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Post: Jack Smith is Willing to Try Trump Up to Inauguration Day
The Washington Post is reporting that Special Counsel Jack Smith may try to convict former president Donald Trump all the way through the election and up to 11:59 am on January 20th. After the oath,...
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The Attempted Assassination of Trump is Not Nearly as Surprising as it Should Be
Below is my Hill column on the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump. We all watched as the horrific scene unfolded on television. It was a traumatic moment for the entire country, but...
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Trump’s Churchillian Moment: How the Near Miss Assassination Hit the Mark...
Winston Churchill once famously said that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” For Donald Trump, the failed assassination attempt in Pennsylvania could prove...
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“They Lie and People Die”: Carnegie Mellon Professor Claims Trump...
Carnegie Mellon University Professor Uju Anya has joined the ranks of academics spreading the conspiracy theory that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was “staged.” As for the...
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Going Full Trump: Hunter Biden Challenges the Constitutionality of the Weiss...
We previously discussed how Hunter Biden adopted the arguments of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and other gun rights groups to challenge the law that his father has championed as a key gun...
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Was Donald Trump the Victim of White Privilege? A Democratic Member Wants to...
For most of us, this election could not become more confusing. However, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Tx.) may have added a whole new level of confusion for many in suggesting that Donald Trump may have...
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Olympic “Christ” Threatens to Sue Critics Over “Last Supper” Backlash
Barbara Butch, the LGBTQ activist who was the center figure in the controversial “Last Supper” Paris Olympic scene is threatening to sue those criticizing her. Butch played the role (wearing a...
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The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden . . . and Itself...
Special Counsel David Weiss appears to have finally made the long-awaited case exposing years of concealment and political corruption. No, it is not the case against Hunter Biden. The allegations of...
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Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District...
For over a year, Special Counsel Jack Smith has made one element the overriding priority in his prosecution of former president Donald Trump: speed. Smith repeatedly moved to curtail Trump’s appellate...
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Combatting “False Narratives”: D.C. Circuit Refuses to Block Judge Limiting...
We have previously discussed controversial sentences handed down in cases involving rioters on January 6th, including sentencing orders that, in my view, violate First Amendment rights. That included...
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“Keyboard Warrior”: British Crackdown Results in Three-Year Sentence Over...
Three years ago, we discussed the conviction of a British man for “toxic ideologies,” under the draconian laws criminalizing inciteful or dangerous speech. The erosion of free speech appears to have...
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George Washington Monument Vandalized By Pro-Palestinian Protesters
In 2020, I wrote about the toppling of the monument to George Washington on the campus of George Washington University, where I teach. The university was silent on the vandalism by far left groups....
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Hunter Biden Loses Game of Chicken With Himself
Below is my column in the New York Post on the sudden guilty plea from Hunter Biden in his federal tax case. It was not the plea but the timing of the plea that was the surprise. What is missing is any...
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Hunter Biden Discovers There is No “Nicer” Way to Say “I’m Guilty”
Below is my column in Fox.com on the Hunter Biden guilty plea. The plea proved vintage Hunter Biden for all of the wrong reasons. The effort to plead guilty without admitting guilt left him looking...
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Well-Known Antifa Member Sentenced to Jail Despite Journalism Defense
Alissa Eleanor Azar, a well-known Antifa activist, was sentenced to jail recently in Oregon after being convicted of felony riot and disorderly conduct. What is notable about the case was the...
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IRS Whistleblowers Sue Hunter Biden’s Lawyer Abbe Lowell for Defamation
Last January, I received a letter threatening me with a defamation lawsuit if I continued my criticism of Hunter Biden, including allegations of criminal conduct. It all seemed part of a “Legion of...
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“A Better Deterrence”: Hillary Clinton Calls for the Arrest of Americans...
Hillary Clinton has long been one of the most anti-free speech figures in American politics, including calling upon European officials to force Elon Musk to censor American citizens under the infamous...
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All the King’s Upgrades: There May Be Less Than Meets the Eye in the Adams...
Below is my column in the New York Post on the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams. The most serious charges may be the foreign campaign contributions and the use of straw man transactions to gain both...
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Letitia James May be Winning the Lawfare but Losing the War
Below is my column in the Hill on the rough week for New York Attorney General Letitia James in court. James has campaigned on lawfare and the Democratic New York voters have wildly supported her...
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Activists from the Left and Right Convicted in Two Cases Involving Fraudulent...
There was a strange synergy recently as activists from the left and the right were convicted of fraudulent charities to benefit themselves. In our “Age of Rage,” there are many who capitalize on the...
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Jack Smith’s October Surprise Was Not That Surprising . . . and that is the...
Below is my column in The Hill on the release of the filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith just weeks before the election. Even Judge Tanya Chutkan described the move as “irregular,” but still ordered...
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Adversarial Process or Oppo Research? Judge Agrees To Release More Trump...
It appears that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan and Special Counsel Jack Smith are not done yet in releasing material in advance of the election. In a previous column, I criticized the release of...
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No, the Alien Enemies Act is Not a Viable Legal Basis for “Operation Aurora”
Library of Congress In announcing his “Operation Aurora,” former President Donald Trump has suggested that he may use the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798 to crackdown on “every illegal migrant criminal...
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The Mark of Kaine: The Biden Administration Under Fire for Virginia Lawsuit...
Call it the Mark of Kaine. The heated dispute between the Biden Administration and the State of Virginia just took a curious turn after Virginia lawyers released support for the effort to remove...
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Over the Border: Gun and Torts Liability to Collide in Mexican Case Before...
This month, there is a new case on the docket after the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Smith & Wesson Brands v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos. The First Circuit reversed a trial court that...
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No, the Trump Comment on Cheney Was Not a Crime
Yesterday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes became the latest Democratic prosecutor to suggest a possible criminal charge against former President Donald Trump. Mayes suggested that Trump’s...
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The Thrill is Gone: Will the Prosectorial Campaigns Collapse with the...
Below is my column in the New York Post on the developments in the pending Trump cases. I previously wrote that, if Trump prevailed in this election, it was likely that Special Counsel Jack Smith would...
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Behold The Flying Dutchman: Trump Prosecutors Find Themselves on Listless...
Below is my column in The Hill on the collapse of the lawfare campaigns against Trump. The first to go will likely be the two cases by Special Counsel Jack Smith, who became a lame-duck prosecutor at...
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The Second Resistance Movement: Why the Campaign Against Trump This Time is...
Below is my column in The Hill on the growing calls for an organized resistance to the Trump Administration by Democratic governors and prosecutors. They may find, however, that the resistance movement...
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The Bear Necessities of Larceny: Californians Arrested for Fraudulently...
Four Californians this week have learned a critical lesson in the bear necessities of life and larceny. Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale, Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale, Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of...
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The Layaway Presidency: How Alvin Bragg Would Create a New Constitutional...
Below is my column in the New York Post on the effort of Alvin Bragg to suspend the criminal case against President-Elect Donald Trump for almost five years. It would be a terrible choice for the...
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Report: The Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt Had a Long History of...
I have previously written about the dubious investigations of the shooting of Ashli Babbitt on Jan. 6th and the alleged violation of the standards for the use of lethal force by the officer who shot...
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Justice Department Indicts Alleged Swatters of Turley, Members of Congress,...
Yesterday, I was notified by the Justice Department confirming that a recent swatting indictment includes the person or persons responsible for my own swatting a year ago. One of the defendants,...
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No, the J6 Committee Should Not “Go to Jail”
President-Elect Donald Trump gave President Joe Biden and his critics a major boost this weekend by stating on NBC’s Meet The Press that he believes that the entire J6 Committee “should go to jail.”...
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Greene Case Could Trigger New Georgia Law on Swatting
On Monday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., was again the victim of a swatting call at her north Georgia home. This call, however, had a lethal difference: an officer was involved in a crash in...
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Former Stripper Admits that She Lied About Gang Rape by Duke Lacrosse Players
Almost twenty years ago, the country was outraged by allegations of an African-American stripper that she was hired and then gang raped by white Duke Lacrosse players. The story followed an...
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“No Authority to Proceed”: Georgia Appellate Court Disqualifies Fani Willis
Today, the Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and her team in the prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump. The final collapse of the House of Willis...
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“This Orange County…They Don’t Play”: California’s Tougher Shoplifting Law...
Proposition 36, which increases punishments for some retail theft and drug possession offenses, overwhelmingly passed in California despite the opposition of Gov. Gavin Newsom and most Democrats....
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“Decidedly Not Credible”: Federal Court Rejects Spousal Immunity in Criminal...
This week, Judge Mary Dimke of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an interesting ruling. In United States v. Bolen, she rejected spousal immunity in a...
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Grinch Grand Theft: FedEx Worker Charged with Dumping Christmas Gifts in the...
There is an interesting criminal case out of Florida in which FedEx driver Latavion Lewis was charged with grand theft, illegal dumping, and an organized scheme to defraud. Yet, in this case, the...
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The Trump Sentencing: Curtain to Fall on Merchan’s Hamlet on the Hudson
Below is my column in the Hill on the sentencing this week of President-Elect Donald Trump in Manhattan. Judge Juan Merchan waited to schedule the hearing for just ten days before the inauguration,...
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Green Light: Supreme Court Votes to Allow Trump Sentencing But Could Merchan...
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump to go forward today. The bare majority was secured when Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Amy Coney...
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With the Trump Sentencing, the Verdict is in . . . for the New York Legal System
Below is my column at Fox.com on the sentencing of President-Elect Donald Trump. The conviction should be overturned on appeal. However, the most lasting judgment will be against the New York court...
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Merchan’s Monster: Judge’s Attempt to Calm the Townspeople Fails...
Below is my column in the New York Post on the statement by Acting Justice Juan Merchan in the sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump. Merchan’s effort to justify the handing of the case sounded...
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Jacksonian Obstruction: Smith Explains How He Was Planning to Circumvent the...
The release of the first part of Jack Smith’s report at midnight was the special counsel’s version of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision: we had seen it before. Putting aside the public filings where...
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The End of Shock and Awe: How the Justice Department Made the Case for the J6...
Below is my column in the New York Post on the pardoning of the January 6th defendants by President Donald Trump. The scope of the pardon appears broader than some had hoped. What is clear is that any...
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Trump Pardons and Commutations Included Violent Offenders Who Assaulted...
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump stated that the roughly 1500 pardons and commutations for J6 defendants issued Monday night are not the final resolution of cases. The President indicated that some...
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Hemphill and the Curious Pardon Precedent of the Supreme Court
As promised during the campaign, President Donald Trump pardoned most of the rioters from January 6th soon after taking office. The scope of the pardon was greater than expected. Indeed, many of us...
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Rounding up the Usual Suspects: Grassley Releases Familiar Name in the...
For Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the weaponization of the criminal justice system has always followed a certain Casablanca pattern. Like Claude Rains as the venerable...
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Murphy’s Law: How New Jersey’s Governor Turned Virtue Signaling into a...
Below is my column on Fox.com on the bizarre controversy surrounding New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and his suggestion that he was housing an illegal migrant in his home. It is a new version of Murphy’s...
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