Benjamin Wittes
A specialist in law and national security, he is the author of several books. Most recently, he co-wrote Unmaking the Presidency: Donald Trump’s War on the World’s Most Powerful Office. He previously served as a member of The Washington Post’s editorial-page staff, where he focused on legal affairs.
-
![]()
Kevin Lamarque / Reuters If the Witnesses Could Exonerate Trump, Why Aren’t They Testifying?
Trump’s defenders suggest that White House aides could exculpate the president—but the evidence suggests otherwise.
-
![]()
Pool / Reuters The Return of the Mueller Report
As the Judiciary Committee drafts its articles of impeachment, it will have to decide how much of the special counsel’s findings it wants to include.
-
![]()
Loren Elliott / Reuters What Impeachment Is Revealing About the Republican Party
Trump’s Senate trial will force voters to evaluate nihilism as the governing philosophy of a political movement.
-
![]()
Tom Brenner / Reuters How to Tell If Trump Is Winning
The president is turning to the same strategies he used against Robert Mueller to fend off Congress.
-
![]()
Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Ukraine Transcripts Are a Road Map for Impeachment
Witnesses are providing Congress with the record of presidential misbehavior it needs.
-
![]()
Carolyn Kaster / AP Trump Is Running Out of Defenses
Has the expectation that presidents will act in a public-spirited matter now also become a partisan stance?
-
![]()
Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump’s Tantrums Won’t Make Impeachment Go Away
The president’s critics and his defenders spent the week debating rules.
-
![]()
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Even Getting Caught Red-Handed Isn’t Enough
One way or another, members of Congress should condemn Trump’s abuses of power. By defending his own misdeeds as no big deal, he is eroding norms of acceptable presidential behavior.
-
![]()
Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Catastrophic Performance of Bill Barr
The attorney general misled the public in seven key ways.
-
![]()
Yuri Gripas / Reuters Five Things I Learned From the Mueller Report
A careful reading of the dense document delivers some urgent insights.
-
![]()
Yuri Gripas / Reuters Bill Barr Has Promised Transparency. He Deserves the Chance to Deliver.
Judge the attorney general by what he ultimately sends to Congress.
-
![]()
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Much-Heralded End of the Mueller Investigation
No one knows when it will actually “wrap up”—or what it will mean when it does.
-
![]()
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Real Significance of the FBI’s Probe Into Trump
It’s a big deal.
-
![]()
Drew Angerer / Getty The Chain Reaction That Began When Trump Fired James Comey Is Speeding Up
May 9, 2017, could turn out to be the most consequential day in the history of this presidency.
-
![]()
Evan Vucci / AP As Good an Attorney General as We’re Likely to Get
William Barr’s statements raise serious questions, but he appears far more qualified than the other candidates that Trump reportedly considered for the post.
-
![]()
Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Mueller Is Laying Siege to the Trump Presidency
It won’t be a single news event that takes down the president.
-
![]()
Charlie Neibergall / AP It’s Probably Too Late to Stop Mueller
The prospects for interference are dimmer than many imagine.
-
![]()
Chris Watie / Reuters / Katie Martin / … I Know Brett Kavanaugh, but I Wouldn’t Confirm Him
This is an article I never imagined myself writing, that I never wanted to write, that I wish I could not write.
-
![]()
Joshua Roberts / Reuters Kavanaugh Bears the Burden of Proof
The question isn’t whether he can win confirmation—it’s whether he can defend against the charge he faces in a manner that is both persuasive and honorable.
-
![]()
Leah Millis / Reuters The Most Damaging Thing That’s Happened to Trump
It wasn’t what Michael Cohen alleged in court, or the conviction of his campaign chair.
