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Neal Katyal

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Neal Katyal is a prominent American attorney and legal scholar known for his work in constitutional law. He served as the Acting Solicitor General of the United States from 2010 to 2011, becoming the first Asian American to hold this position. Katyal has argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court, often focusing on issues related to civil rights and government accountability. He is a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells and has been a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches courses on constitutional law and national security law.

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Aug 8, 2022

I think the judge is going to try and do their job, and the job requires them to meet certain legal standards, and obviously because it`s a search of the former president`s home, the judge is going to take that as seriously as she has…

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Aug 8, 2022

The Presidential Records Act that Michael is talking about is designed to safeguard exactly against that because these are not Donald Trump’s documents. these are the American people’s documents.

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Aug 8, 2022

He’s got something to hide.

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Aug 4, 2022

I’m so glad to see Merrick Garland bringing these charges. It’s an incredibly important step in showing that how federal legal action even if it’s severely delayed, Stephanie, can be really important.

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Jul 26, 2022

It looks like the Department of Justice is taking a close look at all the different ways in which Trump broke the law. And when you’re Donald Trump and your ways of breaking the law are so numerous and varied, that’s going to spell real…

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Jul 20, 2022

I am very upset at the Republicans right now, because these are the people that lost their minds over Hillary Clinton`s server, and saying, oh, you know, possibly, data was deleted, or something like that.

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Jul 13, 2022

If I am Donald Trump I would be very worried.

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Jul 13, 2022

Everyone knows you don’t talk to witnesses. The one exception to that is the mob and Trump ran the White House the way that the mob runs things.

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Jul 11, 2022

I hope that, you know, he recognized those claims for what they are, which is bogus, and didn`t make them.

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Jul 11, 2022

This clause does not immunize a senator from testifying about information about other people committing crimes, or if as long as it doesn’t impugn a legislative act. And last time I checked, plotting a coup is not a legislative act.

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Jul 11, 2022

A federal judge has already looked at the evidence and said, Steph, that it’s more likely than not that Donald Trump personally committed serious felonies.

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Jul 11, 2022

He deserves it. And this is ridiculous. He’s been subpoenaed in this Georgia election fraud dispute. He has material evidence.

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Jul 11, 2022

I think that`s possible. But I think unlikely, I think Steph, the evidence is starting to show those connections.

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Jul 11, 2022

It was right after that meeting that Trump tweeted, it was the next day that tweeted to his supporters, calling them to protest their own government.

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Jul 10, 2022

This is the one time that Steve Bannon has wanted to check his privilege, and it turns out he doesn`t have any.

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Jul 10, 2022

You defy a congressional vote like that when they say we need this evidence, and you say no? Of course you deserve that.

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Jul 7, 2022

I very much hope Pat Cipollone is another one who comes out and just tells the truth, tell the American people what happened.

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Jul 7, 2022

I guess it’s going to chill future presidents from plotting a coup and telling your White House counsel about it.

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Jul 7, 2022

There’s no privilege claim here that will be sustained by any court.

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Jun 30, 2022

The way the Supreme Court acted today, basically ending a lot of greenhouse gas regulation was to say this major questions doctrine applied.

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Jun 30, 2022

I am very worried about the U.S. Supreme Court at this point. I mean, it’s my lifeblood. I’ve argued there 45 times. I love the court or revere the court. But this particular composition of the court is the most conservative extreme court…

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Jun 28, 2022

It criminalizes not just actively being part of the conspiracy but someone who assists in the insurrection, and here Donald Trump obviously assisted.

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Jun 23, 2022

It is obvious both the Justice Department and this judge think it is a more likely chance that federal crimes committed were committed by Jeffrey Clark.

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Jun 22, 2022

It`s an important part of the plot and a very important part of what Donald Trump did to our democracy and the rule of law.

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Jun 22, 2022

The just formal investigation goes on past the midterms.

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