NYU Law Forum-Investigating Mar-a-Lago

Wednesday, October 12, 2022
The US Department of Justice’s unprecedented investigation continues into the documents found at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, raising many intertwined domestic law and national security concerns. What’s the likely trajectory of the criminal investigation? How might the Mar-a-Lago proceedings be sequenced with the separate and ongoing investigations and prosecutions around the events of January 6? How do the interests of the intelligence community figure into whether and how to bring criminal charges in such cases? How should we assess the performance of the Justice Department and intelligence community to date? What is essential to understand-and what are common misconceptions about-the Espionage Act, the rules governing (de)classification, executive privilege, and the Presidential Records Act? At this Forum, experts with backgrounds in law, journalism, intelligence, and senior government service explored the state of play in the case and analyzed the bigger picture.
This event was co-hosted by the Reiss Center on Law and Security.
Speakers
Bob Bauer, Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU School of Law; Distinguished Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security
Ryan Goodman, Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law, NYU School of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Reiss Center on Law and Security (moderator)
Carol Leonnig, National Investigative Reporter, The Washington Post.
Mary McCord, Executive Director, Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, Georgetown University Law Center
Andrew Weissmann, Professor of Practice, NYU School of Law; Distinguished Senior Fellow, Reiss Center on Law and Security