by Benjamin Freed | Apr 30, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Election Security
The $400 million in election assistance funds that Congress authorized in the March pandemic relief package would not even cover the costs of switching to predominately mail-in balloting in five states, much less all 50, according to a report…
by Peter Stone | Jan 24, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, National Security
Donald Trump’s threat to assert executive privilege in his impeachment defense to try to curb testimony by his former national security adviser John Bolton is an attempt to silence a key witness and could undermine constitutional principles,…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jan 21, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, National Security
Paul Rosenzweig called Trump’s defense “a raging against the tide.” Paul Rosenzweig, the former senior counsel to Ken Starr, who led the Whitewater investigation into former President Bill Clinton that resulted in Clinton’s impeachment, slammed…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Nov 4, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Homeland Security
In Washington, D.C., it is an article of faith that “the cover-up” is always worse than the crime. President Trump has upset that notion. Up to now, the conventional wisdom had a lot of empirical grounding: There is no evidence, for example, that…
by Chris Megerian | Oct 1, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Trump, desperate to undermine a fast-moving impeachment probe, could be adding to his troubles. House Democrats say Trump’s stonewalling and threats to unmask a whistleblower could lead to obstruction charges if articles of…
by Peter Stone | May 27, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Donald Trump, Election Security, Homeland Security, National Security
Intelligence warnings are growing that Russia will probably meddle in the 2020 elections, but Donald Trump and a powerful Senate ally are downplaying these concerns and not doing enough to thwart interfering, say Russia and cyber experts and key…