Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

Independent journalist extraordinaire Katie Phang has filed a lawsuit against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice, seeking a judicial ruling compelling them to comply with the federal law - the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Glenn sat down with Katie to discuss her new lawsuit. Find Katie on Substack: katiephang.substack.com Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.su...

Donald Trump's dirty DOJ leadership has not only decimated the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, but they've actually weaponized that division to PERPETRATE civil rights abuses. The Civil Rights Division is vindictively investigating former Trump administration official Cassidy Hutchinson, who bravely testified before the January 6 House select committee that investigated the att...

The lawlessness of Donald Trump's Department of Justice continues, unbated. The DOJ just vindictively indicted James Comey, again! Recall that a federal judge threw out the last indictment against Comey. As ABC News reported: "James Comey indicted again, this time over seashell Instagram post. Trump claimed the "86 47" written in seashells was an assassination threat." This indictment is also dest...

Donald Trump's acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was sued for his many violations of federal law for failing to fully disclose the Epstein files. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in DC, by our friend, independent journalist, and justice warrior Katie Phang. Find Katie Phang on Substack: katiephang.substack.com Find Scott MacFarlane on Substack: macfarlanenews.substack.com Find Glenn on Su...

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro has announced she's closing the criminal investigation into Fed Chairman Jerome Powell. But she also announced that she can reopen it in the future. Given that Republican Senator Thom Tills has announced that he will not confirm Trump's replacement for Powell until the DOJ's investigation of Powell has concluded, this seems like a transparent and cynical ploy by Trump...

Donald Trump's flunky, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, has sure taken a play out of Donald Trump's playbook regarding how to undermine the rule of law. Just say it out loud - announce your wrongdoing in the harsh light of day - so maybe people will think there's nothing wrong with what you're planning to do. But there is so much wrong with Todd Blanche's attempted destruction of the independ...

It really seems like Kash Patel is fond of bringing defamation suits. Just as he files a new defamation suit... a federal judge throws out one of his other defamation suits. Glenn reviews this latest development. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Donald Trump is still being sued for what he did on January 6, 2021: launching an attack on the United States Capitol to steal a presidential election from the American people. He is still being sued by several police officers who were assaulted that day by his angry mob, and he is still being sued by democratic lawmakers who were under siege that day as a result of the Trump-induced Capitol attac...

In the event you thought things couldn't go from bad to worse in the Epstein debacle, we are starting to hear talk of a possible Trump pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's convicted sex trafficking co-conspirator. At this stage, the pardon talk seems to be coming primarily from Maxwell's attorney, but this is a deeply troubling development. Pardoning Maxwell would represent horrific dis...

Donald Trump's dirty DOJ leadership is trying to use federal judges to whitewash the January 6 convictions of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys from the judicial record altogether. And if the judges agree to dismiss those criminal convictions, then Donald Trump's dirty DOJ officials will point to the judicial dismissals as proof that the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys now deserve millions of ou...

Donald Trump claimed he never wrote a birthday message to Jeffrey Epstein and he sued the Wall Street Journal for defamation after they published the letter - complete with Trump's signature. A federal judge has now dismissed Trump's 10 BILLION dollar lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal. Glenn examines the lack of evidence in the Trump lawsuit. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.subst...

Have you ever heard the saying "politics follows culture" or even "politics is downstream of culture"? Well, as of right now, there are some undeniable cultural signs that things are turning ugly for Donald Trump, which is evidently culminating in an exploding popularity of support groups for former Trump supporters and even former MAGA members. Glenn discusses some of those cultural signs. Find G...

The Guardian reported "Trump reportedly says he'll issue mass pardons at end of his presidential term." This signals that Trump will be running his executive branch as a criminal enterprise , a lawless organization, a corrupt cabal of crooks. And then, at the end of his presidential term, he will pardon those who commit crimes in service to him. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.com...

First, Donald Trump tells us 'enough with the Epstein files, the country needs to move on. Then, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says, the Department of Justice is done talking about the Epstein files. But talk about a surprising plot twist! Melania Trump dramatically steps to a White House podium and says not so fast, let's get congressional hearings back on track. And just like that, the Ep...

In the event you thought Donald Trump's flunkies couldn't possibly get any flunkier, that his lapdogs couldn't be any more subservient, did you hear what Donald Trump's new acting Attorney General and former criminal defense attorney, Todd Blanche, said in service to his dear leader? Blanche said basically, if Donald Trump fired him as acting Attorney General, he would say, "thank you very much, I...

So, Donald Trump fired Pam Bondi as Attorney General and according to new reporting by the New York Times, it looks like, on her way out the door, Pam Bondi took one last shot at prosecuting the innocent, going after yet another one of Donald Trump's perceived enemies. Cassidy Hutchinson, the brave young woman who testified before the January 6 House select committee investigating Trump's Capitol...

The corruption at the Department of Justice continues unabated as Donald Trump's friends and criminal associates continue to be rewarded for their crimes. Steve Bannon refused to comply with congressional subpoenas in an attempt to keep from testifying about Trump's January 6 crimes. Bannon was indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced for the crimes he committed. Then, Trump's hack U.S. Attorney...

It's starting to look like Donald Trump's hack DOJ lawyers may be running court filings by their boss. No, not the temporary attorney general - Donald Trump himself. And what's worse, it's also beginning to look like Donnie may be picking up his beloved sharpie and making some edits or additions to those court filings before they are submitted to the judge. Glenn takes a look at one of those court...

Talk about "do as I say not as I do" Trump votes by mail and then signs an executive order restricting others from voting by mail. As is often the case, Trump's executive order is blatantly unconstitutional, and will quickly be struck down by the courts. Glenn speaks with Skye Perryman, CEO and President of Democracy Forward, to discuss this and other legal developments. Find Democracy Forward: ht...

Now that Pam Bondi has been fired and she's no longer Attorney General, it actually frees her up in one really important way. Bondi is licensed to practice law in the state of Florida; but the Florida state bar has a rule: it won't conduct ethics investigations of attorneys who are serving in presidentially-appointed positions. Accordingly, the Florida Bar previously has refused to act on the mult...

Pam Bondi did all of Donald Trump's lawless, unconstitutional, and unethical bidding. She tried to prosecute Trump's perceived enemies, she violated federal law by refusing to publicly release all of the Epstein files, she weaponized and misused the power of the Department of Justice in all ways large and small in service to dear leader. But clearly it wasn't enough. Trump just introduce Bondi to...

As you may know, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are opening their new US tour today: the Land of Hope and Dreams tour. Bruce describes the tour as follows: "The tour will be a celebration and defense of the US Constitution, freedom, and the sacred American dream, which is under attack." In celebration of opening day of the tour, I want to share this on the podcast. I had the pleasure of i...

Do you think it's time to flip the House? Do you think it's time to elect representatives to Congress who are prepared to go scorched earth in the direction of accountability - accountability for the crimes that Trump and company have committed, and accountability for the crimes that are still in progress? Me too. I just sat down with Ed FitzGerald. Ed is running to represent the people of Ohio's...

Hey - it's Glenn. I sure hope you got to participate in a No King's rally near you. It was so energizing, reinforcing the reality that millions of Americans ARE standing up against the aspiring dictator, the orange autocrat, the wannabe king. I was really fortunate, in that I had the privilege of addressing the crowd right before we marched into DC. And when I looked out over that sea of people, I...

The Epstein survivors have filed a class action lawsuit against Donald Trump's Department of Justice for re-victimizing them by unlawfully publishing the names and identities of more than 100 victims, outing them, and causing them the following, according to the lawsuit, "survivors now face renewed trauma. Strangers call them, email them, threaten their physical safety, and accuse them of conspiri...