Liz Oyer

Trump is considering mass pardons for his enablers. I have some ideas about how they could be undone. youtube.com/shorts/JyhSV...

Oyer: "The Justice Department has been totally captured by the President." In Corruptionland, presidential pardons are a form of currency. Former U.S. Pardon Attorney, @lawyeroyer.com , stars in the documentary recounting the corruption in Trump’s DOJ, and how refusing to bend cost her job.

The president is considering mass pardons for his enablers. But they’d be foolish to assume the next administration will honor them. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/buyer-bewa...

The indictment of Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is a case study in racism, sexism, and hypocrisy. The charges relate to her efforts to secure a state cannabis sale license—and she is being held to a standard that does not apply to Donald Trump and his family. youtube.com/shorts/8K1Vu...

Incredible @nytimes.com reporting revealed that Trump lawyer Alina Habba got a $50M employment offer from the family of a billionaire seeking a pardon …. while she was still a government employee. Two weeks after she started “work,” the pardon was granted. youtube.com/shorts/pgw7F...

An update on the epic drama of Donald Trump’s latest vanity project: renovating a public golf course in Washington, DC. Here’s everything you need to know, in three minutes. youtube.com/shorts/GChQE...

On the latest Is This Really Legal?, I am joined by @mimirocah1.bsky.social, former Westchester County District Attorney, to discuss what went wrong in the investigation of the alleged gang rape at Cornell University. www.isthisreallylegal.org/p/a-former-p...

The Donald J. Trump ballroom is basically a deposit box for bribes. A secret donor list obtained by the Washington Post confirms it. Those partaking in this cesspool of corruption should be very worried about the consequences they could face in the (near) future. #vote youtube.com/shorts/6_tgu...

Today began the UK rape trial of the actor Russell Brand. Which reminded me of the time last year when DOJ official Ed Martin boasted to X about hanging out with this accused sexual predator—while he was awaiting trial. youtube.com/shorts/cMNn6...

I honestly didn’t think Ken Paxton could go any lower. But he has. New reporting from the @wsj.com is a bombshell. Please watch and share, especially if you’re in Texas! youtube.com/shorts/xEmpy...

Jumping on Substack live at 3 pm ET with @lawyeroyer to talk about the continued degradation of the Department of Justice. Join us? open.substack.com/live-stream/...

DOJ’s civil rights division has hired a new class of lawyers. And it’s really quite unsettling. Here are some highlights from a @nytimes.com investigation. youtube.com/shorts/ZnqWM...

“It sounds like a story from The Onion.” @lawyeroyer.com explains how the DOJ choosing to review the Watergate case against Nixon for potential special prosecutor misconduct is just the latest example of this admin playing revisionist history to discredit the past DOJ investigations into Trump.

New reporting by CNN reveals that Jaren Kushner has a massive conflict of interest—and it’s quite shocking. youtube.com/shorts/AhnP0...

Trump’s Justice Department is rewriting the history of Watergate. And this time, they’re casting Richard Nixon as the hero. It sounds like an Onion headline. But it’s not. Please watch & share. youtube.com/shorts/2DKoT...

My piece in the New York Times today addresses the Trump Administration's latest attempt to turn fiction into fact through a prosecution of an ordinary citizen and asks, Who's next?

How did Ghislaine Maxwell get transferred to a minimum-security prison—and why is the government withholding the explanation? I talk with Bloomberg investigative reporter Jason Leopold about his fight for the records, and how anyone can use FOIA to demand answers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fmN...

Trump is running a series of TV ads, featuring himself, that are paid for by the U.S. government. Is this really legal? I don’t think so. Here’s why. For more answers to your legal questions, subscribe to Is This Really Legal⁩ wherever you listen to podcasts. youtube.com/shorts/77xbH...

There were three high-profile resignations at DOJ yesterday that you need to know about. Please watch and share. youtube.com/shorts/kLRAz...

Can a president ban reporters because he doesn’t like their coverage? On the latest Is This Really Legal⁩, I sit down with media law litigator Susan Seager to examine the White House's ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico and the constitutional questions it raises. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1dd...

Extremely disturbing news about the lawyer defending Donald Trump’s media ban. Watch this sitting down, and please help spread the word. youtube.com/shorts/veF5d...

Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah—Mitt Romney’s successor—is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate corrupt business dealings by Donald Trump Jr. youtube.com/shorts/uvrFA...

This week on Is This Really Legal, I am joined by Sara Bennett, a photographer and former public defender whose work focuses on women serving life sentences. We use Lindsay Clancy’s case as a starting point to discuss the overlooked experiences of women in prison. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baot...

Does Trump already have a drawer filled with pre-emptive pardons? Very important analysis from former US pardon attorney Liz Oyer =====>

60 Minutes returned last night with a segment on the pardon economy. I have thoughts. For more on Trump’s corrupt pardons, visit my Substack at lawyeroyer dot com. youtube.com/shorts/4jrfP...

In this week's Is This Really Legal, I sit down with Nathaniel Zelinsky. We discuss the fight over the Kennedy Center, the White House ballroom, and the proposed 250-foot arch—and explain why even a potentially unlawful project can be difficult to stop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfmW...

The Trump loyalist leading DOJ’s “grand conspiracy” investigation abruptly quit on September 10, without bringing any charges. What he said about his exit is truly stunning. Please watch and share. youtube.com/shorts/tqiHN...

Donald Trump promised $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans win the midterms. So is this really legal? I explain. For answers to more questions like this, follow the pod Is This Really Legal. youtube.com/shorts/uk2oQ...

Yes, there might be a secret stash of pardons. Here's why Congress should enact transparency reforms. www.lawyeroyer.com/p/trumps-sec...

On the latest episode of Is This Really Legal?, I was joined by Judge Esther Salas, a U.S. District Judge whose advocacy for judicial security was born out of her son Daniel’s murder in 2020. She discusses Daniel’s legacy and the threats the judiciary faces today. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bChI...

This week, DOJ fired a prosecutor who tried to hold an ICE agent accountable for shooting an unarmed man. youtube.com/shorts/GtWVr...

A January 6 rioter who filmed himself drinking Fireball in Nancy Pelosi’s office visited another government office this week: Todd Blanche’s. It sure doesn’t sound like the payout fund for insurrectionists is dead. youtube.com/shorts/wJa3e...

Yet another layer of the Epstein coverup has been revealed. This one involves Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison transfer, days after her private meeting with Todd Blanche. youtube.com/shorts/QqKua...

Law school 101: the doctrine of standing. This is a key legal concept you need to know, and a make-or-break issue in many of the ongoing lawsuits against the Trump administration. youtube.com/shorts/4Qy6M...

Catch Anchor Watch LIVE tonight at 7 pm ET as @lawyeroyer.com stops by Lincoln Square to join Military Expert Bobby Jones on his new time slot as they discuss Blanche’s ‘Justice’ https://open.substack.com/live-stream/344044?utm_source=post-publish Subscribe to watch!

SCOTUS just gave Trump his ballroom. And the opinion is maddening. Here’s what you need to know about the legal doctrine known as standing. youtube.com/shorts/Sq8bC...

From enacting tariffs to executing mass deportations. Manipulating the fortunes of companies from Anthropic to Kalshi. The legal trick Donald Trump is using to steamroll us with his agenda, explained. youtube.com/shorts/cJCJs...

In the latest episode of Is This Really Legal⁩, I spoke with Lucius T. Outlaw III, an law professor at Howard University and former federal public defender, about how grand juries work, what standard of proof applies, and why their proceedings are secret. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbSv...

In case you’ve been wondering what Ghislaine Maxwell has been up to at the minimum security prison camp where Todd Blanche stashed her, I have an update. youtube.com/shorts/6DNt4...

Karma finally came for Ed Martin. He’s leaving the Justice Department and moving on to . . . wherever Pam Bondi went. youtube.com/shorts/DEssW...

https://bit.ly/4goI5za This afternoon, Military Expert Bobby Jones of Lincoln Square's Anchor Watch joins @lawyeroyer.com to discuss conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and the complicated legal reality facing its crew. Subscribe to Is This Really Legal? on social platforms for this episode!

Military service members deployed in support of the Iran war are facing living conditions that would be illegal even in a prison—and they have no legal recourse. I’ll have more on the conditions aboard the USS Lincoln on Is This Really Legal⁩ with guest Bobby Jones. youtube.com/shorts/YS8dg...

Thanks to @lawyeroyer.com for joining me on @strictscrutiny.bsky.social - and to @juliaangwin.com & @fieldsmeyer.com for the great conversation about their fantastic new book “On Courage”

Todd Blanche just sat for his first interview with Meet the Press since Senate confirmation. TLDR: he’s exactly who we thought he was. youtube.com/shorts/rudaK...

DOJ just walked away from its criminal prosecution of one of the richest men in the world. Why? Well, fraud makes the world go round in Donald Trump’s America. youtube.com/shorts/avfbD...

Todd Blanche’s first official act as Attorney General was to create a new legal shield for Donald Trump. It gives Trump and his allies cover to dodge subpoenas with a dubious new interpretation of executive privilege. youtube.com/shorts/IuCpv...