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EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 18 MIN

Aftermath of Obama's War on Cops: The East Haven Four (Part Two)

from Holding The Line · host Jason Johnson and Sean Kennedy

Part 2: After the VerdictThis is the second part of our in depth interview with former East Haven police officer Dennis Spaulding—one of four officers indicted by the Obama DOJ in 2012 after he and his team uncovered a massive illegal immigrant fraud network using illegal license plates and insisted on doing their jobs—enforcing the law—in their small Connecticut town.Last week the first part of this interview clearly struck a nerve.We heard from so many of you—predominantly new listeners who were shocked by the story, who had never heard of the case... and who want to know what happened next!This conversation has been one of our most anticipated follow-ups yet. Today in part two we pick up where that story left off: The activist priest who interfered with his duties, the trial... and Dennis takes us inside his time in federal prison—what he experienced, how he endured it, and the personal toll it took on him and his family.He reflects on what it’s like to go from serving your community as a police officer to serving time as a federal inmate—when his youngest daughter was a newborn.We also explore the aftermath of the case: what happened to the East Haven Police Department—and how this prosecution continues to impact him and his fellow officers to this day.Finally, we zoom out to the bigger picture: What a pardon by President Trump would mean for these men and their families.

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