Scott Johnson

Nov 6, 2024 | aei.org | John Yoo |Steve Hayward |John Hinderaker |Scott Johnson

For our many regular listeners who were not able to join us last night for our live taping of this special mid-week episode that included Scott Johnson and (very late) John Hinderaker (hence the “Five Whisky Happy Hour”), much of what we talked about has been overtaken by subsequent vote counts and other results.

Jul 31, 2024 | alphanews.org | Scott Johnson

(The Washington Free Beacon) — Tim Walz has reportedly landed on Kamala Harris’s shortlist of possible running mates. Since I first saw the stories, I have adapted Henny Youngman’s old one-liner about his wife as a mantra: “Take my governor—please.”Having lived in the Twin Cities and followed his career over the years, I’m going to enjoy the thought of Walz’s departure while it remains a theoretical possibility. I rate Walz’s chances of selection somewhere between zero and zero.

Jun 26, 2024 | alphanews.org | Scott Johnson

(PowerLine) — In a dramatic press conference this morning, United States Attorney Andrew Luger announced indictments for the bribery of Juror 52 in the first of the Feeding Our Future fraud trials held in federal court here. On the evening of June 2, as the case was set to conclude, a Somali woman dropped off a Hallmark gift package with $120,000 in cash at the home of Juror 52. When she returned home, she called the authorities and turned over the bag of cash.

Jun 3, 2024 | alphanews.org | Scott Johnson

(PowerLine) — I am on hand for the last of the closing arguments scheduled for this morning in the first Feeding Our Future fraud trial. When Judge Brasel took the bench she announced that she had just learned of a juror contact at home last night and that the FBI was investigating. She further announced that she had excused the juror — juror number 52. Judge Brasel intends to voir dire the jury on other possible contacts and asked counsel to respond.

May 21, 2024 | sltrib.com | Scott Johnson

As detailed in The Tribune's reporting on plans for downtown revitalization under SB272, many stakeholders are involved. Frustratingly, those with most to gain seem content to saddle Salt Lake City with a regressive sales-tax increase. The increase will most affect the poorest whose incomes disproportionately go to goods subject to the tax - regardless of whether they're hockey fans or want to spend their hard-earned incomes on the promised new bars and restaurants.