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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Mueller is explaining an important point about the DOJ. It hires qualified individuals regardless of their political affiliation. Prosecutors are capable fo putting aside political, ideological, or partisan commitments to approach their job in an impartial way.

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6 years

@PGourevitch This is to avoid referral for a criminal investigation into perjury. Even GOP would have a hard time confirming someone under criminal investigation

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6 years

If you’re interested in reading tea leaves. Here’s a whole kettle that says Cohen flipped. Guy Petrillo is a highly regarded former federal prosecutor not hired to do battle with his former office.

Abandoned by Washington, Michael Cohen Hires a New Lawyer

The president’s former attorney, who parted with his lawyers last week, has now hired Guy Petrillo, who served as the chief of the criminal division in the S.D.N.Y. from 2008 to 2009.

www.vanityfair.com

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1 year

My thoughts on why a federal crime can be used to bump up the falsification claim to a felony: Penal Law 175.10 uses the following language: "an intent to commit another crime or aid or conceal the commission thereof." /1

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

Good question about the SCOTUS ruling on the TX abortion ban: “Could California allow private citizens to sue individuals for hate speech? Or New York deputize private lawsuits against gun owners?”

Opinion | Texas’s Abortion Law Blunder

The Supreme Court was right not to interfere for now, but the statute won’t survive scrutiny on the merits.

www.wsj.com

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

Not clear what was going on here but while both are bad… it’s more troubling for partisan political considerations to lead law enforcement to go after political adversaries than to protect allies.

Trump Justice Dept. Tried to Use Grand Jury to Identify Nunes Critic on Twitter (Published 2021)

An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.

www.nytimes.com

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

Among other things, this is why we do not want the President to get his personal legal services for free.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Barr says it would be a crime for POTUS to issue a pardon in exchange for the witness not incriminating him.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

2 years

There’s a lot at stake when the legal profession embraces an orthodoxy. Great piece by @aaronsibarium

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@akjennings @ScottMStedman Public corruption unit of SDNY also prosecuted and conducted multiple proffer sessions with Michael Cohen. Could Cohen have given up Epstein as part of his deal?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Interesting that the public corruption unit of SDNY is involved in this case. Same unit that prosecuted and met repeatedly in proffer sessions with Michael Cohen. Could Cohen have given information on Epstein as part of his deal?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

@charlie_savage @maggieNYT @nytmike @mattapuzzo Take a look at my co-authored article refuting the President's lawyers' assertion that as chief executive, the President has complete control over DOJ. and the summary of this argument in @realTrumpcast

Is Trump Breaking Norms or Breaking Laws?

To listen to this episode of Trumpcast, use the player below:

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

If Barr were to proceed “by the book” or even by the cliff notes, we’d all have more confidence in DOJ

Greg Sargent

@GregTSargent

4 years

Wait, so *this* is the big Susan Rice smoking gun email? Seriously???

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

1/ @benjaminbrafman had Weinstein carry Elia Kazan biography to turn himself in. This is not an accident. It is meant to bring up the HUAC hearings and McCarthy witch hunt. Subtly show that there was political pressure to bring this prosecution.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

@JoyceWhiteVance Isn't murder 2, felony murder, so the prosecutors have to prove that he intended to commit assault not intended to kill?

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1 year

A 1977 Second Circuit Court of Appeals case interpreting when the state can arrest for a felony explicitly rejected the lower court's reading of "offense" to mean only state crimes. U.S. v. Swarovski, 557 F.2d 40 (1977) /6

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

This is key. Partisans say the extreme is worse on the other side. But that's a false choice. If you pick one extreme, you fuel the other. Instead, fight for the institutions and values of liberal democracy.

Thomas Chatterton Williams

@thomaschattwill

4 years

The worst woke excesses are a gift to Trump, just as a vote for Trump is a vote to strengthen and in some ways legitimate the worst woke excesses ☯️

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@ShimonPro The public corruption prosecutors from SDNY were also involved in prosecution and multiple proffer sessions with Michael Cohen. Is it possible that Cohen gave up Epstein as part of his plea deal?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

2 years

Proesecutors are supposed to prosecute or not. They are not supposed to say someone did something super immoral. Not their job.

District Attorney Miriam E. Rocah

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Rebecca Roiphe

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2 years

This is an inappropriate statement by a prosecutor. Prosecutors should speak through indictments not in public statements that leave an impression that an individual is guilty without giving him recourse to defend himself.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Given Cohen’s testimony about Abbe Lowell, Kushner’s attorney, editing his testimony and this new revelation that he lied about Kushner’s security clearance process, the bar might want to look into this.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

Inspired and motivated by @ProfMMurray ’s fabulous backgrounds

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3 years

Light and airy. Love the bar. Pillows on point. Art. @rroiphe is on a roll. 10/10

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

This doesn't mean that we cannot point out ethical issues. For instance, as @NoahRFeldman argued, it may be problematic for WH Counsel whose client is the presidency to defend Trump in an impeachment hearing. /4

White House Counsel Shouldn’t Act as Trump’s Impeachment Lawyer

Pat Cipollone is implicated in the obstruction of Congress.

www.bloomberg.com

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@Mimirocah1 And interesting that it’s out of public corruption unit, which prosecuted and conducted multiple proffer sessions with Michael Cohen. Could Cohen have given up Epstein as part of his deal?

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@rroiphe

1 year

Offense is defined in Penal Law 10(1) as conduct for which you can be sent to jail by a law of this state, by law of a political subdivision of this state, OR "by any order, rule or regulation of any government instrumentality authorized by law to adopt the same." /4

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

1 year

So the definition is not limited to the state by that last phrase. As others have pointed out, the legislature knows how to limit the governmental instrumentality to the state. (Penal Laws 195.20; 496.06, 156.00). It did not so so in defining offense. /5

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

@JulieZebrak @Mimirocah1 To me, the silver lining is the education in civics, and we owe you and others who explain American government and law to a broad audience, gratitude for that.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

Prosecutors' ethics cameo at the impeachment hearings: Castor says that Trump has not been charged in conspiracy for the Capitol riots because prosecutors have an ethical obligation not to charge if they don't have probable cause.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Sounds like the source for the @BuzzFeedNews story is from SDNY not the Mueller team.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

1 year

Crime is defined in Penal Law 10(6) as a misdemeanor or felony /2

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Again, Judge Jackson is subtly but forcefully bringing up the unequal treatment of rich and poor in the criminal justice system.

Zoe Tillman

@ZoeTillman

5 years

Jackson: "Mr. Manafort, I don’t want to belititle or minimize the discomfort of prison for you. It is hard on everyone, young and old, rich and poor."

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Misdemeanor is defined in Penal Law 10(4) as an offense where the possible sentence is up to and including one year. Felony is defined as an offense where the possible sentence is more than one year. 10(5). So the key is to define "offense" /3

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

While criminal defense lawyers should have a lot of leeway in making arguments for their clients, accusing the Mueller investigation of being a "coup" is extremely problematic. See Model Rule 3.1

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 months

I agree with both @RDEliason and @NormEisen et al. This is not a disqualifying conflict. It's not really a conflict at all. But if true it is corrupt and does cast a shadow over the prosecution.

Randall Eliason

@RDEliason

5 months

Even if legally correct, I think this is largely beside the point. @NormEisen and @RWPUSA , as ethics experts you know the appearance of impropriety matters. If the allegations are true, it will damage public confidence in the case and is a huge political gift to Trump.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

1 year

@EricColumbus @renato_mariotti @AshaRangappa_ @NormEisen @rgoodlaw @Delavegalaw @AnnaBower @alegalnerd @jedshug @DanielRAlonso @CommishSmith @AdavNoti @RDEliason @lawofruby @JoyceWhiteVance @rickhasen @NoahBookbinder @DavidAFrench Also, it just has to be with the *intent* to further or conceal another crime. He doesn’t have to commit that crime. Why else would he mischaracterize the payment and pay it back in installments?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

@thomaschattwill And the only way to ensure that woke excesses do not interfere with our liberties (in more dangerous ways than they already have) in the long run is to promote liberal values and institutions, which Trump is dead set on dismantling.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

2 years

I wonder whether part of the difference is also a greater historical emphasis on training lawyers not just writers and academics. Ideology is beside the point when you have a client to serve.

Aaron Sibarium

@aaronsibarium

2 years

When Harvard Law promoted a conservative student on its Instagram page, the president of the student body organized an email writing campaign to pressure the school to take down the post. But Harvard didn't cave. Why?🧵

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1 year

@jedshug @ThePlumLineGS @lee_kovarsky @samuelmoyn Anyone who has worked in the DA’s office knows that there is precedent for charging individuals with falsification of business records even when they never filed those records. This lack of reported cases is a made up problem.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@Mimirocah1 @NatashaBertrand Criminal defense lawyers attack the judicial system all the time on behalf of their clients, which is a critical check on abuse. This is categorically different. I agree with @Mimirocah1 that lawyers should be careful. Here's my piece on this in NYLJ.

Can Lawyers Represent Hostile Foreign Governments Charged in the Mueller Probe? | New York Law...

The Mueller investigation has highlighted some of the potential problems for lawyers who choose to represent hostile foreign governments or individuals and entities connected with those governments.

www.law.com

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@benjaminwittes @dandrezner The reason presidents have the power to hire, fire, and pardon is that those acts are transparent and may have political consequences. Meddling in individual prosecutions is not, which is what makes it so dangerous.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

2/My guess is that @benjaminbrafman will pick up on this theme at press conference later. Kazan turned on his colleagues during McCarthy era and was responsible for ending careers of many including Clifford Odets. Caved to political pressure of the time.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

@marty_lederman @nytmike @maggieNYT This is a plausible distinction. It would be unethical for prosecutors to pursue a case lacking in proof. Here’s my co-authored piece on the topic

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

My lamp clearly upstages me! But I am sorry to say, I got it decades ago in a thrift store in Brooklyn. No idea where to buy it. @ratemyskyperoom do you guys know?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Barr says he will color code the redactions so it will be clear why each redaction was made.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

It’s especially important now when we are depending on lawyers to maintain the rule of law to hold those who violate the law and rules responsible...my thoughts on Manafort’s lawyers

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

An unpopular defendant deserves a lawyer and that lawyer does not endorse his client’s views. But a lawyer can distance himself from a client who is continuing to commit crimes

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

#HarveyWeinstein carrying Elia Kazan biography to turn himself in

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

In all the fury about how Barr betrayed his role, important not to overlook how in this almost impossible situation Mueller managed to report the facts needed to hold the President accountable without wading into a partisan fight which would have further eroded confidence in DOJ

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

1 year

This is the best take on the Manhattan DA's indictment: it's impossible to tell how strong the case is yet.

Preemption and the Known Unknowns of the Trump Indictment

The indictment tees up some complex and unresolved legal questions—but preemption isn’t a major threat to the prosecution.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@renato_mariotti The public corruption unit was involved in the prosecution and multiple proffer sessions with Michael Cohen. Could Cohen have given up Epstein as part of his deal?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@HarrySandick @JenGRodgers This was a publicity stunt, not a serious referral.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

I'm honored to win this award from the NYSBA!

New York State Bar Association

@NYSBA

4 years

. @NYLawSchool Prof. @rroiphe Wins State Bar's Sanford Levy Award

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

3/If I am right about this then this is important commentary about this case and #Metoomovement . There was pressure on DA including AG inquiry and mass media assault. Prosecutors shouldn't be under so much political pressure to charge. Decisions should be based on law & fact.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

#metoomovement will suffer it creates too much incentive for politicians to pressure prosecutors. Prosecutorial independence matters in this case and more broadly.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

2 years

Interesting that Giuliani told the Jan 6 Committee that they were looking for someone to lead the DOJ who wouldn't be so concerned about his reputation. Reputation is exactly how ethical norms and traditions are perpetuated.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

Far from the most important part of this story but Clark is hiding behind a made-up ethical obligation to refuse to disclose conversations he had with Trump

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

2 years

This is amazing news. Congrats to @GruensteinB and the Innocence Network for their work on her behalf.

Texas Court Halts Execution of Mother Convicted of Killing Child (Published 2022)

Melissa Lucio had long maintained her innocence. New evidence and expert testimony emerged casting strong doubt on her guilt.

www.nytimes.com

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

As scary as this is, it’s remarkable how well the DOJ/FBI has maintained its integrity despite the public attacks and this more direct assault on the rule of law.

The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast

5 years

EXCLUSIVE: The DOJ just unearthed a letter Matt Whitaker delivered to the Utah U.S. attorney directing a review of how the department handled the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One issues

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

My thoughts on Mueller’s choice not to decide whether Trump committed criminal obstruction

Mueller Was Dead Right on Trump and Obstruction

The special counsel would’ve been attacked as a partisan if he passed judgment on the president. Instead, the attorney general did, with implications for the Justice Department.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

The DOJ practice of not revealing information about an uncharged suspect is a good policy but not absolute. Sometimes, officials have to use their discretion in the public interest. This is one of those times. Barr should release the full report.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Needless to say, advice of counsel defense does not work here.

Manu Raju

@mkraju

5 years

Trump tries to claim the hush-money payments were Cohen’s doing - not his, telling Hannity: “He did and he made the decision. Remember this, he’s an attorney - whatever decision he makes, you’re supposed to rely on your attorney to make a decision. ... It’s also called reliance.”

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Rebecca Roiphe

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6 years

Kavanaugh’s strategy was mistaken identity. If this were a criminal trial, these new allegations would come in as proof of identity under FRE 404 and would be fatal to his defense

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Like Taylor and Kent, Yovanovitch is refusing to answer in a way that directly accuses the President of wrongdoing, only recounting the facts. They are all nonpartisan public servants.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Biggest news from @60Minutes is that Trump instructed Rosenstein to put Russia in the memo as the reason for firing Comey. Add that to @LesterHoltNBC interview and it seems abundantly clear.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

THREAD: We should stop using legal ethics as a weapon to threaten and punish the other political party. /1 @JonathanTurley makes this argument. h/t @andygrewal

Gerhardt: The Entire White House Defense Team Will Face Bar Charges

YouTube screenshot There have been suggestions that the White House defense team could be brought up on bar charges for their arguments in the Senate. I have previously written that such statements…

jonathanturley.org

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

@renato_mariotti Real goal is to prevent the FBI from looking into his drinking and referring a criminal investigation into perjury which would doom the nomination

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Rebecca Roiphe

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5 years

@MollyJongFast SDNY public corruption unit was involved in prosecuting and conducting multiple proffer sessions with Michael Cohen. Could Cohen have given up Epstein as part of his deal?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

I hope my crim pro students are not listening to Barr's last answer. He said: If you detain someone and move him to a different location for the purpose of questioning, that's not necessarily an arrest. Under Dunaway, that's an arrest.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

These two articles I co-authored with Bruce Green are unfortunately once again quite relevant: Can the President Control the DOJ? and May Federal Prosecutors Take Direction From the President?

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

2 years

This statement by the Albany DA is appropriate, unlike the statement by the @WestchesterDA . Soares simply states that he cannot prove the crime rather than suggesting that the target is guilty and the laws are at fault.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

@Mimirocah1 @DanielRAlonso @RudyGiuliani But he is serving as a defense attorney at the moment so obligated to put forth arguments in favor of Trump and this one seems effective.

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@RDEliason @AnnaBower @CBHessick @GJackChin @jedshug @JoyceWhiteVance @EricColumbus @DanielRAlonso @renato_mariotti @AshaRangappa_ @NormEisen @rgoodlaw @Delavegalaw @alegalnerd @CommishSmith @AdavNoti @lawofruby @rickhasen @NoahBookbinder @DavidAFrench FWIW, when I was at the DA’s office we used the felony falsification statute to charge people with the broader definition of intent to defraud the government (Banking laws etc) and we did not require submitting the records.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

6 years

About to go on @TheBeatWithAri on @MSNBC !

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Rebecca Roiphe

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4 years

Good thread in light of Rep Chabot’s current argument that abuse of power is too vague to support impeachment.

Ira 'Greybeard Homer' Goldman 🦆🦆🦆

@KDbyProxy

4 years

FUN FACT: There is a *bribery article* in the impeachment articles against President Trump. It's Article I. "But, Ira – Article I is titled 'ABUSE OF POWER', not 'BRIBERY', so how can you say that?" Because it's not the title. It's the acts alleged. B/c history… 1/

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@rroiphe

5 years

Gordon Caplan, co-chair of Wilkie Farr, is charged in this bribery scheme. In NY lawyers are automatically disbarred if convicted of a felony, so...

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

5 years

Also prosecutorial (or FBI) discretion saved Hillary Clinton from charges as well. Further evidence that prosecutors are doing their job without regard to partisan interests

Carissa Byrne Hessick

@CBHessick

5 years

One item in the #MuellerReport that seems to have largely escaped attention is the fact that Donald Trump Jr. committed a crime--specifically, he violated the computer fraud and abuse act. It appears that he wasn't charged only because of prosecutorial discretion. A few thoughts:

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6 years

Anyone who cared about the reputation of the Supreme Court as something other than an arena for partisan warfare would have withdrawn by now.

Matthew Goldstein

@MattGoldstein26

6 years

"Every bit of research on the subject concludes that judges are human beings with emotional reactions that influence how they decide cases."

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5 years

@jeffreycortese @gtconway3d Also interesting that public corruption unit of SDNY prosecuted and conducted multiple proffer sessions with Michael Cohen. Could Cohen have given up Epstein as part of his deal?

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@rroiphe

1 year

Pomerantz’s book violates his duty of confidentiality and potentially rule 3.6, against prejudicing an ongoing proceeding. He doesn’t get to decide what is in the public interest. The elected DA does.

Terri Gerstein

@TerriGerstein

1 year

Mark Pomerantz quit @ManhattanDA office in a huff over the Trump case. Now he’s on a book/TV tour, carping about his former boss. (Also my former boss. More on that later). Pomerantz may think he's the smartest guy in the room but his judgment is👎 (1/x)

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@rroiphe

5 years

I agree but if it was not corrupt, run of the mill foreign policy, why does Teump keep claiming there was no quid pro quo?

Randall Eliason

@RDEliason

5 years

Nothing inherently crazy about a non-corrupt quid pro quo. Countries do it all the time: "you buy more of x from us and we will lift tariffs on y," etc. What would make Trump's criminal is corrupt intent - a q.p.q. for personal political gain, not b/c it's in the US interest.

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@ProfMMurray @ratemyskyperoom I’m so envious! I only got a 9/10! If you quit your day job, you can give some interior design advice.

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@RDEliason @Mimirocah1 @PreetBharara @JoyceWhiteVance @harrylitman @BarbMcQuade We revisited this question on an online conference published by Fordham. With contributions from @angelajdavis @vidabjohnson Bruce Green, Abbe Smith, Jessica Roth, and others.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

First of all, omg! And second, "A lawyer's representation of a client, including representation by appointment, does not constitute an endorsement of the client's political, economic, social or moral views or activities" Model Rule 1.2(b).

Zack Fink

@ZackFinkNews

4 years

Here are photos of Attorney Randy Mastro’s UWS home, which was vandalized this morning. Mastro is representing UWS residents in the dispute over Homeless at The Lucerne

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

4 years

@JonathanTurley I believe that Barr was not attempting to interfere with individual SDNY investigations. I also believe the way he fired Berman and his other acts as AG have completely undermined his credibility as nonpartisan and the public is justified in having no faith.

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Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

3 years

Isn't the point of tenure to seek truth? Isn't that in tension with activism? Activists often suppress inconvenient truths to achieve a goal. An abortion activist would not want to tell stories of women who regretted their abortions but that is part of the pursuit of truth, no?

Lara Bazelon

@larabazelon

3 years

Tenure is the ultimate privilege. Don't luxuriate in it. Use it. Use it to advocate for your ideas and beliefs. Use it to show your students how to force change in the face of lame, cowardly, status quo b.s. Use it to fight.

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Rebecca Roiphe

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My co-author Bruce Green and I on the NY appellate court's suspension of Giuliani's license. We're concerned about chilling lawyers' political speech.

Opinion | As the Giuliani case goes forward, courts should think deeply about the First Amendment

Lawyers don’t sacrifice their constitutional rights completely when they join the bar.

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Rebecca Roiphe

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1/ Many people are wondering why the SDNY and Mueller's team haven't entered into a cooperation agreement with Cohen even though Cohen appears to be ready, willing, and able.

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Rebecca Roiphe

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Looking forward to appearing on @TheLastWord on @MSNBC during the 10pm ET hour to discuss AMI.

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This is a problem with bar associations as well. Even more problematic when the purpose of the profession is to promote peaceful resolution of ideological and other disagreements.

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As professional societies become more ideological some will discipline members for statements that depart from the dominant ideology. This will undermine trust in the profession, as Ontario College of Psychologists is now doing with attempt to punish @jordanbpeterson for tweets

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Lanny Davis, Cohen’s new attorney, says he “deserves to tell his side of the story.” Targets of criminal investigations don’t generally tell their side of the story. Cooperators do.

Maggie Haberman

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Davis in statement on Cohen retaining him:

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If Kavanaugh had it to do all over again, would he accept the nomination? I think he would, and that speaks volumes to his sense of entitlement and his lack of respect for our institutions.

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Rebecca Roiphe

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Here's a conversation I had with Slate's @IChotiner about the assault on prosecutorial independence and the DOJ

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@EricColumbus @johnson_carrie This is a sign that the incoherence and contradictions are working as a PR strategy. Even the media and attentive observers are having a hard time tracking one narrative.

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@jedshug @ThePlumLineGS @lee_kovarsky @samuelmoyn My point is that your argument makes no sense. The fact that no one successfully challenged any of the cases that were brought - whether or not the cases were reported- is a good sign that it’s absolutely fine to prove intent that way

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Rebecca Roiphe

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Barr told Trump exactly what I have been arguing, which is that his legal strategy to overturn the election actually harmed him because "no self-respecting lawyer is going anywhere near it."

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Rebecca Roiphe

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Many people have said Mueller's failure to decide whether Trump's conduct constituted obstruction was a cop-out. I don't agree. It was a way to present the facts to public so that a political decision can be made while preserving the legitimacy of DOJ as an apolitical body.

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Rebecca Roiphe

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@BestForJuicing @LionelMedia Here's my read on that book choice.

Rebecca Roiphe

@rroiphe

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1/ @benjaminbrafman had Weinstein carry Elia Kazan biography to turn himself in. This is not an accident. It is meant to bring up the HUAC hearings and McCarthy witch hunt. Subtly show that there was political pressure to bring this prosecution.

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Rebecca Roiphe

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When @AlanDersh is acting as an advocate, he should not claim that he is a disinterested expert. /5

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Rebecca Roiphe

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Holmes expresses outrage about the threat to bipartisan support for Ukraine. His tone is both emotional and adamant as he expresses the importance of Ukraine to American interest and the recent threat to that relationship.

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Rebecca Roiphe

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7/So while people speculate that SNDY's apparent decision not to cooperate Cohen may suggest he doesn't have the goods, the opposite may be true. He might have the goods, but SDNY and Mueller's team are being cautious about getting it.

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