Tag: Law

FILE â In this Dec. 13, 2013, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reacts to a question after announcing Deborah Gramiccioni is replacing Bill Baroni as deputy executive director of The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey during a news conference at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. The former two-term Republican governor's official portrait by Australian artist Paul Newton will cost $85,000, The Record reported Thursday, April 19, 2018, more than taxpayers shelled out for paintings of his three Democratic predecessors combined. Jon Corzine, Richard Codey and Jim McGreevey spent a combined $74,500 for theirs. None served two terms.

National Security

Chris Christie: Trump’s ‘C-level’ legal team allowing Don McGahn to meet with Mueller ‘not in the president’s interest’

Caitlin Yilek · August 19, 2018 2:13 pm

Trump: Some journalists ‘very angry’, called to apologize for ‘fake’ New York Times story on Don McGahn

Naomi Lim · August 19, 2018 12:56 pm

Parishioners sit in the pews during a Mass.

Beltway Confidential

Catholics in leadership have left the laity with no choice but to act

Becket Adams · August 19, 2018 11:20 am

President Trump sits during a meeting.

The ‘But Judges’ argument applies much more this election

Washington Examiner · August 19, 2018 4:00 am

Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller listens on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing.

In Mueller memo, Papadopoulos emerges as bit player in Trump-Russia affair

Byron York · August 18, 2018 11:55 pm

President Trump speaks during a press briefing.

Trump: ‘I allowed’ Don McGahn, other White House staff to cooperate with Mueller probe

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · August 18, 2018 10:20 pm

Records indicate White House attorney Don McGahn notified President Trump about the potential violations of the Logan Act days after his inauguration. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

White House lawyer cooperating a lot with Mueller probe: Report

Robert King · August 18, 2018 6:57 pm

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara received a four-minute round of applause from around 100 staff members. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Preet Bharara says ‘God bless the deep state’ if they care about Constitution and law

Robert King · August 18, 2018 1:53 pm

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock speaks at the Des Moines Register Soapbox during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Gov. Steve Bullock’s nosy lawsuit to make the IRS collect more of your data

Washington Examiner · August 18, 2018 4:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Justice lawyers try to halt Trump financial records release

Associated Press · August 17, 2018 10:08 pm

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort, seated right row second from right, together with his lawyers, the jury, seated left, and the U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III, back center, listening to Assistant U.S. Attorney Uzo Asonye.

Jury deliberations in Manafort trial continue to next week

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · August 17, 2018 9:12 pm

Local governments lining up to collect money from the feds after land payments lawsuit

Naomi Lim · August 17, 2018 6:51 pm