several significant modifications to the rules for small business concerns, including changes to the Limitations on…

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The World Wide Tax Web: FATCA Data Sharing Goes Online

January 20, 2015

The World Wide Tax Web: FATCA Data Sharing Goes Online

By: Nicole Kardell

The IRS has unveiled a secure web application, the International Data Exchange Service (IDES), for cross-border data sharing. IDES will allow Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) and tax authorities from other countries to transmit financial data on U.S. taxpayers’ accounts, via an encrypted pathway, to the IRS. The tool is part of the IRS’s effort to track U.S. taxpayer income globally. It is intended to assist…

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Even Governors Go To Jail

January 6, 2015

Even Governors Go To Jail

By: Ifrah Law

Photo Credit:  Steve Helber, AP This afternoon, the long-running saga of Robert McDonnell came to what may be the end (not counting appeals) when the former Virginia Governor was sentenced to serve two years in prison after a jury convicted him of bribery while in office.  As with many cases, this one has lessons to teach for those of us who carefully follow sentencing advocacy…

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The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?
By: James Trusty

Baltimoronic Investigation

Baltimoronic Investigation
By: James Trusty

Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege

Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege
By: James Trusty

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