Jill Wine-Banks

former Watergate prosecutor

Jill Wine-Banks is an attorney, author and MSNBC legal analyst. The first woman to serve as US General Counsel of the Army under President Jimmy Carter, she was also one of the prosecutors during the Watergate scandal.


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Jill Wine-Banks

1year ago
MS NOW Opinion

I helped prosecute Watergate. The Supreme Court just proved Richard Nixon right.

If former President Trump gets a second term, he and his administration will feel safe in acting with abandon.

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

How the Jan. 6 Committee’s playbook could help Biden fix the State of the Union address

It would be wise for Biden and his team to rethink the structure, dissemination channels and follow-up of this year’s speech.

2years ago
MS NOW Opinion

I prosecuted Watergate and never feared for our democracy — but Greg Abbott has me worried

Abbott either doesn’t understand the Constitution, or doesn’t want to. Both options are worrying.