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Lisa Rubin
MSNBC legal correspondent
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Lisa Rubin is an MSNBC legal correspondent and a former litigator. Previously, she was the off-air legal analyst for “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “Alex Wagner Tonight.”
Lisa Rubin is an MSNBC legal correspondent and a former litigator. Previously, she was the off-air legal analyst for “The Rachel Maddow Show” and “Alex Wagner Tonight.”
The Department of Justice is litigating whether former Trump lawyer Alina Habba legitimately holds the office of U.S. attorney of New Jersey, arguing that the attorney general can delegate those responsibilities to anyone at DOJ.
Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba, who previously served as President Donald Trump's lawyer and spokesperson, has been replaced.
President Donald Trump has directed Attorney General Pam Bondi to "produce any and all pertinent Grand Jury testimony" in the Jeffrey Epstein case — but it's unclear what's in that material, or whether a judge will even allow it to be released
It's hard not to see her departure as either punishment for being James Comey's daughter or the scapegoating of a vocal advocate for sexual abuse victims
A day after she was fired as an assistant U.S. attorney, Maurene Comey — the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey — urged her colleagues Thursday not to let fear of retribution "seep into" their decisions and to fight back against "abuses of power.""Every person lucky enough to work in this office constantly hears four words to describe our ethos: Without Fear or Favor.
If, as a government lawyer, Emil Bove can’t be trusted to follow court orders, should the Senate entrust him with reviewing, much less upholding, them?
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testified yet again on Capitol Hill, this time appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his department’s 2026 budget
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held its first judicial nominations hearing of President Donald Trump’s second term, including for 6th Circuit nominee Whitney Hermandorfer.
In cutting off the American Bar Association's access to judicial nominees and attacking the Federalist Society, Trump seeks to become the sole arbiter of judicial quality.
Instead of devoting thousands of hours to document redactions, the agencies should determine how to more effectively — and emphatically — respond to sex abuse victims.
A federal judge on Thursday extended a temporary order blocking the Trump administration's revocation of Harvard's ability to enroll international students.
