Tag: July 1947
Gerhart Eisler, Passport Fraud, Washington D.C., 1947
July 25, 1947, was a day of drama and delay in the passport fraud trial of Gerhart Eisler, a man accused of being a Kremlin agent. The trial, which has been bogged down in legal technicalities, stalled again as attorneys clashed over the admissibility of key evidence. Assistant United States Attorney William Hitz had expected…
Judge James Johnson, Judicial Corruption, California 2022
In the dusty town of Phoenix, Arizona, a peculiar tale of justice unfolded in the early 1900s. An old-timer, elected as the justice of the peace, was known for his unconventional methods. When cases came before him, he relied on a trusty Sears Roebuck catalog, which he kept in a fine-looking binder. The catalog became…
