Justice in the Age of Retribution with Andy McCarthy

Conversations With Coleman

The Free Press

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In today’s episode, I sit down with former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy, now a columnist at the National Review. He is someone whose legal commentary I’ve followed closely for years. Andy has consistently offered analysis of the major legal battles shaping American politics. In our conversation, we cover everything from the rise of modern lawfare to the prosecutions of both Donald Trump and his political opponents. It couldn’t feel more timely; last week, a federal judge dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Andy provides sobering analysis for what all of this means for the future of the justice system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.4	Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.
0:53.9	My guest today is Andy McCarthy.
0:56.3	Andy is a former chief assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York,
1:00.8	best known for leading the 1995 prosecution of the Blind Shake and others responsible for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
1:09.5	He's now a columnist and contributing editor at National Review,
1:13.4	and a co-host of the McCarthy Report, a podcast where you will find, in my opinion,
1:18.6	the best legal analysis available anywhere in the podcast world. I began this episode by asking
1:24.6	Andy how accurate the Sopranos was. He would know he spent his early
1:29.2	career going after the East Coast Italian mob. After that, we discussed the rising trend of political
1:35.5	prosecutions on both the left and the right. Andy covered the prosecutions of Trump by Biden's
1:41.5	DOJ very closely, and he's doing the same with the prosecutions that Trump's
1:46.0	DOJ is now throwing at his political opponents. Keep in mind, this podcast was recorded before a
1:52.3	federal judge dismissed the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James. So without further ado,
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