Asha Rangappa

MSNBC Columnist

Asha Rangappa is a senior lecturer at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and a former associate dean at Yale Law School. Before Yale, she served as a special agent in the New York Division of the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence investigations. She has been a contributor on numerous television and radio outlets and is now a legal and national security analyst.


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Asha Rangappa

5mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

How the Supreme Court’s ‘rule for the ages’ could impact Trump’s Obama witch hunt

Far from deterring such prosecutions, the court’s 2024 decision has made them easier.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

The media keeps giving Trump what he wants

Trump’s superpower is knowing when he can say things his opponents and adversaries won’t be able to correct.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Trump’s own lawyers are turning out to be his greatest legal weakness

Breaking the “cone of silence” between Trump and his attorney may be the fatal blow for Trump in the Mar-a-Lago investigation.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Why Biden’s classified docs scandal may do more damage than Trump’s

From the public’s point of view, Biden may end up looking as shady as Trump when it comes to the possession of classified documents.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

The Jan. 6 transcripts show the scope of Trumpworld’s obstruction

Let’s not let Donald Trump’s Justice Department referral overshadow the “process crimes” committed in his name.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Elon Musk may not be afraid of the FTC — but he should be

Musk would be remiss not to take his potential liability seriously.