Glenn Kirschner - he’s an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst and former Assistant U.S. Attorney at the D.C. U.S Attorney's Office. Now you can join him for Justice Matters. Glenn brings analysis and insight to current legal issues, drawing from his 30 years as a federal prosecutor, homicide prosecutor, and Army JAG. For three decades, Glenn argued to juries and judges, breaking down complex legal issues in clear and relatable ways. Every weekday his podcast brings that same approach to his analysis of today's troubled legal landscape.
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Nov 13, 2026 · 14:07
Well, friends, it looks like membership in the Donald Trump Disbarred Lawyers Club is on the rise. One of Trump formers attorneys, Alina Habba (now Alina Abba Milton), Is now…
Nov 12, 2026 · 11:15
So friends, a federal judge just ordered Todd Blanche to publicly release the notes that the FBI took of four interviews with a young girl who told the FBI that she was sexually…
Nov 11, 2026 · 14:49
It appears Donald Trump's scandals are now entering the document shredding phase. This has happened before - remember document shredding from past Washington scandals, such as…
Nov 10, 2026 · 13:29
During Donald Trump's second term, lots of federal judges have accused Trump's Department of Justice and other government agencies of lying - providing false or misleading…
Nov 9, 2026 · 27:21
Donald Trump's dirty DOJ officials are fleeing the sinking Trump ship. They can run, but they can't hide from accountability for what they've done to the American people. There…
Nov 6, 2026 · 28:32
Donald Trump intentionally destroyed the legitimacy of the Department of Justice. But given the results of the midterm elections, there will soon be a very real opportunity to…
Nov 5, 2026 · 17:37
After the historic Republican loss in the midterm election, big changes in the Trump administration will start happening when the Dems take over congress in January. Glenn…
Nov 4, 2026 · 17:41
If it's possible to run the numbers on all of the lawsuits ever brought in our nation's history, the biggest loser would probably be Donald J. Trump. In fact, Trump has had…
Nov 3, 2026 · 14:24
Another rogue ICE agent has been criminally indicted. This time for using his unmarked vehicle to run down and run over an unarmed man: a man who wasn't wanted, a man who had no…
Nov 2, 2026 · 14:50
A federal judge (who's been on the bench for nearly 30 years) shut down the Trump administration's attempt to interfere in the upcoming elections. And wait until you hear what…
Oct 30, 2026 · 19:43
A federal judge has ruled that when Donald Trump's DOJ fired the highly acclaimed federal prosecutor, Maurene Comey, the DOJ violated federal law and her constitutional rights.…
Oct 29, 2026 · 20:29
Donald Trump has priors on the election lies front. After his own executive branch and DOJ officials told him there was no fraud undermining his 2020 election loss, he indicated…
Oct 28, 2026 · 16:08
Donald Trump, Todd Blanche, and Jeanine Pirro have again misused the power of the Department of Justice to push a story into the public square that they obviously hope will…
Oct 27, 2026 · 14:00
A judge has ordered Donald Trump to testify, to sit for a sworn deposition in the $10 billion lawsuit he, Trump, filed against the BBC. So here's the question: after he is asked…
Oct 26, 2026 · 33:56
Two of the most important words to remember in these times of danger for American democracy: courage and accountability. Courage exhibited by we the people CAN defeat an aspiring…
Oct 23, 2026 · 16:10
We already know that Donald Trump and his corrupt executive branch officials are going to try to interfere in the upcoming elections. But the good news is, the blue state…
Oct 22, 2026 · 23:37
Trump's Department of Justice officials have been violating court order after court order. Yet thus far, there have been no contempt of court sanctions for any of their willful…
Oct 21, 2026 · 13:12
Does Donald Trump ever gets tired of losing the lawsuits HE files? Remember the lawsuit he filed against Hillary Clinton for $24 million. That one was dismissed. Remember the…
Oct 20, 2026 · 17:40
In a 70-page lawsuit, nine FBI agents and employees go scorched earth after Trump's FBI and DOJ for unlawful firings. But even more dramatically, they expose the the many ways…
Oct 19, 2026 · 12:15
The first press conference by Trump's new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was an complete train wreck. Compounding her problems, when she was asked in which state…
Oct 16, 2026 · 16:33
Judge Timothy Kelly issued a preliminary injunction putting a stop to Trump unconstitutional retaliation against CNN, MS NOW and Politico. And the judge said there is NO evidence…
Oct 15, 2026 · 14:28
Have you seen Donald Trump's political propaganda commercials, befitting of Vladimir Putin or Kim Jong Un? These are "dear leader" commercials commonly seen in dictatorships. And…
Oct 14, 2026 · 24:38
Attorneys are fleeing Donald Trump's Department of Justice at alarming rates. It's not just a brain drain but an ethics drain as well. And that's on top of the people who were…
Oct 13, 2026 · 21:34
Another day, another vindictive prosecution by Donald Trump and his corrupt DOJ leadership. This time, they're going after a Republican former White House aide, Cassidy…
Oct 12, 2026 · 22:37
Judge Timothy Kelly (a Trump-appointed judge) has extended his temporary restraining order against Donald Trump, prohibiting him from banning certain journalists and news…
Oct 9, 2026 · 11:42
At a campaign rally, Donald Trump said about Iran - "let them take Los Angeles, let them take San Francisco, it's a small price to pay." Trump is grossly and inarguable unfit to…
Oct 8, 2026 · 12:50
For years, Donald Trump has railed against voting by mail, falsely claiming that it is terrible, horrible, corrupt, susceptible to massive fraud, even calling it "catastrophic."…
Oct 7, 2026 · 23:38
Donald Trump has pledged to give every American adult $5,000 if the Republicans take the House of Representatives and retain control of the Senate in the midterm elections.…
Oct 6, 2026 · 23:31
In what might be the first possibility for justice for the killing of Renee Good by ICE Agent Jonathan Ross, Renee's family has filed two lawsuits: one - a wrongful death suit -…
Oct 5, 2026 · 16:51
Todd Blanche filed an ethics complaint against 7 federal judges in Minnesota. First of all, this is performative nonsense, and reminiscent of when the DOJ sued 15 federal judges…
Oct 2, 2026 · 35:46
In this episode of Justice Matters, Glenn joins Dean Obeidallah on Sirius XM to discuss the alarming mishandling of a gang rape case at Cornell University. Glenn breaks down the…
Oct 1, 2026 · 20:45
Glenn discusses the latest in the David Hearn Reflecting Pool case with Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy…
Sep 30, 2026 · 22:47
Glenn Kirschner speaks on Substack and counts down the ongoing failures of Trump, both in the legal realm and the political landscape. He outlines how Trump is currently on a…
Sep 29, 2026 · 17:27
In this episode of Justice Matters, Glenn Kirschner hosts the Team Justice Appreciation Party in Los Angeles, bringing together a community of justice warriors to discuss the…
Sep 28, 2026 · 18:20
Judge Timothy Kelly - a Trump appointee - has ruled that Trump violated the Constitutional rights of reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, when he revoked their press…
Sep 25, 2026 · 22:20
Donald Trump unconstitutionally revoked the press credentials of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, and those three news organizations sued Trump for his unconstitutional conduct. During…
Sep 24, 2026 · 16:20
Donald Trump just can't quit violating the Constitution. This time it's the First Amendment - freedom of the press - with Donald Trump trying to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from…
Sep 23, 2026 · 18:42
When Donald Trump sent masked immigration agents to Minneapolis during "Operation Metro Surge" in January, we all saw - captured on cellphone videos - ICE agents engaging in…
Sep 22, 2026 · 20:01
Early, in-person voting has opened in multiple states. And early reports are that dem voters are far outnumbering republican voters. Glenn once again spoke to the Potomac Green…
Sep 21, 2026 · 19:14
Early, in-person voting has opened in multiple states. And early reports show that dem voters are far outnumbering republican voters. Glenn had the pleasure of once again…
Sep 18, 2026 · 24:55
Glenn discusses some recent court decisions and says to vote early wherever you can. Find out more at https://glennkirschner.substack.com/ See Privacy Policy at…
Sep 17, 2026 · 27:00
Glenn shares insights on Trump's attempts to bribe voters, the legality of these actions, and the urgent need for accountability. Find Glenn on Substack:…
Sep 16, 2026 · 13:30
At his recent fake Republican midterm convention, Donald Trump violated federal law by bribing voters, saying he would pay every American adult $5,000 if the Republicans win the…
Sep 15, 2026 · 33:12
The Lindsay Clancy triple-homicide case - of her three children - has riveted the nation for weeks. In my 30-year career as a prosecutor, I had more jury deadlock notes than I…
Sep 14, 2026 · 28:20
Donald Trump gave two no-bid contracts to his cronies, which is why the reflecting pool renovation failed spectacularly! To cover up the true reason for the renovation failure,…
Sep 12, 2026 · 49:06
I recently had the honor of being roasted by the premier Donald Trump impersonator, comedian J-L Cauvin. What you may not know is that J-L is also a lawyer, a former prosecutor…
Sep 11, 2026 · 15:39
James Comey and his lawyers just filed not one but two motions to dismiss the baseless, evidence-free, vindictive, and selective seashell prosecution. And just as the first…
Sep 10, 2026 · 29:06
There are so many data points that suggest both that Donald Trump's desperation is showing AND that he is failing spectacularly. He is failing in the polls, he is failing…
Sep 9, 2026 · 28:28
Prediction markets are being manipulated and misused. Congress can and should protect the American people with appropriate legislation. A great nonprofit organization, Represent…
Sep 8, 2026 · 22:34
The corrupt and compromised radical right-wing Supreme Court justices have stopped pretending they are texutualists, originalists, or loyal in any way to the constraints the…
Sep 4, 2026 · 20:56
In an effort to give the illusion of importance, Donald Trump is forever trying to slap his name and likeness on buildings, monuments and memorials all over Washington, DC. You…
Sep 3, 2026 · 18:37
Ever since being convicted by a New York jury of 34 felony crimes for falsifying business records to cover up money he paid to silence a porn star - all in an effort to bury…
Sep 2, 2026 · 19:02
In case you need any more proof that Todd Blanche and Donald Trump's dirty DOJ leadership are protecting the Epstein class and in the process continuing to victimize the Epstein…
Sep 1, 2026 · 11:14
The prosecutor in Minneapolis who is investigating the homicides of Renee Goode and Alex Pretti - Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty - has finally announced that she…
Aug 31, 2026 · 21:39
Donald Trump wants the American people to be depressed, despondent, defeated, and ultimately disengaged. But We The People MUST NOT accommodate him in that regard. There are so…
Aug 28, 2026 · 19:05
You don't need to be a lawyer or a judge or even familiar with the code of ethics that governs lawyers and judges to know that judges are supposed to be independent and…
Aug 27, 2026 · 12:59
Glenn appeared on MS NOW recently with hosts Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and Jackie Alemany. They talked about several topics including Jeanine Pirro's unbated string of…
Aug 26, 2026 · 13:35
A federal judge has exposed Todd Blanche for the searingly unjust way he has been dealing with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator, and…
Aug 25, 2026 · 13:08
A public discussion featuring U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on violent crime in D.C. was abruptly canceled amid mounting political scrutiny and public…
Aug 24, 2026 · 16:03
It appears yet another baseless, bad-faith prosecution by Donald Trump's dirty DOJ officials is about to get dismissed for prosecutorial abuse and misconduct before the grand…
Aug 21, 2026 · 21:40
Legal experts have equated Trump's attempts to get the Supreme Court to authorize the continued unconstitutional construction of his vanity ballroom project with "blackmail."…
Aug 20, 2026 · 14:08
When DC US Attorney is not trying to prosecute an innocent man for touching some peeling reflecting pool liner, she's trying to put a woman who spray-painted a DC memorial in…
Aug 19, 2026 · 19:23
The Supreme Court rejected a request from Donald Trump to reconsider its previous refusal to hear his appeal of a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation verdict won by writer E.…
Aug 18, 2026 · 12:56
The DC circuit court of appeals ruled that Donald Trump must stop constructing his vanity ballroom on the White House grounds, ruling that his conduct was unconstitutional. They…
Aug 17, 2026 · 11:18
In the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, we put legal and procedural safeguards in place, so a corrupt president couldn't direct his Department of Justice to vindictively or…
Aug 14, 2026 · 28:04
Judge Emmet Sullivan held a hearing in the case in which independent journalist Katie Phang sued Attorney General Todd Blanche for violating the Epstein files transparency act,…
Aug 13, 2026 · 19:30
Glenn welcomes back Brian Tyler Cohen, a prominent social media voice and co-host of the Legal Breakdown series. Together, they unpack a recent development: Donald Trump’s push…
Aug 12, 2026 · 35:28
In this episode of Justice Matters, Glenn dives deep into two critical legal developments involving Donald Trump: the ongoing battle over birthright citizenship and the…
Aug 11, 2026 · 21:20
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno is CEO of RepresentUs. She is an advocate, author, and lawyer with two decades of experience globally and within the US on issues of corruption,…
Aug 10, 2026 · 13:57
Judge Emmett Sullivan is calling Attorney General Todd Blanche to the carpet. More specifically, he's hauling him into court on August 13th because Todd has to explain why he…
Aug 7, 2026 · 13:18
DC Attorney Jeanine Pirro actually carryied a box of reflecting pool liner into the oval office to try to convince Donald Trump that it wasn't vandals that caused the pool liner…
Aug 6, 2026 · 9:49
After push back from congress during his confirmation hearing - Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a memo rescinding Trump's $1.8 billion cop-beaters' fund. But, of…
Aug 5, 2026 · 11:48
After saying things like "she was 100% wrong . . . she choked . . . she folded like an umbrella," do we think Donald Trump is maybe getting ready to fire DC Attorney Jeanine…
Aug 4, 2026 · 25:56
The DOJ courtesy of DC Attorney Jeanine Pirro have moved to dismiss a case that it never should have indicted in the first place. They filed a motion to dismiss the Trumped-up…
Aug 3, 2026 · 20:28
Glenn speaks with Stacey Young the Executive director at the non-profit group Justice Connection. They have become the leading voice delivering the message that the assault on…
Jul 31, 2026 · 12:20
Despite Donald Trump's demands - Senate Republicans have stalled the confirmation of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche while joining a unanimous Senate vote opposing any…
Jul 30, 2026 · 29:35
Remember the great reflecting pool caper? David Hearn, a 67-year-old Olympic canoeist, was riding his bicycle by the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. He was curious, he reached…
Jul 29, 2026 · 16:10
A federal judge in Washington, DC - Judge Emmett Sullivan - has issued an order that is a huge step in the direction of full transparency/full disclosure of the Epstein files.…
Jul 28, 2026 · 44:32
Donald Trump has pretty much announced that he'll be interfering in the upcoming midterm elections. We only need to look back to January 6, 2021, when Trump virtually ordered an…
Jul 27, 2026 · 14:51
The New York Times has clobbered Trump and Todd Blanche and their dirty DOJ officials in court, forcing them to withdraw their lawless and abusive subpoenas for New York Times…
Jul 24, 2026 · 32:06
In this episode of Justice Matters, Glenn Kirschner joins Dean Obadalla on his Substack Live show to discuss the troubling confirmation hearing of Todd Blanche, who is vying for…
Jul 23, 2026 · 13:26
Democrats in the House have announced they want to investigate and expose Donald Trump's dirty deals with the law firms that capitulated to him. Today's "demand" for information…
Jul 22, 2026 · 15:44
Donald Trump's DOJ officials are trying to use a rare specialized court, called the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, for the first time to get a judge to order the removal of an…
Jul 21, 2026 · 28:14
Glenn once again speaks on Substack. He dives deep into the pressing issues surrounding the upcoming midterm elections and the potential threats posed by Trump and his allies. He…
Jul 20, 2026 · 19:07
Donald Trump addressed the nation in primetime to fill the public airwaves with long-debunked election lies. In a truly remarkable self-own, Trump tried to convince everyone that…
Jul 17, 2026 · 13:54
About a year ago, Donald Trump was trying to punish law firms that displeased him for one reason or another. He made them pay him money to leave them alone. He even tried to ban…
Jul 16, 2026 · 26:35
E. Jean Carroll's journey through the legal system has been nothing short of extraordinary. With a jury awarding her $5 million in damages, and the subsequent interest bringing…
Jul 15, 2026 · 18:42
In a scathing rebuke, a federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump brought a bogus lawsuit to "manipulate the judicial process" - a manipulation that involved Trump taking…
Jul 14, 2026 · 29:56
So what is likely to happen to Air Force Major Jason Watson, who was arrested after he chose to protest a corrupt presidential administration and criminal civilian leadership of…
Jul 13, 2026 · 15:24
The Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's attempt to cancel the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship. So now, Trump has announced that he's going to tell the…
Jul 10, 2026 · 11:46
A federal judge has ordered the release of $5 million plus interest—totaling roughly $5.8 million—to writer E. Jean Carroll from a court-controlled escrow account. On Wednesday,…
Jul 9, 2026 · 14:47
U.S. District Judge William M. Ray II (who was appointed by Donald Trump) officially quashed a grand jury subpoena, stopping the Department of Justice's attempt to force Fulton…
Jul 8, 2026 · 13:00
More than 1,200 former Department of Justice employees, organized by the alumni group Justice Connection , urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject Todd Blanche's…
Jul 7, 2026 · 18:45
Today - Glenn has a discussion on Substack about Donald Trump embarrassing the country by cheating in the World Cup. Trump sparked an international uproar by personally…
Jul 6, 2026 · 14:45
Former TV Host on MSNBC and Independent journalist Katie Phang won a court order directing acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and the Department of Justice to either comply…
Jul 3, 2026 · 14:45
E. Jean Carroll has AGAIN kicked Donald Trump's butt in court. And this time, it was in the United States Supreme Court. Remember a first jury found Donald Trump liable and…
Jul 2, 2026 · 14:30
In recent days, the Supreme Court has handed down several opinions. Glenn discusses some of the good ones - like birthright citizenship - and some of the seemingly bad ones -…
Jul 1, 2026 · 15:57
Judge Emmet Sullivan of the DC federal district court has ordered acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to actually be transparent - to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency…
Jun 30, 2026 · 12:20
A federal judge has put a permanent stop to one of Donald Trump's signature efforts to suppress voting and interfere in our free and fair elections. Glenn discusses the…
Jun 29, 2026 · 34:01
This time, Glenn discusses the recent ruling by Judge Emmett Sullivan in the Epstein files case brought by independent journalist Katie Phang and highlights the implications of…
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