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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.
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Episode 88 | Restart Your Engines
Jack Smith has not requested an expedited briefing schedule in the appeal to the 11th Circuit to reverse Cannon’s dismissal.Cameras caught Chesebro doing his…
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Episode 87 | Appeal Primer
This week we go over what Jack Smith’s appeal to the 11th Circuit will look like and why Judge Cannon will likely be overturned.Donald Trump threatens to sue…
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Episode 86 | Move to Expedite
This week Jack Smith filed notice that DoJ will be appealing to the 11th Circuit Judge Cannon’s dismissal of the Mar-a-Lago indictment.We expect that he will…
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Episode 85.5 | Cannon Dismisses the Case
She did it! Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the Mar-a-Lago case. She bought Justice Clarence Thomas’s drive-by concurrence in the immunity ruling saying Jack…
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Episode 85 | Prepare to be Underwhelmed (feat. Hugo Lowell)
The immunity question will be in Judge Chutkin’s court very soon. It’s unlikely that we’ll get a public hearing to decide what evidence is admissible.In…
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Bonus | Immunity, They Wrote (Allison on Sunday Extra)
Allison was a guest on ABC Radio National | Sunday Extra to discuss the immunity rulingCheck out more from Australia!Sunday Extra presents a mix of national…
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Episode 84 | Presidents Become Kings (feat. Steve Vladeck)
Steve Vladeck joins Allison and Andy to discuss the immunity ruling from SCOTUS. The Roberts Court showed that it is more beholden to ideology than the…
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Episode 83 | Side Quests in Mar-a-Lago
Judge Cannon is off on several side quests. Including hearings on alleged violations of Trump’s 4th Amendment rights; the funding of the Special Counsel; Evan…
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Episode 82 | Against Her Better Judges
It has come to light that two “more experienced” judges urged Cannon to recuse herself from the Mar-a-Lago documents case. One of them was Chief Judge…
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Episode 81 | Anatomy of an Indictment
Judge Cannon struck a paragraph from Trump’s indictment and denied denied Trump’s motion to dismiss on insufficient pleading grounds. She may have made a…
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Jack | Episode 80 | Cannonagans
Again, Judge Cannon has rearranged the pre-trial schedule AND is allowing oral arguments from non-parties in a hearing about whether Jack Smith was appointed…
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Episode 79 | Thought Police
Judge Aileen Cannon has denied DoJ’s motion to modify Trump's bail conditions. The Smith team filed the motion without conferring with Trump, but not on an…
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Episode 78 | Loco Motions
Judge Aileen Cannon continues to complain– after much deliberation– about having to grant DoJ’s motions. Trump’s lawyers deceive the court in their motion to…
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Episode 77 | Cannon’s Canon
Judge Aileen Cannon is successfully bogging down the Mar-a-Lago proceedings. It seems undeniable that she is biased towards Trump. At least that’s what Trump…
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Episode 76 | Live from The Hayden Center at the Schar School of Policy and Government
Today we bring you our live panel discussion hosted by Anna Bower of Lawfare and featuring myself, our SIPA expert, Brian Greer, and of course, Andy McCabe. In…
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Episode 75 | Chock Full of Run-on Sentences
Donald Trump has submitted his motion to dismiss the Florida espionage and obstruction charges based on vindictive and selective prosecution. Trump argues…
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Episode 74 | This is Not the Vehicle
The Supreme Court has heard arguments in Trump’s claim of absolute immunity. We’re going over the highlights and lowlights from the hearing. Including Justice…
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Episode 73 | Ford Immunity
This week; Donald Trump had a bad week and the coming weeks don’t look much better for him. The jury has been seated in the Manhattan election interference…
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Episode 72 | Clear as Mud
This week; a long list of retired Admirals and Generals filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in Trump’s upcoming absolute immunity argument.In Florida…
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Episode 71 | Post Hoc Legal Invention
This week; Jack Smith responds sharply to Judge Cannon's order to write jury instructions based on the Presidential Records Act (PRA); Cannon denies Trump’s…
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Episode 70 | Motion Practice
This week in Cannon’s court; both sides file notices of responses and replies that they've filed on the secret docket, but DoJ’s public filing gives a glimpse…
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Episode 69 | Dismiss or Get Off The Pot (feat. Brian Greer)
This week: the New York Times sheds light on the timeline of DoJ’s investigation into the coup plot; Trump’s immunity brief has been filed with the Supreme…
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Episode 68 | Judicial Glosses
This week, in Mar-a-Lago, Jack Smith responds to Trump’s motions to dismiss, Cannon dismissed one of Trump’s motions, but that’s not all good; Steven Miller’s…
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Episode 67 | Stop Trying to Make Immunity Happen
This week, in Mar-a-Lago, DoJ responds to Trump’s Motion to Dismiss based on immunity and the PRA; DoJ responded to Trump’s Motion to Suppress the fruits of…
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Episode 66 | Cannon’s Mini Shadow Docket (feat. Brian Greer)
This week in Florida: Judge Cannon rules in favor of DoJ’s motion to keep witness names under seal even while saying that DoJ has the law wrong; several…
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Episode 65.5 | The One Where They Granted Cert
Earlier today, SCOTUS granted cert to hear arguments in Trump’s immunity motion. At the very least, this further delays Trump’s current federal trials. Brian…
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Episode 65 | The Longer the Better (feat. Steve Vladeck)
This week; Professor Steve Vladeck joins to discuss Trump’s immunity motion and the probable scenarios that are playing out within the SCOTUS; Trump files a…
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Episode 64 | Cert du Delay
This week; Trump’s application for a stay on the immunity issue has been fully briefed to the Supreme Court– they can rule any day; Judge Engoron in the NYAG…
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Episode 63 | Clear Error; Manifest Injustice (feat. Brian Greer)
Brian Greer joins to discuss the CIPA process and Trump’s latest attempts to derail the Mar-a-Lago case; DoJ’s response to Trump’s motion to compel, and their…
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Episode 62.5 | Immunity Emergencysode
It has arrived…and it doesn’t disappoint!The DC Circuit ruled 3-0 that Trump is not immune from prosecution for his actions on and around January 6, 2021.Read…
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Episode 62 | Missing Classified Documents
So far, Trump’s delay tactics seem to be workingIn DC, Judge Chutkan has taken Trump’s trial off of her calendar as the DC Court of Appeals has yet to issue…
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Episode 61 | Expert Witness List
Before the E. Jean Carroll damages were announced it looked like Trump was having a pretty ok week. His DC trial is stayed; Jack Smith filed a list of expert…
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Episode 60 | Executive Privilege Hands
This week, Judge Chutkan rules on Trump’s request to hold Jack Smith in contempt. An appeals court has decided not to hear Trump’s appeal regarding the Twitter…
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Episode 59 | The Parade of Horribles
Trump’s attorney argues for absolute immunity in front of a three-judge panel in the DC Circuit Court and it goes pretty horribly; DoJ responds to Trump’s…
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Episode 58 | Contempt
We are just days away from hearing arguments regarding Trump’s claim of “total presidential immunity”in the DC Circuit Court of Appeals; we’ll be discussing…
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Episode 57 | This is OUR Constitution (feat. Judge Luttig)
This week, we are joined by Judge J. Michael Luttig to go over the brief helped write to the District Court on DC in support of DoJ’s proposed trial date and…
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Episode 56 | Show Me The Dicta
This week, Trump filed his opposition to Jack Smith’s SCOTUS petition in the immunity case, and the Supreme Court has denied that petition to grant certiorari…
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Episode 55 | Jack’s SCOTUS Gambit (feat. Steve Vladeck)
This week, Jack Smith moves to bypass the District Court and have SCOTUS weigh in on Trump’s motion to dismiss based on Donald’s claim of absolute presidential…
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Episode 54 - On a Scale of Durham to Smith
In DC, Jack Smith moves to admit evidence from before the DC conspiracy and files the opposition to Trump’s motion to stay the entire proceeding. JPotential…
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Episode 53 - Monarchy Motion Denied
This week, Trump’s motion to declare him immune from prosecution is denied as is his fishing expedition motion to produce imaginary “missing” January 6…
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Episode 52 - Total Protonic Reversal
This week, Trump’s motion to have references to Jan 6 stricken from the DC indictment is denied; there’s a response to DoJ’s opposition to televising the DC…
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Episode 51 - Overcooked Ham
It’s been one year since Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel to investigate Trump for the willful retention of classified documents, and the crimes…
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Episode 50 - Going Through the Motions
This week: Trump’s team tries to drown the proceedings in an ocean of motions; Jack Smith shows that the January 6th attack on the Capitol is integral to the…
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Episode 49 - Stay the Whole Enchilada (feat. Brian Greer)
In DC, we have updates on the limited gag order Judge Chutkan issued; and Trump’s moves to stay the entire proceedings while awaiting a ruling on his motion to…
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Episode 48 - Trump’s Festivus
This week, Trump’s team filed several motions in the DC case. Three are motions to dismiss; one is a motion to strike language from the indictment. Jack Smith…
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Episode 47 - Come On, Aileen
This week in Judge Aileen Cannon’s court, Walt Nauta waives his attorney’s possible conflict of interest; Jack Smith files the government’s opposition to…
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Episode 46 - The Fuzzy Math Cookie Jar
This week in Florida, Jack Smith’s office files the government’s response to Trump’s motion for a revised CIPA schedule, claiming, in part, that it is a…
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Episode 45 - A Tale of Two Judges
This week in Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon stays the trial calendar pending Trump’s motion for a delay due to CIPA section 4, and new reporting that Trump…
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Episode 44 - Scary Court Season
This week in the DC case: Judge Chutkan denies Donald’s motion to recuse, Trump files motions to delay CIPA actions, and opposition to the don’t-call-it-a gag…
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Episode 43 - One of those Jumpsuits (feat. Brian Greer)
This week: Rolling Stone reports that Trump is privately fretting about possibly going to prison; DoJ filed their proposed don’t-call-it-a-gag order in the DC…
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Episode 42 - Don’t Call it a Gag Order
This week: we have multiple court filings to discuss including a narrow gag order motion from Jack Smith in the DC coup conspiracy case; a motion from Trump…
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Episode 41 - Staggering Desperation
This week: CNN reports that an investigation into voting machine breaches continues as the federal grand jury meets again after a four-week break; DoJ opposes…
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Episode 40 - But for my Besotted Attorney
This week: A trial date of March 4, 2024, and a full trial schedule are set by Judge Chutkan in the DC case (Allison was there); prosecutors on Jack Smith’s…
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Episode 39 - The Public Docket
This week, in Fulton County, all 19 racketeering defendants have been booked; the DoJ responded to Trump’s April 2026 trial date request, and an update on…
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Episode 38 - Musk Capes for Donald
This week: Allison and Andy discuss the conspiracy against rights case; charges have been brought against a woman for threatening to kill Judge Chutkan; Trump…
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Episode 37 - Mop-up Cases
This week: Allison and Andy discuss recent the developments in the case against Trump in D.C. - including a protective order hearing and Judge Chutkan’s…
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Reading of The D.C. Indictment
Allison and Andy read the entire D.C. indictment of Donald TrumpIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…
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Episode 36 - The Indictment in DC
This week: Allison and Andy discuss the most recent federal indictment of Donald Trump and his arraignment in D.C.; names of the unindicted co-conspirators are…
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Episode 35 - Obstruction Inception (feat. Brian Greer)
This week: Allison and Andy discuss the superseding indictments that came down on Trump and Nauta; the head of maintenance at Mar-a-Lago gets a charge; CIPA…
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Episode 34 - Full Legal Dance Card
This week: Trump gets a target letter for the January 6th investigation; more witness testimony from Trump allies including Will Russell; cooperation from…