--- title: Barbara McQuade | TIME description: McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and a former U.S. Attorney. Her new book is Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America canonical: https://time.com/author/barbara-mcquade/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/barbara-mcquade/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Her new book is_ [Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741677/attack-from-within-by-barbara-mcquade/) ## Barbara McQuade *  Jan 31, 2025 ### [What Kash Patel’s Confirmation Hearing Made Clear](https://time.com/7211916/kash-patel-confirmation-hearing-loyalty-trump-essay/) "Patel is unlikely to stand up to the executive branch if abuses of power occur," writes Barbara McQ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 6, 2024 ### [Defending the Truth in a Second Trump Term](https://time.com/7173492/second-trump-term-misinformation-essay/) Barbara McQuade examines what Trump’s election and second term mean for misinformation. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 11, 2024 ### [What the Debate Made Clear About a Second Trump Term](https://time.com/7020197/debate-second-trump-term-essay/) ‘Tuesday’s debate made clear that the stakes of the November election could not be higher,’ writes B... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 15, 2024 ### [Election Disinformation Will Lead to Chaos](https://time.com/6998866/trump-shooting-disinformation-essay/) Barbara McQuade writes about how we can push back against the predictable deluge of disinformation i... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 4, 2024 ### [Debunking 12 Myths About Trump's Conviction](https://time.com/6985532/trump-conviction-myths-debunked-essay/) American legal expert Barbara McQuade breaks down several false claims about Trump's conviction bein... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 29, 2024 ### [Donald Trump's Hush-Money Trial Is a Referendum on Truth](https://time.com/6983154/donald-trump-hush-money-trial-truth-essay/) Barbara McQuade explores how the rule of law will be tested as the jury begins to decide Trump’s cri... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 4, 2024 ### [Disinformation Is Tearing America Apart](https://time.com/6837548/disinformation-america-election/) America is undergoing a devastating erosion of trust that threatens the foundations of democracy. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 12, 2023 ### [The Constitution Is Not a Suicide Pact](https://time.com/6362826/donald-trump-gag-order-constitution/) The courts are right to say that former President Donald Trump isn't entitled to unfettered free spe... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 12, 2023 ### [The Dangerous Whataboutism in the Trump Classified Docs Case](https://time.com/6286371/trump-classified-documents-indictment-whataboutism/) Republicans are rallying to Trump's defense on the classified documents case, but their whataboutism... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 31, 2023 ### [Alvin Bragg Did What He Had to Do In Indicting Trump](https://time.com/6267419/trump-indictment-alvin-bragg/) Falsifying business records may pale in comparison to other crimes Trump is under investigation for,... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 17, 2022 ### [Trump's Presidential Run Shouldn't Deter Merrick Garland](https://time.com/6234758/trump-2024-candidacy-doj-jan-6/) What happens now to the federal investigations into Trump's conduct, asks Barbara McQuade [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 22, 2022 ### [The Letitia James Lawsuit May Finally Nail Trump](https://time.com/6215733/letitia-james-lawsuit-trump-accountable/) The New York Attorney General Letitia James' lawsuit against Donald Trump may be the legal action th... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 21, 2022 ### [Should Donald Trump Face Federal Charges for Jan. 6? Two Prosecutors Debate](https://time.com/6189307/donald-trump-federal-charges-for-jan-6/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 19, 2021 ### [The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict Makes Us All Less Safe](https://time.com/6122142/kyle-rittenhouse-verdict/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 9, 2021 ### [Biden's Refusal to Back Trump's Executive Privilege Claim Is the Right Call](https://time.com/6105636/biden-executive-privilege-january-6/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/barbara-mcquade/","name":"Barbara McQuade"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/barbara-mcquade/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/barbara-mcquade/"},"name":"Barbara McQuade","jobTitle":null,"description":"McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and a former U.S. Attorney. 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