Indictment of former U.S. President Donald Trump
Isaac Nahon-Serfaty (English and French)
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Faculty of Arts
Professor Nahon-Serfaty’s expertise relates to the application of public communications, including communications management and public relations.
“Donald Trump is the master of grotesque transparency. The Stormy Daniels affair indictment is a clear demonstration he is a celebrity politician who exploits the emotions – positive and negative, but mainly negative emotions – to mobilize his base.”
Nomi Claire Lazar (English only)
Full Professor, Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences, and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.
Nomi.Lazar@uOttawa.ca
Professor Lazar is an expert in apocalyptic politics, mechanisms of accountability, political rhetoric and ethics in politics. She can discuss the ramifications of Trump’s indictment on his 2024 presidential election campaign.
Daniel Stockemer (English and French)
Full Professor, Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
daniel.stockemer@uottawa.ca
Office: 613-562-5800 (2698)
Professor Stockemer’s areas of expertise include elections, public opinion and populism.
Errol P. Mendes (English only)
Professor Mendes can speak to the importance of the rule of law and judicial independence, not only for the United States and Canada, but as a fundamental principle of all truly democratic societies.
“The indictment of top present and former leaders, while not novel in democratic societies, e.g. more than one South Korean leader has been convicted and imprisoned, is of huge importance. That the U.S. - the most powerful democratic country in the world - is only now following these foreign precedents is hugely historic. It fulfills the promise of the U.S. Republic and Constitution that nobody is above the law. If it fails through the power of money and influence it will send a dire message to the future of democracy, not only in the U.S. but in all democratic societies.”
Carissima Mathen (English only)
Full professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law
carissima.mathen@uOttawa.ca
Professor Mathen is an expert in the Constitution of Canada, criminal law and U.S. Constitutional Law. She has a special interest in the Supreme Court of Canada, judicial review, the separation of powers, criminal justice, and the relationship between law and social media.