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Barbara McQuade

MSNBC Columnist

Barbara McQuade is an MSNBC columnist and NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is the author of "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America," as well as a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Barbara McQuade is an MSNBC columnist and NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is the author of "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America," as well as a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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Donald Trump's failed U.S. attorney pick may have just found his true calling

After flaming out as President Donald Trump’s U.S. attorney nominee, lawyer Ed Martin has a new job with Pam Bondi doing the thing that got James Comey fired.
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Trump isn't just punishing law firms — he's attempting to rewrite history

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting law firm Susman Godfried, which represented Dominion against Fox News. It's by design.
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Why judges keep rejecting Trump's Alien Enemies Act argument

Trump is deporting Venezuelan immigrants using the Alien Enemies Act but judges like Judge James Boasberg and the D.C. Court of Appeals are ruling against him.
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The top D.C. prosecutor just called himself Trump's lawyer. That's a problem.

The U.S. Attorney’s X account posted a statement from Edward R. Martin, Jr. calling himself President Donald Trump's lawyer and wading into the AP lawsuit.
92d ago

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JD Vance throws down a high-risk gauntlet for America's judiciary

JD Vance's judicial branch challenge risks a constitutional crisis as he criticizes judges willing to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE illegal actions.
134d ago

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The FBI's terrorism designation in New Orleans is much more than a symbolic act

FBI’s quick decision to investigate the New Orleans truck ramming on Bourbon Street as a terror attack is a teachable moment for U.S. senators — and Kash Patel.
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The case for charging Luigi Mangione with terrorism

On Tuesday, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg charged Luigi Mangione in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Here's why a terrorism charge is warranted.
170d ago

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How Jack Smith quietly ensured Trump’s Jan. 6 case isn’t actually going anywhere

Jack Smith filed a motion with the trial court in the District of Columbia to dismiss the Jan. 6 election interference case against Donald Trump on Monday.
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Pam Bondi is better than Matt Gaetz — but there needs to be a higher bar

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Florida’s former top prosecutor Pam Bondi to be attorney general following Rep. Matt Gaetz's withdrawal. Is she better?
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Why Diddy’s billions were of no use to him in Tuesday's bail hearing in federal court

At Sean 'Diddy' Combs' bail hearing, Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky had him detained on the grounds that he was a flight risk and a danger to others.
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Why the DOJ filed charges against Hamas leaders it is unlikely to ever arrest

On Tuesday the Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint charging six leaders of Hamas for their roles in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel.
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