Politicizing the Justice Department, a European Strategy on China, and More

February 13, 2020

Corruption of the justice system can happen by using state power to go after one’s enemies, or by restraining government power to reward one’s friends and allies. Mikhaila Fogel, Susan Hennessey, Quinta Jurecic, and Benjamin Wittes write about President Trump’s pressure on the Department of Justice to weaken Roger Stone’s sentence and what this means for future cases of the president’s friends—or foes.

Brussels needs to shape a strong China policy

Europe’s relationship with China is fraught with disagreements and inconsistencies—all to China’s benefit. Julianne Smith and Torrey Taussig argue that to regain European momentum for a tougher China policy, leadership in Brussels will need to shepherd the European Union in the right direction.

Some recently proposed U.S. data privacy laws could make it more difficult for wrongly accused defendants to obtain digital records that establish their innocence. John Villasenor and Rebecca Wexler examine this troubling trend and offer guidance to policymakers.

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