America On Trial with Josh Hammer

Josh Hammer makes the case for Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's inspired pick to reform the literal belly of the Deep State beast: the FBI. Plus, updates on Hunter Biden's forthcoming sentencing and possible pardon, the likelihood of pardons for the persecuted J6-ers, lower-court judicial nominees in Trump's second term, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the long-overdue demise of the Democrat-Lawfare Complex, Josh Hammer gives us his extended take on what now needs to happen, moving forward, to right the lawfare ship in these United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at "America on Trial with Josh Hammer!" Let's not forget what today's holiday is all about: gratitude and appreciation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer analyzes what so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's fateful withdrawal of his two federal cases against President Donald Trump means for the 45th and 47th president's OTHER legal cases—especially the state-level prosecutions in New York City and Fulton County, Georgia. Are those prosecutions now over too? Also, Josh excoriates the ICC for its ludicrous witch hunt against Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer unpacks Monday's bombshell news that so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith has finally thrown in the towel and moved to withdraw his politicized anti-Trump prosecutions in both Florida and Washington, D.C. This is a great victory for the rule of law, but we need much more action to follow. January 20 cannot come soon enough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer analyzes whether Friday's sentencing delay from Justice Juan Merchan in NYC is FINALLY the end of the road for Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's ludicrous "hush money" case against President Donald Trump. Also, Josh unpacks some pressing legal updates in Fulton County, Georgia, the Google antitrust case, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer analyzes Matt Gaetz's abrupt withdrawal from consideration as Donald Trump's attorney general. Was this the plan all along? And regardless, who would be a better pick for attorney general? Also, an update on the Judicial Conference of the United States's planned Article III power grab, Chuck Schumer and John Thune reach a deal on federal judges, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer unpacks the meaning and ramifications of Wednesday's decision by the U.S. House Ethics Committee to punt on any public release of its report on Matt Gaetz's alleged sexual misconduct. At this point, it looks like the report won't be released—what does that mean for Gaetz? Also, the Manhattan DA's office formally agrees to delay Trump's sentencing until after his presidency in the so-called "hush money" case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer shreds Senate Republicans for letting a radical 11th Circuit judicial nominee slip through a confirmation vote, provides an update on President Donald Trump's NYC "hush money" case, and previews today's momentous House Ethics Committee decision over whether or not to release its report on Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer explains the current status of Matt Gaetz's attorney general confirmation fight, condemns the House Ethics Committee's possible release of its Gaetz report tomorrow, lauds President Trump's inspired pick of Brendan Carr for FCC chair, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your host Josh Hammer wades into the roiling debate over whether the House Ethics Committee should still release its much-anticipated report on now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), now that President Trump has tapped Gaetz to be the next attorney general of the United States. Plus, the latest on some other key Trump picks for both his DOJ and White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your host Josh Hammer provides a deep dive on what the Constitution says—and does not say—about the president's recess appointment power, now that everyone seems to be offering hot takes after Wednesday's surprising announcement of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Plus, so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith formally moves to halt his classified documents case against Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer unpacks the already-fierce controversy over Trump announcing controversial Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as his pick for U.S. attorney general, lauds the inspired pick of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer unpacks the current state of the Trump presidential transition, analyzes NYC judge Juan Merchan's fateful decision to yet again kick the can down the road in the Stormy Daniels "hush money" case, and revisits the topic of a possible pardon for prodigal presidential son Hunter Biden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your host Josh Hammer previews the emerging competition for U.S. attorney general, offers an endorsement for U.S. education secretary, previews today's huge decision from NYC judge Juan Merchan, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tomorrow is anti-Trump NYC judge Juan Merchan's self-imposed deadline for deciding whether to dismiss Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's ridiculous Stormy Daniels/"hush money" witch hunt. Will he do the right thing and dismiss it on presidential immunity grounds, or are we really heading toward sentencing on November 26? Plus, we take a deeper look at the state of play of Trump's main two *civil* cases—corporate fraud and defamation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer analyzes one of the most pressing questions on all of our minds, now that Donald Trump has secured a massive electoral victory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer provides an update on some additional state-level legal fallout from Tuesday's elections and analyzes Wednesday's bombshell legal scoop from NBC News: Merrick Garland's DOJ is calling off so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith from his persecution of former and future President Donald Trump. Plus, the future of lawfare once Trump takes power again in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer recaps some of last night's most interesting legal and legal-adjacent election results, assesses the likelihood of major personnel changes at the U.S. Supreme Court under President Donald Trump, and blasts Democrats for their ludicrous hypocrisy on the issue of the U.S. Senate filibuster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special-edition Election Day episode, Josh Hammer lays out the legal and judicial stakes in this most monumental of presidential elections like never before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer provides updates on so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith, Elon Musk, and the war against the legal profession during today's jam-packed "around the horn segment." Today's "deep dive" then assesses the likelihood that the legal dispute over mail-in ballots in battleground Pennsylvania could prove to be the next Bush v. Gore-style election-dispositive SCOTUS case. To wit: Will SCOTUS decide this election? Plus, an update on the Federalist Society shamefully canceling Josh last week after he was engulfed by a pro-Hamas campus mob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Check out this new bonus episode from the new podcast BOLLING! It's 8 years since Hillary Clinton was sure she had the presidency within her grasp, only to lose it to Donald Trump. Fast forward to now, and Hillary can't decide what she hates more: another Trump presidency, or the fact that Kamala Harris may accomplish what she could not. Plus, Trump-supporting women lash out at Harris surrogate Mark Cuban for his disgusting comments, and Eric Bolling lays out the truth about the latest polling. Subscribe to Bolling! here: https://link.chtbl.com/kTlmPMOU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer explains the stakes in this Tuesday's election for U.S.-Israel relations, and for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East more generally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" to various battleground states' various legal concerns and offers an in-depth "deep dive" on what will happen to President Donald Trump's many legal issues after the election. In today's "closing argument," Josh then recounts the leftist mob he faced at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on Wednesday—and his subsequent Federalist Society event that was canceled because of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives and constitutionalists finally got a big legal win on Tuesday, when SCOTUS issued a one-page order permitting the Commonwealth of Virginia to secure its voter rolls. This is a tremendous victory for election integrity. But separately, what the heck is happening with mail-in ballots in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? Josh Hammer breaks it all down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer uses the occasion of Steve Bannon's release from federal prison to paint a stark picture of the 2024 election stakes when it comes to lawfare and the politicized bastardization of the rule of law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh explains the massive 2024 election stakes for SCOTUS and the entire federal judiciary. Given current Democratic Party radicalism, it is not an exaggeration to say that SCOTUS itself is on the ballot this year! Josh also brings us up to speed on the Commonwealth of Virginia's latest legal efforts to secure its voter roll from illegal alien corruption. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's 2024 election-centric "around the horn" segment is followed by a "deep dive" analysis of recent comments President Trump made to radio host Hugh Hewitt about firing so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith if he reascends to the White House come January. Today's "closing argument" then addresses a patently silly bit of Washington Post legal fear-mongering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer explains the significance of President Joe Biden saying the quiet part out loud and calling for former President Donald Trump to be "locked up." This is simply astounding. Will the American people make Democrats pay a price for this shocking admission from Uncle Joe? Also, Kamala Harris goes full tyrant on abortion and religious liberty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's newsy "around the horn" segment is followed by a "deep dive" that zooms out and asks a broader question: Has all the republic-destabilizing nonsense we have seen from the Democrat-Lawfare Complex over the past year and a half actually been worth it? Also, why Mark Cuban is wrong to casually dismiss Kamala Harris's unconstitutional taxation proposals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's "deep dive" unpacks the shocking new transcript of the Jim Jordan-overseen House Judiciary Committee's recent deposition of former Fulton County, Georgia "special prosecutor" Nathan Wade. Fani Willis and Nathan Wade ought to be in some big, big trouble after this—they were colluding with the White House along! Today's "closing argument" then assesses Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's latest unfortunate salvo against former President Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith, the leading hit man for the "Democrat-Lawfare Complex," has desperately tried to tilt the 2024 election to his Democratic Party paymasters. After Friday's dud of an anti-Trump legal filing in Washington, D.C., the jury is in for Smith: He has failed. Today's "closing argument" then unpacks another malicious campaign trail from cackler-in-chief Kamala Harris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on the latest gambit from corrupt Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis during today's "deep dive." Can the scandal-ridden Willis revive her moribund, nakedly political crusade against Trump and his co-defendants? Today's "closing argument" then unpacks Alabama AG Steve Marshall's bombshell amicus brief in the landmark transgender-related SCOTUS case of United States v. Skrmetti. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on this past weekend's California Trump rally arrest and Nathan Wade's House Judiciary Committee deposition in today's "around the horn" segment. Our "deep dive" segment then unpacks DOJ Civil Rights Division head Kristen Clarke's nakedly political voter roll lawsuit against the Commonwealth of Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer tears through the latest leftist legal insanity before today's "deep dive" answers a foundational question, raised by a new Wall Street Journal article: Who, and which organizations, will comprise the "conservative legal movement" during a potential second Trump administration? To wit: Will the Federalist Society continue its outsize role in advising judicial nominations?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on the latest left-wing legal shenanigans during today's "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then unpacks Democratic veep nominee Tim Walz's ham-fisted attacks on the Electoral College, one of the Constitution's great counter-majoritarian institutional checks. Today's "closing argument" explains the latest twists and turns in the Donald Trump-Jack Smith standoff in Washington, D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Donald Trump's lawyers filed their much-anticipated reply to so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's brazen election interference in Washington, D.C., and today's "deep dive" takes us to New Orleans, where a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard a crucial oral argument on the constitutionality of Barack Obama's "DACA" executive amnesty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer explains the importance of the latest legal victory for the besieged Jack Phillips, owner of Lakewood, Colorado-based Masterpiece Cakeshop. When will SCOTUS finally put an end once and for all to these evil "bake the damn cake, bigot!"-style lawsuits? Today's "closing argument" then flags an important Mitch McConnell-penned op-ed railing against a new proposed judicial deep state power grab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Following Tuesday's high-profile SCOTUS oral argument in the "ghost gun" case of Garland v. VanDerStok, Josh Hammer uses today's "deep dive" to preview some of the new SCOTUS term's high-profile, politically and culturally salient cases. Today's "closing argument" then updates us on Elon Musk's now-resolved free speech feud with the left-wing Brazilian Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our "deep dive" today focuses on an under-discussed possibility—namely, that the U.S. Supreme Court may be forced to step in and decide the ultimate outcome of the presidential election. Could we really see a Bush v. Gore redux? Josh then uses his "closing argument" to discuss President Trump's inspiring appearance last night at his eponymous Doral, Florida golf resort, where the 45th president memorialized the horrific Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack in Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley has written an exceptional new op-ed that emphasizes much of what Josh Hammer has also been saying on "America on Trial": So-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith and Judge Tanya Chutkan are waging an election interference war against President Donald Trump! Plus, keep your eyes on America's universities today, as we recognize the one-year anniversary of the barbaric Hamas terrorist attack against Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's "around the horn" provides the latest news on second would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh, and our "deep dive" then brings us back to Judge Tanya Chutkan's Washington, D.C. courtroom. How can Judge Chutkan and so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith justify their latest stunt as anything other than blatant election interference? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's illegitimate election interference during today's "around the horn" segment. Our "deep dive" then takes us to West Palm Beach, Florida, where second would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh has pled not guilty to all five counts of his indictment—including the monumental charge of attempted assassination of a former president of the United States. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh updates us on numerous Donald Trump legal proceedings before today's "deep dive" unpacks an assault on the independence and integrity of the judicial branch that you've probably never heard of: the Judicial Conference of the United States' attempt to end all single-judge divisions. Josh explains why this is something we should all care about. Today's "closing argument" then revisits the federal indictment of NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" on so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's latest hyper-partisan stunt: attempting to make public key portions of his recently filed 180-page anti-Trump brief. The reason is simple: election interference. Also in today's show: DOJ sues Alabama on behalf of illegal aliens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's jam-packed episode, Josh Hammer updates us on the latest with Jack Smith and Tish James in our "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then unpacks everything you need to know about the shocking five-count federal indictment of NYC Mayor Eric Adams. Our "closing argument" then takes us to the University of Pennsylvania and its embattled law professor, Amy Wax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's characteristically action-packed "around the horn" intro is followed by a "deep dive" on a bipartisan U.S. Senate Committee's absolutely scathing interim report on the U.S. Secret Service's manifold failures in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. Today's "closing argument" then returns to the topic of the Senate filibuster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" on Vice President Kamala Harris's horrific—and deeply myopic—stance in favor of nuking the Senate filibuster. Today's "closing argument" then provides a legal update for the second would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer explains all the latest legal news pertaining to the second would-be Trump assassin, Ryan Routh, who is now being held in prison without bail. It looks like the DOJ is also set to bring an additional high-profile charge—and not a moment too soon. Today's "closing argument" then addresses Friday's disappointing Secret Service report on what went wrong in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's antitrust-centric "around the horn" segment is followed by a "deep dive" return to the trials and tribulations of presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden. Will Hunter be sentenced to jail in either his Delaware gun case or his California tax case? Regardless, will Joe pardon his son on his way out the door, come January 2025? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" look at a new prosecution of an Alaska man for issuing repeated threats against SCOTUS. Why was Attorney General Merrick Garland not similarly prosecuting those "protesting" outside the justices' homes following the abortion opinion leak in 2022? Today's "closing argument" analyzes Ron DeSantis' plans for would-be presidential assassin Ryan Routh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer explains Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis' latest legal defeat in today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" brings us back to this past Sunday's second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Will we ever get answers—or accountability? Today's "closing argument" then provides an update on the post-Students for Fair Admissions legal fallout in elite higher education. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's "around the horn" segment covers legal terrain as vast as Sean "Diddy" Combs and so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith. Josh Hammer's "deep dive" then returns to the topic of this weekend's appalling New York Times leak about SCOTUS. How can the High Court operate in such a disastrously leaky environment? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" unpacks all you need to know about Sunday's appalling second attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. What is wrong with the U.S. Secret Service? And what is wrong with Democrats and the corporate press, who continue to incite violence against President Trump? Today's "closing argument" then explains TikTok's insane interpretation of the First Amendment that it advanced yesterday in federal court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" is followed by a "deep dive" return to Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump has continued his winning streak against DA Fani Willis. What does it all mean? Today's "closing argument" then explains why this very, very leaky U.S. Supreme Court is a massive problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer's jam-packed "around the horn" segment is followed by a blistering "deep dive" on Attorney General Merrick Garland's Thursday speech, in which he defended the alleged "independence" of the U.S. Department of Justice. How stupid does Merrick Garland think Americans are? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer analyzes RFK Jr.'s ballot-access issues and the latest Fani Willis legal drama during today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" unpacks a fascinating 42-state AG coalition letter sent to Congress urging the application of a Surgeon General warning for Big Tech products. Will Congress listen? Today's "closing argument" then takes us back to Tuesday's presidential debate fireworks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer provides a pressing Jan. 6-related legal update before explaining a crucial bill now pending before the House after passing the Senate, the Kids Online Safety Act. Today's "closing argument" then explains the constitutional illiteracy of a pro-transgender ACLU lawyer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" to a few Trump-related legal updates before today's "deep dive" explains a bombshell new DOJ indictment charging a Guatemalan illegal alien with illegally voting and obtaining multiple U.S. passports. Today's "closing argument" then previews tonight's must-watch presidential debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer, now back in the saddle and behind the "America on Trial" microphone, brings us up to speed on all the bombshell news surrounding Donald Trump's "hush money" sentencing delay in NYC, Hunter Biden's tax crime guilty plea in L.A., the DOJ's indictment for Russia-funded Tenet Media, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Chamberlain of the Article III Project fills in for Josh Hammer and takes us “around the horn” on recent legal and legislative action. Will discusses an interesting Plea change from Hunter Biden's legal team using the unconventional Alford Plea argument and Donald Trump's Legal team continues the Battle in D.C. to Question Jack Smith's legal ability to bring any cases on behalf of the DOJ. Today’s “closing argument” focuses on the new indictment of new indictment of Laren Chen and her media company Tenet as intentionally hiding ties to the Russian government for its funding. Josh Hammer Will return to American on Trial next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Chamberlain of the Article III Project fills in for Josh Hammer and takes us “around the horn” on recent legal and legislative action in New York regarding former President Donald Trump and Fani Willis and Nathan Wade were spotted together in Georgia sparking new questions. Today’s “closing argument” focuses on the recently unsealed U.S. indictment of six Hamas leaders covered by the New York Times, three of whom are already deceased, and seemingly dating back to as early as February of 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Davis of the Article III Project fills in for Josh Hammer and takes us “around the horn” on recent legal and legislative action in New York and Washington, DC. Today’s “closing argument” focuses on the importance of this election, registration, and the need for you to vote early. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special-edition episode, Josh is joined by Mike Davis and Will Chamberlain of the Article III Project for a deep look at the Left's corruption of the rule of law at the Department of Justice and throughout the intelligence agencies, what a Kamala Harris administration might do when it comes to lawfare, and the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us through a characteristically jam-packed "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" revisits and unpacks so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's superseding indictment filed against former President Donald Trump this week in Washington, D.C. Today's "closing argument" then explains another crushing legal loss for the Biden-Harris administration at the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer first provides pressing Donald Trump and Kamala Harris legal updates during today's blockbuster "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then explains why the Biden-Harris administration suffered a crushing legal defeat for its new executive amnesty in the Eastern District of Texas, and today's "closing argument" unloads on a new New York Times hit piece on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" explains so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's new appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to reinstate his stalled classified documents prosecution against former President Donald Trump. Today's "closing argument" then explains the pressing congressional debate over the SAVE Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer first provides legal updates on political prisoner Steve Bannon, Biden-Harris immigration lawlessness, and the Second Amendment during today's jam-packed "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then explains Donald Trump's latest huge win against so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith in Washington, D.C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer, host of The First's "America on Trial with Josh Hammer" podcast, unpacks the various legal issues surrounding Donald Trump's impending criminal sentencing in New York City. Will Juan Merchan, the notorious presiding judge, do the right thing and dismiss Trump's sham guilty verdict? And if not, will Merchan actually sentence Trump to prison? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" to pressing Hunter Biden and Fani Willis legal updates before today's "deep dive" explains yesterday's massive win for Arizona at the U.S. Supreme Court when it comes to securing the franchise from illegal alien corruption. This is a foundational, monumentally important issue of American sovereignty. Today's "closing argument" then provides some friendly-ish unsolicited advice to controversial FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on a number of high-profile legal matters, including a major loss for controversial FTC Chair Lina Khan, before today's "deep dive" explains how disgraced Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is now appealing his recent guilty-on-all-counts verdict on sprawling federal corruption charges. Today's "closing argument" then unpacks a major victory against transgender-related compelled speech in Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" unpacks House Republicans' brand-new report recommending the impeachment of outgoing President Joe Biden. The report is entirely defensible on the substance, but the timing is rather curious. Does the House GOP intend to actually do anything with this new bombshell document? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" from disgraced former Congressman George Santos (R-N.Y.) pleading guilty to two federal crimes in New York to a notorious D.C. Council member being arrested on bribery charges. Today's "deep dive" then re-explores whether Donald Trump's upcoming criminal sentencing in NYC will be delayed in light of a fascinating new letter from the Manhattan DA's office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" and updates us on former Rep. George Santos's legal problems before today's "deep dive" explains Friday's major SCOTUS order retaining lower courts' blocking of the Biden-Harris administration's illegal pro-transgender Title IX legislative rewrite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer leads us through a newsy "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" unpacks the concurrent debates now unfolding over (1) whether Judge Juan Merchan will throw out the "hush money" case in NYC against former President Trump; and (2) what Trump's sentencing will be, if Merchan does not toss it out. Today's "closing argument" then checks in on so-called "Special Counsel" Jack Smith's stillborn Washington, D.C. case against Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" unpacks a huge new preliminary injunction against the University of California, Los Angeles, which failed horrifically to protect its Jewish students during recent pro-Hamas uprisings on campus. Today's "closing argument" then explores the latest bombshell corruption news involving presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" analyzes the newly launched Bipartisan House Task Force on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. It is truly astounding that the news cycle has already largely moved on from what transpired in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024—can the Bipartisan House Task Force refocus our collective attention? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on Hunter Biden's forthcoming federal tax trial in California before today's "deep dive" unpacks President Donald Trump's brand-new lawsuit that he is filing against President Joe Biden's DOJ under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" to multiple Trump trial updates before today's "deep dive" then unpacks a horrible ruling in the liberal-leaning U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which has ruled that so-called "assault weapons" are not constitutionally protected under the Second Amendment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" to Judge Tanya Chutkan and Fulton County, Georgia DA Fani Willis before today's "deep dive" unpacks a crucial new filing from Special Counsel David Weiss in Hunter Biden's forthcoming tax trial in California. It looks like Hunter's well-known foreign corruption is finally going to have its day in federal court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on Trump's NYC case and the "fake electors" case in Arizona before today's "deep dive" returns to the landmark Google antitrust ruling earlier this week and explains what it means from a broader legal perspective. Today's "closing argument" then touches on the roiling anarchy in the U.K. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer recaps a huge victory for Ohio in the fight against radical gender ideology before today's "deep dive" explains why SCOTUS rejected Missouri AG Andrew Bailey's long-shot lawsuit that sought to hold Soros-funded Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg accountable for his anti-Trump lawfare. Today's "closing argument" then slams VP Kamala Harris for capitulating to Democrats' Hamas/Hezbollah wing in her running mate choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" centers on yesterday's massive, much-anticipated, and potentially legal paradigm-shifting antitrust ruling against Google. This is a rare tremendous legal victory for both the Trump and Biden administrations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer breaks down a massive legal news cycle: Hunter Biden has a sentencing date in his Delaware gun case, Donald Trump's lawyers once again try to get his NYC "hush money" case dismissed, Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin pulls a 180 on the 9/11 plotters' appalling plea deal, and all you need to know about the return of Jack Smith's anti-Trump probe in D.C. to Judge Tanya Chutkan's trial courtroom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Democrats have anointed Kamala Harris as their nominee after successfully staging a coup against Joe Biden. Now, as the honeymoon phase begins to end, Josh Hammer shifts the focus to Kamala's record. Josh speaks with Mike Needham of American Compass on various ways to expose Kamala's record. Oren Cass of American Compass also joins the program to discuss Kamala as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on Hunter Biden's upcoming federal tax trial in California before today's "deep dive" unpacks yesterday's blockbuster multi-country prisoner swap, which freed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, among others. But the specific timing of the long-overdue deal suggests a potentially ulterior motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an effort to "defend Democracy", Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have decided to rollout a plan to pack the Supreme Court with left-wing radicals. This came after a series of decisions that they didn't like. So what's going to happen next and what other plans does Kamala have for this country? Josh Hammer chats with fellow Article III Project colleague Mike Davis.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before teeing off on the brand-new plea deal the U.S. Defense Department has reached with the leading 9/11 plotters, which will unconscionably allow those mass-murdering jihadists to avoid the death penalty. Today's "closing argument" segment updates us on a big immigration win in federal court for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a swift sweep, Israel has taken out two of its top enemies. First, it was Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr, followed up by the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Josh Hammer explains who these people are and what it means now that they're gone. Plus, Hammer reveals the U.S. response to all of this and why it was a big mistake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" explains the Trump campaign's golden political opportunity to punch back hard on the newly ascendant Biden-Harris declaration of war on the U.S. Supreme Court. Today's "closing argument" then laments the Trump campaign/Project 2025 divorce, which reached an unfortunate boiling point yesterday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's jam-packed "around the horn" segment is followed by Josh's "deep dive" analysis of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's shocking new proposed assaults on the integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court. Democrats will come to regret this dastardly attack on the American constitutional order. Josh's "closing argument" then urges fellow conservatives to sit back, enjoy the ongoing Olympics, and root for the U.S. to kick commie butt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" updates us on where things currently stand for so-called "special counsel" Jack Smith in his two federal cases against former President Donald Trump. Today's "closing argument" then excoriates the GOP "bed-wetters" prematurely sounding the alarm about Trump running mate pick J.D. Vance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer, host of America on Trial, joined Mike Slater on the First TV special WHO IS J.D. VANCE? In this special, Josh and Mike discuss J.D. Vance's past & present to get a better idea of who he is as both a person and politician. Watch the full special here: https://youtu.be/IHvc2cyf7JY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" analyzes President Biden's recent menacing comments about the U.S. Supreme Court and flags a powerful new essay by Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho that pushes back on recent attacks on the federal judiciary. Today's "closing argument" then unpacks the Kamala Harris veepstakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" before today's "deep dive" focuses on presidential prodigal son Hunter Biden's forthcoming federal tax trial, now set to start September 9 in California. What can we expect? And why hasn't Hunter received a sentencing date yet for his federal gun conviction in Delaware? Today's "closing argument" then analyzes Israeli Prime Minister's Wednesday address to a joint session of Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer weighs in on Sen. Bob Menendez and Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle's resignation announcements during today's "around the horn" segment. Today's "deep dive" then returns to New York Attorney General Tish James' outrageous corporate fraud civil case against Donald Trump and The Trump Organization, which resulted in a massive $450-plus million judgment earlier this year. Trump's lawyers are now appealing—will they be vindicated on appeal? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer provides us numerous Hunter Biden-related legal updates during today's "around the horn" segment before today's "deep dive" returns to the raucous national conversation about Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and what the heck is going on right now in the White House. To wit: Is there a real chance that Kamala Harris will try to invoke the 25th Amendment on her ailing boss if Uncle Joe doesn't first resign? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer takes us "around the horn" as always before today's "deep dive" answers the big questions on everyone's minds after yesterday's bombshell news: Who will the Democrats' new presidential nominee be? Will that nominee now get easy access to the Biden campaign war chest? What happens if the nominee is someone other than Kamala Harris? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Hammer updates us on a pressing Title IX development in the lower courts and a new potentially fascinating SCOTUS petition before today's "deep dive" explains why, despite his lawyers' protestations to the contrary, prodigal presidential son Hunter Biden will not benefit from Judge Aileen Cannon's dismissal of "special counsel" Jack Smith's classified documents case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices