Today, I am proud to introduce EMPYREAN, my first novel and third published book. Through the interwoven perspectives of a soldier, a nurse, a Jewish poet, and his wife, Empyrean explores the moral questions that emerge when ordinary people are forced to choose between obedience and conscience. It is a story about the burden of survival, the limits of forgiveness, and the choices that define us in history’s darkest moments. The First Edition hardcover launches on October 1, and you can sign up for pre-release as well as read a sample today! Begin reading and listening now: RonChapmanBooks.com Visit the new website to: 🎧 Listen to a narrated sample chapter 📖 Join the reader list and immediately unlock the opening 50 pages 🎙️ Receive complimentary audiobook access when it becomes available 📅 Learn about book signings and exclusive events

“Are you aware that murder is a mortal sin?” Why is this question inappropriate and why did it result in an immediate bench conference? Federal Rule of Evidence 610 specifically prevents the use of religious beliefs to attack a witnesses credibility. This is basic first year evidence knowledge. FRE 610 flows directly from the 1st Amendment and questions about one’s religion are nearly always excluded unless relevant for some other reason, for instance an alibi because they were at a religious ceremony.

Currently the piano version of “Hips Don’t Lie” is calmly playing on the airplane speaker. I don’t have anything against Shakira or this new re-adaptation of her hit single. But I do have a big problem with Delta ignoring the wealth of solid classical bangers pre-2000’s that were ignored during the selection process. Rollover Beethoven, Shakira, Shakira will serenade boarding passengers. I expect more from @Delta

Very strategic move by Mangione's defense that may result in dismissal of state charges. I discussed on @NewsNation today: youtu.be/F0a04zAsYJ4?si=L8oO…

Will the federal plea stop the state trial of Luigi Mangione? youtu.be/b5R-AXyhT2U?si=jRY9…

I once won a full acquittal on a $450 million fraud case. Six months later I walked back into the exact same courtroom, in front of the exact same judge, and did it again. That year taught me more about winning than any before or since: The first case was United States v. Bothra. Five defendants. Hundreds of millions in alleged healthcare fraud. The doctor who owned the practice, had already sat in detention for three years by the time we reached trial. Everyone thought it was unwinnable. Some of the other defense counsel were talking pleas. Some were scared of trial. I sat down with all of them before we started and told them I believed we could come out on top. Then something happened that I'll never forget. We started getting small wins in the early days of trial. And I watched the room change. The attorneys who'd been talking pleas started leaning in. The defendants who'd been scared started to see light. One little victory at a time, this group that had walked in divided started to believe the same thing: We can actually win this. Five weeks later, the jury acquitted on all 52 counts. Every count in the indictment. Every single defendant. Six months after that, same courtroom, same judge, I ran a 32-count acquittal for another doctor. Back to back, in federal trials that each ran a month or more. It was the hardest year I've ever worked. It was also the most successful, and I learned more that year than any other. People think winning is one moment — the verdict. It isn't. It's built out of dozens of small wins, and the belief that spreads through a room when people finally see that the giant can be beaten.

Fees, loans, and donations to an Epstein charity, past $200 million, and Black still hasn't been charged. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/x4lM7k0GiMo

Nine figures to Epstein, and the paperwork to explain it still hasn't turned up. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/x4lM7k0GiMo

A guilty plea involving a minor didn't end this relationship. It got put in writing. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/x4lM7k0GiMo

Apollo's internal review cleared Black. The Senate Finance Committee says it missed a lot. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/x4lM7k0GiMo

The same AI systems prosecuting healthcare fraud are starting to decide what care gets approved. Your treatment increasingly runs through an algorithm. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/qNv_XQq1k4o

A $906 million indictment treats care for terminally ill patients as fraud. The government's real position: hospice patients don't get the same care as everyone else. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/qNv_XQq1k4o

The Fourteenth Amendment grants citizenship to persons born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction. The government argued that “subject to the jurisdiction” should mean something narrower—something like permanent allegiance or parental domicile. The Court rejected that reading. A child born on U.S. soil to parents subject to U.S. law is subject to U.S. jurisdiction. The words “mother,” “father,” “lawful,” and “temporary,” as the Court noted, do not appear in the Citizenship Clause. The dissents took a narrower view. Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Gorsuch, argued that the Citizenship Clause protected only those born and domiciled in the United States. Justice Alito separately criticized the majority’s reliance on United States v. Wong Kim Ark, arguing that case involved parents permanently domiciled in the United States. I appeared on Newsmax to discuss. What do you think of the Court's birthright decision? Be sure to check out OFF AIR for more legal updates: youtube.com/@RonOffAir

A $67 million federal fraud case, opened five days after a data review. These prosecutions almost never move that fast. The speed is the tell. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/qNv_XQq1k4o

A federal database can show a doctor billed more than his peers. It can't decide whether the care was necessary. That's the gap driving these cases. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/qNv_XQq1k4o

The 2025 JFK files confirm the CIA hid documents from the Warren Commission and destroyed evidence. The agency under suspicion controlled the record. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/9r2dX-E0O4k

The CIA opened a file on Lee Harvey Oswald in 1960 and kept it from the Warren Commission. For an agency that claimed it barely knew him, that says a lot. Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/9r2dX-E0O4k

U.S. intelligence reported that intercepted Ukrainian government communications discussing an alleged plot to redirect hundreds of millions of American tax dollars earmarked for clean energy projects in Ukraine back to the US to fund then-President Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign and the DNC. I’ll cover it on an upcoming episode of my YouTube show - OFF AIR [Link in bio]