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UnJustified
The creator of Mueller, She Wrote, Allison Gill, and former Deputy Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, are documenting the erosion of civil liberties and the rule of law under Trump's DoJ.
Episodes
UnJustifiedCumulative Irritation
President Bukele of El Salvador told the United Nations that the United States has constructive custody of the prisoners sent to CECOT. Former F.B.I. Director…
UnJustifiedThe Biggest Power Grab Yet
Trump and the Department of Justice issue letters about the Tik-Tok ban that dangerously expand executive powers.Attorney General Pam Bondi fires three January…
UnJustifiedConvention Against Torture
Now-fired career Department of Justice lawyer Erez Reuveni has sent a letter to the Inspector General, the Office of Special Counsel, and the chairs of the…
UnJustifiedProtected Whistleblower Disclosure of Erez Reuveni
Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Erez Reuveni Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, and Substantial and Specific Danger to…
UnJustifiedHouse of Cards
President Trump may be shielding El Salvadoran President Bukele from an investigation into allegations that Bukele used US aid to support MS13, and traded away…
UnJustifiedDefy. Deny. Disparage
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has pled not guilty to the two charges of smuggling migrants, and has asked the court to release him on bail pending his trial.The…
UnJustifiedTrumped Up Charges
Abrego Garcia is being brought back to the United States and will face federal charges.Judge Boasberg grants certification of the CECOT class and order the…
UnJustifiedZero Business Hours
The Trump Administration files a motion to dismiss the Abrego Garcia case based on jurisdiction. Judge Xinis denies two government motions requesting…
UnJustifiedCrime is Like a Denny's
The Supreme Court remanded the Alien Enemies Act case back down to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and at least one of the judges isn’t happy about it.Abrego…
UnJustifiedSCOTUS PER CURIAM Decision Temporarily Blocking Alien Enemies Act Deportations
"The President has invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), Rev. Stat. §4067, 50 U. S. C. §21, to remove Venezuelan nationals who are members of Tren de Aragua…
UnJustifiedEd Martin, WCADAGPA
Judge Xinis holds a hearing over whether certain discovery in the Abrego Garcia case is subject to state secrets and deliberative process privilege.Trump…
UnJustifiedDubious Privilege (feat. Skye Perryman)
There are now multiple cases challenging the administration’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation; including a hearing by Judge Boasberg for an amended complaint…
UnJustifiedConstructive Custody
Discovery in the Abrego Garcia case resumes after Judge Xinis denies the trump administration an additional extensionEd Martin’s nomination as United States…
UnJustifiedMisdemeanor Terrorist
Judge Xinis postpones discovery in the Abrego Garcia after the government files a request to delay under seal.A conservative three judge panel for the DC…
UnJustifiedCriminally Contemptible
Judge Boasberg issues a memorandum opinion that concludes that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt for defying court orders in…
UnJustifiedBlindingly Naive and Oblivious (feat. Steve Vladeck)
The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals being deported under the alien enemies act proclamation are afforded due process, and that the courts can ask the…
UnJustifiedWithout Prejudice
Donald Trump once again taps his bench of veteran private attorneys to staff the department of justice by nominating Stanley Woodward as associate attorney…
UnJustifiedTake it to the High Side
At least 18 Trump administration officials used an unsecured Signal chat to discuss real-time attacks on Houthi militants in Yemen earlier this month as…
UnJustified“You Serve No Man”
Kash Patel is pushing ahead with a plan to decentralize the FBI by dividing it into three regions except for the three largest field offices which would report…
UnJustifiedGutting Public Integrity
The Trump Administration is gutting the Justice Department's unit that oversees prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption.Emil Bove has fired the…
UnJustifiedNCIS: DOGE
US Intelligence shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees.The head of the FBI New York Field Office James Dennehy has been…
UnJustifiedEd Martin Is Doing It Wrong
U.S. attorney Ed Martin personally submitted a seizure warrant that was rejected by a U.S. magistrate judge in D.C.Kash Patel ordered FBI officials to relocate…
UnJustifiedIn Re Flynn
Emil Bove has filed his rule 48(a) motion to dismiss the bribery and fraud charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.The judge in the Adams case held a hearing…
UnJustifiedThe Valentine's Day Seven
Acting US Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the Southern District of New York to dismiss the bribery and fraud charges against New York City Mayor Eric…
UnJustifiedSaint Drizz
Multiple FBI agents filed a lawsuit against the department of justice to stop them from compiling and releasing lists of agents who worked on January 6th…
UnJustifiedAnti-Qualified
The Department of Justice has moved to drop the appeal of Judge Cannon’s dismissal of the charges against Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira in the classified…
UnJustifiedAutocrat Meet Bureaucrat
Former Trump defense attorney and current Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has issued orders to US Attorneys to investigate and prosecute local law…
UnJustifiedFinal Report Volume 1 | Part 5
Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report.Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One The…
UnJustifiedFinal Report Volume 1 | Part 4
Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report.Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One The…
UnJustifiedEpisode 111 | History Will Judge
Jack Smith has resigned; the Justice Department released Volume One of the special counsel’s final report; the fate of Volume Two remains to be seen; plus…
UnJustifiedJack Smith’s Final Report Volume 1 | Part 3
Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report. Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume OneThe…
UnJustifiedJack Smith’s Final Report Volume 1 | Part 2
Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report. Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume OneThe…
UnJustifiedJack Smith’s Final Report Volume 1 | Part 1
Allison reads the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report. Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume OneThe…
UnJustifiedEpisode 110 | Unforced Error
Judge Cannon has temporarily blocked the release of Jack Smith’s final report at the request of Nauta and De Oliveira, we’ll see what the 11th Circuit has to…
UnJustifiedEpisode 109 | Jack Smith Report Watch
Jack Smith has handed off what remains of the Mar-a-Lago case to the US Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Florida; what that means to Trump’s…
UnJustifiedEpisode 108 | New Jack City
A DC Police Officer has been found guilty of leaking information to Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio before the January 6th attack; Jack Smith’s team is lawyering up…
UnJustifiedEpisode 107 | Wray Obeys in Advance
This week; Chris Wray announces that he will resign as FBI Director before Trump would have to fire him; Trump names Harmeet Dillon to head [upend] the Civil…
UnJustifiedEpisode 106 | Check Kiting
This week; Jack Smith files a second motion to dismiss the coup case in DC to be extra thorough; Fani Willis is ordered to release any communications she had…
UnJustifiedEpisode 105 | Without Prejudice
This week; Judge Cutkan dismisses the election interference case against Trump without prejudice; Ken Paxton’s shredder truck lawsuit is dismissed; plus…
UnJustifiedEpisode 104 | Paper Shredding Truck
This week; Texas AG Ken Paxton files a FOIA request for Jack Smith’s files and sued to make sure documents weren’t destroyed…because he saw a “paper shredding…
UnJustifiedEpisode 103 | Questions and Answers
We all have questions about what will happen as Jack Smith winds down the prosecutions of Donald Trump.Would Trump’s DOJ release a report from Smith?Could it…
UnJustifiedEpisode 102 | The Disposition
Judge Chutkan grants Jack Smith’s motion to vacate the entire pre-trial schedule in the January 6th.Rod Rosenstein, former United States Deputy Attorney…
UnJustifiedEpisode 101 | The Ferris Bueller Motion
This week, we have Trump's response to the 11th Circuit appeal made by Jack Smith to reinstate the Florida case; along with another Trump motion to further…
UnJustifiedEpisode 100 | Schrödinger's Special Counsel
This week, Trump is recycling the arguments that got the Mar-a-Lago case thrown out on Judge Chutkan in DC– but in a motion asking for a filing extension; if…
UnJustifiedEpisode 99 | The Evidence Appendix
This week, we have a motion from Donald Trump asking to delay the release of the massive four volume evidence appendix from Jack Smith, as well as Judge…
UnJustifiedEpisode 98 | The First Amendment Argument
This week, Judge Chutkan rules on Trump’s objection to the whether the immunity brief’s appendix can be public; Judge Chutkan also rules on Trump’s request for…
UnJustifiedReading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 5
Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.Part 5Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.Who's Who in…
UnJustifiedReading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 4
Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.Part 4Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.Who's Who in…
UnJustifiedReading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 3
Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.Part 3Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.Who's Who in…
UnJustifiedReading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 2
Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.This is episode 2 of 3 –The Michigan Pressure CampaignThank you to Adam Klasfeld…
UnJustifiedReading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 1
Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.Part 1Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.Who's Who in…
UnJustifiedEpisode 97 | The Immunity Brief
This week, Judge Chutkan unsealed Jack Smith’s immunity brief with its limited redactions over Donald Trump’s objections. Plus, listener questions. Questions…
UnJustifiedEpisode 96 | Leave to File
This week, Judge Chutkan approves Jack Smith’s request to exceed the page limit with his immunity brief over Trump’s objection; Trump’s earlier win on what…
UnJustifiedEpisode 95 | Roberts Goes Maximalist (feat. Dahlia Lithwick)
This week, new reporting from Propublica shows Judge Aileen Cannon’s failure to disclose gifts and trips; Donald Trump files his omnibus reply in support of…
UnJustifiedEpisode 94 | Remove Judge Cannon
This week, we’re still 11 days from the deadline for Special Counsel to file their immunity brief in DC. Let's take a look at the two amici briefs to the 11th…
UnJustifiedEpisode 93 | Chutkan’s Orders
This week, the Special Counsel’s office and Donald Trump's lawyers filed their joint status report with Judge Chutkan in the DC case outlining how they think…
UnJustifiedEpisode 92 | Superseding Indictment
This week, Jack Smith hits Trump with 4 superseding indictments in DC to meet the Supreme Court’s rules of presidential immunity.Jack has also filed his brief…
UnJustifiedEpisode 91 | The Hamilton Live (feat. Glenn Kirschner, Pete Strzok, Brian Greer, Dana Goldberg, and Andy McCabe)
This week we are sharing the discussion part of our MSW Media live show in D.C. at The Hamilton Live. Big shoutout to the crew at the venue! They are all top…
UnJustifiedEpisode 90 | Intrusion Upon Seclusion
This week: Donald Trump filed a $100M dollar [frivolous] lawsuit against the Department of Justice over their execution of the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago…
UnJustifiedEpisode 89 | Back to the Docket
Judge Chutkan is back to moving things along as swiftly as possible by ordering a status conference, denying Trump’s motions to dismiss.Jack Smith asked for a…