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Part 3. Thomas and Lydia welcome back criminal defense attorney Liz Skeen to break down the Tompkins County DA's decision not to prosecute the Cornell Chi Phi case, line by line. Why did the DA's own press release say his office "confirmed" with campus police that there was no crime, instead of investigating it themselves? What does a six page, hand-corrected witness statement actually prove, and...

Part 2. It's time to talk about the disgusting Snapchat convo that really is the foundation of this entire case. In a group of 57 people, only 1 to possibly 3 people did the right thing and reported it and/or gave it to Jane Doe. Patrons at patreon.com/gavelpod get episodes early and ad-free!

Part 1. Thomas and Lydia open the 101-page complaint in Jane Doe v. Cornell University et al. , the Chi Phi gang rape lawsuit that has taken over the internet, and the misinformation is flying from every direction. What does Cornell's own history of fraternity reform resolutions reveal about how long this was a known problem on campus? Why does the DA's explanation for not pressing charges hinge o...

Part 2! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt return to the Broadview grand jury transcript, with Lydia in the role of a lifetime as prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg. What happens when a juror says the case is a crock of shit, and what does the DOJ's own grand jury manual say should happen next? Then Mecklenburg's new motion to intervene arrives with a surprising detail about who at the top was paying attention. Wh...

Back to the Broadview Six! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt return to the case that gave us one of our favorite transcript moments of all time, because its most memorable character is suddenly all over the news. Sheri Mecklenburg has left the Department of Justice, and she has a lot to say about why. Her letter is titled "re my forced retirement." Her motion asks the judge to let her into a case she no lon...

Part 2 of Operation Puppet Master! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig into the actual discovery documents from the Minneapolis ICE-protest indictment, and what they find is something else. Undercover HSI agents spent months infiltrating boxing classes, church meetings, Zoom panels, and legal observer trainings looking for the Antifa puppet masters, and their own memos keep reaching the same conclusion. T...

Part 1! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig into United States v. Sant et al. , a federal indictment of Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters produced by something the government actually named Operation Puppet Master . The conspiracy map names a boxing club, a biking club, and several major unions. The overt acts include renting a U-Haul, exchanging approximately 20 Signal calls, and being nice to someone name...

Thomas and Lydia are joined by MJ Morley to dig into the Andrew and Tristan Tate extradition proceedings now playing out in a Miami federal courtroom. Britain has charged them with 59 offenses across seven complainants. Romania has its own investigation (we think?) And the Tates, freshly arrested on U.S. soil, want out on bail while they wait. The only problem: their own social media posts are the...

Thomas is joined by New York defense attorney Liz Skeen to break down Luigi Mangione's federal guilty plea and what it actually means for the state case still waiting in the wings. The death-penalty charges are already gone. The terrorism theory already got tossed. Now Mangione has pleaded guilty to what remains federally, and his New York lawyers immediately moved to dismiss the state murder char...

Part 4, final part of The Most Brazen and Corrupt Heist in American History! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt finish reading Judge Kathleen Williams' scorched-earth takedown of Trump's tax-return lawsuit slush fund, and it only gets more devastating. Then, a surprise same-day epilogue: Trump's lawyers already filed to fight back. Cases discussed: Trump v. IRS Littlejohn leak case Patrons at patreon.com/gav...

Part 3! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt return to Judge Kathleen Williams's demolition of Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the agency he runs. Cases discussed: Trump v. IRS Littlejohn leak case US v. Windsor Muskrat v. US Veazie v. Moor Keepseagle v. Vilsack Griffin v. IRS Patrons at patreon.com/gavelpod can listen to Part 4 right now!

Part 2! Trump "settled" a lawsuit against his own IRS, and out popped a secretive slush fund even the DOJ can't be bothered to name properly. Then 35 retired federal judges took one look and moved to blow the whole thing up. Thomas, Lydia, and Matt Cameron read the settlement, the fund, and the judges' furious reply, line by line. Cases discussed: Trump v. IRS IRS settlement agreement Anti-Weaponi...

Part 1! Donald Trump sued the IRS, an agency he currently runs, for leaking his own tax returns, and asked for a cool $10 billion. Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig through the actual complaint and a judge's increasingly suspicious rulings, all timed suspiciously close to Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing. It is dumber, and more corrupt, than it sounds. Cases discussed: Trump v. IRS Littlejohn leak ca...

In part 2, Douchewitz continues his insane legal battle all the way up to a petition to the Supreme Court. Along the way, he gets help from the Trumpiest MAGA judges of Florida, and yet still his case sucks and he can't win. Patrons at   patreon.com/gavelpod   get episodes early and ad-free!

Mixed into the mostly horrific Supreme Court news this week was a rejection of Alan Dershowitz's petition for cert. But... what the hell was that even about? We, for two, couldn't even remember. So we decided to take a look and, if you don't remember, it's extremely dumb. So let's all have a nice thing and enjoy what a narcissistic POS Alan Dershowitz is! Patrons at patreon.com/gavelpod can listen...

Part 2! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt finish their live read of the Broadview Six grand jury transcripts, and things get significantly worse. Patrons at patreon.com/gavelpod get episodes early and ad-free!

Part 1! The Broadview Six grand jury transcripts are finally unsealed, and Gavel Gavel is here to bring them to life. They are seriously amazing. Patrons at patreon.com/gavelpod can listen to Part 2 right now!

It's a tale of two 4th amendments for the world's hottest alleged killer who didn't do it because he was at my house.

The "trial of the century" in South Carolina is potentially going to happen for a second time this century. You may have seen some headlines about this but Liz Skeen is taking us even deeper.

Part 3! In this  very special episode, Thomas and Lydia Smith celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary in the most normal and romantic way possible: subjecting themselves to an extended interrogation about their marriage by a federal agent. After setting the scene in a (very slightly) parallel universe in which Thomas was born in Canada and committed a series of Nickelback-related misdemeanors bef...

Part 2! In this  very special episode, Thomas and Lydia Smith celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary in the most normal and romantic way possible: subjecting themselves to an extended interrogation about their marriage by a federal agent. After setting the scene in a (very slightly) parallel universe in which Thomas was born in Canada and committed a series of Nickelback-related misdemeanors bef...

In this  very special episode, Thomas and Lydia Smith celebrate their 11th wedding anniversary in the most normal and romantic way possible: subjecting themselves to an extended interrogation about their marriage by a federal agent. After setting the scene in a (very slightly) parallel universe in which Thomas was born in Canada and committed a series of Nickelback-related misdemeanors before over...

GG67 - U.S. v. Dunn 8 Detective Henry finishes her direct testimony but not before the lawyers duke it out over admissibility of the body-worn camera footage that allegedly captures our hero admitting to his crime. How will the judge rule? PLUS: Matt brings us a case out of Massachusetts in which security footage that ceased to still exist was admitted. How did this happen?!

GG66 - U.S. v. Dunn 7 We've got another witness! Detective Henry. And she's providing critical circles over stuff the jury totally already knew.

GG65 - U.S. v. Dunn 6 Time for some game changing testimony.