Professor Frank Bowman has been writing about the presidential impeachment process on his blog, “Impeachable Offenses,” in op-eds in the media, and in his book, “High Crimes and Misdemeanors: A History of Impeachment for the Age of Trump” (Cambridge University Press). Various media outlets have reached out to him for his expertise on the process and the Mueller Report. Algernon…
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Professor Bowman: The Influence of Substantial Assistance in Sentencing Defendants
In a recent op-ed in Slate, “The Reason Prosecutors Hammered Michael Cohen Despite His Cooperation With Robert Mueller,” Professor Frank Bowman examines the conflicting opinions of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel’s Office regarding the value of Cohen’s level of cooperation. According to Professor Bowman, the crux of the situation…
Professor Bowman Interviewed on Cheddar about the Flynn Sentencing Memo
Professor Frank Bowman was interviewed recently by the internet news site Cheddar about the Gen. Michael Flynn sentencing memo, Special Counsel Mueller Recommends No Jail Time for Michael Flynn. He commented about the timing of the sentencing decision, the heavily redacted memo, how these agreements are created, and what, if anything, can be assumed at this point about the status…
Professor Bowman Writes that Legal Issues Might Cause Trump to Cut Ties with Michael Cohen
On his blog, Impeachable Offenses, and in an op-ed in Slate, “The Vekselberg Case Increases the Odds of Michael Cohen Turning on Donald Trump,” Professor Frank Bowman spells out how the investigation into Michael Cohen exposes the Trump presidency to closer scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller. Cohen, Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, created a company whose bank accounts were used…
Professor Bowman Writes that Firings Could Only Slow Down the Process
In his April 16 op-ed in Slate, “It’s Too Late for a New “Saturday Night Massacre,” Professor Frank Bowman suggests that a firing spree of Department of Justice personnel, including special counsel Robert Mueller, is unlikely because, although firings might hinder or delay the multiple federal investigations, it would not resolve President Trump’s legal…
Professor Frank Bowman Explains That Latest News in Mueller Probe Might Not Be Good News for President Trump
Professor Frank Bowman explains that a recent Washington Post report that President Trump “is not a target” in the investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller does not mean that Trump should feel relieved. In an April 7 guest commentary by Bowman in The Kansas City Star – “Trump shouldn’t relax to hear he isn’t a ‘target’ in Mueller investigation” and…