Barbara L. McQuade

1 week ago | cafe.com | Barbara L. McQuade

A politician’s nightmare became reality this weekend, when two Minnesota state legislators and their spouses were shot in their homes. Other current and aspiring politicians around the country must be asking themselves, is public office worth it? In the overnight hours between Friday and Saturday, a gunman posing as a police officer killed Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. In a separate shooting eight miles away, the same suspect critically injured Sen. John A. Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.

3 weeks ago | msnbc.com | Barbara L. McQuade

Picking Paul Ingrassia to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel is not like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. It’s more like setting fire to the whole farm. On Thursday, President Donald Trump nominated the former far-right podcast host to lead the important albeit little-known federal agency office.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Barbara L. McQuade

Picking Paul Ingrassia to lead the U.S. Office of Special Counsel is not like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. It’s more like setting fire to the whole farm. On Thursday, President Donald Trump nominated the former far-right podcast host to lead the important albeit little-known federal agency office.

4 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Barbara L. McQuade

Let’s make a deal. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- A pattern is emerging in Donald Trump’s use of the pardon power: The president appears to view clemency as a means to simultaneously reward supporters and rewrite history. Since taking office for his second term in January, he has granted clemency to almost 1,600 defendants. According to Trump — who accused the Biden administration of “weaponizing” federal law enforcement to persecute political rivals — he is simply correcting injustices.

1 month ago | bloomberg.com | Barbara L. McQuade

Who stands to gain? (Bloomberg Opinion) -- A reputation for integrity takes a lifetime to build and an instant to lose. Four months into the Trump administration, if the Department of Justice’s reputation is not yet lost, it is wandering in the wilderness. That’s why this week’s report of a DOJ investigation into former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo raises more skepticism about the case than it does about him.