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We had a lot of important commentary and analysis this week.

Below👇is the complete roundup.

But we thought to highlight a few very special pieces starting with ...

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"If you understand the Justice Department, the damage has already been done. The reputation and credibility of the Justice Department has been dealt a significant blow."

- Lisa Monaco, former Assistant to the President and worked for Reno and Mueller

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3. Unredacted Ukraine emails newly obtained by Just Security:

"They also expose the extent to which OMB misled, and even lied to, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a congressional investigative body."

- @K8brannen

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4. The White House sent Congress a required report on #Soleimani strike and legal authorities to strike Iran.

@rgoodlaw wrote a near 4,000 word analysis of the executive branch's claimed authority for this and future presidents to strike Iran.

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"Platform removals of “terrorist content” rarely make a splash…The Soleimani drone strike is a rare illustration of how, in the name of combating terrorism, social media platforms can exclude key voices from the global conversation"

- @FaizaPatelBCJ
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@FaizaPatelBCJ 6.

"This prompted the director to call my boss and unleash a verbal barrage of insults, humiliations and curses...Pompeo prioritized shielding Trump from news...that sometimes subjugated the country’s interests to those of the president."

@douglaslondon5
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@FaizaPatelBCJ @douglaslondon5 7.

United Nations Human Rights Committee published its draft on freedom of assembly—and invited public comment.

We launched a series starting with the Committee's principal drafter.

Our series concluded with former Committee member, @MartinScheinin.👇

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More from @just_security

Jan 3, 2023
1/ Announcing: Just Security will be expanding its #January6th Clearinghouse

@NormEisen @rgoodlaw @justinhendrix as editors of the repository

Now includes ALL #January6thCommittee transcripts

- Identifies each witness’s affiliation
- Uses perma-links

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2/
- We use permanent links (@permacc) to guard against link rot and removal of content from the congressional site.

- All transcripts are text searchable (OCR)

- Coming soon: An interactive search function.

See below how we categorize all witnesses by relevant affiliations.
3/ Below is the list of 100+ new transcripts most recently released by the January 6th Committee.👇

We provide the affiliations of each witness (as identified in the #January6thReport, by the committee’s subpoenas etc).

justsecurity.org/77022/january-…
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Dec 23, 2022
1/ #January6thCommittee’s Final Report is available in our Clearinghouse of all documents (listed under Congressional Documents).

justsecurity.org/77022/january-…

Direct link: justsecurity.org/wp-content/upl…

Notably, the committee references several articles published by Just Security …
2/ The #January6thReport cites this Just Security article by @UChicagoLaw’s professor Albert W. Alschuler.

“Trump and the Insurrection Act: The Legal Framework.”

justsecurity.org/82696/trump-an…
3/ The #January6thReport cites this Just Security article by @nyulaw professor @rgoodlaw and @YaleLawSch student Josh Asabor.

“In Their Own Words: The 43 Republicans’ Explanations of Their Votes Not to Convict Trump in Impeachment Trial.”

justsecurity.org/74725/in-their…
Read 8 tweets
Dec 21, 2022
Give a listen

To this deep discussion of the findings of the #January6thCommittee and expected follow-through by the Justice Department.

A conversation with leading experts:

@BarbMcQuade
@AshaRangappa_
@rgoodlaw

Host: @pshah518

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2. Our expert panel discusses this article by @ryanjreilly @KenDilanianNBC

@rgoodlaw: "There's a really good piece in NBC News by [Ryan] Reilly and Ken Dilanian that walks through how the committee handled the FBI analysis."

nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
3. Pivoting off of @evanperez's reporting, @BarbMcQuade and @AshaRangappa_ discuss why the Department of Justice may have chosen to charge seditious conspiracy against the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, but consider Insurrection (18 USC § 2383) the proper fit for President Trump.
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Jun 10, 2022
We’re handing over the keys of our Twitter account this evening to @rgoodlaw and @justinhendrix this eve.

They will be live-tweeting the #January6thHearings #January6thCommitteeHearings.
2. Bill Barr:

Three discussions with Trump on 11/23, 12/1, 12/14.

“I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which I told the President it was BULLSH*T.”

Reason for his resignation.

3. This quote is new:

Committee Vice Chair @RepLizCheney says the Committee has testimony that President Trump, when told his supporters sought to hang Vice President Pence, responded:

“Maybe our supporters have the right idea. Mike Pence deserves it.”

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Sep 14, 2021
With news "Worried Trump could 'go rogue,' Milley took top-secret action to protect nuclear weapons" (via @realBobWoodward new book)

Reup:

Prof @DakotaRudesill's deep analysis of presidential-military control over #nuclear wpns (including Nixon history)
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2. Here's the accompanying news story on the Woodward book

via @jamiegangel @jeremyherb @elizabethstuart

cnn.com/2021/09/14/pol…
3. Also relevant, @steveLkatz's research and findings

"What Do Future U.S. Generals Think About Dissent, Disobedience, and Resignation?"

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Jun 23, 2021
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Historian of political rhetoric, @jenmercieca annotates a recent Tucker Carlson presentation.

She begins with general research on conspiracies and propaganda, with insights from cognitive science.

Then a section-by-section dissection.

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2. "Propaganda often relies upon fear appeals to demonize the 'them' and scare the 'us' into maintaining a warlike footing."

"From cognitive science we learn how these kinds of appeals work against our body’s basic physiology, denying our ability to reason."

Exhibit one:
3. Professor @JenMercieca continues:

"Note also how Carlson gives his audience permission. It is the other side’s fault for 'picking at the wound, America’s wound' of racial divisions. He adds that government leaders 'are working hard to divide us into warring camps.'"
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