Thinking About Crime

 John McMillan at City Journal: When crime throws American cities into disarray—as has happened before and in some places is happening now—it is a bad look for the Left. Start with Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow, one of the most influential scholarly books of...

About the Indictment

Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers Statement Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Washington, DC Statement as Delivered Good evening. Today, an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and...

Universal Plea Deal?

Jill Lawrence: Democratic pollster Doug Schoen and former Rep. John LeBoutillier, an anti-Trump New York Republican, just floated a full-blown “universal plea agreement” in a weekend op-ed in the Messenger: Federal and state prosecutors suspend their criminal cases...

Polarization and Scam PACs

Polarization and partisan animosity provide an opportunity for scam artists to make money — sometimes from both sides at once. Laura J. Nelson reports at LAT Two Californians set up a pair of political action committees, called the Liberty Action Group and the...

The Jack Smith Statement and Public Service

Special Counsel Jack Smith Delivers Statement Washington, DC ~ Friday, June 9, 2023 … The men and women of the United States intelligence community and our armed forces dedicate their lives to protecting our nation and its people. Our laws that protect national...

From the indictment

The United States of America v. Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta: The classified documents TRUMP stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign counties; United Slates nuclear programs;...