There they go again. Following in the tracks of New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the U.S. Justice Department’s “Special Counsel” Jack Smith, the similarly corrupted legal establishment of Georgia is now pushing forth one of their own in…
The movement toward prosecuting people (i.e., politicians) and not crimes did not start with the current onslaught against former President Donald Trump. In the modern era, it stretches back to Robert Kennedy’s all-out effort to destroy Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa….
“Try It in a Small Town, Jack,” editorial cartoon by Yogi Love for The American Spectator, August 7, 2023.
There really are two tiers of justice in America. Anticipate them to continue throwing the book at Trump. Listen carefully, and you may just hear this conversation at a meeting of Merrick Garland, Jack Smith, and Alvin Bragg: “Donald Trump…
There are lies of commission — and omission. And the indictment issued by the Biden Department of Justice’s Anti-Trump Special Counsel Jack Smith is a sterling example of both. Over here is my colleague George Parry’s superb piece on the…
Under the brave new theory of criminal liability set forth in the election conspiracy indictment of former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Al Gore and the members, advisers, and lawyers of his 2000 presidential campaign belong in prison. The…
Special counsel Jack Smith filed yet another indictment against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday at 5 p.m., this time on charges related to his investigation into the events of Jan. 6. The indictment introduced four new charges, including “conspiracy…
The outrage isn’t over the fact that President Joe Biden’s son Hunter got a comparatively light sentence for paying his 2017 and 2018 taxes late — late meaning after Dad got elected president — when he earned more than $1.5…
Is Donald Trump the new Jimmy Stewart? In the wake of the latest battle between the Outsider former President Donald Trump and the corrupt Insider Washington political Establishment, the thought occurs to recall the 1939 movie classic Mr. Smith Goes…
The legendary longtime American Spectator contributor Jeffrey Lord joins American Spectator contributing editor (and publisher of TheHayride.com and RVIVR.com) Scott McKay in this edition of The Spectacle podcast, as The American Spectator’s publisher, Melissa Mackenzie, is off this week. Scott and Jeff digest…