Democrats hoped that the January 6 Committee’s public hearings would renew scrutiny on the events that day and reverse their fortunes in the upcoming midterm elections, amid President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings. But that does not appear to be…
When I first began litigating in 1994, Jones Day assigned me to an elite team of newcomers who would be given semi-autonomy in handling cases. Although partners would retain oversight, we were given enormous independence in these cases. The first…
The judges also acted as jury. Their guilty verdict was inevitable — one of them, I.T. Nikitchenko, declared prior to the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal on which he served that judicial impartiality would “lead to unnecessary delays.” – Piers Brendon…
For anyone in doubt concerning why the Jan. 6 Select Committee scheduled Thursday’s public hearing for primetime, NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor recently provided an explanation during a discussion with Andrea Mitchell. Noting that Americans are worried about gas prices, inflation, and…
Mark Twain once observed, “History never repeats itself, but it rhymes.” As midterm elections approach, Democrats face challenges eerily similar to those following President Richard Nixon’s 1972 landslide reelection. Their response was a select committee to stage a legislative show…
This week the January 6 Committee opens its public hearings. Suffice it to say that what is about to unfold is a carefully staged show, arranged in detail with the Cult of Washington Insiders that is, in this instance, the…
Frailty, thy name is politics. Nancy Pelosi was so sure she had perfected the recipe to control the House forever and to tie up the GOP. It began with her first bogus impeachment of Trump during the halcyon days when…
Well, of course. Here’s the headline this week from — where else — the Washington Post: Jan. 6 committee subpoenas five House Republicans, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Reports the paper: The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…
The required legalese states the complaint as the case of Mark Meadows v. Nancy Pelosi, et al., oral argument is “requested,” and the next heads-up reads “Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgement.” With that, the January 6 Committee is off and…
