News From Around the South 6/19 to 6/26
SOUTH CAROLINA: 247 Years Later, Historians Remember Battle of Sullivan’s Island SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — The weekend of June 24-25, the Lowcountry commemorated the 247th anniversary of the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. Known as Carolina Day,...
President Biden and My Fingerprints Are All Over Trump Indictment
Did President Joe Biden indeed set things in motion for the indictment of his predecessor? Yes, he did — over four decades ago — and I was an accomplice. Please let me explain. In the late 1970s, then-Senator Biden was chair of the Senate Intelligence...
News From Around the South 6/12 to 6/19
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Supreme Court Won’t Review N.C. Confederate License Plate Decision WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t review North Carolina’s decision to stop issuing specialty license plates with the Confederate flag. As is typical, the court...
The Case Against Trump
It gives me no joy to write about prosecuting former President Donald J. Trump. He and I have been friends for nearly 40 years. We spoke many times during his presidency on a wide array of matters. Knowing him as I do and knowledgeable of the law and federal criminal...
Enslaved by George Washington, This Man Escaped to Freedom—and Joined the British Army
When an enslaved man named Harry escaped from Mount Vernon in July 1771, his enslaver, George Washington, placed ads in newspapers seeking his capture. According to Washington’s cash accounts ledger, the war hero and then-delegate in the Virginia House of...Obiter Dicta
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Confederate statue restored as part of Trump’s efforts to reshape how history is told WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has restored a memorial to a Confederate general in Read More