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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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D.C. Circuit Tackles Ex-Prosecutor’s Allegations of Privacy Violations

February 20, 2012

D.C. Circuit Tackles Ex-Prosecutor’s Allegations of Privacy Violations

By: Ifrah Law

After a nearly decade-long legal battle, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is seeking to dismiss once and for all the privacy suit of Richard Convertino, a former federal prosecutor in Detroit who alleges that the DOJ illegally gave the press details of an internal investigation into his alleged misconduct. In February 2004, Convertino filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of…

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Does 5th Amendment Protect Computer Files From Decryption?

February 9, 2012

Does 5th Amendment Protect Computer Files From Decryption?

By: Jeffrey Hamlin

A U.S. District Court in Colorado recently considered whether the constitutional privilege against self-incrimination extends to the compelled production of decrypted computer files. It is beyond dispute that the government may not force a suspect to provide an encryption password if the password would provide a necessary link in the chain of evidence leading to the suspect’s indictment. A much more difficult question is whether…

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Private Suits Under FCPA — An Ill-Advised Idea

January 31, 2012

Private Suits Under FCPA — An Ill-Advised Idea

By: Ifrah Law

Late last year, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would amend the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to permit private suits against certain foreign companies and individuals. The bill, entitled the “Foreign Business Bribery Prohibition Act of 2011,” would significantly alter the landscape of FCPA enforcement, and not for the better. Perlmutter proposed similar versions of the bill…

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New York Mah Jong Ruling May Help Cause of Online Poker

January 29, 2012

New York Mah Jong Ruling May Help Cause of Online Poker

By: Ifrah Law

Mah Jong, the ancient Chinese tile-based table game, can now count itself as a winner in the old debate of games of skill vs. games of chance, according to a New York state judge, who recently ruled that the game demands more than luck. On January 4, 2012, Criminal Court Judge John H. Wilson declared in People v. Feng that “the court declines to declare…

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Death Penalty Overturned Because of Sleeping, Tweeting Jurors

January 25, 2012

Death Penalty Overturned Because of Sleeping, Tweeting Jurors

By: Jeffrey Hamlin

Contrary to our prediction, the Arkansas Supreme Court has vacated the conviction and sentencing of capital-murder defendant Erickson Dimas-Martinez and remanded the case for a new trial on grounds of juror misconduct. Although the decision is a definite victory for defendants, it may well invite a flood of appeals based on allegations of misconduct, regardless of whether the defendant can demonstrate a reasonable possibility of…

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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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