Trump Accountability Must Go SCORCHED EARTH | Glenn Kirschner
Defending Democracy with Marc Elias
Democracy Docket
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🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner joins Marc Elias to break down why the rule of law is hanging by a thread. They also discuss the Epstein files cover-up, DOJ ethics violations, and why we need a scorched-earth accountability effort.
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00:00 Today's Guest: Glenn Kirschner
00:41 One Year In: How is the Nation and the Rule of Law Doing?
02:47 What Does the New "Accountability Project" Look Like?
05:43 Where Will the Next Generation of Non-Political Prosecutors Come From?
07:40 Context: Glenn's History with Eric Holder and Bob Mueller
09:42 Unpacking Legal Standards: Probable Cause vs. Likelihood of Conviction
11:06 Case Study: The Sean Dunn "Sandwich Throwing" Prosecution
17:58 Accountability After Jan 6th: What Was Done Right and Wrong?
23:56 Avoiding the "Normalizing" of Political Crimes in 2029
26:19 Current Events: The Seizure of Ballots in Fulton County
28:15 Discussion: The "Presumption of Regularity" in Trump-era Courts
35:02 Is the Supreme Court Recalibrating on Executive Power?
37:21 Potential DOJ Interference in the Upcoming Election
40:13 The Epstein Files: What is Happening with the Missing Records?
47:44 Final Thoughts: What Can Everyday Americans Do to Fight Back?
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| 0:50.3 | Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice to shield him and his friends from accountability |
| 0:54.9 | while launching sham prosecutions against their political enemies. Well, today's guest, Glenn Kershner, |
| 1:00.1 | he's a veteran U.S. Army prosecutor who spent 24 years in the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office. |
| 1:05.9 | These days, he uses his decades of trial experience to expose exactly how Donald Trump is manipulating the legal system. |
| 1:13.2 | Glenn joins me to break down all the ways Republicans are losing in court, the escalating threats |
| 1:18.0 | coming out of the department, and explosive secrets buried in the Epstein files. |
| 1:22.5 | But before we get into it, subscribe to this channel to stay informed about how you can defend democracy. |
| 1:28.0 | Glenn Kirshner, welcome to defending democracy. Mark, thanks for having me. |
| 1:31.1 | Let me start with sort of probably the big topic that you cover, which is like we're a year |
| 1:38.6 | plus into this administration and how are we doing? How are we doing? So the nation is not doing well. The rule of law is |
| 1:48.0 | hanging on by a thread. Maybe it's comatose and it will be our mission to prod it into wakefulness, |
| 1:56.0 | hopefully beginning after the midterms, but really in earnest once we get a law abiding president back into the White House. |
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