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Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo join forces again on the Legal AF podcast, and debate: why Trump is sending a mafia-like message to Chief Justice Roberts and why they are doubling down on their fight with the Supreme Court; whether the Supreme Court will uphold a new order blocking Trump's efforts to drum Transgender soldiers out of the military; whether a federal judge will (or can) fin...

Legal AF's Michael Popok provides urgent real-time live briefing on late-breaking law and politics events from today. Tonight, in the Trump Openly Defying Federal Judges Edition, Popok (a) examines the unprecedented and historic ostracism of Trump by the Chief Justice of the US, John Roberts, in direct real time response to Trump attacking a federal judge earlier in the day as corrupt and calling...

In an unprecedented and historic development, Chief Justice Roberts has opened a direct dialogue with Trump in public, admonishing him in a statement in real-time for attacking Federal Judge Boasberg this morning for blocking his illegal use of war powers to deport people in a social media rant, calling him a lunatic and calling for his all caps “IMPEACHMENT”. Michael Popok takes a deep dive into...

The only thing standing between the Trump Administration’s open defiance and our constitutional Republic and rule of law is Chief Judge of the DC District Court, Jeb Boasberg, who dressed down Trump DOJ lawyers who tried to argue that they did not have to comply with his oral rulings and that the Chief Judge was not qualified to obtain classified information and had no jurisdiction to stop Trump’s...

Trump is claiming that Biden’s Pardons of his family, Jan6 Committee Members, Dr. Fauci and General Milley among others, are invalid and that it won’t stop his DOJ from going after them, because Biden did what all presidents have done before him, used the aid of a Mechanical autopen to sign written pardon declarations, Michael Popok explains that the power of the pardon is absolute, and does not r...

A new constitutional crisis has broken out with the Trump Administration refusing to comply, again, with a Federal judge’s orders. In a new filing, The Trump Administration just confessed to violating a Court Order to stop Trump’s unconstitutional exercise of war powers to deport hundreds of people to El Salvador and Honduras in violation of a DC Chief Judge’s order blocking that action, and the A...

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok are back on the top rated Legal AF podcast and discuss: Trump's off the rails DOJ speech, as they translate the "coded" language he uses to assault our rule of law and judicial independence to try to thwart his unconstitutional urges; the Supreme Court getting involved with Birth Right Citizenship and what the timing of their ordered briefing schedule may signal; a n...

The world is watching Canada as it uses aggressive brinksmanship to shove back against Trump and his insane tariff war, and it’s working. Michael Popok compares Canada’s new muscular approach to Trump’s bullying and Mexico’s behind-closed-doors approach, and why both work against Trump but it different ways. Get an additional 15% off their 90-day subscription Starter Kit by going to https://fatty1...

Fresh off her interview of Trump on the recession for Fox News, “journalist” Maria Bartiromo accepted the grift of being named by Trump to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board, continuing an unbroken string of more than a dozen Fox “independent journalists” who have been rewarded with key positions in the Trump Administration. Michael Popok breaks it all down. Graza: Take your food to...

In breaking news, the “gang of 20” states have joined forces again, led by NY’s Attorney General Leticia James, to sue to stop Trump’s dismantling and putting out of business the Congressionally mandated and funded Dept of Education to obey his “Project 2025” master’s orders. Michael Popok takes a deep dive into the new lawsuit filed in Massachusetts and observes what happens next. Right now, you...

The Trump Administration has ignored a federal court order to make one of its senior officials available for testimony in court, and that Judge has just entered an injunction forcing the Administration to rehire tens of thousands of fired federal workers across 8 agencies. Michael Popok puts this new ruling in the context of 2 other rulings in the last 24 hours involving the “Office of Personnel M...

In breaking news, a DC Federal Judge has for the first time found that Elon Musk and his DOGE are “federal agencies” exercising tremendous independent executive power at lightning speed and in secret, meaning they are subject to public records requests about their nefarious work aka FOIA requests. Michael Popok explains why this first ruling is so important to outing Musk and DOGE for the American...

In breaking news, the first federal judge has ordered Elon Musk to give sworn testimony under oath about DOGE and his role in destroying the federal government, including decimating the federal workforce and cutting billions of dollars in funding to the States. Michael Popok dives into the new order, contrasts it to another order from this week finding DOGE subject to federal public records law, a...

Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo are back on the top-rated Legal AF podcast and debating: a landmark order against DOGE and Musk forcing them to reveal themselves to the American People; another appellate court rules against Trump's attempt to rip birthright citizenship from the Constitution; a new order about DOGE's efforts to chloroform a federal aid agency founded by Congress; the Trum...

In breaking news, a 3rd appellate court has dealt a severe blow to Trump’s efforts to rip birthright citizenship out of the US Constitution by executive order, with the 1st Circuit in Boston refusing Trump’s emergency application to block a nationwide preliminary injunction to stop Trump‘s destruction of birthright citizenship. Michael Popok explains how this new decision by the First Circuit comp...

Trump is so disconnected from the American Public, that he calls a recession that will cripple the economy and kill American dreams, as “just a period of transition” as he goes on Fox Business with his best friend Maria Bartiromo and makes it worse, as we woke up to an increasingly gloomy financial markets who weren’t happy with his comments. Michael Popok puts on his Wall Street hat to do a deep...

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok are back on the top rated Legal AF podcast and discuss: Trump confessing to Musk's role in DOGE which is being used in dozens of cases against the Administration; the Supreme Court hemming in Trump with the rise of Amy Coney Barrett as she moves decisively to the center on the issue of presidential power; Federal judges and appellate courts strain in their efforts to...

Big Law Firms — who once saw Trump and his illegal conduct as radioactive— are getting back in business with Trump, and have filed a new brief for him to the top NY Federal Court, arguing that his 34 count felony conviction should be appealed in Federal not State Court, primarily to get him a faster track to the Supreme Court. Michael Popok, on the heels of Chief Justice Roberts effectively “fist...

Trump will have to cut cherished Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare in order to give the rich tax cuts and to fund his depraved immigration deportation plan, according to a new report issued by the independent Congressional Budget Office, meaning Democratic Rep. Al Green, dragged from the Joint Session speech, was right. Popok reports on the math that just doesn’t add up and what voters shoul...

Trump just screwed his own DOJ and their legal positions that Musk doesn’t run DOGE and is not responsible for the mass firings of federal workers and turning off the lights of billions in federal funding, as Trump puts a lie to all those positions by declaring in his public speech last night that Musk “runs DOGE.” Michael Popok takes a look at how the lawyers handling 12 different cases against T...

Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo are back on the top-rated Legal AF podcast and debating: last night’s Joint address and it's impact on federal cases about the role of DOGE and Musk as Trump confesses that Musk runs DOGE, and does a fist bump with a very uncomfortable looking Chief Justice Roberts; The Supreme Court's two bombshell rulings, one forcing the Trump Administration to pay $2 b...

The Trump Administration’s illegal firings of the very government watchdogs meant to protect federal workers from partisan attacks, has suffered another loss in court, as a second federal judge in 48 hours grants summary judgment and orders the immediate reinstatement by Trump of the chair of the Merit Service Protection Board created by congress to protect federal workers from partisan attacks. M...

In a “stunning” set back to the Trump Administration, in a 5-4 decision led by Chief Justice Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court has ordered the release of $2 billion dollars in funds for humanitarian aid, as Justice Alito along with the rest of the court, issues a scathing dissent declaring that he is “stunned,” and criticizing the majority of the court and the federal judge who issu...

Legal AF's Michael Popok provides urgent live briefing on late breaking events. Tonight, Popok (a) gives a primer and viewer guide for Trump's first address to Joint Session of Congress, as he tries the impossible-- to defend his failed economic and foreign and domestic policies which the voters have rejected in his first 44 days; (b) Federal Judges fight back against Trump's illegal firings as th...

China has just declared a “supply chain war” on the American Consumer because of Trump’s failed tariff policies, ordering 25% tariffs to destroy American farming, while banning 15 high-tech companies needed by our military from obtaining key supplies to keep America safe. Michael Popok reports. Get 20% off when you go to https://Liquid-IV.com and use code LEGALAF at checkout! Remember to subscrib...