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Marcus Epstein is Free at Last

By | 07.10.09 | 9:00 am

The saga of the Pat Buchanan and Tom Tancredo employee who pleaded guilty to a hate crime is over, for now.

At about 10 am on July 8th, in the District of Columbia Superior Court, Judge Anderson dismissed the case against Marcus Epstein, who had pled guilty to a

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Banned in DC

By | 06.18.09 | 10:28 am

Banned in Tysons Corner, Va., actually, where Pat and Bay Buchanan’s The American Cause will hold its conference on building a new Republican majority. An email just in from the organizers:

I am sorry but we are not going to grant you a press pass due to the disparaging

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Bay Buchanan Speaks Out Against the ‘Lynching’ of Marcus Epstein

By | 06.05.09 | 4:40 pm

Bay Buchanan, whom I interviewed this week about troubled anti-immigration activist Marcus Epstein, has published a fuller account of his problems and a broadside against the — wait for it — “lynching” that ensued.

The stories about Marcus were for the most part inaccurate and incomplete. 

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The Denver Post Covers the ‘Karate Chop’

By | 06.02.09 | 10:32 am

Michael Riley got former Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) on the phone to ask about the just-revealed assault charges against Marcus Epstein, the executive director of his Team America PAC.

He said Monday that he didn’t know about the incident until it surfaced on the website of

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Tancredo, Buchanan Bruised by Racist ‘Karate Chop’

By | 06.02.09 | 12:01 am

On July 7, 2007, Marcus Epstein had too much to drink and stumbled onto Georgetown’s scenic, shop-lined M Street, walking in no particular direction. At 7:15 p.m., he bumped into a black woman, called her a “nigger,” and struck her in the head with an open hand. An off-duty Secret More…

University of Virginia: Marcus Epstein Isn’t Coming Here

By | 06.01.09 | 5:44 pm

Jason Wu Trujillo, UVA Law’s Senior Assistant Dean for Admissions and Financial Aid, has emailed TWI about Marcus Epstein’s law school plans.

Mr. Epstein is not currently enrolled at the University of Virginia School of Law, and I do not expect him to be an enrolled student in the future.

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