Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows seems to be out of the public eye lately. Glenn wonders if he will be a star prosecution witness against Donald Trump at trial or will he be a co-defendant with Trump when the January 6th indictment drops? Meadows has testified to a federal grand jury hearing evidence about the plot to overthrow Biden's win in the 2020 election. Glenn questions if he plead the 5th when he testified or did he flip on Trump and tell them everything. He points out a few clues that show he was probably uncooperative.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump received a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith warning him he's about to be indicted for his illegal schemes to try and stay in power after the 2020 election. Glenn breaks down the 3 charges in the letter. Then, as the January 6th House Select Committee wrapped up their investigation - they referred some of Trump's crimes to the Department of Justice. One of the charges they referred was left out of the target letter sent to Trump. Glenn explains - there's a reason that this one charge is very important.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's longform weekend podcast - Glenn recaps the Trump legal stories of the week. First, Glenn talks about Florida Judge Aileen Cannon who has made a ruling on when the classified documents trial should be held. Glenn says she split the difference between both parties. Next, there's new information about Trump's Georgia state election crimes as reports now say that DA Fani Willis will bring RICO charges to the table when indictments are announced. Then, Glenn discusses Donald Trump revealing he received a target letter warning him he is about to be indicted for trying to overturn Biden's win in the 2020 election. Glenn explains what target letters are and explores the 3 different charges that are listed in the target letter. And finally, Glenn talks about the need to reform ethics in government. Trump committed many crimes and the GOP ignored it as it happened. How can we fix this in the future? Glenn talks about his idea to reform ethics in government, misprision of a felony, and adding 22 words to the oath of office to make government workers more accountable.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon heard arguments from the prosecutors and from Donald Trump's attorneys about what date his classified documents case should go to trial. Glenn gives his take on the timing. Plus, Donald Trump's new favorite legal mantra. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump has announced that he's been officially informed that he's a target of the federal insurrection investigation. Glenn says this means Special Counsel Jack Smith is ready to ask the grand jury to indict him for inciting the January 6th riots at the capitol and for his part in trying to overturn Biden's win in the 2020 election. Now Trump has some big decisions to make and he has 4 days to decide. Will he appear before the grand jury to testify? Glenn explains what he thinks Trump will do and what will happen next.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Donald Trump recently complained on his website Truth Social, that he is being treated unfairly because Biden wasn't being charged for having classified documents. During his rant, Trump asked why Biden wasn't being charged with the Insurrection Act. Did he say the wrong thing and accidentally spill the beans because he got a target letter from Special Counsel Jack Smith? Then, Glenn talks about the probe into Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner testified before the grand jury and was asked if Trump knew the election wasn't stolen. Is it possible that Jared lied and could be facing charges now as well?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's longform weekend podcast - Glenn gives us his usual legal recap of the week. First story: Dueling briefs. Attorneys for Donald Trump have filed a motion in court to try to postpone his Florida classified documents trial. Following this, Special Counsel Jack Smith replied with his own brief telling Judge Cannon - Trump's filing had no legal basis to postpone the trial indefinitely. Second story: House Blames FBI. During a tense hearing - the House judiciary committee led by congressman Jim Jordan accused FBI Director Chris Wray of being partisan. Are they discrediting the FBI to help Trump in the January 6th investigation? Or are they hoping to interfere with the January 6th probe because they are afraid they will be charged? Then, Fulton County DA Fani Willis has impaneled 2 grand juries in the Georgia election tampering probe. Glenn explains what a grand jury is and what the 5th Amendment says about them. He gives us a master class on how they are selected and how they decide on cases.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Attorneys for Donald Trump have filed a motion in court asking to postpone his Florida classified documents trial indefinitely. Glenn says the excuses he gave Judge Eileen Cannon are ridiculous. Then, it seems the Department of Justice has finally righted a wrong and changed their minds in the E. Jean Carroll case. They have now decided to abandon plans to defend Trump in the lawsuit - saying in a court filing that they no longer believe he was acting within the scope of his presidential duties when he defamed her in 2019. Glenn says "Better late than never!"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Special Counsel Jack Smith is investigating a tumultuous Oval Office meeting back in December of 2020 where Donald Trump was plotting to remain in power by stealing state voting machines to claim voter fraud. Even though no voting machines were ever actually taken - Glenn explains why beginning to commit a crime but not finishing the act is also breaking the law. Then, he gives a Team Justice class with some examples of how you can be charged with conspiracy and details why Trump is caught red handed in this.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today Glenn discusses Donald Trump's co-conspirator in the classified documents case - Walt Nauta. He has now pleaded not guilty in Florida and people are asking - can he still flip on Trump or is it too late? Glenn explains Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutors are likely still trying to get him to cooperate. Then he looks back in time when he was still a federal prosecutor and relates how he's flipped stubborn witnesses in the past.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.