Andrew C. McCarthy
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Andrew C. McCarthy III (born 1959)[2] is an American lawyer and columnist for National Review. He served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.[3][4] A Republican, he led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman and eleven others. The defendants were convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and planning a series of attacks against New York City landmarks.[5] He also contributed to the prosecutions of terrorists who bombed United States embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He resigned from the Justice Department in 2003.
Andrew McCarthy | |
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Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | |
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Born | 1959 (age 64ā65) The Bronx, U.S. |
Political party | Republican[1] |
Education | Columbia University (BA) New York Law School (JD) |
During the presidency of Barack Obama, McCarthy characterized Obama as a radical and a socialist, and authored a book alleging that Obama was advancing a "Sharia Agenda". He authored another book calling for Obama's impeachment. He defended false claims that the Affordable Care Act would lead to "death panels", and promoted a conspiracy theory that Bill Ayers, co-founder of the militant radical left-wing organization Weather Underground, had authored Obama's autobiography Dreams from My Father.[6][7]