Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
Join Glenn Kirschner, NBC News/MSNBC legal analyst and former Assistant U.S. Attorney at the D.C. U.S Attorney's Office as he brings analysis and insight to legal issues of the day, drawing from his 30 years as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor and Army JAG. For 30 years, Glenn argued to juries, breaking down complex legal issues in ways that were universally understandable and relatable. He brings that same approach to his analysis of today's troubled legal landscape.
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Two big stories just broke on the legal front: according to reporting in the Guardian, Trump called his "lieutenants" at the Willard Hotel shortly before the attack on the Capitol, expressed his concern that Mike Pence was not coming through for him, and asked how else they could block the certification of Joe Biden's election win. This is yet additional evidence of Trump participation in a robust conspiracy to corruptl...
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November 29, 2021 • 10 min
In recent days there has been reporting about attempts by Bannon's defense attorneys to convince a judge to allow them to distribute to the public the discovery given over by the prosecutors in Bannon's criminal case for contempt of Congress. This video discusses the common practice of courts to issue protective orders regarding discovery in criminal cases and what Steve Bannon is really trying to accomplish by objecting to...
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November 23, 2021 • 7 min
The Washington Post reported that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office is now investigating Donald Trump's manipulation of property values, presumably to dodge tax liability. Recently released city property and tax records reveal that Trump claimed for one purpose that his building at 40 Wall Street was worth $527 million and then turned around and, for tax purposes, reported that the same building was worth only $16.7 ...
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November 20, 2021 • 9 min
A Wisconsin jury found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of all charges for shooting three individuals, killing two. This video discusses the possible reasons for the verdict and some of the lessons we should learn from the nature of self-defense laws and the dangers posed by our country's determination to worship at the altar on unrestricted gun access.
Link below for my MSNBC Daily opinion piece on the Rittenhouse verdict:
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November 15, 2021 • 10 min
On the exact same day Steve Bannon was criminally indicted for contempt of Congress, Mark Meadows refused to appear in violation of a congressional subpoena, thereby committing the crime of . . . contempt of Congress. Congress must now vote to hold Meadows in contempt and refer him for prosecution.
This video reviews the way subpoenas work, how one goes about LAWFULLY asserting a privilege (spoiler alert - not by flat out refusin...
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Steve Bannon Indicted. What's next: from Monday's Court Appearance to Plea Negations to Trial & More
November 13, 2021 • 9 min
A federal grand jury indicted Steve Bannon on two criminal contempt of Congress charges. Here is what to expect moving forward, from Monday's presentment in court to possible plea nogotiaons with prosecutors to trial and sentencing.
This video also discusses why it took 22 days for the DC US Attorney's Office to indict Bannon. Plus, with Mark Meadows committing the very same crime today by refusing to appear on a congressi...
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November 10, 2021 • 7 min
Over the past 24 hours, the House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol issued 14 subpoenas for Trump aids, assistants, loyalists, sycophants and a smattering of co-conspirators.
Issuing subpoenas is easy, enforcing subpoenas has turned out to be hard. We are on day 19 of Steven Bannon indictment watch and no DOJ indictment in sight. Now more that ever, DOJ must act to hold Bannon accountable, both because ...
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November 5, 2021 • 9 min
Donald Trump filed a lawsuit trying to prevent information about his possible role in the insurrection from being provided to the House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol.
In a court hearing on November 4, 2021, Judge Tanya Chutkan dismantled each and every argument Trump's lawyer, Justin Clark, made in his desperate attempt to stop the House select committee from getting what is very likely damaging i...
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November 2, 2021 • 11 min
The Washington Post printed a 3-part series taking an extraordinary deep dive into the before, during and after of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. This again raises the question many have been asking throughout the 10 months since the attack on our democracy: is Attorney General Merrick Garland's Department of Justice criminally investigating Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the results of the presidential elect...
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On Thursday, October 21st, the House of Representatives voted to hold Steve Bannon in Contempt of Congress and referred him to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution. All eyes now turn to the Bannon Indictment Watch.
Fortunately, there is precedent on this precise issue: in 1983, Congress voted to hold EPA official Rita Lavelle in contempt of Congress, referred her for prosecution and, just 9 days later, the US Attorne...
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Last time a contemptuous congressional witness was prosecuted, it was Reagan Administration official Rita M. Lavelle in 1983. In that mater, the full House of Representatives voted unanimously - 413 to 0 - to refer Ms. Lavelle for prosecution. This was when Congress understood the importance of enforcing its subpoenas against contemptuous witnesses.
The full House is about to vote on whether to refer Steve Bannon for prosecution a...
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October 20, 2021 • 11 min
Not surprisingly, Donald Trump has filed yet another lawsuit trying to hide from Congress and, by extension, the American people, evidence of his criminal conduct in connection with the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and our democracy. The case has been assigned to Judge Tanya Chutkan, a former public defender in the courts of Washington, DC, and a smart, strong and fearless federal judge.
This video discusses what we can expe...
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October 17, 2021 • 11 min
New York State Supreme Court Judge Doris Gonzalez has ordered Donald Trump to appear and testify at a deposition on Monday, October 18. Trump and his security staff are being sued by a group of protestors assaulted by Trump's security staff at a protest in front of Trump Tower.
When Trump was forced to sit for a deposition in 2007, it didn't go well, as he was caught in lie after lie.
This video discusses the ins and outs...
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Steve Bannon refused to comply with a congressional subpoena and members of the House Select Committee investigation the January 6 attack on the US Capitol have said they will refer Bannon to the Department of Justice for prosecution.
This video answers frequently asked question like:
Can Steve Bannon drag out the process and try to run out the clock as did Don McGahn and Donald Trump in civil litigation?
What are the possible o...
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President Joe Biden rejected Donald Trump's request that the White House invoke executive privilege to hide from Congress and the American people his (Trump's) misconduct in connection with the insurrection. But it's what Joe Biden said in announcing that decision that should instill confidence in the American that President Biden is intent on holding Donald Trump accountable for his misconduct. In a statement delivered...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee must released a report titled, "Subverting Justice: How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election." Among other crimes, the Senate details how Trump pressured acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen to overturn the election results. The conduct described in the report makes clear that Trump committed the crime of Coercion of Political Activity, 18 US Code se...
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October 7, 2021 • 6 min
Donald Trump's crimes, cover-up and corruption continue unabated. The Guardian reports that Trump is preparing to instruct Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon, Kash Patel and Dan Scavino to commit the offense of contempt of Congress by refusing to comply with lawfully issued congressional subpoenas.
Considering that these four individuals can provide evidence that is likely to incriminate Donald Trump, Trump's command that they not...
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October 6, 2021 • 6 min
Donald Trump inarguably committed multiple crimes. If Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice fail to charge Trump, a de facto precedent will be set. Here is what's at stake for the nation if Trump's crimes go unaddressed.
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Members of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol have said in no uncertain terms that, if witnesses refuse to comply with congressional subpoenas they will refer those witnesses to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution. This approach was unavailable to Congress during the tenure of Attorney General Bill Barr, as Barr was more interested in protecting a criminal president than h...
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Two defendants were just sentenced to relatively short prison terms for participating in the attack on the US Capitol on January 6.
As reported by the Washington Post, there were two important aspects of the sentencing hearings: first, the defendants both said some version of, "I got swept up in the moment" and "I got carried away." What are the legal implications for the larger insurrection investigation of statem...
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