Congressional actions Democratic priorities A bill that grants statehood to Washington, DC, passed the House Oversight Committee last week, setting up a vote before the full House on April 22. It is expected to pass the House but faces a less certain future in the Senate with the 60-vote threshold to break a […]
What is Georgia’s voting law? The new Georgia voting law is large and complicated, containing both voting restrictions and expansions. What does it actually do? Restrictions: Shorter window to request absentee ballot: Shrinks the window from 180 days to 78 days before Election Day. Later mailing of absentee ballots: Instead of […]
Tracking Trump Trump investigations The Manhattan D.A.’s office interviewed the ex-daughter-in-law of Trump Organization CEO Allen Weissleberg and met with Michael Cohen for the eighth time last week. Jennifer Weisselberg told NBC News that she has turned over documents and spoken with investigators “multiple times.” Vance’s office has also recently sent new subpoenas to local […]
Welcome to a special edition of Forensic News Roundup, focusing on the investigations and businesses of the former president. Trump investigations The Manhattan District Attorney’s office is scrutinizing the Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, potentially indicating a strategy to pressure him into flipping on the Trump family. Investigators […]
Executive actions and staffing The Biden administration announced it will reimpose sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Getler, reversing a last-minute decision by former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Getler was put on the sanctions list, under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, in 2017 for “opaque and corrupt mining deals” stemming from his […]
Covid relief package The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that the federal minimum wage cannot be increased through the budget reconciliation process, dealing a blow to Democrats’ hope of including the provision in the Covid-10 relief package. Due to Republican opposition, there is no way to pass a standalone bill to […]
The facts come out Former President Trump allegedly conspired with a Justice Department official to fire then-acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen in order to force Georgia state lawmakers to overturn its presidential election results. The plan, developed earlier this month, involved sending a letter to Georgia officials, falsely saying that the […]
Legal dangers ahead The Manhattan district attorney’s office interviewed Michael Cohen for numerous hours on Thursday, focusing on Trump’s business dealings and relationship with Deutsche Bank. This is the second time that Cohen met with DA Vance’s prosecutors, who are looking to the Trump Organization for possible tax, bank, and insurance fraud, […]
