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America On Trial with Josh Hammer

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As Donald Trump prepares for his historic second term, America on Trial with Josh Hammer brings you breaking news and analysis on the biggest legal issues facing the nation. What will happen to President Trump’s legal cases? Will Joe Biden pardon his son before departing the White House? Can Trump pardon  himself?  America on Trial covers all the action every morning, helping you stay one step ahead of the media spin... Subscribe and listen to America on Trial with Josh Hammer wherever you download your favorite podcasts. America on Trial covers all the action every morning, helping you stay o...

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Sep 22, 2025

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B0NOUS CONTENT: The Kamala Harris Record Exposed 03.08.2024

The Democrats have anointed Kamala Harris as their nominee after successfully staging a coup against Joe Biden. Now, as the honeymoon phase begins to end, Josh Hammer shifts the focus to Kamala's record. Josh speaks with Mike Needham of American Compass on various ways to expose Kamala's record. Oren Cass of American Compass also joins the program to discuss Kamala as well. Learn more about your a...

August 2nd, 2024: Is the Russia Prisoner Swap a Big Distraction From the 9/11 Plea Deal? 02.08.2024

Josh Hammer updates us on Hunter Biden's upcoming federal tax trial in California before today's "deep dive" unpacks yesterday's blockbuster multi-country prisoner swap, which freed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, among others. But the specific timing of the long-overdue deal suggests a potentially ulterior motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

BONUS CONTENT: Kamala Harris Declares War On The Supreme Court 01.08.2024

In an effort to "defend Democracy", Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have decided to rollout a plan to pack the Supreme Court with left-wing radicals. This came after a series of decisions that they didn't like. So what's going to happen next and what other plans does Kamala have for this country? Josh Hammer chats with fellow Article III Project colleague Mike Davis.  Learn more about your ad choices....

August 1st, 2024: INSANITY: 9/11 Plotters Avoid Death With Appalling Plea Deal 01.08.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before teeing off on the brand-new plea deal the U.S. Defense Department has reached with the leading 9/11 plotters, which will unconscionably allow those mass-murdering jihadists to avoid the death penalty. Today's "closing argument" segment updates us on a big immigration win in federal court for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

BONUS CONTENT: Israel Takes Out Hamas, Hezbollah Leaders 31.07.2024

In a swift sweep, Israel has taken out two of its top enemies. First, it was Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, followed up by the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Josh Hammer explains who these people are and what it means now that they're gone. Plus, Hammer reveals the U.S. response to all of this and why it was a big mistake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 31st, 2024: Trump’s Golden Opportunity to Punch Back on the Biden-Harris War on SCOTUS 31.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" explains the Trump campaign's golden political opportunity to punch back hard on the newly ascendant Biden-Harris declaration of war on the U.S. Supreme Court. Today's "closing argument" then laments the Trump campaign/Project 2025 divorce, which reached an unfortunate boiling point yesterday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

July 30th, 2024: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Appalling Supreme Court ‘Half-Packing’ Scheme 30.07.2024

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" segment is followed by Josh's "deep dive" analysis of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's shocking new proposed assaults on the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court. Democrats will come to regret this dastardly attack on the American constitutional order. Josh's "closing argument" then urges fellow conservatives to sit back, enjoy the ongoing Olympics, and root for th...

July 29th, 2024: Jack Smith’s Prosecutorial Persecution of Donald Trump Is on Life Support 29.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" updates us on where things currently stand for so-called "special counsel" Jack Smith in his two federal cases against former President Donald Trump. Today's "closing argument" then excoriates the GOP "bed-wetters" prematurely sounding the alarm about Trump running mate pick J.D. Vance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph...

Bonus Content: WHO IS J.D. VANCE? 27.07.2024

Josh Hammer, host of America on Trial, joined Mike Slater on the First TV special WHO IS J.D. VANCE? In this special, Josh and Mike discuss J.D. Vance's past & present to get a better idea of who he is as both a person and politician. Watch the full special here: https://youtu.be/IHvc2cyf7JY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 26th, 2024: Will Lame-Duck Joe Biden Ramp up the Radical Left’s Assault on SCOTUS? 26.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" analyzes President Biden's recent menacing comments about the U.S. Supreme Court and flags a powerful new essay by Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho that pushes back on recent attacks on the federal judiciary. Today's "closing argument" then unpacks the Kamala Harris veepstakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

July 25th, 2024: What Can We Expect in Hunter Biden’s Upcoming Federal Tax Trial? 25.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" focuses on presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden's forthcoming federal tax trial, now set to start September 9 in California. What can we expect? And why hasn't Hunter received a sentencing date yet for his federal gun conviction in Delaware? Today's "closing argument" then analyzes Israeli Prime Minister's Wednesday address to a j...

July 24th, 2024: Will New York Courts Overturn Tish James’ Stalinst Anti-Trump Witch Hunt? 24.07.2024

Josh Hammer weighs in on Sen. Bob Menendez and Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's resignation announcements during today's "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then returns to New York Attorney General Tish James' outrageous corporate fraud civil case against Donald Trump and The Trump Organization, which resulted in a massive $450-plus million judgment earlier this year. Trump's...

July 23rd, 2024: Will Kamala Harris 25th Amendment Her Lame-Duck Boss? 23.07.2024

Josh Hammer provides us numerous Hunter Biden-related legal updates during today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" returns to the raucous national conversation about Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and what the heck is going on right now in the White House. To wit: Is there a real chance that Kamala Harris will try to invoke the 25th Amendment on her ailing boss if Uncle Joe doesn't...

July 22nd, 2024: Will Democrats’ New Nominee Get All the Biden Campaign Cash? 22.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" as always before today's "deep dive" answers the big questions on everyone's minds after yesterday's bombshell news: Who will the Democrats' new presidential nominee be? Will that nominee now get easy access to the Biden campaign war chest? What happens if the nominee is someone other than Kamala Harris? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

July 19th, 2024: Hunter Biden Will Not Benefit From Judge Cannon’s Special Counsel Dismissal 19.07.2024

Josh Hammer updates us on a pressing Title IX development in the lower courts and a new potentially fascinating SCOTUS petition before today's "deep dive" explains why, despite his lawyers' protestations to the contrary, prodigal presidential son Hunter Biden will not benefit from Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of "special counsel" Jack Smith's classified documents case. Learn more about your ad...

July 18th, 2024: Biden’s Last-Ditch SCOTUS Reform Push Reeks of Desperation 18.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" as always before today's "deep dive" explains Joe Biden's desperate, last-ditch effort to propose radical changes to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to boost his left-wing bona fides. Today's "closing argument" then updates us on the latest development for discredited Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 17th, 2024: Senator Bob Menendez Is Guilty as Can Be in His Massive Corruption Scheme 17.07.2024

Josh Hammer explains why Hunter Biden will not benefit from Judge Aileen Cannon's special counsel analysis during today's "around the horn," and today's "deep dive" then explains all you need to know about the stunning jury verdict yesterday in Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-N.J.) corruption trial in NYC. Will Menendez now be expelled from the U.S. Senate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

July 16th, 2024: Judge Aileen Cannon Shocks the World by Dismissing Jack Smith 16.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" centers on Judge Aileen Cannon's earth-shattering decision yesterday to find that "special counsel" Jack Smith was illegally appointed—therefore dismissing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case in its entirety. Today's "closing argument" then discusses Trump's inspired VP selection of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. Learn...

July 15th, 2024: Why Should We Trust Merrick Garland’s DOJ to Lead the Trump Assassin Probe? 15.07.2024

Josh Hammer updates us on various pressing matters during today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" explains why Merrick Garland's Department of Justice simply cannot be trusted to lead the probe into this weekend's assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. This is the same DOJ, after all, that still retains Jack Smith as special counsel. Learn more about your ad c...

July 12th, 2024: The Serious Legal and Logistical Hurdles to Democrats Swapping Out Biden 12.07.2024

Josh Hammer rebukes the House GOP's latest pathetic "failure theater" and finds himself in the unusual position of praising Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) before today's "deep dive" revisits the very real (and very under-discussed) legal and logistical obstacles to Democrats swapping out Joe Biden as their presidential nominee at this late stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

July 11th, 2024: AOC’s Idiotic Impeachment Articles Against Thomas and Alito 11.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" unpacks the utter stupidity and likely unconstitutionality of AOC's new impeachment articles filed against Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Today's "closing argument" then returns to the 12th Amendment debate over a Trump-Rubio GOP ticket. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 10th, 2024: The Democrat-Lawfare Complex Has Failed 10.07.2024

Josh Hammer provides us pressing updates on Hunter Biden's gun case and Bob Menendez's corruption trial before today's "deep dive" highlights an incisive Wall Street Journal editorial on the complete and utter failure of the Democrat-Lawfare Complex. When even the right-leaning establishment media is seeing this clearly, you know the Democrats have really failed! Today's "closing argument" then co...

July 9th, 2024: Beware the 12th Amendment Problem if Trump Picks Rubio for VP 09.07.2024

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" as usual before today's very-timely "deep dive" explains why the 12th Amendment cannot simply be ignored—and why this is actually a potentially major problem if former President Donald Trump picks Senator Marco Rubio to be his vice president. Today's "closing argument" then provides a lens into the National Conservatism Conference, where Josh is speaking late...

July 8th, 2024: Jack Smith Cannot Legally Prosecute Donald Trump 08.07.2024

Josh Hammer first provides some crucial updates in former President Donald Trump's New York and Florida cases, as well as the fate of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in his corruption trial. Today's "deep dive" then explains why "Special Counsel" Jack Smith has been illegally appointed and cannot actually prosecute President Trump. Josh also makes his closing veepstakes pitch in today's "closing argume...

July 5th, 2024: The Updated Legal Landscape for President Donald Trump. 05.07.2024

In this special episode, Josh Hammer does an extended "around the horn" to bring us the latest updates on where things stand in all of President Trump's legal cases. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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