Trump Justice Department Is Right to Investigate Columbia’s Antisemitic Campus Agitation

The New York Times’ reporting about unrest at the Justice Department over the Trump administration’s investigation of campus agitation at Columbia exemplifies perfectly how media bias distorts the public’s grasp of legal controversies.

Devlin Barrett, the paper’s longtime reporter on federal law enforcement, offers the left’s perspective on civil rights enforcement as if it were presumptively valid when, in fact, it is highly controversial. Of the ensuing clash between “career prosecutors” and Trump appointees at Main Justice, he writes:

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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The New York Times’ reporting about unrest at the Justice Department over the Trump administration’s investigation of campus agitation at Columbia exemplifies perfectly how media bias distorts the public’s grasp of legal controversies.

Devlin Barrett, the paper’s longtime reporter on federal law enforcement, offers the left’s perspective on civil rights enforcement as if it were presumptively valid when, in fact, it is highly controversial. Of the ensuing clash between “career prosecutors” and Trump appointees at Main Justice, he writes:

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.