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Barbara McQuade

MS NOW Columnist

Barbara McQuade is an MS NOW columnist and NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is the author of “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America,” as well as a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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Banksy-style posters depicting a man throwing a sandwich in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro wasted our money pursuing sandwich thrower

Lindsey Halligan.

There’s a reason Trump tapped Lindsey Halligan to take on James Comey

Image: President Trump Holds Swearing-In Ceremony For Interim U.S. Attorney For D.C. Jeanine Pirro

Jeanine Pirro used to be a prosecutor. Trump will make her a weapon.

Members of the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022.

Trump used birthright citizenship as an excuse for another presidential power grab

Paul Ingrassia

Trump taps extreme Jan. 6 apologist for key watchdog role. That won’t end well.

Ed Martin.

Donald Trump’s failed U.S. attorney pick may have just found his true calling

President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office

Trump isn’t just punishing law firms — he’s attempting to rewrite history

Judge James Boasberg; President Donald Trump.

Why judges keep rejecting Trump’s Alien Enemies Act argument