Jill Wine-Banks
Contributor at U.S. News and World Report
MSNBC legal analyst. Author #TheWatergateGirl. Host #SistersInLaw & iGenPolitics podcasts. #JillsPins. Watergate & fed prosecutor. GC Army. COO ABA. Corp Exec.
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1 month ago |
americanbar.org | Jill Wine-Banks
Only 4 percent of all the lawyers in America were women, and almost none of that 4 percent were litigators. The author was the first woman prosecutor at the Department of Justice when she joined the Watergate trial team. She questioned President Nixon’s secretary about the famous 18.5 minutes of missing tape recordings.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
usnews.com | Albert Hunt |Jill Wine-Banks
Looking back at a half-century of failed Cabinet appointees, it turns out that Ted Sorensen, John Tower, Zoë Baird, Kimba Wood, Linda Chavez, Tom Daschle and many others were simply born too soon. Nominated for top positions by Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W.
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Jan 17, 2025 |
usnews.com | Jill Wine-Banks |Joyce White Vance
Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, artfully dodged most questions posed by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing this week. But we managed to learn quite a bit about her nonetheless. On the positive side, Bondi found bipartisan common ground on important issues ranging from the opioid crisis and pornography to child safety online.
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Dec 5, 2024 |
usnews.com | Albert Hunt |Max Burns |Jill Wine-Banks
Joseph R. Biden is the third American president in recent history to sabotage his own legacy. Like Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon, this president leaves office under a cloud. Biden was elected four years ago to get rid of Donald Trump, restore decency and integrity to the White House and serve as a bridge to the future. He was on track to do all three, while running up other impressive achievements – until his ill-fated decision last year to seek reelection. We know what happened next.
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Dec 2, 2024 |
usnews.com | Max Burns |Jill Wine-Banks |Laura Mannweiler
President Joe Biden shocked the political world on Sunday with the announcement that he had pardoned his son, Hunter, for a raft of federal charges. The decision was a mistake. More than that, it was a lesson in the dangerous allure of absolute presidential power that the pardon represents – and how its abuse corrupts the institution of democracy.
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