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President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., attend the 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

White House plays hardball. Congress whiffs

Trump's argument to block McGahn from testifying is nuts

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 1: U.S. Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee May 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. Barr testified on the Justice Department's investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

William Barr's terrible judgment

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Slovak Republic Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini in the Oval Office at the White House May 03, 2019 in Washington, DC. Pellegrini's visit is part of the Trump Administration's larger diplomatic attempt to compete with Moscow and Beijing in Central Europe. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finally Congress is fighting back vs. Trump. And the stakes couldn't be higher

US Attorney General William Barr testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on "The Justice Department's Investigation of Russian Interference with the 2016 Presidential Election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 1,2019. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

What's next in the battle of Barr v. Congress

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

William Barr now has to try to defend the indefensible

Don McGahn, general counsel for the Trump transition team, gets into an elevator in the lobby at Trump Tower, November 15, in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump is in the process of choosing his presidential cabinet as he transitions from a candidate to the president-elect.

Don McGahn could decide Trump's political fate

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 18: U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a press conference on the release of the redacted version of the Mueller report at the Department of Justice April 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Members of Congress are expected to receive copies of the report later this morning with the report being released publicly soon after. Also pictured is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

William Barr threw his credibility in the gutter

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies during a hearing before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee March 12, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on "Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The control-F search you should do on the Mueller report

US Attorney General William Barr testifies during a US House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Justice Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 9, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Barr is doing exactly what he came to do: Protecting Trump

MCLEAN, VA - MARCH 22: U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home March 22, 2019 in McLean, Virginia. It is expected that Robert Mueller will soon complete his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and release his report. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What is Barr trying to hide?

MCLEAN, VA - MARCH 22: U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home March 22, 2019 in McLean, Virginia. It is expected that Robert Mueller will soon complete his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and release his report. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

How Barr took the political wind out of obstruction probe

Barr's letter is not Mueller's report

A Mueller legal showdown could be just around the corner

ALEXANDRIA, VA - MARCH 08: Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. Courthouse after an arraignment hearing March 8, 2018 in Alexandria, Virginia. Manafort pleaded not guilty to new tax and fraud charges, brought by special counsel Robert MuellerÕs Russian interference investigation team, at the Alexandria federal court in Virginia, where he resides. A trial date has been set for July 10, 2018. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

What the judges got wrong on the Manafort cases

Congressional Democrats take a risk with their sledgehammer move on Trump

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, listens to a question as he testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

It's not just Cohen's words that implicate Trump

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 05: US President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with the Emir of Kuwait Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in the Oval Office of the White House on September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Edelman- Pool/Getty Images)

If this isn't obstruction of justice ...

FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the attempted Christmas Day attack, January 20, 2010 in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Robert Mueller's report is coming whether Trump likes it or not

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions from the press as he departs the White House January 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to travel to New Orleans today to address the American Farm Bureau Federation's 100th annual convention. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump's biggest nightmare isn't Mueller

Roger Stone departs Federal Court, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Washington. Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges in the Russia investigation after a publicity-filled few days spent torching the probe as politically motivated.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

In Roger Stone case, anything can happen

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 16: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller listens during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 16, 2008 in Washington, DC. The committee asked Mueller about the FBI's anthrax investigation, allegations of improper collection of information on reporters, the Bureau's approach to the mortgage fraud crisis, and the expanded investigative and intelligence gathering powers resulting from the proposed Attorney General Guidelines concerning the FBI's domestic operations. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Has Mueller eaten from the 'fruit of the poisonous tree'?

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Rudy Giuliani's remarkable retreat on collusion

Elie Honig, a former federal and state prosecutor, is a CNN legal analyst and a Rutgers University scholar.

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