Harry Litman
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Harry Litman, the senior legal affairs columnist for the Opinion page, is a former U.S. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general. He is the creator and host of the “Talking Feds” podcast (@talkingfedspod) and a regular commentator on MSNBC, CNN and CBS News. He was previously a contributing columnist for the Washington Post. Litman teaches constitutional and national security law at UCLA and UC San Diego, is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy, and maintains a small law practice specializing in the False Claims Act. He served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and Anthony Kennedy. Prior to law school, Litman worked on the Associated Press’ baseball desk and as a feature film production assistant in New York City. Litman and his wife, Julie Roskies Litman, have three children.
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Judge Sarah B. Wallace’s opinion makes the crucial finding that the then-president engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, which could disqualify him from office.
Nov. 20, 2023
Judge Tanya Chutkan granted a motion by special counsel Jack Smith’s team requiring the ex-president to reveal whether he will blame his lawyers for his conduct.
Nov. 13, 2023
The ex-president insulted Justice Arthur Engoron and helped Atty. Gen. Letitia James. Ivanka Trump’s testimony looked polite and uneventful by contrast.
Nov. 8, 2023
Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis’ prosecution will remain in state court. The former president probably made a crass calculation about the judges.
Oct. 2, 2023
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team has asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to rein in the former president’s incendiary rhetoric. His response is legally laughable.
Sept. 26, 2023
Litman: What Trump’s assistant told investigators about classified records — and why it’s so damning
Molly Michael is a compelling witness for special counsel Jack Smith’s team partly because she will be so difficult to challenge on cross-examination.
Sept. 20, 2023
President Biden’s son wouldn’t have been charged if Republicans in Congress weren’t looking to advance Donald Trump’s prospects by disingenuous means.
Sept. 14, 2023
A judge rejected the former chief of staff’s effort to move Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis’ case to federal court. A similar motion by the ex-president is likely to fail.
Sept. 11, 2023
Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell could go to trial in November. Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis has argued that the entire case, including the ex-president, should go with them.
Sept. 7, 2023
His bid to remove the Georgia case to federal court appears to be part of a strategy to secure immunity and make Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis’ case go away.
Aug. 31, 2023