Andrew C. McCarthy

For the American actor (born 1962), see Andrew McCarthy.
Andrew McCarthy
McCarthy reporting on the prosecution of Donald Trump in New York
Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Personal details
Born1958 or 1959 (age 65–66)
The Bronx, U.S.
Political partyRepublican[1]
EducationColumbia University (BA)
New York Law School (JD)

Andrew C. McCarthy III (born 1958 or 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] 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.

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. He is a Republican.[6][7]

  1. ^ "McCarthy, Andrew C. III." Marquis Who's Who in America, edited by Marquis Who's Who, Marquis Who's Who LLC, 70th edition, 2016. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/marquisam/mccarthy_andrew_c_iii/0 Accessed 19 May 2020.
  2. ^ "The Terror Conspiracy: A Sweeping Victory By the Home Team". The New York Times. October 2, 1995. Retrieved November 7, 2016. ...Andrew C. McCarthy, a 36-year-old Bronx native...
  3. ^ Powell, Michael (October 17, 2006). "Lawyer Sentenced for Aiding Terrorist Client; 28 Months Is Far Less Than Prosecutors Sought". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Laurel E.; et al. (February 2012). "Defending the Rule of Law: Reconceptualizing Guantanamo Habeas Attorneys". Connecticut Law Review.
  5. ^ "Andrew C. McCarthy, Director, FDD's Center for Law and Counterterrorism". Biographies. Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-09-26.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference McCarthyAyersTheory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference DailyBeastonAyersTheory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).