Duke Law faculty discuss special counsel’s first charges
Professors Lisa Kern Griffin and Samuel W. Buell analyzed charges Special Counsel Robert Mueller announced Oct. 30 in his investigation of possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government, for multiple media outlets. Mueller indicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and campaign advisor Rick Gates on charges related to laundering millions of dollars in consulting and lobbying fees, and announced that George Papadopoulos, a former campaign foreign policy advisor, pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries and was cooperating with the investigation.
Both former federal prosecutors, Griffin, the Carroll-Simon Professor of Law, and Buell, the Bernard M. Fishman Professor of Law, also discussed the implications for Mueller’s ongoing probe.
Read more:
- Slate - Buell analyzes Papadopoulos plea deal
- The Economist - Buell: Russia collusion case is less like a "Mafia family case", more like "a mosaic with different pieces"
- Boston Globe - Buell discusses how former Trump aide might be working with special counsel investigators
- Vox - Griffin explains the charge of "conspiracy against the United States"
- Politico - Buell: Mueller's indictment of Papadopoulos is the real bombshell
- Marketplace - Griffin on Special Counsel indictments: "This is the very beginning"
Additional analysis from Buell and Griffin has appeared in:
- Bloomberg - Manafort Faces a Stark Choice: Cooperate or Risk Years in Prison
- WAToday - 'Swamp Creature' emerges to pose existential threat to Trump
- Rational Radio Daily with Steele and Ungar - "They don't really seem to have a long-term strategy."
- Vanity Fair - The Kremlin Asset in the Trump Campaign
- The Globe and Mail - Investigation into Russian collusion deals double blow to White House
- Boston Globe - Is the George Papadopoulos plea the real bombshell?
- Japan Times - Trump's former campaign manager faces a stark choice
- Deutsche Welle - What Robert Mueller's indictments of former Trump campaign officials mean for the president
- Straits Times - FBI indictment of Trump's former aides just the first salvo by special counsel