Jason Willick
@jawillick
Washington Post columnist. Law, politics, foreign policy. Email: [email protected]
"The Epstein hype was headed for a crash as soon as Trump appointed this crowd to run federal law enforcement," @jawillick writes. wapo.st/46iDqeN
Trump’s subordinates ran an Epstein Ponzi scheme. Now comes the bank run. How did Bondi, Patel and others in the president’s orbit think this was going to end? —Jason Willick washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…
Trump’s subordinates ran an Epstein Ponzi scheme. Now comes the bank run. wapo.st/4kIzck7
Trump’s subordinates ran an Epstein Ponzi scheme. Now comes the bank run. Read more from @jawillick: wapo.st/46iDqeN
Very exciting for The Post. I can’t think of anyone more qualified to fill the shoes of the retiring @danbalz than @ktumulty. Karen is The Post. She’s been a brilliant columnist and was a stellar editorial page editor. She’s never stopped relentlessly reporting — and never will.
Some personal news:
Many countries around the world are seeing their capital city become the only real game in town, pushing house prices upwards. The US is somehow avoiding this, having multiple genuine urban hubs, and this seems much better all around
A distinctly modern view of politics, in which the politics becomes "realer" the more radical the conflict is: "Trying to kill enemies is real politics." This seems leagues away from the classical idea of the political as tied to deliberating over the common good.
The primary upside of liberal democracy is very often alleged to be the peaceful transfer of power. This is such a towering load of fuckwaddery, it makes me want to shit upon the head of whoever came up with it. If you are in a political system in which power can be transferred…
Why does the Epstein story keep on going? New podcast with @jameshohmann and @Milbank podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/imp…
Good point from Bob Bauer on Trump DOJ and Epstein. Trump understandably saw DOJ "independence" as a threat from his first term. But that perception of independence, however fictional, can sometimes help a president politically.
The logic of this escapes me. Independence means when politicians demand easy money, the Fed can say no. By forcing Powell to resign (and resignation in these circumstances would be forced), Trump would establish the principle that Fed gives politicians what they want. I don't…
This morning, US government criticism of both Federal Reserve Chair Powell and the institution itself has broadened to include "mission creep" and the effectiveness of other officials. The developments of the last few days reinforce my view: If Chair Powell's objective is to…
One thing Gaza has proven to me about the Law of War is how it is premised on military leaders who don't want their people slaughtered and who will just give up if they can't win. E.g., imagine what would have happened if the "Japan will never surrender" claims were true.
Trump shamelessly courting his Andrew Jackson comparisons
Scott Bessent calls for probe into ‘the entire Federal Reserve institution’ on.ft.com/4m53rCP
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I regret to inform to inform you that you all have been reading the wrong works of Huntington and Fukuyama.
Wow. Government inching toward relenting on habeas for those it unconstitutionally deported without process. Slow and steady judicial pressure working.
NEW: The DOJ *again* claims, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, that the prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuela that occurred today "was made solely by the Government of El Salvador." They also acknowledge they may be forced to bring some of these people back.
Significant move to correct the most indefensible thing the Trump administration has done — its summary incarceration of hundreds from U.S. soil in a foreign prison.
Breaking news: More than 250 Venezuelans deported in March by the Trump administration and flown to El Salvador’s high security “counterterrorism” prison were sent home in exchange for 10 U.S. citizens imprisoned in Venezuela. wapo.st/44Tz4Z7