The Intersection with Michael Popok

Trump controls all 3 branches of government, yet exploits the Shutdown he caused on the Democrats, rather than help Americans and red-state voters by ensuring that Americans have dignified healthcare they can afford. Rep. Ritchie Torres of New York joins Popok to brief our audience on how they can hold Trump and the MAGA accountable, and to discuss Trump's use of the Presidency to indict his enemi...

Attorney General on paper, Pam Bondi, has a Lindsey Halligan vying for her job problem, as Halligan failed to "manage up" and tried to grab all the glory of obtaining a defective indictment against Trump's archenemy, NY AG Leticia James, WITHOUT telling Bondi, who was against the indictment. Looks like Jan 6 denier Ed Martin and Lindsey may be ganging up on Bondi, and Popok is there to report on i...

Citing to the Founding Founders who renounced the use of state militia by a president to crush dissent, a second Illinois Federal Judge, this time, Judge Perry, has blocked Trump's use of any national guard on the streets of Chicago and Illinois, finding in granting the emergency restraining order that Trump's witnesses cannot be trusted, that Trump violated the Posse Comitatus Act, the statute al...

Was Trump forced to attack China and tank our economy to cover up for the Trump Administration indicting Trump's arch nemesis and former National Security Advisor John Bolton, because Bolton's emails were found on Chinese servers after a hack of his AOL account? Popok explains how Trump has been after Bolton since he revealed in a 2020 book, among other things, that Trump wanted China to help him...

In a bit of trolling, the Norwegian Nobel Peace Price Committee has rejected Trump, and awarded it to the Venezuelan opposition leader in exile Maria Corina Machado, who has opposed Maduro since his own "Jan 6" election denying coup. Popok explains how the chairman of the Nobel committee is a fierce defender of Freedom of the Press and has rebuked Trump in the past for attacking the press, as MAGA...

A major figure in the Trump White House has been accused of another sex scandal, this time Paul Ingrassia, Trump's pick to head the federal watchdog office The Office of Special Counsel, and currently the WH liaison to the Dept. of Homeland Security, has been accused by a Trump staffer of sexually harassing her by making her share a room with him on an official trip. Popok does a deep dive into Ig...

Popok provides an overview of what went down today at the 9th Circuit as a 2-Trump judge panel considered whether Trump will be able to mobilize federal troups and the Oregon national guard because of bad things that happened in Portland 4 months ago, or 5 years ago. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF o...

Blind ambition is on full display, as Trump's pet Lindsey Halligan decides to take a job that under the ethics of her Bar License she should have turned down, and now that her independent judgment required has been compromised by her client Trump, she has put her law license at serious risk. Popok explains that not only will James Comey's lawyers be filing a knock blow of a motion to disqualify he...

Popok provides a primer of what can be expected at today's oral argument at the 9th Circuit, as the Court decides whether Trump has the legal justification to quell a 'rebellion' or domestic violence in Portland or whether it's just a few people wearing costumes and exercising their first amendment rights to protest. He also explains the Court's Administrative Stay order in advance of the hearing...

A once proud US Attorneys’ Office that is both on fire and “leaks” at the same time. A resistance movement of former DOJ senior officials ban together to warn America about the Trump Administration. A current Attorney General who is being judged by history (and future impeachment managers and prosecutors) and is failing on national TV. A Supreme Court and its MAGA wing that woke up and remembered...

If you thought AG Pam Bondi was going to grow a brain, ethics or morality overnight before she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee as the leader of the most corrupt DOJ in history, think again. Exhibit A of what hundreds of former leaders of the DOJ call a full "attack" on the DOJ lead by Trump's enablers is today's testimony. Popok takes a hard look at the first part of her testimony...

Trump is triggered by Federal Judges blocking him from doing a hostile military take over of Blue States, and now he is threatening to resort to invoking the Insurrection Act to do an end run around judge's injunctions. Popok explains how federal courts are prepared to respond. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow...

Even the MAGA 6 on the Supreme Court couldn't find a way to help out Trump and his Epstein files coverup, ruling in a 1 line order that Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal of her 20 year child sex trafficking conviction is DENIED, placing maximum pressure on Trump and the MAGA House to release ALL the files. Popok explains what just happened and what it means on his latest hot take. Subscribe: https://www....

As Trump attacked a federal judge he appointed as an "insurrectionist" and a "terrorist" she held his Administration accountable and protected States' Rights by issuing her 2nd emergency temporary restraining order in 24 hours, this time blocking Trump from sending ANY states' national guard into Oregon as a hostile take over of a Blue State. California Attorney General Rob Bonta who joined with O...

A brand new pay to play corruption scandal has been discovered, in which Trump and his family get the money for his crypto currency company, and an Arab Sheik gets a 15% stake in TikTok in return! Popok ties it all together on his latest hot take. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://b...

Democrats are opening an investigation into Trump's and his administration criminal mishandling of taxpayer dollars, first "losing" $32 billion then claiming that that there is "$17 trillion" that has come in since he's been in office, that no one can find. Popok takes a look and explains the real reason that Trump continues to cook the books of economic data. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@L...

Trump, relying on false reporting by yet another right wing social media self proclaimed "infuencer" and Jand6 denier Julie Kelly, just fired 2 more prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office that covers the Pentagon and CIA and all of our anti-terrorism and national security cases, including the lead prosecutor Michael Ben'ary after a distinguished 20 year career because Julie "said so." Popok looks...

Turns out that there are just some disgusting, sexist, depraved, bigoted, racist and Nazi-supporting social media posts that even Trump thinks went to far, as Trump withdraws his nominee to head the all important Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Erwin" EJ Antoni following reporting that he ran a not so secret social media account for years while studying for his PhD! Popok reports as Trump is blocked...

As the Supreme Court's MAGA leader Clarence Thomas makes the eyepopping confession that he doesn't follow court precedent to make his decisions (?!?), lower courts are punching back by refusing to apply the Supreme Court's prior emergency docket rulings to their cases, and taking steps to find the Trump Administration in contempt instead. Popok takes a close look at a new order from Republican Fed...

Right wing and conservative Federalist Society scholars are turning on Trump, and now question whether Lindsey Halligan was properly appointed at all, and if she wan't, then the Former FBI Director Comey indictment would be invalid for that reason alone! Popok argues on his latest Hot Take, that Trump pushing his hand picked novice prosecutor to go after Comey will make him the poster child of vin...

In the average of 10 different polls post-Charlie Kirk's demise and Trump's handling of it and the Comey indictment, Trump's approval rating is about 39% lowest in modern history, as he has been resoundingly rejected by the voters on immigration, the economy and jobs, trade, inflation and healthcare. Popok reports and what this means with the upcoming Government shutdown. Subscribe: https://www.yo...

With a brand new Federal Court order, Trump enabler, MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell moves to the 1 yard line of having to pay Smartmatic-- the election technology company-- BILLIONS of dollars in defamation damages for having defamed Smartmatic more than 51 TIMES on podcasts, documentaries, "symposiums" and a 3 day live stream, by saying that Smartmatic worked with the Chinese, Venezuelans, in a global...

Popok has the receipts and found the 2018 DOJ Office of Inspector General Report that expressly cleared Director Comey concerning any leaks to the Wall Street Journal about the Clinton investigation and pinned the blame solely on Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who has not been indicted. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legal...

The countdown now officially begins as Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook files the brief of her life to save her job and the independence of the federal reserve, along with a brief from 32 Republican and Democratic economic officials including every living Fed Reserve Chair in support of her and against firing her. Popok looks at the legal arguments and explains why even this MAGA supreme court s...

Trump is issuing an Executive Order to label civil rights, civil liberties, immigration rights, and democratic organizations "Domestic Terrorist Organizations" and then use that as a pretext to start RICO conspiracy criminal cases against them, including philanthropist George Soros and his Open Society Foundation. Popok reports. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Leg...