Trump is Using Terrorist Charges to Wage Political War w/ Josh Kovensky | The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer

Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Kovensky has written an essay on the Trumpadministration’s use of anti-terrorism law to target political groups it doesn’t like.In that piece, Kovensky notes,"Across the country, federal prosecutors are upgrading what would have been routineprosecutions into terrorism cases when they involve people President Trump has cast as hispolitical enemies.It represents a dramatic departure from how the Justice Department has historically used thefederal material support for terrorism statute. For decades, counterterrorism prosecutors havelargely reserved the statute — 2339A — for the kinds of audacious plots that wreak real, lastingdamage or whose ambition forms the stuff of movie screenplays."I spoke to Kovensky about his essay and the history and politics of this dangerous legalinnovation.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy