Why didn’t Roger Stone get a full pardon from the president? Is the president’s commutation or pardon power reviewable? Nope. He gets to do whatever he wants, but Congress could decide it’s an impeachable offense. Could it be an obstruction of

Tax returns return

1 Aug 5th, 2021 28m 29s

The Biden administration said this week that the House Ways and Means Committee can have access to former President Trump’s tax returns. The committee says it wants the returns as part of an ongoing investigation into how the IRS audits preside

Michael Flynn and Myanmar

Jun 2nd, 2021 33m 23s

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn made some news this week at a rally when he seemed to say a coup like the one in Myanmar earlier this year should happen in the United States. Flynn denied saying this, even though he was caught on

Knocking at the Supreme Court’s door

1 Dec 10th, 2020 41m 57s

We’ve reached the stage in the legal efforts by President Trump’s allies to contest the election results where the Supreme Court could opt to get involved, but they’re not getting involved.Congressman Mike Kelly sought an injunction from the

What is an official act?

1 Oct 21st, 2020 28m 27s

Jean Carroll accused President Trump of raping her in the 1990s. The president crassly denied her allegation, and she sued him for defamation, saying that he defamed her by calling her a liar. The federal government has sought to intervene here

Does the president have immunity if he is sued for being contagious?

1 Oct 7th, 2020 30m 19s

President Trump has COVID-19. He was hospitalized Friday, but he took a little joyride around Bethesda on Sunday and then on Monday, he checked himself out and returned to the White House. Why did the hospital let him leave, even if, as command

Meat and potatoes

Jul 29th, 2020 28m 27s

Attorney General Bill Barr testified before the House Judiciary Committee this week and it went, well, basically how you might expect. There was some news: in justifying his intervention in Roger Stone’s sentence, Barr said it was “excessive” f

Why was Michael Cohen sent back to prison?

Jul 23rd, 2020 27m 57s

Michael Cohen is suing to be let out of prison, saying the government violated his First Amendment rights by sending him back to prison when he refused to agree to terms that would have blocked him from writing a tell-all book about President T

When the horse is out of the barn

Jul 8th, 2020 33m 55s

The post-acquittal flex

1 Feb 12th, 2020 36m 49s

President Trump raged against prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone. Then the Department of Justice reduced the recommendation and the four prosecutors who made the original recommendation have withdrawn (one quit the DOJ). Is

Does Rudy Need a Lawyer?

1 Oct 17th, 2019 38m 39s

Rudy Giuliani has lots to worry about this week. He has refused to comply with a subpoena in the impeachment inquiry and says that he doesn’t need a lawyer. But Ken begs to differ. Giuliani did have a lawyer write up a letter defying the subpoe

The end of the road, for now

1 Nov 25th, 2021 32m 11s

It’s been more than three years since Josh Barro and Ken White started All The President’s Lawyers (the first name of this show) to explore the legal problems of then-President Donald Trump, and wow, did he have legal problems. He still has leg

Summer’s over

Nov 17th, 2021 34m 2s

Just 22 days after Steve Bannon was referred to the Department of Justice for contempt of Congress, we have an indictment. Is that a long time? No, very much not. Ken says that’s the speed you’d expect for someone who’s robbed a break or someth

Another indictment from Durham

Nov 10th, 2021 29m 54s

There’s been another indictment in special prosecutor John Durham’s investigation of the investigation into links between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia. It’s another indictment for false statements to federal officials, this t

Guilty. Appealing. Talking. Referred for contempt.

Oct 27th, 2021 33m 39s

This week, Josh Barro and Ken White catch up on a few familiar characters and tie up some loose threads.Lev Parnas, former associate of Rudy Giuliani: convicted of six counts of charges related to funneling and concealing political contributi

Testing the boundaries of executive privilege

Oct 20th, 2021 29m 20s

Former President Trump has sued the National Archives and the chairman of the January 6 investigating committee, Congressman Bennie Thompson, to try to prevent the disclosure of White House papers, records and communications up to and during th

Is a plea bargain a good deal?

Oct 13th, 2021 28m 28s

This is a special episode of All the Presidents’ Lawyers with Carissa Byrne Hessick, professor of law at the University of North Carolina. As we’ve discussed previously on the show, some federal judges have been wondering (sometimes aloud, in t

What is a state actor?

Oct 6th, 2021 32m 7s

Former President Donald Trump has sued Twitter trying to get back on the platform. His suit says Twitter violated his First Amendment rights and that they broke a new Florida law that purports to prohibit social media companies from being banne

Trump Derangement Syndrome with David Lat

Sep 29th, 2021 33m 14s

What is ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’? It’s a condition that afflicts conservatives and liberals alike – and lawyers in particular. This week, Ken White and special guest David Lat discuss the attorneys that, uh, have gone astray defending Donal

What happens when your lawyer is MIA

Sep 1st, 2021 35m 16s

What happens when you’re facing federal charges connected to the Jan. 6 insurrection and your lawyer….goes missing? And their associate, who has been showing up in court, is not a licensed attorney and is facing felony indictments? Yikes. That’

Mistrial!

Aug 25th, 2021 33m 59s

It’s a big week for Michael Avenatti. A mistrial! Judge Selna ruled that the government had withheld financial evidence they should’ve made available to Avenatti as he defended himself in the case where he was being tried for embezzling funds f

Seven months and 600+ people charged

Aug 11th, 2021 34m 20s

This week, we’re bringing on special guest Ryan J. Reilly, senior justice reporter at HuffPost, while Ken enjoys a deserved vacation. We’ve followed and referenced Ryan’s reporting on prosecutions related to the Capitol riot for the past seven

DOJ threads the needle

Jul 28th, 2021 34m 19s

Michael Avenatti is one week into representing himself in federal court in Southern California, where he is accused of stealing funds from his client. Is he doing a good job lawyering for himself? And is a juror in the trial secretly posing as

A pro se pro?

Jul 21st, 2021 35m 25s

This week, Michael Avenatti told a federal district judge in California that he would like to represent himself in his second of three criminal trials, in which he is charged with stealing millions from his clients’ settlements. There are a lot

An expensive defense

Jul 14th, 2021 31m 12s

Allen Weisselberg is no longer in executive positions with the Trump Organization and its subsidiaries. Does this signal anything about the relationship between the former CFO and the company? Weisselberg’s defense is going to be very, very exp