Former President Donald J. Trump has reportedly been indicted by a New York grand jury. Georgetown University experts are available to discuss various aspects of this case with the media.
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Political Experts
Jonathan Ladd is a public policy and government professor who studies the American political landscape.
- Expertise: Politics, elections, public opinion, polarization, politics and media
- Author of several books including “Why Americans Hate the Media and How it Matters” and “Words That Matter: How the News and Social Media Shaped the 2016 Presidential Campaign.”
Nadia E. Brown is a professor of government, chair of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and affiliate in the African American Studies program.
- Expertise: Political Behavior, Gender Politics, Race and Ethnicity Politics, Intersectionality of Race and Gender, Race and Ethnicity Politics
- Specializes in Black women’s politics and holds a graduate certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies.
Hans Noel is an associate professor in the Department of Government, teaching on parties, elections, political history and political methodology.
- Expertise: Political coalitions, political parties and ideology, elections, political history, political methodology, presidential nominations
- Can discuss the indictment’s potential impacts on the GOP ahead of 2024
- Author of “Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America,” and a co-author of “The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform”
Mo Elleithee is the founding executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service, in the McCourt School of Public Policy
- Expertise: Political communications, campaigns, congressional and presidential elections
- Spent two decades as one of the top communications strategists in the Democratic Party, most recently as Communications Director and chief spokesman of the Democratic National Committee.
- A veteran of four presidential campaigns, Mo was Senior Spokesman and Traveling Press Secretary on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign. He served as a senior advisor and strategist for Senator Tim Kaine’s campaigns for Governor and U.S. Senate, and has worked on numerous other statewide and local races in every region of the country.
Legal Experts
Naomi Jewel Mezey is the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law and Culture.
- Expertise: civil procedure, legislation, jurisprudence, gender and sexuality, law and popular culture and nationalism and cultural identity
- Co-directs the Georgetown University Gender+ Justice Initiative
- Co-author of “#MeToo as Catalyst: A Glimpse into 21st Century Activism”
David Super is a professor of law and economics who can talk about local legal systems and constitutional law.
- Expertise: Administrative law, constitutional law, legislation (including the federal budget), local government law and public welfare law.
- Can discuss the approach of a local district attorney on a criminal matter with constitutional implications.
Caroline Fredrickson is a distinguished visiting professor and the former president of the American Constitution Society.
- Expertise: Constitutional law, criminal law, politics and the law
- Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice
- Previously served as the director of the ACLU’s Washington legislative office and as general counsel and legal director of NARAL Pro-Choice America
- Previously served as a senior aid to Democratic senators and the Clinton White House
Dave Rapallo is an associate professor of law and the director of Georgetown’s Federal Legislation Clinic.
- Expertise: Constitutional law, law and politics, legislation
- Can discuss potential congressional response to a Trump prosecution
- Served on the House of Representatives’ team during the impeachment of President Trump
- Formerly the staff director of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform
- Served on or advised several congressional special committees, including those investigating the events of Hurricane Katrina, the attacks in Benghazi, and the coronavirus pandemic
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