Ron Chapman

Off Air with Ron Chapman

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Off Air explores the nation’s most important legal headlines with depth and context you won’t find in mainstream media. Hosted by Attorney and TV news analyst Ron Chapman, Off Air brings real courtroom experience to the stories shaping the country. Neil Cavuto has called Chapman an “attorney extraordinaire,” and a federal judge described him as “one of the best attorneys I’ve seen in my 20 years on the bench.” With more than 175 acquitted counts in federal cases, Chapman delivers real-world insight and rigorous legal analysis on the cases that matter most.

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Ron Chapman

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Jul 2, 2026

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Episodes

Funding Anti-ICE Protests: Follow the Money 30.01.2026

In this episode of Off Air , I break down the funding mechanisms behind the anti-ICE protests unfolding across Minnesota, and why what’s being presented as grassroots outrage is anything but spontaneous. This episode isn’t about immigration rhetoric. It’s about money, organization, and accountability. I explain how nonprofit structures, political advocacy groups, and coordinated messaging pipeline...

The Real Epstein Story: How the Clintons Built a Nonprofit Fraud Machine 24.01.2026

In this episode of Off Air , I break down what most people still don’t understand about Jeffrey Epstein, and why Bill and Hillary Clinton are now facing criminal contempt of Congress. What they’re showing you is gossip, speculation, and political theater. The real Epstein story is money. Epstein wasn’t just a trafficker. He was the godfather of nonprofit fraud – a system built to move money, buy i...

Defying Congress: Why the Clintons Refused to Testify 19.01.2026

In this episode of Off Air , I break down why Bill and Hillary Clinton defied a lawful congressional subpoena, and why that decision may have sealed their legal fate. This isn’t speculation. Refusing to appear before Congress is contempt — and history shows exactly what happens next. I walk through how Chairman James Comer issued subpoenas, why the Clintons stalled for months, and how their final...

Ilhan Omar, Tim Walz, and the Terrorism Connection in The Minnesota Fraud Case 05.01.2026

You work hard, pay taxes, and play by the rules, so why is your money funding fake daycare centers and maybe even terrorism? In this episode, I’m scrutinizing one of the biggest fraud scandals in America, happening right under our noses in Minnesota. Billions of your tax dollars are vanishing into programs that were supposed to help people, and instead, they’re being exploited by politically conne...

3 Reasons and 80,000 Lives to Justify a Military Strike on Venezuela 26.12.2025

If a foreign enemy killed 80,000 Americans, we’d call it war. But when those deaths come from overdose? We call it crime. In this episode, I will lay out the shocking reality of how state-sponsored drug networks are waging war on the U.S and Venezuela is at the heart of it. I will explain how the U.S. is legally reframing these cartels as terrorist threats and what that means for our national defe...

The FBI's Role in January 6th: Were Sources Behind the Chaos? 12.12.2025

They instigated the January 6 events and lied about it. This isn’t some tinfoil-hat conspiracy theory. This is a documented fact. In this episode of ‘Off Air’, I lay out the truth the media doesn’t want you to hear. The FBI had 26 confidential informants in the crowd at the Capitol on January 6. That’s from the Justice Department’s Inspector General report. Some of those informants even crossed re...

A Tish Best Served Cold 22.08.2025

Ron’s New Book: https://open.substack.com/pub/ronaldwchapman/p/truth-and-persuasion-free-sample?r=5ojo21&utm_medium=ios For a Deeper Dive: https://open.substack.com/pub/ronaldwchapman/p/letitia-jamess-pattern-problem?r=5ojo21&utm_medium=ios Episode Description  NY just delivered Pam Bondi a 333 page handbook to a civil rights case against Letitia James. Join Federal Trial Lawyer Ron Chapma...

The End of "Red Flag" Prosecutions 31.10.2024

In United States v. Campbell, Ron Chapman argues before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals against the "deliberate ignorance" jury instruction used in the case of Dr. Campbell, a Louisville physician acquitted of improper prescriptions. The government's attempt to claim willful blindness raises important issues regarding justice and medical practice regulations. Send us Fan Mail

Clear and Present Danger? Trump and Biden Convictions Spell a Danger to our Constitution 13.06.2024

Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, Hunter Biden is now a convicted felon. If we think this wasn't political, think again. This begs the question, how far is too far when vague statutes are used to wage political warfare with jail as a consequence? Ron takes you into executive expansion, agency power, vagueness in criminal statutes and the several cases up this term before the Supreme cour...

"A Decision for the Ages" United States v. Trump Oral Argument 26.04.2024

BONUS EPISODE United States v. Trump oral argument. Website: https://ronaldwchapman.com Book:  https://ronaldwchapman.com/book The Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Trump. In this bonus episode I recap some of the oral argument as well as a prediction for the outcome of the case.  In August 2023, Donald Trump was indicted for allegations that he conspired to overturn the 2020 e...

SCOTUS Reverses Colorado High Court Decision 9-0 04.03.2024

Website: https://ronaldwchapman.com Book:  https://ronaldwchapman.com/book The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision , reversed the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling which had ordered that Donald J. Trump be excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court held that the responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officehold...

Trump Immunity Headed to Supreme Court: One Word in the Order Sheds Light on Decision 29.02.2024

Ron Chapman is a federal criminal defense attorney who is admitted before the Supreme Court and breaks down the Supreme Court's decision to stay Trump's trial pending a decision on presidential immunity. February 28, 2024 the Supreme Court decided in a one page order to accept Donald Trump's request to stay his federal fraud case pending in the D.C. district court. The case was appe...

Anatomy of an Opioid Trial, United States v. Hansen (2024) 14.02.2024

A topic near and dear to Ron's heart, he discusses the federal structure surrounding the scheduling of drugs. He goes all the way back to the early 1900's to discuss the early cases against physicians walking the listener through the changes in the law prior to the Controlled Substances Act signed into law by Richard Nixon. Each era is punctuated with a specific decision of the United St...

Battle On the Border: United States v. Texas and the Insurrection Act 28.01.2024

Welcome to another episode of "De Novo," where we dissect and discuss the most pressing legal and constitutional issues of our time. I'm your host, Ron Chapman , an attorney specializing in constitutional law. Today, we're diving deep into a topic that has captured national attention and sparked heated debate across political and legal spectrums: the Texas border crisis and Gov...

Trump v. Anderson: Colorado Ballot, the Meaning of "Insurrection", and Due Process 07.01.2024

Ronald W. Chapman II discusses the Colorado Supreme Court decision removing Donald Trump from the primary ballot. Prior SCOTUS cases discussing the meaning of "insurrection". Ron also discusses the progression of this Supreme Court case and some options for the Supreme Court and how to handle its most recent election shaping decision.  Send us Fan Mail

United States v. Trump: January 6th and Trump Prosecutions Face a Major SCOTUS Hurdle 23.12.2023

SCOTUS granted Cert in Fischer v. United States. The challenge of a January 6th defendant whose charges were dismissed by Judge Nichols of the DC District Court. With oral argument in April and a decision in June the court will decide if the same statute used to charge Trump can be applied to the Capitol "insurrection". Unfortunately for Jack Smith a long list of precedent stands in supp...

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