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Glenn Kirschner

MSNBC Columnist

Glenn Kirschner, a former assistant U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst.

Glenn Kirschner, a former assistant U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., is an NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst.

Latest from Glenn Kirschner

20d ago

Trump’s promise to fire Jack Smith is a final warning

Donald Trump told a conservative radio host Thursday that, if elected, he would fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds.”
43d ago

Trump tried to block Jack Smith’s immunity brief. It backfired.

We can now see why Trump was so desperate to keep Smith’s filing in the election interference case secret from the American people.
72d ago

Trump’s latest admission on Fox News is great news for Jack Smith

After Jack Smith obtained a superseding indictment against Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, Trump said in an interview he had “every right” to do so.
141d ago

The unmistakable evidence that Judge Cannon is unfit for Trump’s classified docs case

Each new development in Trump’s classified documents case makes it even clearer that the impartiality of Judge Aileen Cannon might reasonably be questioned.
173d ago

The hidden trap for Trump’s defense team in Michael Cohen’s testimony

Central to the jury's decision in Trump's trial will be their assessment of the credibility of Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and self-described fixer.
193d ago

Trump’s refusal to concede a crucial fact could tank his legal defense

Trump thinks that Todd Blanche, the lead lawyer in his New York trial, has not been aggressive enough. But it's Trump who's risking the whole trial.
207d ago

How prosecutors will ‘draw the sting’ during opening statements in Trump’s trial

Manhattan prosecutors and Trump's lawyers will neither win nor lose based on their opening statements. But jurors will begin to form important impressions.
233d ago

An important lesson from a dramatic new whirlwind of Trump legal news

A New York court delayed Trump’s first criminal trial, while another New York court drastically reduced Trump's bond. This and more leads to the question of Trump's accountability in our legal system.
272d ago

Trump’s loss in N.Y. is a powerful predictor of what’s to come in his criminal trials

On Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron ruled that former president Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, his former CFO and his adult sons have to pay more than $350 million in penalties.
308d ago

The Trump immunity lark is as damaging to American democracy as it is absurd

Trump maintains that he has absolute immunity from being prosecuted for any crimes he is alleged to have committed while serving as president.
353d ago

A trial delay wouldn’t be the win Trump thinks it is

While Trump might welcome the delay in the classified documents trial, this result may have some unanticipated consequences.
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