Investigating the Executive

Inside DOJ’s Efforts to Hold Presidents Accountable, From Watergate to Jack Smith

Speakers

Honorable Charles R. Breyer Northern District of California Special Prosecutor, Watergate	John Keker Keker, Van Nest & Peters Chief Prosecutor, Iran-Contra Trial	Richard Ben-Veniste Special Prosecutor, Watergate Democrats’ Chief Counsel Senate Whitewater Committee	Greg Bernstein Keller, Anderle, Scolnick Special Counsel Jack Smith’s legal team

Moderator

Andrew Dawson Keker, Van Nest & Peters

Topics

• Mechanisms of holding executive branch accountable
• Watergate and Saturday Night Massacre
• Independent Counsel statute—strengths and weaknesses
• State vs. Federal accountability
• Impeachment as backstop
• Special Counsel and Jack Smith Investigation
• Future of accountability for the executive branch

Section Chair
Jonathan Schmidt, San Francisco District Attorney's Office

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