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1 month ago | 
justsecurity.org | Ryan Goodman |Tom Joscelyn |Mary B. McCord |Paras Shah |Clara Apt
In just his first six weeks in office, President Donald Trump has issued more than 80 executive orders and other actions, many of them targeting the federal workforce and the structure of the federal government. Just Security’s Co-Editor-in-Chief, Ryan Goodman, recently published a timeline of actions that highlight the alarming level of politicization and weaponization of the Department of Justice under the second Trump administration.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
justsecurity.org | Tom Joscelyn |Marty Lederman |Paras Shah |Clara Apt
Just after midnight on Tuesday, January 14, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office released its report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The report concludes that the evidence Smith obtained was sufficient to criminally convict Trump, but that after the 2024 election the case could not move forward in light of Justice Department policy against prosecuting a sitting president.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
justsecurity.org | Tom Joscelyn |Ryan Goodman
Just after midnight, Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office released its report on President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The report’s concluding paragraph was clearly written for the history books.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
justsecurity.org | Tom Joscelyn
During a press conference on Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump was asked whether he would pardon January 6 defendants charged with violent offenses. Much of Trump’s reply focused on a conspiracy theory – namely, that the FBI used its agents or confidential human sources (CHSs) to instigate the January 6 riot. “As you see, I guess 24 or 28 people came now from the FBI,” Trump claimed.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
justsecurity.org | Tom Joscelyn
On New Year’s Day, at least 14 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a man drove a rented pickup truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street, New Orleans.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Corey Brettschneider |Tom Joscelyn |Paras Shah |Clara Apt
Editor’s note: This episode of the Just Security Podcast is part of a series from leading experts with practical solutions to democratic backsliding, polarization, and political violence. With the U.S. presidential election less than a week away, anxiety is high, both across the country and around the world. Many fear the rise of populism and the erosion of democratic norms.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
justsecuritypodcast.buzzsprout.com | Corey Brettschneider |Tom Joscelyn |Paras Shah
With the U.S. presidential election less than a week away, anxiety is high, both across the country and around the world. Many fear the rise of populism and the erosion of democratic norms. In over two centuries, the United States has had many presidents who pushed on the door of anti-democratic power, but it has also had people who pushed back. Ahead of the election, what lessons can we learn by looking to the past?
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Tom Joscelyn
Editor’s note: Readers may also be interested in an introduction and accompanying analysis: Ryan Goodman, Heat Map of January 6th Defendants Across the United StatesIn the nearly four years since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice has charged over 1,500 defendants with crimes associated with the events of that day. It is the largest investigation in federal law enforcement history – and it is ongoing.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Tom Joscelyn
In late July, the United Nations Security Council released a detailed report on the threats posed by ISIS and al-Qaeda. The report is authored by the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which assists the Security Council’s efforts to enforce sanctions measures – such as travel bans, asset freezes and arms embargoes – against designated terrorist groups and individuals.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
thedispatch.com | Jonathan Ruhe |David Daoud |Jonathan Schanzer |Tom Joscelyn
For too long we relied on empty threats or ignored the problem. Published July 24, 2024 The Biden administration still speaks of “not allowing” Iran nuclear weapons. Yet just last Friday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken remarked that Iran is “probably one or two weeks away” from “having breakout capacity to produce fissile material for a nuclear weapon.” His blunt observation, that “where we are now is not a good place,” barely begins to capture the problem.
