Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

Comedian, actor and biblical scholar John Fugelsang has published a remarkable book that will make you learn and laugh all at the same time. John's book, "Separation of Church and Hate - A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds" has spent multiple weeks on the New York Times best sellers list. John Fugelsang has been murdered on CSI a...

In a deranged, demeaning, and dangerous speech to our nation's military leadership - officer and enlisted alike - Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump may have thought they could inspire the men and women of the military to switch their loyalties from the Constitution to a tyrant. They were dead wrong. The danger and dementia of Donald Trump was on full display as he addressed the leadership of America's...

Oregon has sued Donald Trump to stop him from deploying military members to the streets of Portland. Given that a federal judge in California has already ruled that Trump violated federal law when he did virtually the same thing in Los Angeles, this makes it clear that Trump's decision to do it again, this time in Portland, is a knowing, intentional, flagrant, and unapologetic violation of federal...

Judge Kyle Dudek was appointed to the federal bench by Donald Trump and was confirmed two weeks ago. Right off the bat - Judge Dudek has ruled against the Trump administration in an immigration case. Notably, corporate media did not report on this important development - independent media did. Specifically, an independent journalist on Substack at Migrant Insider reported, "Another Trump Judge Reb...

The vindictive indictment of former FBI Director James Comey spells the end of the legitimacy of Donald Trump and Pam Bondi's Department of Justice. Glenn goes through the indictment, discusses the compelling vindictive prosecution defense Comey will have at trial, and takes on three points of light shining through the Trump-induced darkness. For nightly live Law Talks, please join Glenn on Substa...

Shortly after his inauguration for his second term, Trump named Erik Siebert to be the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA). Siebert then spent months investigating New York Attorney General Leticia James and former FBI Director James Comey. Apparently finding no evidence supporting criminal charges, Siebert refused to indict those two Trump enemies. A furious Trump then erupted...

In a social media post that's more befitting of Kim Jong Un, Trump directed Pam Bondi to prosecute his enemies "NOW!!!" Trump wrote: "Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, “same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done. . ....

In a social media post that's more befitting of Kim Jong Un, Trump directed Pam Bondi to prosecute his enemies "NOW!!!" Trump wrote: "Pam: I have reviewed over 30 statements and posts saying that, essentially, “same old story as last time, all talk, no action. Nothing is being done. What about Comey, Adam “Shifty” Schiff, Leticia??? They’re all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done. . ....

After Disney and ABC felt the economic pressure and changed course, agreeing to put Jimmy Kimmel back on air, Sinclair and Nexstar stepped in and said they would not allow their ABC affiliate stations to air Kimmel's show. As the BBC reported, Nexstar and Sinclair, which together run dozens of stations affiliated to ABC, said they would continue to replace the (Kimmel) show with regular programmin...

In a four-page court order that is one for the ages, Judge Steven Merryday "struck" for the record Donald Trump's complaint that he filed in his absurd $15 billion defamation suit against The New York Times. Judge Merryday, appointed to the federal bench by President George H.W. Bush. eviscerates Trump's legal filing, saying it does not comport with the Rules of Civil Procedure. The judge notes: "...

In an unsurprising abuse of presidential power, ABC News reported: "Trump officials pressuring prosecutors to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James". and "Trump himself has pressured the Department of Justice leadership to investigate James more aggressively (and two Trump officials) have pushed the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia to seek an indi...

Hate speech is protected by the First Amendment's free speech rights. However, Attorney General Pam Bondi, either not knowing or not caring about this constitutional protection, expressly threatened to use the powers of the Department of Justice to "target" people who engage in hate speech. What's worse, when she tried to issue what some have called a "walk back", she neither corrected nor retract...

The Trump administration unlawfully and unconstitutionally fired federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of Trump's avowed enemy, former FBI Director James Comey. Maurene Comey successfully prosecuted Ghislaine Maxwell and was prosecuting Jeffrey Epstein until he turned up dead in a jail cell. She knows precisely what's in the Epstein files. Is it a coincidence that Trump and Pam Bondi fired he...

Two legal developments highlight how and why Kash Patel is dangerously unfit to lead the FBI. He badly bungled the Charlie Kirk investigation, wrongly announcing that they had the shooter in custody when they didn't - they had the WRONG guy in custody. Glenn discusses how this horrific mistake by the Director of the FBI will give the actual gunman what's called a "third-party perpetrator" defense...

It's hard to believe some of the stories of deceit and corruption by Donald Trump and Pam Bondi's DOJ officials and attorneys are real. But as Politico just reported: "DOJ backs off claims about Guatemalan children it sought to deport". The case involves parents who were located in Guatemala but who had children in the United States. In a staggering display of lying to a court, a DOJ attorney name...

Trump has declared a state of emergency in DC in his dictatorial zeal to militarize the streets of our nation's capital. However, the truth is that there IS NO EMERGENCY warranting Trump's declaration. In this podcast, Glenn speaks with someone who knows the streets of DC from policing there for 20 years. Former Metropolitan Police Officer Mike Fanone is not only one of the heroes who protected th...

Donald Trump swore up and down that he never wrote a letter to Jeffrey Epstein. Then, in response to a congressional subpoena, Epstein's estate turned over the so-called Epstein Birthday Book to Congress and, lo and behold, it contained a letter from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. And more shoes are about to drop, as the lawyers for Epstein's estate have indicated that they will continue to prod...

Good and bad news on the legal front. The good news: E. Jean Carroll beats Trump in court for a fourth time. Trump will now need to pay Ms. Carroll a combined nearly $95 million in damages. The bad news: the radical right, six-justice majority of the Supreme Court decided - if you look a certain way, talk a certain way, and are a wage earner; the constitutional protections against unreasonable sea...

Donald Trump is losing - spectacularly - in court. Before he and AG Pam Bondi took over, the Department of Justice rarely lost a case. Now it seems they rarely win cases. Glenn reviews the three cases Trump and his DOJ lost in just one day this week. He also reviews some scorched-earth criticism of Trump and company's lawless conduct in the streets AND in the courts of Washington, DC. For nightly...

In two related stories, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia has sued Donald Trump for his unlawful militarization of the streets of DC. And a new court filing reveals what Fox News executives know about Jeanine Pirro, who Trump appointed to be the US Attorney for the District of Columbia. As NPR reported: "Fox bosses privately called U.S Attorney Jeanine Pirro 'reckless maniac' and m...

Grand juries sit as the conscious of the community, making sure the charges brought by prosecutors are supported by the evidence AND acting as an important guardrail against prosecutorial overreach and abuse. It's very unusual for grand juries to refuse to indict a defendant on felony charges proposed by federal prosecutors. However, grand juries have now refused to indict SIX CASES presented to t...

After a full trial, a federal judge in California ruled that Trump grabbing control of the California National Guard and his deployment of the military to the streets of Los Angeles was illegal, and he also ordered him to stop violating the Posse Comitatus Act, a federal law that prohibits the military from enforcing civilian law. As Politico reported, "Judge rules Trump can't act as national poli...

Fox News Host turned top prosecutor in DC, Jeanine Pirro, engaged in gross prosecutorial overreach by urging multiple grand juries to charge protestors with felonies when the facts plainly warranted only misdemeanor charges. Fortunately, the grand jurors, sitting as the conscious of the community, refused to indict the protestors of felony crimes. So Pirro directs her prosecutors to charge the pro...

On January 6, 2021, Ashley Babbitt was a rioter and insurrectionist who was shot as she attempted to climb through a busted window of a barricaded door leading to the Speaker's Lobby as members of Congress were being evacuated from the US Capitol. While she was in the process of committing crimes by trying to breach the Capitol, she was shot and killed. Even though she was an Air Force veteran, Ba...

It's a rare occurrence when a grand jury refuses to indict a case that a prosecutor urges them to indict. Yet Donald Trump's US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, had grand juries tell her N0, they would NOT indict two protestors for assaulting police officers. In fact, those grand juries told here no FOUR TIMES! One of the protestors threw a sandwich at an officer and another r...