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Is Trump using his control over the Department of Energy, Department of Environmental Protection and Securities and Exchange Commission to earn billions of dollars for his family in a new announced merger between his Truth Social company and a nuclear fusion company backed by Google? Popok got his hands on the investor presentation slide deck and ferrets out the answers on his latest hot take. Dos...

Jack Smith just called Trump a “criminal” beyond a “reasonable doubt” in new Congressional testimony MAGA doesn’t want you to hear. Trump’s Federal Communications Czar got his political rear end handed to him today by Senate Democrats, so bad they had to change the FCC website after he testified! Convicted child sex trafficker and Trump crony, Ghislaine Maxwell, gets fired by her own attorney, but...

Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is back with new “closed door” testimony before the House, and ready to remind the American people that Trump committed crimes and that the Special Counsel was prepared to prove that beyond a reasonable doubt to juries. Michael Popok takes a close look at Smith’s new public comments, including that “President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the resu...

A federal judge is not pleased with Trump’s ballroom but may have to wait longer to do something about it. A federal judge is not pleased with the DOJ, and does something about it. Trump’s Chief of Staff isn’t pleased with a lot of people in the Administration, and does something about it. Trump pulls the plug on fighting over his phony US Attorneys. Another bad news cycle, another phony defamatio...

Will a Federal Judge stop the Trump Golden Ball Room on Tuesday? Why did a Grand Jury refuse to indict NY AG Letitia James this week, for the second time? Will the Trump DOJ be able to indict Former FBI Dir James Comey now that he will likely not be able to use key evidence? Will Trump Appointed Judges Let Trump and his DOJ off the hook on criminal contempt proceedings before Judge Boasberg? Will...

According to Trump, he committed “deceitful,” “criminal,” and “crooked” conduct that subjects him to criminal prosecution, because he took out 2 mortgages for 2 homes in Palm Beach County near Mar-a-Lago, three weeks apart, and listed both as his primary residences for favorable rate treatment. New reporting by ProPublica reveals that Trump did the exact same thing as Federal Reserve Board of Gove...

According to Trump, he committed “deceitful,” “criminal,” and “crooked” conduct that subjects him to criminal prosecution, because he took out 2 mortgages for 2 homes in Palm Beach County near Mar-a-Lago, three weeks apart, and listed both as his primary residences for favorable rate treatment. New reporting by ProPublica reveals that Trump did the exact same thing as Federal Reserve Board of Gove...

In a scathing new order, a NY Federal Judge has called out the Trump DOJ for failing to properly protect innocent victims and survivors of the Epstein child sex trafficking ring covered up by Trump, and has made sure that the innocent victims will be protected as he ordered the public release of ALL of the Ghislaine Maxwell trial documents and exhibits and grand jury material. Michael Popok explai...

Breaking: A federal judge has concluded that the Trump DOJ and Administration has not told her the truth, and has defiantly refused to answer her questions, in granting Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from ICE detention and granting his writ of habeas corpus. Popok explains that Judge Xinis found that 6 different Administration witnesses defiantly failed to answer her questions, and that the Admini...

In Breaking News, the lawless Trump DOJ, even missing Linsdey Halligan on the prosecution team, has failed for the second time in a week, to convince a Virginia Grand Jury to criminally indict NY AG Tish James for mortgage fraud or anything else. Popok explains how the corrupt DOJ has lost all credibility which grand jurors are quickly seeing through, as Trump loses yet another “vote” of the Ameri...

Leave it to Trump to try to bribe a Democratic Congressman who was indicted for bribery. Michael Popok explains how Trump expected Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas to flip from Blue to Red because Trump pardoned Cuellar and his wife of bribery, but Cuellar telling Trump that even an indicted bribe taker as morals and he will remain a Democrat! If you’re 21 or older, get 25% OFF your first order + free...

A fight has broken out between Trump’s DOJ and the Judges of the Eastern District of Virginia, who are refusing to accept any new court filing with fired US Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s name on it. Meanwhile, Trump and his Attorney General are trying to exploit a loophole in the court order disqualifying Halligan to argue that she gets to stay in her job, although she was canned by Judge Currie. Po...

A federal judge throws the National Guard out of California. Federal Judges protect the Epstein Survivors from further abuse by the Trump Administration. A federal judge may block any attempts to re-indict Former FBI Director James Comey. A federal judge sets a hearing to possibly refer Trump Officials for criminal prosecution. And that’s just the midweek! Only on Legal AF Podcast, with Michael Po...

In breaking news, a Senior Federal Judge, declaring Trump’s transparent attempt to create a “national police force” and “standing army” in violation of our Nation’s founding principles and Constitution, has ordered that the Trump “federalized” state National Guard in California end, yet another victory for Governor Newsome and Attorney General Bonta, and a resounding loss for Trump. Michael Popok...

Trump has confessed that he will be using his presidential power and the DOJ’s antitrust division to benefit his son in law Jared Kushner and his Arab investors and try to win Warner Brothers and its CNN assets for Trump’s bff, Larry Ellison and his son who own and control Paramount Skydance. If successful in defeating US Based Netflix in its bid to acquire Warner Brothers, Trump will have effecti...

The Trump DOJ has admitted in a new court filing that they have no other case against Former FBI Director James Comey other than the perjury charged, which is now barred under the statute of limitations. Michael Popok explores the new filing on an emergency motion for temporary restraining order and explains why the argument that Lindsey Halligan is “defective” as US Attorney, giving the DOJ anoth...

In breaking news, Chief Judge Boesberg is still considering making a CRIMINAL REFERRAL against Homeland Security Sec Kristi Noem for giving the order to have 200 men flown to an El Salvadoran prison without due process, rbut not before he examines himself the DOJ Whistleblower Erez Reuveni and DOJ Assistant US Attorney Drew Ensign, who may have lied to Judge Boesberg in court. Michael Popok report...

In breaking news, a Senior Federal Judge has blocked the Trump DOJ from using any potentially tainted files obtained from a warrantless search of Fmr. FBI Dir. James Comey’s lawyer's files to re-indict Comey, at least until Friday. Michael Popok is on the scene to review the new order and explain its ramifications as the DOJ struggles to get “clean” indictments against Trump’s political enemies. I...

The Trump DOJ tells a federal judge to “F-off” again, this time in sworn declarations in a criminal contempt proceeding. NY AG Tish James is on the verge of getting a second US Attorney handpicked by Trump fired by a federal judge, as a grand jury stands up to the Trump DOJ. Ghislaine Maxwell may have just lost her lawyer, as a federal judge in Florida orders more Epstein files released. The Supre...

Sleepy Trump throws his Sec of Defense under war crimes bus, as knives are out to toss his FBI Director. Meanwhile, his DOJ under Pam Bondi tries to dig out from federal courts firing Trump’s key US Attorneys, including re-indicting Trump’s political critics. A federal judge saves Planned Parenthood from Trump/MAGA defunding, for a second time. Trump freaks out when he realizes that Jack Smith’s M...

Trump has officially lost it, bragging about passing “cognitive tests” that masquerade as dementia ones, while going on racist rants, interspersed with sexists ones, and then finally admitting that “affordability” in Trump America is a “con job!” When bored, he throws Administration officials like Kristie Noem, Pete Hegseth and Kash Patel under the bus. And now federal appellate courts are firing...

In new reporting, previously unknown FBI emails now released show that “phase 2” representing a the rest of the Epstein files were 73 percent ready to be produced as early as April, but then Trump and AG Bondi killed the FBI review project hoping never to produce the documents especially those connected to Trump. Michael Popok reports on the new information and the existence of a long forgotten “E...

Trump’s nasty habit of “leaking” gossip to the NY Post may be back and with a vengeance against FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy Dan Bongino, as Michael Popok spots a rat in the “leak” of a scathing FBI insider 115 page written report effectively calling for their firing ending up in the lap of Trump’s podcaster of choice, the NY Post’s Miranda Devine. Popok explains how Patel’s days are num...

In breaking news, a unanimous Third Circuit Court of Appeals just affirmed the disqualification of Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer and political hack, Alina Habba, to serve as the US Attorney for NJ. Michael Popok explains how this is similar but different than last week’s disqualification of Trump’s other novice prosecutor Lindsey Halligan, and how Justice Sam Alito will likely be deciding...

Trump’s exploitation of national tragedies for cheap political gain, backfires. Trump senior officials admit to violating court orders in contempt, and are caught giving oral orders to fire missiles at people clinging to life. MAGA and the public start recognizing Trump’s lame duck status and starting talking about the “next DOJ” and what it will do to Trump and those in his Administration. Ben an...