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Norman Eisen

former impeachment counsel to the House Judiciary Committee

Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.) was former President Barack Obama’s ethics czar and impeachment counsel to the House Judiciary Committee in 2019-20.

Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.) was former President Barack Obama’s ethics czar and impeachment counsel to the House Judiciary Committee in 2019-20.

Latest from Norman Eisen

2d ago

In fighting gag order, Trump proves his own worst enemy

On Sunday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan correctly reinstated her limited gag order on Trump, and it should now survive a review by the appellate courts.
50d ago

Alvin Bragg keeps winning — and nobody’s talking about it

Trump's hush-money case in New York is likely to be delayed, which is a win for democracy and for Alvin Bragg himself.
67d ago

Jim Jordan is abusing his power. Fani Willis should call his bluff.

Now that Fani Willis is charging Trump with election interference, she faces similar harassment from Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
69d ago

Why Jeffrey Clark’s increasingly zany legal shenanigans are doomed to fail

Clark has already lost his attempt to delay turning himself in along with Donald Trump in Fulton County, Georgia. His motion to move the case to federal court will probably fail too.
82d ago

The secret memo and obscure lawyer at the center of the Trump indictment

New President Donald Trump indictment has spotlighted lawyer Kenneth Chesebro's memo. “Co-Conspirator 5” is at the center of special counsel Jack Smith's case.
91d ago

The incredibly savvy simplicity of Jack Smith’s latest Trump indictment

Jack Smith believes a speedy trial is imperative for the health of our democracy. To that end, he has produced an indictment defined by clarity and relative simplicity.
127d ago

Yevgeny Prigozhin embodies the rot Putin wants to force back on Ukraine

The abortive rebellion by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin against Russia and its president Vladimir Putin has reinforced the role of corruption in the war.
141d ago

The three horsemen of Trump's legal apocalypse

Due to the gravity of Jack Smith's indictment against Trump, the special counsel has become the leader of the pack of prosecutors contemplating more charges
159d ago

The Mar-a-Lago classified docs case keeps getting worse for Trump

Sources tell the Washington Post that Trump employees moved boxes of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago suggests plenty about his intent.
187d ago

DeSantis’ war on Disney is as un-American as it gets

DeSantis’ battle against Disney isn’t just unpopular – it’s unconstitutional, and just another example of the right’s hypocrisy toward First Amendment law.
194d ago

A new clue in the Fani Willis investigation

Trump investigation in Georgia takes a turn for the worse as lawyers defending 2020 fake electors land on Fani Willis' naughty list as possible indictment looms