Author Archive
Benjamin Wittes is a contributing writer at The Atlantic, the editor in chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Oversight
Analysis: The Oversight Wars Are Not Going Away
Impeachment may be over, but other skirmishes between Trump and the House will come to a head over the next few months.
- Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic
Management
Analysis: The Crime of Doing the Right Thing
The former National Security Council staffer Alexander Vindman joins the club of honorable people whom the president has targeted for telling the truth.
- Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic
Management
Viewpoint: 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.
- Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic
Management
Mueller Is Laying Siege to the Trump Presidency
It won’t be a single news event that takes down the president.
- Mikhaila Fogel and Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic
Oversight
Analysis: The Flaw in Trump's Obstruction-of-Justice Defense
The president isn’t above the law, whatever his lawyers may claim—but prosecutors will face an unusually high burden to prove any misconduct.
- Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic
Defense
How Obama decides your fate if he thinks you're a terrorist
A look inside the "disposition matrix" that determines when -- or if -- the administration will pursue a suspected militant
- Daniel Byman and Benjamin Wittes, The Atlantic