As he struggles to meet a court-ordered payment, Trump seems truly fearful. His claims of “I’m really rich,” writes a financial crimes expert, seem like a desert mirage.
Jennifer Taub
Jennifer Taub is a law professor and author of Other People’s Houses (about the 2008 financial crisis) and Big Dirty Money. Follow Jennifer on Twitter @jentaub.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Taxing Question for the Roberts Court
The justices are being asked to define income under the 16th Amendment, and their answer will have a huge effect on enacting taxes on extreme wealth.
Posted inPolitics
Garland’s Inaction on January 6 Gave Trump Breathing Room
A new Washington Post report examines why more than fifteen months elapsed before the Justice Department began investigating Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 insurrection.
Posted inPolitical Animal
The ABCs of SBF
A guide to the crypto king’s indictment and why, if found guilty, his prison sentence would be shorter than you think.
Posted inPolitics
Justice is Delayed as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Does the appointment of a special counsel in the Trump cases mean justice denied? Merrick Garland’s appointment of Jack Smith is hardly comforting.
Posted inPolitics
Merrick Garland’s Trump Problem—and Ours
Timing is everything. When it comes to free and fair elections and ensuring that Donald Trump and fellow authoritarians do not pull off a successful coup, we are nearly out of time. At least 19 states have added laws that make it more difficult to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, and 49 state legislatures […]
Posted inPolitics
Why I’m Proud to Write for the Washington Monthly
This magazine’s reporting is essential to understanding how Washington really works.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Biden and Garland Turn Up the Heat on White-Collar Crime
Lisa Monaco, the No. 2 at the Justice Department, lays out a tough new approach.
Posted inNovember/December 2021
How to Make Power Less Corrupting
Post-Trump new ideas for keeping authoritarians out of the Oval Office—and the squad car.
