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Legal AF by MeidasTouch

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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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Whoa! Trump Judges make Shock Ruling and Block Maps 26.05.2026

In breaking news, in response to instructions from the Supreme Court, a UNANIMOUS Alabama Federal Judge panel —majority Trump appointees” has found, again, that Alabama and its Legislature has committed “Intentional Racism” in eliminating black representation in its Congressional Delegation, and blocked the use of the racist map in the upcoming election, setting it on a fast track to the Supreme C...

Trump Quickly Gets Nightmare News in $1.776B Case 26.05.2026

In a twist of fate, the “Ballroom” Judge, Richard Leon, has been assigned to the first case filed against Trump’s $1.776 billion dollar slush fund which will no doubt end up funding white nationalists, paramilitary, terrorist, and insurrectionist groups just in time for the midterms. Popok reports that Judge Leon knows a thing or two about a rogue President, having ruled against Trump on the Ballr...

Legal AF - 5/23/2026 24.05.2026

The award-winning Legal AF Pod, with Ben and Popok at the helm, focuses on the  little covered facts about law and political events coming out of DC, the Senate, Tennessee, and Illinois, and so much more.  Support our Sponsors: Qualia Mind: Go to QualiaLife.com/legalaf for up to 50% OFF! Pocket Hose: Text LEGAL to 64000 for your 2 free gifts with the purchase of any Pocket Hose Ballistic hose. Mes...

Trump WH Ordered to Stop Shredding Evidence 24.05.2026

Trump and Susie Whiles and the rest of the White House Staff need to stop shredding and destroying presidential records, as a federal judge and GW Bush appointee, John Bates, has entered a preliminary injunction to order the Trump Presidency to preserve ALL records, including text messages and social media posts, and to stop using “disappearing messaging” apps, like Signal and WhatsApp. Popok exam...

Trump Suffers Massive Loss as Biggest Case Dismissed 22.05.2026

🚨In breaking news and for the first time in the Administration, the Trump DOJ has been found liable for Vindictively Prosecutiion requiring the immediate dismissal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s criminal indictment.  Popok reports on Federal Judge Crenshaw finding that the Trump DOJ and Acting AG Todd Blanche did not carry their  burden of overcoming the presumption of vindictiveness, nor properly exp...

Trump DOJ Makes Shock Admission on Slush Fund Payouts 22.05.2026

The Acting AG Todd Blanch just admitted under oath in the Senate that Jan6 insurrectionists who beat and injured the police (many of whom were indicted, convicted, and denied pretrial detention) would be entitled to monetary compensation from Trump’s new $1.8 billion slush fund created with taxpayer dollars. Popok explains what crimes the Jan6rs were convicted of and why this should disqualify Bla...

Trump Panics as Key Voter Base Collapses in Florida 22.05.2026

From his unique vantage point as part of the Miami community where law meets politics regularly, Popok explains the politics and personal benefit to Trump in having his DOJ announce the indictment of 94-year-old Raúl Castro in downtown Miami, as he tries to shore up his failing political base with the Hispanic and Cuban exile community, and his poll numbers. Popok explains that the announced indic...

Legal AF - 5/20/2026 21.05.2026

The award winning Legal AF Pod, helmed tonight by Popok and Dina Doll (in for KFA) provide political and legal commentary on “stunning” events from Miami, DC, Congress, and the White House. IQ BAR: Get 20% off all IQBAR products. Text LEGALAF to 64000. (Message and data rates may apply) SMALLS: Head to https://Smalls.com/LEGALAF and use promo code: LEGALAF at checkout for 60% off your first order...

Trump AG Blows Up at Hearing as He's Backed into Corner on Epstein 21.05.2026

The Senate Dems brought their own “burn book” about the Epstein matter with them to AG Todd Blanch’s testimony today, and he failed the test, refusing to acknowledge what the “Epstein Investigation” even referred to, demanding that they re report their crimes to the FBI (again), and making no room for them in the victim compensation fund. Popok takes a hard look at his testimony, the Epstein Victi...

Trump gets Served after $1.8 Billion Scam 20.05.2026

The first lawsuit to block Trump’s corrupt scam of a $1.8 billion slush fund and wipe out up to $100 million in family tax liability has been filed by former Metropolitan Police and Capitol Police officers Harry Dunn and Daniel Hodges, arguing that Trump is illegally funding terrorists and insurrectionists with the fund. Popok examines the first suit brought by plaintiffs who proudly declare that...

Top Trump WH Lawyer Suddenly Resigns in Disgust 20.05.2026

In breaking news, a top Treasury Official handpicked by Trump to be its General Counsel, has resigned just moments after Trump’s captured DOJ announced a “settlement” for the creation of an almost $1.8 billion fund Trump controls, with his captured IRS and Treasury Department, as Judge Williams gives a parting shot to the DOJ and Trump and provides a road map for the soon to be filed lawsuit to st...

Trump Ballroom Bunker Secrets Exposed by Trump DOJ 19.05.2026

The top leadership in the DOJ have a knack for exposing to the world what was once-called “Top secret” features of Trump’s military-industrial-hospital bunker below the ballroom, this time in public filings that disclose key security features of the project. Popok takes a close look at the latest filing by the Trump DOJ in the Ballroom litigation, including their exploiting what went down in the W...

MAGA Felon Caught Behind Trump's Billion Dollar Scheme 19.05.2026

A gun-toting convicted felon lawyer, who was convicted  with his wife for brandishing firearms at peaceful George Floyd/BLM protestors in 2020 (but later pardoned), who now has made a career out of suing the government for damages and attorneys fees  on behalf of Jan6 protestors, may be behind Trump’s latest reported scheme to drop his manufactured $10 billion lawsuit against his wholly-controlled...

Congress Strikes Back as Trump Rushes $1.8 Billion Scam 18.05.2026

Moments after Trump filed to dismiss his bad faith suit against the IRS to obtain a gift for himself and his cronies of $1.776 billion dollar slush fund, 93 House Democrats fired back and filed a motion to encourage Judge Williams to put a stop to a “fraudulent” and “collusive” settlement in violation of Federal law and the Constitution’s Presidential Emoluments Clause. Popok, who has been followi...

Trump 1.7B Fraud Hit by Avalanche of Lawsuits 18.05.2026

New lawsuits will soon be filed against Trump’s efforts to coerce his own IRS that he alone controls to fork over $1.7 billion dollars of tax payer dollars to fund a slush fund he controls to pay to his Trump entities and Jan6 and other MAGA defendants, in return for dropping his manufactured “suit” agains the IRS. But Popok explains that Judge Williams in Miami Federal Court who just received bri...

Trump Team Clashes with Chinese Officials…Caught on Camera 17.05.2026

Trump returns from China a broken man, with his tail between his legs, having accomplished nothing — no trade deal despite bringing dozens of American businesses with him — no deal to stop China’s funding through Hong Kong of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, no deal on Taiwan, or on China support for Russia against Ukraine— NADA. Popok reports on how China literally manhandling Trump enablers and...

Legal AF - 5/16/2026 17.05.2026

Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Learn more about the Popok Firm: https://thepopokfirm.com Subscribe to Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/subscribe?coupon=c0fc8f5c Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: htt...

Supreme Court Suprise Move Undermines MAGA Case 16.05.2026

In breaking news, in a 7-2 decision, the US Supreme Court is allowing the continued sale of Mifepristone and a woman’s use of medication abortion drugs even where abortion is illegal, at least for the next year or more, as the case to block the use makes its way through the normal appeals process. Popok reports on Justices Alito and Thomas’ scathing dissents, Thomas calling drug companies “crimina...

Trump Implodes as Lawsuit Moves to Shut Down Library 15.05.2026

Breaking: In a new Miami Federal Lawsuit, a group of Miami citizens sued to immediately stop the Trump Presidential Hotel (& Library) from being built on land worth at least $300 million dollars grabbed by Trump for free in cahoots with the Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and others. Popok, who has covered the land transfer story through all its lawsuits, updates the audience on why he believes the...

Legal AF - 5/13/2026 14.05.2026

The award-winning Legal AF Pod is back with Popok and KFA reporting on breaking political and legal news from: China, Iran, the White House, South Carolina, Alabama, Manhattan, California, DC, and the Supreme Court. Mud/Wtr: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% OFF your @MUDWTR by going to https://mudwtr.com/LEGALAF #mudwtrpod Pocket Hose: Pocket Hose: Text LEGAL to 64000 for your 2 free...

Trump & Hegseth Panic as Plot Collapses 11.05.2026

Sensing a major loss before a DC federal appeals panel in support of Senator Mark Kelly and his First Amendment rights to remind active duty military not to follow Trump’s illegal orders, DOD Sec Hegseth is conjuring up new charges against Mark Kelly. Popok is on the scene and gives an overview of the appeals court oral argument and the new allegations, which he debunks in his latest hot take. Box...

Legal AF - 5/9/2026 10.05.2026

Ben and Popok are back at the helm of the award-winning Legal AF pod, covering breaking law and politics stories out of Virginia, Alabama, DC, the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court.  Support our Sponsors: Pocket Hose: Text LEGAL to 64000 for your 2 free gifts with the purchase of any Pocket Hose Ballistic hose. Message and data rates may apply. Sunday For Dogs: Get 50% OFF your first or...

Trump Strikes his Own Party with Fatal Blow 09.05.2026

Based on Election Night in America results from this week in Indiana, and new polling numbers, no one has destroyed MAGA and the Republican Party’s chances at the Midterms more than Trump himself. Popok explains that Trump alone is to blame for Hispanic and Hispanic Catholic Voters abandoning him and rejecting his attacks on the Pope, as he sheds more than 15 points from his favorability rating be...

Trump Hit with Fatal Blow as SCOTUS Ruling Haunts Him!!! 08.05.2026

In breaking news, Trump has lost again on his harebrained tariff scheme to tax the American people billions of dollars, as the Court of International Trade, in a 2-1 decision, strikes down Trump’s efforts to declare a phony “balance of payments” crisis to impose new 10% tariffs on the world. Popok explains why a “balance of trade” imbalance is not a “balance of payments” emergency, and what should...

Legal AF - 5/6/2026 07.05.2026

The Legal AF Podcast is back with Popok and KFA at the helm, as they cover breaking news from: Virginia, the FBI’s Offices, the offices of the New York Times, Atlantic and Washington Post, DC, Louisiana and the Supreme Court. IQ Bar: Get 20% off all IQBAR products. Text LEGALAF to 64000. (Message and data rates may apply) Tushy: Over 2 million butts love TUSHY. Get 10% off Tushy with the code LEGA...

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