MeidasTouch Network
Legal AF by MeidasTouch
Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics. Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday and occasional shorter breaking legal news hits throughout the week.
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Jul 11, 2026
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Trump Stunned by SCOTUS in Multiple Rulings 29.06.2026 23:28
In breaking news, fireworks have started early in DC, as the United States Supreme Court issues 3 bombshell decisions against: Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots and the midterm elections; his attempt at a hostile takeover of the Federal Reserve; and his efforts to have himself absolved of sexually abusing E Jean Carroll. Popok reports. Select Quote: Save more than 50% at https://SelectQuote.com/l...
Legal AF - 6/27/2026 28.06.2026 1:27:53
The award winning Legal AF Podcast, helmed by Ben and Popok, report on breaking events from DC, Virginia, Florida, the Financial Markets and Iran, and the US Supreme Court, all at the intersection of law and politics. Support our Sponsors: Americans United: Americans United will keep fighting for freedom without favor - equality without exception. Keep up with this issue at Https://au.org/legala...
Katie Phang Discusses Major Win in Epstein Documents Release Case 27.06.2026 31:59
Katie Phang joins Popok to exclusively brief our audience on her trailblazing, historic successful suit against the Trump Administration and Todd Blanche, as a federal judge grants her injunction and orders that Blanche comply by "July 2nd" with the Epstein Act and release the Trump/sex assault victims files and all "foreign language" files to the public. Katie's Page: https://www.youtube.com/chan...
Hundreds of Judges Swarm Trump DOJ 27.06.2026 18:42
The number 1 group that may be responsible for protecting Federal Judges, empowering them to root out fraud and corruption by the DOJ and Trump, and ring fencing our rule of law, may be the 300+ former federal and state judges yoked together by Judge J. Michael Luttig and Nancy Gertner, who have filed dozens of briefs, motions and applications to give federal judges the support they need and encou...
Trump Spirals as Katie Phang Wins Knock Out Injunction Forcing Release of Epstein Files 26.06.2026 17:43
In breaking news, fellow Meidas colleague the intrepid Katie Phang just won her Preliminary Injunction against the DOJ and Todd Blanche to require the production of the remainder of the missing Epstein Files. A historic win for justice, independent journalism and the Survivors! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https:/...
Lawsuit Demands Reveal of Epstein Communications 26.06.2026 21:04
In breaking news, embattled AG Nominee Todd Blanche has been sued over his communications about Jeffrey Epstein AND about Judge Cannon, by a group responsible in part for bringing down another Trump AG nominee with child sex trafficking issues, Matt Gaetz. Popok breaks it down. Sundays for Dogs: Get 50% OFF your first order of Sundays. Go to https://sundaysfordogs.com/legalaf50 or use code: LEGALA...
Trump Torched by Judge for Refusing Oath 25.06.2026 13:38
Senior Federal Judge Brinkema in her new Order about the “weaponization fund” declared, in effect, that Acting AG Todd Blanche continued unwillingness to testify under oath and “put anything in writing” about the Fund actually supports her view that the fund is not “dead” but that Trump and Blanche still want to revive it if they can get away from Court oversight. Popok explains that Judge Brinkem...
Legal AF - 6/24/2026 25.06.2026 1:06:47
The Legal AF Podcast, hosted by Ben Meiselas (In for Popok) and Karen Friedman Agnifilo, covers Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sabotage a bipartisan housing bill while escalating chaos on Capitol Hill, before breaking down mounting legal pressure from multiple federal judges demanding answers on the Reflecting Pool and Kennedy Center scandals. They also examine the explosive letter from 101 reti...
Trump Name Removed from Kennedy Center 24.06.2026 13:43
Judge Cooper has laid a delicate trap for the Trump-controlled Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, nudging them to drop the Tarp off the building voluntarily and stop chocking off funding in a petulant response to the Judge’s order, or he will order them too. Popok explains what a new last minute Order from the Judge’s chambers really means. Over 2 million butts love TUSHY. Get 10% off Tushy with th...
ACLU Scores Major Supreme Court Victory in Landmark 9-0 Decision 24.06.2026 26:27
Popok is joined by the ACLU"s Director of the Criminal Law Reform Project Brandon Buskey to brief our audience on the ACLU's historic 9-0 Supreme Court ruling that allows people who use marijuana to also be law abiding Second Amendment gun owners, a concept the Trump Administration was opposed to! https://www.aclu.org/bios/brandon-buskey Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmat...
Trump Criminal Contempt Proceedings Resume 24.06.2026 19:51
In breaking news, the Trump Administration, its DOJ and its Homeland Security Department have moved one step closer to the possibility of being found in Criminal Contempt and someone going to jail, as the US Court of Appeals/DC has agreed to the urging of 174 Former Judges, and have tossed a prior opinion by a Trump dominated panel to block the trial judge’s criminal contempt proceedings and inves...
Blanche Sued Over Ties to Epstein and Judge Cannon 23.06.2026 17:23
Popok reports on breaking news that American Oversight, the group that brought down Matt Gaetz nomination is now after Todd Blanche with a new suit seeking ALL emails and communications involving Blanche and Epstein; and Blanche and Judge Cannon of Mar a Lago infamy! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube...
Trump DOJ Openly Defies Kennedy Center Order 23.06.2026 15:42
Popok reports on Congresswoman Joyce Beatty's new filing to Federal Judge Cooper decrying that Trump's captured "Trump Kennedy Center" Board of Trustees likely lied to the Court about the need for a semi-permanent tarp to cover up Trump's name off (and Kennedy's name on), about the delay in taking down the name in the first place, and by openly defying the court's order about the name change inclu...
Trump DOJ Accidentally Admits Conspiracy in New Court Filing 22.06.2026 21:40
Popok reports on how the Trump DOJ and Todd Blanche blew it by filing a "notice of filing" that the Virginia Fed Judge did not ask for in her Jan 6 "Weaponization Fund" case, that as the effect of ADMITTING the fraud on the court in a case pending in Miami Federal Court! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.you...
Trump DOJ Cornered by Four Separate Judges 22.06.2026 23:12
Remember the names Perry, Coleman, Brinkema and Williams, No, not the 4 Horses of the Apocalypse, although they may be apocalyptic to Trump and his Administration and Todd Blanche. Popok reports that in the last 48 hours 4 separate Federal Judges are on the verge of considering whether to appoint an independent Special Attorney or Prosecutor to investigate the White House and Todd Blanche about al...
Legal AF - 6/20/2026 21.06.2026 1:24:37
The award winning Legal AF podcast with Ben and Popok at the controls covers breaking legal and political news from Iran, Miami, DC, Chicago, and Virginia, as federal judges across the country consider whether to appoint special prosecutors to bring the Trump Department of Justice to Justice. Support our Sponsors: HoneyLove: Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/LEGALAF! #honey...
Federal Judges Weigh Special Prosecutor Probe into Trump DOJ 21.06.2026 17:00
In breaking news, at least 2 federal judges are considering whether to appoint a Special Prosecutor independent from the corrupted DOJ, to investigate whether the DOJ committed a fraud (or 2) on the Court and should be held in criminal contempt. Popok reports on a new motion just filed before Judge Perry in Chicago Fed Court demanding that a Special Counsel be appointed by her to investigate DOJ c...
Popok and Don Lemon Analyze Trump DOJ Tactics, Media Pressure, and Newsom Probe 20.06.2026 37:41
Popok is joined by journalist extraordinaire Don Lemon to give his unique perspective of the Trump Administration's possible use of criminal investigations and indictments against the NYT based on their reporting supported by what looks to be secretly recorded conversations in the Situation Room; Governor Newsom getting ahead of the story of his investigation, and Federal Judges vigilant against g...
Trump's Bluff is Called and Runs Away 20.06.2026 20:34
The DOJ and AG nominee Todd Blanche have informed a Senior Federal Judge that they will REFUSE to comply and file sworn testimony under oath to declare once and for all that the Anti-Weaponization Slush Fund is dead and buried, instead effectively telling Judge Brinkema to go pound sand. Popok ties this outrageous fling together with Judge Williams in Miami’s next move, which may have the Slush F...
Epstein Survivors Sink Blanche and his Nomination 20.06.2026 21:44
As the Epstein Investigation by the House Oversight Committee heats up again because of a sustained pressure campaign by Epstein Survivors, and new witnesses are called forward, including Bill Gates and now Alan Dershowitz (Epstein’s criminal defense attorney), insiders wonder if Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing for AG can survive, or whether there are enough Republicans to jump off the bandwag...
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser Discusses New Lawsuits Against Trump 19.06.2026 28:34
Popok is joined by Colorado AG and candidate for Governor Phil Weiser to update on his hiring spree of now former DOJ lawyers to join the fight against the Trump Administration as he files his 66 case against Trump nationwide. They also discuss a new lawsuit to stop Trump from firing minorities off federal contracts. https://coag.gov/ https://philforcolorado.com/about/ Subscribe: https://www.youtu...
JD Vance Makes Shock Admission on Air as he Panics 19.06.2026 17:57
A panicked JD Vance took to MAGA radio as he worried out loud that his role in the Epstein Coverup conspiracy in the Sit Room and otherwise was all caught on secret tapes provided by the New York Times! Popok, along with his interview with Don Lemon, explains why the Trump Administration and its DOJ have not as of yet gone after the Times’ reporters, who brilliantly left a “proof of life” disclosu...
Trump WH Erupts in Panic over Situation Room Leaks 17.06.2026 21:08
The Trump White House is in a frenzy as they try to track down the Administration Official or Officials who may have secretly recorded Situation Room meetings about the Epstein Cover Up AND the Iranian War plans, and leaked them to the NYT. Popok points out the “Easter Eggs” in the New York Times article that suggest who may be responsible for the leaks and that the reporters have actual “recordin...
Trump AG Nominee Accused of Forgery in Lawsuit 16.06.2026 16:54
Did AG Nominee Todd Blanche forge a key piece of correspondence between his law firm and his criminal clients, commit malpractice, and overbill the case when he was in private practice before working for Trump? All of these questions have been raised in a lawsuit still pending in a New York court. Popok explains how this is the lawsuit that Blanche wishes would go away, but should be used by the S...
Legal AF - 6/13/2026 14.06.2026 1:26:19
The award-winning Legal AF podcast is back with Ben and Popok at the helm, as they provide breaking commentary on events from Virginia, DC, Miami, the Situation Room, Congress and Iran, and so much more at the intersection of law and politics. Support our Sponsors: Blissy: Use code LEGALAF for an EXTRA 30% OFF at https://blissy.com/LEGALAF Pocket Hose: Text LEGAL to 64000 for your 2 free gifts...
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