John G. Malcolm is The Heritage Foundation's vice president for the Institute for Constitutional Government and also directs Heritage's Meese and Simon centers.
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U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order soliciting comments from outsiders opposed to the Justice Department’s motion to throw out charges of lying to FBI agents against former… Read More
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According to the U.S. Justice Department, continuing to prosecute Michael Flynn “would not serve the interests of justice.” The way he was treated by FBI… Read More
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Attorney General William Barr on Monday publicly released an official memorandum he sent to United States attorneys and to his assistant attorney general for civil… Read More
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President Donald Trump expressed frustration Wednesday that the Senate has not confirmed his pending nominees to various posts. “The current practice of leaving town while… Read More
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According to a report this week from the Department of Justice’s inspector general, the FBI failed to be “scrupulously accurate” with information presented to a… Read More
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Fox News contributor Andrew Napolitano, a former judge, recently penned an article with the provocative title “Coronavirus fear lets government assault our freedom in violation… Read More
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Well, the House Democrats finally did it. Donald Trump is now the 20th person—and third president—to be impeached by the House of Representatives in our… Read More
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A shocking report by the Justice Department’s inspector general lays bare the FBI’s “serious performance failures” in conducting a counterintelligence operation in 2016 against the… Read More
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It has been widely reported that federal prosecutors are nearing a final decision about whether to indict former top FBI official Andrew McCabe. That would… Read More
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The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General on Thursday released its long-awaited “Report of Investigation of Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey’s… Read More
