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Catching up with Jack Smith's Mar-A-Lago Investigation

The Lawfare Podcast

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The Justice Department's Hail Mary Manoeuvre

Trump lawyers met with Justice Department officials after a target letter went out last week. The attorney general is the only person who really has the authority to counter man the special counsel, and this seems like a Hail Mary pass. But it makes sense given the structure of the special counsel authorities that this would be the very last thing a desperate defense counsel might try and do to stave off that possibility.

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