The Intersection with Michael Popok

Drug use, shoving matches, fisticuffs, black eyes, and child sex abuse? A new HBO mini series? No, the Trump Administration starring Musk and Trump! Popok reports on the new reporting in their feud, which threatens Trump's legacy, why it should be a surprise, and outs a Trump insider's insider who is married to a Musk loyalist, as he examines what the fighting means in the courtrooms about DOGE. S...

The right wing of the Supreme Court in back to back decisions issued Friday have sided with the Trump Administration and its DOGE, first allowing it to have immediate access to all private and sensitive Social Security Records, and then casting doubt on whether it is a federal agency at all to be required to respond to Freedom of Information Act public record requests. Popok distills what these ca...

The new filing by the Trump Administration with Judge Xinis overseeing the Abrego Garcia return and due process case, just made things worse for the DOJ and Trump, by informing the Judge that they returned Abrego Garcia 2 months late, as it basically admitted that they could have returned Abrego Garcia months ago if they wanted to. Popok explains how these new filings will be used against the Admi...

The US Attorney General Pam Bondi just handed Judge Xinis yet another reason to continue to find the Trump Administration and DOJ in contempt, with her press conference announcing that the Trump Administration knew how to return Armando Garcia from El Salvador after all over the last 60 days,. Popok takes a close look at the threadbare criminal indictment in Tennessee used by Trump to cover his la...

In breaking news, a federal judge has sided with Harvard again, and just slapped back the Trump Administration again, with a new temporary restraining order to block Trump's latest attempt to declare Harvard an enemy of the state to block its admission of foreign students to try to kick them in the financial ...brass ones. Popok reports. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmat...

Popok is joined by one of the most dynamic and influential Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, Rep. Ritchie Torres of NY, for a far ranging discussion of what the House Democratic Leaders are doing on an almost hourly basis to reign in a lawless rogue President Trump and provides a hopeful message and blueprint for the midterm elections. Rep. Ritchie Torres Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/r...

If Harvard falls to Trump, our very way of life and what it means to be an American with American Values, falls too, making their new amended suit against Trump for going after them a second time to destroy their International student population is so vital. Popok reports on the new filing and reflects on what it means to be an American. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmat...

When your former employee and ultimate insider becomes a dreaded whistleblower who effectively calls you a pedophile AND calls for impeachment on the same day, plaintiffs' lawyers will scramble to get you in a deposition to crap all over your boss in pending cases. Popok uses his trial talents to lead the audience to what Musk firing Trump means for the dozen cases trying to declare all of Musk/Do...

Citing Kafka, Chief Judge Boesberg has just told the Trump Administration that he is on to their "ruse" to try to send people away from the US to avoid Federal Court oversight, and has given new rights to 250+ non citizens sent in the middle of the night without any rights at all, to get returned to the US to appear before him to adjudicate their 5th Amendment Rights. Popok does a deep dive on the...

Even Trump-friendly major companies won't work with Law Firms that appeased Trump and settled for over $1 billion in free legal services rather than fight him. Popok reports on the Revenge of the General Counsels, who are firing those 14 law firms and directing hundreds of millions of dollars in legal services to other firms that stood and fought back. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMT...

The Intersection with Michael Popok is a weekly one-hour podcast focused on trusted, topical commentary exploring how the law intersects with and shapes people’s daily lives—including their Constitutionally protected rights and their civic, economic, and political worlds. The Intersection is hosted and curated by Michael Popok, co-founder of the top-ranked Legal AF podcast and YouTube channel. Pop...