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Join former prosecutor Andy McCarthy as he delves into the legal ins and outs of the latest Washington dramas with National Review editor in chief Rich Lowry. The most recent ten episodes of this podcast are available on this feed. Full archives are available to NRPLUS subscribers at NationalReview.com.

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    Episode 219: Controversial Documents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 49:19


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Christopher Wray, a bombshell report from the New York Post, and much more.

    Episode 218: The FBI's Travails

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2023 53:50


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the unraveling of the FBI, the numerous Biden whistleblowers, and much more.

    Episode 217: A Long-Awaited Report

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 44:43


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the Durham report, Daniel Penny, and more.

    Episode 216: Townhall Tribulations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 53:04


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the Trump–CNN townhall, and verdict in the civil rape case, and much more.

    Episode 215: Grassley's Allegation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 49:02


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss a slew of cases — across the political spectrum — in which the defendants' chances of winning are looking rather slim.

    Episode 214: Carroll's Case

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 48:31


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the defamation/rape case of E. Jean Carroll against Trump.

    Episode 213: A Bitter Pill You Shouldn't Swallow

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2023 50:25


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the abortion-pill case heading to the Supreme Court, the Hunter Biden whistleblower, and more.

    Episode 212: The Dueling Lawsuits Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 41:08


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich sort through the laundry list of lawsuits riveting national attention right now.

    Episode 211: Highs, Lows, Truths, and Lies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2023 36:42


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the recently released text of the Trump indictment and much more.

    Episode 210: State of Play in the Trump Investigations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 43:58


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the horrific Nashville shooting and the extensive Trump legal drama.

    Episode 209: Realistic Reasoning

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2023 47:46


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss new developments in the Ukraine–Russia war, Ron DeSantis's stance on Ukraine, and the impending Trump indictment.

    Episode 208: Border Meltdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2023 52:07


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the problem of cartels, some Trump investigation updates, and much more.

    Episode 207: A Disappointing Move from the DOJ

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2023 53:09


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the DOJ's new argument against immunity for Trump in the January 6 case, and much more.

    Episode 206: Probing Deeper

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2023 38:02


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the MLB's changes to the game, the January 6th investigation progress, and much more.

    Episode 205: A Search and a Subpoena

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 43:07


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the Pence subpoena, the Chinese spy balloon, and much more.

    Episode 204: Hunter Biden's New Laptop Strategy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 55:54


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Hunter Biden's recent letters to prosecutors, more developments in the Biden classified-documents story, Stormy Daniels's reappearance in the news, and more.

    Episode 203: Better Check Your Bookshelves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 46:41


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the news that former vice president Pence notified officials about classified documents he found in his possession.

    Episode 202: It's Complicated

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023 47:40


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the FBI's supposed fear of “complicated” certain cases by getting involved, the charges against Alec Baldwin, and much more.

    Episode 201: Uh Oh, Joe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 44:03


    Andy and Rich discuss the news that President Biden has been found in possession of Obama-era confidential material.

    Episode 200: Bordering on Catastrophe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 60:51


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the ongoing border mess, the second anniversary of the January 6 riot, the House speaker battle, and much more.

    Episode 199: The Border Debacle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 56:25


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the worsening crisis at our southern border.

    Episode 198: An Oddly Timed Arrest

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 41:57


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the arrest of Sam Bankman-Fried.

    Episode 197: Twitter Revelations

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 44:33


    Episode 196: An Important Verdict

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 39:19


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich make the rounds, with a rapid-fire discussion of topics ranging from the Oath Keepers trial verdict to the Respect for Marriage Act.

    Episode 195: An Inevitable Special Counsel

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 48:48


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Merrick Garland's appointment of Jack Smith as special counsel in the Trump investigation and much more.

    Episode 194: A Disappointing Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 49:21


    Episode 193: The FBI's Contradictory Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2022 45:33


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Andy's magazine piece on FBI reform, Larry Krasner's impeachment, and much more.

    Episode 192: An Acquittal and a Bombshell

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022 29:46


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Steve Bannon, Igor Danchenko, Chuck Grassley, and more.

    Episode 191: Danchenko's Day in Court

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2022 42:37


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Igor Danchenko, his connection to the FBI and Christopher Steele, and much more.

    Episode 190: The Dueling Mar-a-Lago Appeals

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 54:26


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Trump's latest move in the Mar-a-Lago case.

    Episode 189: The Matt Gaetz Case

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2022 45:00


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the FBI's handling of the Matt Gaetz case Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi's death, and how his special-master request is coming back to bite Trump.

    Episode 188: Where's the Victim?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 40:59


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss New York AG Letitia James's lawsuit against Trump, the Eleventh Circuit's ruling against Trump, and more.

    Episode 187: Danchenko and the Dossier

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 38:37


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss new revelations about Igor Danchenko's involvement with the FBI, the DOJ's move on Mike Lindell, and whether the 9/11 terrorists will ever go to trial.

    Episode 186: An Executive Privilege Explainer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 54:11


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich briefly discuss Queen Elizabeth's passing, and then dive headlong into a detailed discussion of special masters. As Andy has said, this is a quickly “evolving landscape” and we should be aware of it.

    Episode 185: Special-Master Slipup

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2022 57:46


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss Biden speech from yesterday, the ongoing Mar-a-Lago probe, some January 6th developments, and much more.

    Episode 184: A Telling Timeline

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022 62:56


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the chronology of events leading up to the Mar-a-Lago search and Biden's unconstitutional student-loan-forgiveness move.

    Episode 183: What the FBI Found

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 51:13


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss what the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago turned up, Liz Cheney's career-ending loss, and much more.

    Episode 182: Seek, but What Shall Ye Find?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 58:48


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the latest on the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search.

    Episode 181: Inching toward Indictment?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2022 74:08


    Today on The McCarthy Report, National Review's submissions editor, Jack Butler, takes over hosting duties for the vacationing Rich Lowry to discuss legal news with Andy. Among the topics covered are a possible DOJ indictment of Trump, the attack on Lee Zeldin, and the FBI's role in investigating Hunter Biden.

    Episode 180: The Bannon Trial Winds Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 48:04


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss the Bannon trial and more January 6 committee news.

    Episode 179: Where Is the Money Coming From?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022 52:32


    Rich and Andy discuss the latest on Hunter Biden and the January 6th Committee. 

    Episode 178: January 6 Hearsay

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2022 73:37


    Today on The McCarthy Report, Andy and Rich discuss new testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson.

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