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Frederick Baron

Frederick Baron is a former associate deputy attorney general and a former counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) listens during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Building following passage in the House of a 45-day continuing resolution on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House speaker debacle holds promise for democracy: The Jeffries Compromise

Frederick Baron
Former U.S. President Donald Trump | Members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s lawsuit against Jan. 6 committee is a sideshow — they’ve already nailed him

Frederick Baron, Dennis Aftergut
A U.S. Secret Service agent stands among journalists as President Donald Trump talks to reporters during a meeting of his cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House February 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How did the Secret Service lose its Jan. 6 texts? So far, the explanations won’t wash

Norman Eisen, Frederick Baron, Dennis Aftergut