Donald J. Trump Indictment

A hundred years after Kafka’s “The Trial” was first published, the West has descended into an era in which absurd allegations are the new normal.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie expressed relief that interviewer Erick Erickson didn’t ask him about Donald Trump. But he didn’t hesitate to rip into President Trump later while talking to reporters.

I sit down with classist and military historian Victor Davis Hanson to get his take on the latest indictment against President Donald Trump. He argues that charging Trump on the basis of election interference is an attack on the First Amendment, and sets a dangerous precedent.

Interviewer Megyn Kelly homed in on whether Ron DeSantis, if elected president, would pardon Donald Trump if the former president is convicted on various charges pending or looming against him. DeSantis, citing Gerald Ford’s Watergate pardon of Richard Nixon in 1974, hinted he would for the good of the country, as well as pardoning “normal Americans” who may have been unfairly targeted.

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Tuesday that he would introduce a bill to the House of Representatives “to defund” Special Counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.