The Lawfare Podcast

Lawfare Archive: Paul Rosenzweig on Investigating American Presidents

Mar 16, 2024

Exploring the history of presidential investigations from Ken Starr to Robert Mueller, insights on current inquiries involving President Biden, a deep dive into a timely lecture series on investigating American Presidents, discussions on legal frameworks and historical investigations of presidential misconduct, and insights on the role of public perception in upholding the rule of law.

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Paul Rosenzweig

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Quick takeaways

The relevance of historical presidential investigations to the Mueller inquiry was emphasized by Paul Rosenzweig's insights.

The complexities of issues like executive privilege and indictment of a sitting president were analyzed in the course.

Deep dives

Overview of Robert Herr's Testimony

Special Counsel Robert Herr testified before the House Judiciary Committee regarding President Biden's handling of classified documents. Lawfare senior editor Quinta Duresek highlighted weaknesses in Herr's report, with media criticism focused more on Biden's age and mental state.

Introduction

4min

Exploration of The Great Courses and New Release on American Presidents

2min

Investigating American Presidents: A Deep Dive

9min

Exploring American Government and Presidential Misconduct

10min

Navigating Investigations and Governance

8min

Presidential Investigations and Public Perception

7min

From November 10, 2018: With the firing of Jeff Sessions and his replacement with former U.S. attorney Matthew Whitaker, all eyes this week are focused on whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russians will get to run its full course. But even before the Sessions firing, Benjamin Wittes and Paul Rosenzweig had inquiries into the presidency on their minds. On Tuesday morning, they sat down to discuss Paul’s recent 12-part lecture series on presidential investigations released through the online educational platform The Great Courses.

They talked about how Paul structured the lecture series, Paul’s own experience on Independent Counsel Ken Starr’s team investigating the Clinton White House, and the course’s relevance to the Mueller investigation.

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