For later, not right now obviously--- but @qjurecic and @evelyndouek did an interview with @katestarbird on The Big Lie and social media ecosystems in 2020, Bookmark for later--
We are having senior editor @rparloff on our Twitter Spaces panel tonight because he is our resident expert on the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers on January 6.
Join us tonight but bookmark his articles (or podcasts) too.
After the Cmte shows this tweet, they play an interview with a Twitter employee who described feeling on January 5th that "people were going to die" unless there was an intervention.
Trump draft speech with additional line about Mike Pence, calling for him to intervene in the 2020 election. Cmte calls it "part of pressure campaign" against Pence.
Texts between Brad Parscale and Katrina Pierson after the events of January 6. Parscale feels "guilty for helping [Trump] win," and says that Trump's rhetoric "killed someone."
Pierson says "You do realize this was going to happen."
Season 2 of The Aftermath is out now!
Each episode looks at a different area where and whether accountability has been delivered for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-af…
"The Grossly Impudent Lie," Episode 1, looks at the perpetrators responsible for the lie that Donald Trump had won the 2020 election—and the different ways they have been held to account. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-af…
"Lawyers for the Coup," Ep 2, examines lawyers like John Eastman who created & promoted the legal strategy behind the insurrection, and what has happened to them in the three years after the attack (including whether they are still able to practice law.) lawfaremedia.org/article/the-af…
Over the past year, Lawfare contributors have analyzed and explained pressing national security issues affecting world affairs. Over this next week, we will highlight a few issue sets that Lawfare contributors have considered.
First up, Artificial Intelligence (AI). ChatGPT launched at the end of 2022, and 2023 became the year of AI.
In February, Ben Wittes and @eve_gaumond tested ChatGPT's pledge not to write bigoted content and found that it was possible to turn the chatbot into a generator of offensive material. lawfaremedia.org/article/it-was…
Today, Lawfare is launching the Trump Disqualification Tracker—a page created by @hyeminjhan and Caleb Benjamin to track challenges in the states to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot under Sec. 3 of the 14th amendment. lawfaremedia.org/current-projec…
You can find case info on ongoing Sec. 3 litigation efforts across the country, including in CO, where the trial to bar Trump from the 2024 pres. ballot began today. Senior Editor @rparloff is live tweeting the hearing, and you can follow along here:
The page aggregates case data about past & current Sec. 3 challenges against Trump. We note that the procedural posture and legal theories behind these challenges vary, and dismissal in any particular action does not nec. bar other challenges from being brought in the same state.
Recently, some have argued that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for office in 2024 due to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment which bans candidates from assuming public office if they participated in or assisted an insurrection. Find some of Lawfare's coverage below 🧵
.@IlyaSomin writes that disqualifying Trump from holding public office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment would ultimately help preserve democracy even if it is a democracy-limiting measure. lawfaremedia.org/article/sectio…
On the Lawfare Podcast, @S_R_Anders, @Nedfoley, and @derektmuller discussed how disqualification under Section 3 may be interpreted and implemented against Donald Trump in 2024. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-la…
Recently, some have argued that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for office in 2024 due to Sec. 3 of the 14th Amendment which bans candidates from assuming public office if they participated in or assisted an insurrection. Find some coverage of Lawfare's coverage below 🧵
.@IlyaSomin writes that disqualifying Trump from holding public office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment would ultimately help preserve democracy even if it is a democracy-limiting measure. lawfaremedia.org/article/sectio…
On the Lawfare Podcast, @S_R_Anders, @Nedfoley and @derektmuller discussed how disqualification under Section 3 may be interpreted and implemented against Donald Trump in 2024. lawfaremedia.org/article/the-la…
It has been one month since a D.C. grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump on charges related to interfering with the 2020 presidential election. Find Lawfare's coverage of the third criminal indictment against the former president below: lawfaremedia.org/article/trump-…
The Lawfare team stayed up late to write up three pieces the day the indictment was unsealed. @S_R_Anders, @qjurecic, @GKokotakis, @nkorpett, @katherinepomps, and Ben Wittes provided an overview of the entire indictment: lawfaremedia.org/article/the-bi…
The government alleged Trump used illegal means to challenge the results of the 2020 election and @SaraphinD, @hyeminjhan, @TylerMcBrien, @EugeniaLostri, and @katherinepomps lay out the facts as told by special counsel in the indictment. lawfaremedia.org/article/trump-…