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Todd Blanche’s AG Hearing Shows Trump’s Contempt for Justice

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Judge Kathleen Williams faces Donald Trump and Todd Blanche, with Trump and Roy Cohn inset.

Todd Blanche enters his confirmation hearing already disqualified by a federal judge. iPINIONS argues that, from Trump’s self-dealing IRS settlement and retribution campaign to Epstein damage control and press intimidation, Blanche has proved that he never stopped serving as Trump’s personal lawyer. He merely acquired the Justice Department’s power to do it. Read my full… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: anti-weaponization fund, attorney general hearing, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, Ghislaine Maxwell, Kathleen Williams, political retribution, press freedom, Roy Cohn, rule of law, Todd Blanche, Trump IRS lawsuit

Democratic Billionaires Stand By as Trump Persecutes His Political Enemies

Monday, June 1, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump targeting enemies and Democratic billionaires are refusing to fund legal defense fund

Trump is using the DOJ to persecute political enemies through investigations, humiliation, and crushing legal costs. Yet Democratic billionaires, who owe their fortunes to democracy and the rule of law, refuse to fund the legal defense machine needed to stop him. Worse, iPINIONS contends, is that Trump is pushing a so-called anti-weaponization fund that could… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: anti-weaponization fund, Authoritarianism, Democratic billionaires, DOJ retribution, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, Jan. 6 defendants, legal defense fund, political persecution, rule of law

Equal Justice: Like Trump, (Hunter) Biden Convicted Too

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Hunter Biden guilty verdict with images of Hunter hugging his father and of Trump dancing on stage

Hunter’s guilty verdict benefits Biden’s campaign A Delaware jury convicted President Biden’s son Hunter today on three felony counts for lying on gun-purchasing paperwork and unlawfully possessing a gun. Evidently, jurors found testimony about his notorious adventures and struggles with drug addiction wrenching but not exculpatory. He now faces 25 years in prison. Yet, Hunter’s… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: addiction recovery, criminal justice system., DOJ weaponization, Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, MAGA, presidential campaigns, rule of law

Donald J. Trump: Guilty, Guilty … 34 Times

Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts

Donald Trump, convicted felon! I was convinced there would be at least one holdout, making this a hung jury. I was wrong. But rarely have I been so happy to be proven so. Donald J. Trump has made history by breaking all kinds of presidential norms. So perhaps it’s fitting that he has made history… Read more.

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: 34 felony counts, criminal justice, Donald Trump guilty, historic verdict, rule of law, Trump conviction

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