conspiracy

Law Profs: First Amendment Hurdles to Trump Prosecution Real, Not Insurmountable

by Alan Z. Rozenshtein and Jed Shugerman

The defense that Trump's speech about a stolen election, even if deliberately untruthful, constitutes protected political speech is plausible, but prosecutors can situate the remarks in the context of other actions to overturn the election. 

The Presidents and Ex-Presidents who have been Subpoenaed Before Trump

by Gillian Brockell

While a Congressional subpoena delivered to a president is unusual, it's not unprecedented. But the past is little guide to how Donald Trump will respond to a call to appear before the January 6th committee.  

Trump’s Involvement in the January 6 Conspiracy Is Easy to Prove

by James D. Zirin

A veteran prosecutor explains that the legal standards for conspiracy put Trump in the crosshairs. Whether he faces consequences for the attempted coup, however, is a question of politics. 

The Deep State Conspiracy Is About to Go Into Overdrive

by Ronald Radosh

The American right has advanced nutty conspiracy theories for decades. But the one we’re about to see play out will make Joe McCarthy look like an amateur.

Trump uses IG report to spread 'deep state' conspiracy

by Julian Zelizer

Trump has done more than anyone else to bring the fringe conspiracy concept of a "deep state" into the mainstream, with the help of his son Donald Jr.

The Untold Miracle of Lincoln’s Last Day on Earth

by Michael Daly

One hundred fifty years ago to the day, the president welcomed a hungry, desperate soldier’s wife into the White House. Seven hours later, he would be assassinated.

For a Biography of John Wilkes Booth, Terry Alford Turns to Amateur Researchers

Mr. Alford’s book, published by Oxford University Press, is already being hailed as an important contribution, with the Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer praising it as “so deeply researched and persuasively argued that it should stand as the standard portrait for years.”

Lincoln’s Assassination – and Caesar’s

by Barry Strauss

Both Lincoln and his assassin misread the lessons of history.

America’s conspiracy mania: Why Ebola and 9/11 truthers reflect a tortured history

by Jonathan Zimmerman

From 9/11 to McCarthyism, we have a long history of conspiracy theories -- and government acts have encouraged them.

Have We Got A Conspiracy for You - 9/11? JFK? Obama's Citizenship?

On a list of some of the world’s best-known conspiracy theories, Americans are most likely to believe the one about JFK‘s assassination.