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The #MeToo Cabinet

November 22, 2024

Three black and white photos spliced together of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Pete Hegseth, and Matt Gaetz

Pam Bondi’s Comeback

David A. Graham

November 22, 2024

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The Case Against Spinning Off Chrome

November 22, 2024

Trump’s First Defeat

David A. Graham

November 21, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Matt Gaetz

Either Way, Matt Gaetz Wins

November 14, 2024

A photo of Matt Gaetz

Why the Gaetz Announcement Is Already Destroying the Government

November 14, 2024

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The Thing That Binds Gabbard, Gaetz, and Hegseth to Trump

David A. Graham

November 13, 2024

A triptych of black-and-white photos of Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, and Matt Gaetz, cropped from the collar up

Bye-Bye, Jack Smith

November 8, 2024

Black-and-white photo of Donald Trump behind broken jail bars

Trump Is Being Very Honest About One Thing

David A. Graham

October 25, 2024

A Chance for Biden to Make a Difference on the Death Penalty

Elizabeth Bruenig

October 2, 2024

A black-and-white photo of President Joe Biden looking pensive

What Was the Point of Prosecuting Julian Assange?

June 25, 2024

A "Free Assange" banner at a protest for Julian Assange

Trump Isn’t Bluffing

David A. Graham

January/February 2024 Issue

A black-and-white photo of the lower half of Trump's face while he's speaking

The Real Weaponization of the Department of Justice

David A. Graham

August 2, 2023

An illustration featuring photos of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Clark

The Atlantic Daily

How the DOJ Used Trump’s Methods Against Him

September 1, 2022

Donald Trump's back as he stands at a lectern, lit from the front

Trump Can’t Hide From the Mar-a-Lago Photo

David A. Graham

August 31, 2022

A photograph from DOJ's filing showing documents marked as classified on the floor

What the Search-Warrant Affidavit Tells Us

August 26, 2022

A photo of redacted documents

How to Go After Rogue Prosecutors

December 29, 2021

A photo illustration of two converging circles with old cartoons of lawyers from the colonial era arguing

There’s No Good Way to Protect the Presidency Anymore

June 28, 2021

An illustration of the seal of the President of the United States covered by a broken shield

Trump’s DOJ Was More Dangerous Than We Knew

David A. Graham

June 11, 2021

An illustration of the Department of Justice seal with Donald Trump's eye.

How to Actually Prosecute the Financial Crimes of the Very Rich

Paul E. Pelletier

May 19, 2021

An illustration of a man slipping money out of his coat to hand to another man

What’s the Justice Department Actually For?

David A. Graham

February 22, 2021

Judge Merrick Garland

Trump’s Self-Pardon Fantasy Will Meet a Harsh Reality

Benjamin Wittes

January 7, 2021

An illustration of Donald Trump walking out of a door

The Bigger the Publishers, the Blander the Books

December 9, 2020

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How to Corrupt the Justice Department

Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes

July 13, 2020

An illustration of the scales of justice transformed into a marionette

The Justice Department Has Had to Twist Itself in Knots to Defend Trump on Emoluments

May 26, 2020

Imagine If a Democrat Behaved Like Bill Barr

Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes

February 18, 2020

Donald Trump and Bill Barr

American Justice Isn’t Impartial Anymore

February 12, 2020

William Barr at the Justice Department

Trump’s Justice Department Wants to Change the Movie Industry

November 20, 2019