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The Libertarian: The Election, The Transition, And The Legal Fallout

The Trump campaign’s legal struggles, the prospect of presidential pardons, and the appointment of a special counsel.

The LibertarianDecember 3, 2020
The Libertarian: The Election, The Transition, And The Legal Fallout

Richard Epstein analyzes the major legal plot lines attending the presidential transition: The Trump campaign’s frantic efforts to keep the president’s prospects alive in court, the possibility of a raft of last-minute presidential pardons, and the decision by Attorney General William Barr to transform U.S. Attorney John Durham — currently investigating the origins of the Russia probe — into a special counsel.

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Richard A. Epstein

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