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  • Former federal Judge Luttig says if Trump is convicted, a federal judge would have 'no choice' but to sentence him to prison

    Former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, who played a critical role in the Jan. 6 committee hearings, joins Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast to discuss the Jan. 6 House committee criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump. As a former U.S. Court of Appeals judge, Luttig says he’s confident that if Trump is convicted and the conviction is upheld by the Supreme Court, a federal judge would have “no choice” but to sentence him to imprisonment.

  • Newly released JFK documents point to what the CIA was hiding

    Like much of the newly disclosed JFK papers, the memo didn’t contain any secret bombshells that prove an elaborate conspiracy to kill Kennedy. Instead, it was the CIA trying to hide how it does its business

  • Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for war crimes tribunal for Putin and Russian military leaders

    A Ukrainian human rights activist set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize next week says world leaders must create a special international tribunal to place Russian President Vladimir Putin and large numbers of his military on trial for war crimes.

  • Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize winner on living through war and holding Putin accountable

    Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Ukrainian human rights activist set to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo next week, joins Yahoo News Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff to discuss her work with the Kyiv-based Center for Civil Liberties. Matviichuck explains why she believes world leaders must create a special international tribunal to place Russian President Vladimir Putin and large numbers of his military on trial for war crimes.

  • Appointment of special counsel to investigate Trump won’t satisfy Merrick Garland's critics, ex-prosecutor says

    Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of a special counsel to oversee investigations into Donald Trump “was not legally necessary” and is unlikely to satisfy critics given that he maintains the ultimate power to approve or reject any prosecutorial decisions, according to a former independent counsel who probed actions during the administration of President George H.W. Bush.

  • Former State Dept. official raps Biden administration move to protect Saudi Crown Prince

    A former top legal adviser to Secretary of State Antony Blinken is criticizing the State Department’s controversial move to recommend Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, otherwise known as MBS, be granted “head of state” immunity to shield him from a lawsuit for his role in the brutal 2018 assassination and dismemberment of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

  • Ex-Twitter executive: Saudi dissidents should be wary of Elon Musk takeover

    Former Twitter executive Vivian Schiller believes Saudi dissidents should consider dropping their use of the social media platform in light of the outside role that Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has in the newly organized company under Elon Musk.

  • WSJ Supreme Court reporter weighs in on potential rulings of SCOTUS affirmative action cases

    ess Bravin, Supreme Court reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins Yahoo News’s “Skullduggery” podcast to discuss two Supreme Court cases regarding race-based college admissions, which are set to start oral arguments on Monday. Regarding a potential ruling by the conservative court, “If you can overrule Roe v. Wade and move on, this is relatively small potatoes to [the Supreme Court],” says Bravin.

  • WSJ Supreme Court reporter gives background on previous rulings in SCOTUS affirmative action cases

    Jess Bravin, Supreme Court reporter at the Wall Street Journal, joins Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast to discuss two cases regarding race-based college admissions that are set to start oral arguments on Monday. Bravin discusses previous rulings and precedents.

  • Cuomo and Spitzer ‘lost touch with why they were in government in the first place,’ says Democratic strategist

    Democratic political strategist Lis Smith joins Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast to discuss her career and new book, “Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story.” Smith, who previously advised former New York Govs. Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Cuomo — both of whom resigned amid scandal — tells Yahoo News that “there was a belief in New York politics for a while that to succeed you had to be sort of the hard charger, that you had to be sort of a bully.” She added that Spitzer and Cuomo “are people who ended up leaving office with many more enemies than they had friends.”

  • Democratic strategist warns against ‘progressive hashtag politics’

    Lis Smith, political strategist and author of “Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story,” joins Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast to discuss the 2022 midterm elections and why she thinks embracing slogans like “Abolish ICE” and “Defund the police” could do Democrats more harm than good. “There are certain far-lefty groups that, for their endorsement, they want you to endorse these things, and that’s just not where the electorate is,” says Smith.

  • Sen. Chris Murphy discuses the infamous Biden-MBS ‘fist bump’

    Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., joins Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast to discuss the “divergence” in the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia. Speaking about the controversy surrounding an image of President Biden greeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a fist bump during a recent state visit, Murphy tells Yahoo News, “I’m just so sick of talking about it. The president of the United States should be able to talk to the crown prince. Frankly, I think the United States should be talking to our adversaries too.”

  • ‘He’s a clown’: Sen. Chris Murphy rips Alex Jones and the culture behind Infowars

    Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., joins Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast to discuss the jury decision ordering Infowars founder Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and to an FBI agent for falsely claiming that the Dec. 14, 2012, massacre in Newtown, Conn., was staged. “Alex Jones is still a celebrity in the political right,” said Murphy. “The culpability here is on Jones, but it is also much more broadly on the Republican Party that continues to celebrate Alex Jones.”

  • FBI warrant for search of Trump home may involve suspected violations of Espionage Act, former chief of DOJ national security says

    The former chief of the Justice Department’s national security division said Tuesday that the FBI warrant for the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., suggests prosecutors believe they have probable cause that there may have been violations of the World War I-era Espionage Act.

  • Roberts may face roadblocks in probe of Roe leak, reporter who published it says

    One of the two Politico reporters who obtained the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade questions whether Chief Justice John Roberts has the legal authority to order his fellow justices and their clerks to cooperate in an internal investigation into who leaked the document.

  • Pence and the Secret Service: Jan. 6 hearings could reveal new details about the Capitol riots

    Carol Leonnig, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “I Alone Can Fix it,” joins a special live recording of Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast along with Bob Woodward and George Conway. During the discussion, Leonnig shares original reporting on efforts by the Secret Service to remove then-Vice President Mike Pence from the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. “Pence’s people were suspicious about whether this was a security move or a ‘get the Pence out of the House’ move,” says Leonnig, adding that she believes that more information about this and other alleged efforts to stop the certification of the 2020 electoral vote could be shared with the public during the Jan. 6 special committee hearings this summer.

  • Jan. 6: Clarifying the legal issues with Bob Woodward, Carol Leonning and George Conway

    Yahoo News Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff present a special live recording of the “Skullduggery” podcast with guests Bob Woodward, Carol Leonnig and George Conway. During the discussion, they delve into the legal issues surrounding the Jan. 6 special committee hearings.

  • Woodward pushes 25th Amendment, says a 'crazy' president could trigger nuclear war

    At a special taping of Yahoo News’ “Skullduggery” podcast on Thursday, three panelists discussed the legal perils that Donald Trump is facing.

  • Woodward: 'The Chinese thought we were going to attack them before the 2020 election'

    Journalists Bob Woodward and Carol Leonnig,  along with conservative attorney George Conway, join Yahoo News' "Skullduggery" podcast for a special live recording. During the discussion, Woodward sheds light on the grim atmosphere behind the scenes in the Pentagon during the final months of the Trump administration, revealing that the Chinese government had serious concerns that the U.S. would provoke a war. "General Milley and people in the Pentagon were not just disturbed, [they] were apoplectic about it, and apoplectic about Trump and his mental state," said Woodward.

  • Jan. 6 committee: Bob Woodward and Carol Leonnig share what they expect to see in public hearings

    Journalists Bob Woodward and Carol Leonnig,  along with conservative attorney George Conway, join Yahoo News' "Skullduggery" podcast for a special live recording. During the discussion, Woodward and Leonnig share their hopes and predictions for the public hearing this summer and the final report due in the fall. "I'm expecting what Bob Mueller didn't do," says Leonnig. "It's going to be like must-watch TV."