Legal AF by MeidasTouch

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok discuss & analyze: the DOJ and Trump’s “legal te...

The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, took a large toll on America’s sense of security. In the dawn of this new era, Congress moved to take swift action by creating the Patriot Act. The stated goal was to identify and strike back against terrorists, but in practice, the law had much wider-reaching effects. But everything changed in 2013 when an intelligence contractor named Edward Snowden...

On this special, “emergency” edition of LegalAF Midweek, the top-rated legal news podcast by MeidasTouch, Anchors Ben Meiselas (sitting in for Karen Friedman Agnifilo) and Michael Popok discuss last night’s DOJ 50+ page filing addressed to the Mar-a-Lago national security-related document search warrant, including photos, to convince the Florida Federal judge to deny Trump’s motion for a “special...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok (back from his vacation), the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze & discuss: The rele...

The Midweek Edition of the top-rated news podcast, LegalAF x MeidasTouch, is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, co-anchors Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo discuss: the continued “Mar a Lago” scandal, Trump’s most recent “motion’ against the search warrant, and the upcom...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze & discuss: Fani Willis’ Fulton County (Atlanta) Georg...

The Midweek Edition of the top-rated news podcast, LegalAF x MeidasTouch, is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, co-anchors Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo, are joined by national security and intelligence community expert Dr. Nicholas Rostow, and discuss: Trump’s ‘defen...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok (back from his vacation), the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze & discuss: Trump’s...

After discussing a blockbuster step towards prosecuting Trump Monday when the DOJ executed search warrants at Mar-a-Lago, Karen Friedman Agnifilo is joined by special guest Scarlett Lewis the mom who tragically lost her son Jessie in the Sandy Hook massacre almost 10 years ago and last week heroically stood up to Right wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in court. She won a $49 million verdict and...

Legal AF host Ben Meiselas is joined by midweek host Karen Friedman Agnifolo with Michael Popok on a vacation break. But the law doesn’t stop for Popok! Sorry Popokian! Meiselas and Agnifolo are in the house and discuss (1) the Alex Jones trial and verdict, (2) Lindsey Graham’s efforts to try and quash the subpoena from the Fulton County special grand jury citing the speech and debate clause, (3)...

On this special midweek edition of LegalAF x MeidasTouch, the top-rated podcast covering law and politics, anchor Karen Friedman Agnifilo is joined by nationally recognized former SDNY federal prosecutor Danya Perry to discuss and analyze the DOJ’s criminal investigation into Trump, the possible charges he is facing, including in the parallel Georgia state criminal investigation by Fulton County D...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze & discuss: the Department of Justice’s crimi...

On this special midweek edition of LegalAF x MeidasTouch, the top-rated podcast covering law and politics, anchors Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo discuss and analyze the DOJ’s grand jury targeting Trump in its criminal investigation into election interference; the Fulton County Chief Judge’s decision to disqualify Fani Willis and her office from further investigating alleged “fake elect...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze & discuss: 1. The 8th Session of the Jan6 Co...

Karen Friedman Agnifilo is joined by Ben Meiselas for this midweek edition. The hosts talk about the 16 fake GOP electors in Georgia becoming targets in the Fulton County District Attorney investigation, the leaked May 2022 Merrick Garland DOJ Memo and its implications, the Secret Service “purge” of text messages from January 6, the Respect for Marriage Act, the Steve Bannon contempt of congress c...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze & discuss: 1. New developments in the Fulton...

On this special midweek edition of LegalAF x MeidasTouch, the top-rated podcast covering law and politics, anchors Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo are joined by their “podcaster in arms” Anthony Davis of Five Minute News and The Weekend Show who brings a unique international lens to view the Jan6 Hearings and its aftermath. Karen, Michael and Anthony look backward at the 7 days of Jan6 H...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this episode, Ben and Popok analyze: 1. Pat Cipollone (former chief white house...

On today’s Legal AF Ben Meiselas is recording from Cocula, Jalisco and is joined by Karen Friedman Agnifolo with Popok on break. There may be chickens in the backyard where Ben is recording, and there are definitely chickens and radical right extremist fascists on the Supreme Court. Radical right extremism defines the MAGA movement as we’ve seen in the Jan 6 hearings and now defines the majority o...

On this special midweek edition of LegalAF x MeidasTouch, the top-rated podcast covering law and politics, anchored by national trial attorney and strategist, Michael Popok and former prosecutor and leading criminal defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo, discuss 1. Day 6 of the January 6 Committee Hearing, including Cassidy Hutchinson’s bombshell testimony and whether Trump is implicated crimin...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this special Supreme Court episode we are joined by our co-anchor Karen Friedman...

On this special midweek edition of LegalAF x MeidasTouch, the top-rated podcast covering law and politics, anchored by national trial attorney and strategist, Michael Popok and former prosecutor and leading criminal defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo, discuss 1. Day 4 of the Jan6 hearings and its focus on Trump’s attempt to criminally interfere with the Georgia election and the connection be...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics.  This week, Ben and Popok discuss and analyze: 1. Sessions 2 and 3 of the Jan6 Comm...

Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast LegalAF x MeidasTouch is back for another hard-hitting look in “real time” at this week’s most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics.  This week, Ben and Popok discuss and analyze: 1. The opening session of the Jan6 S...

The midweek edition of LegalAF x MeidasTouch, the top-rated podcast covering law and politics, is anchored by national trial attorney and strategist, Michael Popok and former prosecutor and leading criminal defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo. On this week’s special episode, KFA interviews top Manhattan DA sex crimes prosecutor Joan Illuzzi Orbon to discuss and have a rare inside look into tw...