Harry Litman
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Harry Litman, the senior legal affairs columnist for the Opinion page, is a former U.S. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general. He is the creator and host of the “Talking Feds” podcast (@talkingfedspod) and a regular commentator on MSNBC, CNN and CBS News. He was previously a contributing columnist for the Washington Post. Litman teaches constitutional and national security law at UCLA and UC San Diego, is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, and maintains a small law practice specializing in the False Claims Act. He served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Anthony Kennedy. Prior to law school, Litman worked on the Associated Press’ baseball desk and as a feature film production assistant in New York City. Litman and his wife, Julie Roskies Litman, have three children.
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Special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation yielded an indictment of the former president for his role in events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Donald Trump and other Republicans have criticized the Justice Department deal with President Biden’s son on tax and gun charges. They’re off-base as usual.
The former president’s arguments against the federal indictment are not likely to succeed. But with Judge Aileen Cannon’s help, they could cause pivotal delays.
The Florida jurist could impede the Department of Justice’s effort to hold the former president accountable for his handling of classified records in a few ways.
Former President Trump was indicted on charges related to classified documents found at his Florida estate. Special counsel Jack Smith’s case is historic.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has reportedly found that lawyer Evan Corcoran was ‘waved off’ searching the ex-president’s office for sensitive records.
The special counsel’s investigation of the former president’s Mar-a-Lago trove has taken longer than some expected, but it appears to be a strong case.
His investigation of the FBI’s investigation has yielded a lot of words and few charges. Atty. Gen. Bill Barr’s appointment of the prosecutor was problematic.
A federal jury in New York quickly returned a verdict that found the former president liable for sexual abuse and defamation of the plaintiff.
The writer sued the ex-president alleging sexual assault and defamation. The law and evidence in the case, which went to trial Tuesday in New York, favor the plaintiff.