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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Martin London ## Martin London _London is a retired partner for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and the author of_ [The Client Decides](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692815880/?tag=timecom-20)_; he was a principal lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew_. ## Martin London *  Jan 20, 2020 ### [John Roberts Has More Power Than Mitch McConnell Would Like You to Think. But Will He Use It?](https://time.com/5768467/john-roberts-mitch-mcconnell-witnesses/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 9, 2019 ### [Why Donald Trump Could Still Resign](https://time.com/5746416/trump-resign/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 4, 2019 ### [Spiro Agnew's Lawyer: Mike Pence Should Be Worried About Impeachment Too](https://time.com/5692947/mike-pence-impeachment/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 10, 2019 ### [The Fight Over the Mueller Report Will Reveal Just How Political the Courts Have Become](https://time.com/5587253/congress-mueller-report-contempt-barr-trump/) And raise questions about Obama-era stonewalling and a sitting justice's family history [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 19, 2019 ### [Robert Mueller Was Wrong. President Trump Can Be Indicted](https://time.com/5574520/mueller-report-trump-indictment-obstruction-justice/) According to a lawyer whose decades-old case was central to Mueller's decision [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 9, 2019 ### [Why Barr Won't Be Able to Keep the Mueller Report's Most Important Parts Private](https://time.com/5567027/barr-mueller-report-redactions-grand-jury/) The Attorney General would have to contend with two crucial court decisions [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 28, 2019 ### [The President Has Been Implicated in a Crime. Statutes of Limitations Should Not Save Him](https://time.com/5541213/donald-trump-michael-cohen-indictment/) A former lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew recommends a solution [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 18, 2019 ### [My Client Resigned From the White House. It's Time for Trump to Think About His Children and Do the Same](https://time.com/5507033/donald-trump-michael-cohen-buzzfeed-resign-impeachment/) Impeachment should be far from the President's only concern [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 24, 2018 ### [Why Trump Couldn’t Really Stop the Mueller Investigation—Even if He Fired Rosenstein](https://time.com/5405150/president-trump-fire-rosenstein-mueller-investigation/) And how that should change the President's calculus [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 22, 2018 ### [I Was a Lawyer for Spiro Agnew. President Trump Should Consider Resigning](https://time.com/5374971/michael-cohen-donald-trump/) And negotiating a deal [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 20, 2018 ### [Why President Trump Couldn't Have Stopped the White House Counsel From Talking to the Mueller Investigation](https://time.com/5372208/mcgahn-trump-mueller-white-house/) And why talk of attorney-client privilege is misleading [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 9, 2018 ### [Why President Trump's Latest Collusion Claims Don't Add Up](https://time.com/5361925/donald-trump-collusion-manafort-giuliani-mueller-russia/) Assessing the "Collusion is not a crime" and "I did not know about it" arguments [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 18, 2018 ### [President Trump Can’t Declare War, Only Congress Can. So Why Won't It?](https://time.com/5245014/president-donald-trump-congress-syria-war-authorization/) While Trump launches bombs — and brags about a nuclear button — Congress dithers [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 4, 2018 ### [Robert Mueller Says President Trump Isn’t a ‘Criminal Target.’ Trump Shouldn’t Celebrate Yet](https://time.com/5228558/president-donald-trump-robert-mueller-criminal-target/) 'If Trump thinks he's safe, he is seriously mistaken' [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Feb 14, 2018 ### [Congress Should Impeach President Trump if He Refuses to Speak to Mueller](https://time.com/5137773/donald-trump-russia-congress-impeach/) It conflicts with his Constitutional duty, writes a former lawyer for Spiro Agnew [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/martin-london/","name":"Martin London"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/martin-london/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/martin-london/"},"name":"Martin London","jobTitle":null,"description":"London is a retired partner for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and the author of The Client Decides; he was a principal lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew.","url":"https://time.com/author/martin-london/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```