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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Today's document is the Colorado Supreme Court’s opinion in Anderson v. Griswold , the challenge based on Sec. 3 of the 14th Amendment to Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the Colorado presidential ballot. We are presenting only the majority opinion, as that alone is 131. The document is dated December 19, 20...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Today's document is the government’s motion in limine filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith. The document is dated December 27, 2023 and is 20 pages long.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Today's document is the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari Before Judgment filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith. The document is dated December 11, 2023 and is 14 pages long.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Today's document is President Trump's Opposed Motion to Stay Proceeding Pending Appeal filed by the former President's attorneys in the District Court for the District of Columbia. This Motion requests a stay pending an appeal of Judge Chutkan's opinion from December 1, 2023 denying President Trump's Motion to Dism...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com In this opinion, Judge Chutkan rejects former President Trump’s motion to dismiss based on claimed presidential immunity from criminal charge.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Welcome to a new “Read With Me” series performed by my friend, the elusive NatSecJD , who is producing for the podcast a series of audio versions of major documents in the Trump trials. These will include briefs and opinions in the ongoing Trump trials in Washington and South Florida. The first episode is a reading...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com If you want to follow along, here is the indictment:

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Anna Bower, Matt Tait and I read the Trump Mar-a-Lago indictment in neurotic detail. Listen if you dare.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Chapter 8 of the January 6 Committee report covers the details of the attack itself. Specifically, it looks at the centrality of the Proud Boys in breaching the Capitol Police lines, the prevalence of weapons at the president’s speech on the Ellipse, and the evacuations of the vice president, the House and Senate m...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Chapter 7 of the January 6 Committee report covers the activities of President Trump during the riot itself. How did he spend his time between the moment he left the Ellipse and when he finally, hours later, issued a video message calling on the rioters to go home?

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Chapter 6 of the January 6 Committee report covers the preparations by various far-right groups for Jan. 6, President Trump’s encouragement of their activities, and the White House’s own plans for the rally on the Ellipse.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Chapter 5 of the January 6 Committee report covers President Trump’s attempt to get Vice President Pence to reject electors from states he preferred to have won, the John Eastman plot, and the conduct of Pence and his staff as Jan. 6 drew near.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Chapter 4 of the January 6 Committee report covers President Trump’s attempt to corrupt the Justice Department, and then to decapitate the department and replace its leadership with a man who would do his bidding. It’s one of the weirdest episodes in the post-election period.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Chapter 3 of the Jan. 6 Committee report is one of the most compelling and interesting chapters of the document. It raises the question: fraud or cosplay? My marked up copy of the chapter is attached.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com Chapter 2 of the Jan. 6 Committee report is, in my opinion, one of the most important chapters in the report. If Donald J. Trump is going to be indicted for conduct related to Jan. 6, the story told in this chapter will be central to the indictment. My marked up copy of it is attached.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.dogshirtdaily.com In today’s episode, we take a close look at the 11th Circuit’s opinion in the Mar-a-Lago case, which came down Thursday evening. The full document is available on Lawfare . The earlier 11th Circuit opinion granting a partial stay, referred to both in the opinion and in the podcast is on Lawfare as well, as is Judge...

In this inaugural episode of “Read With Me,” we examine Merrick Garland’s Order No. 5559-2022, entitled “ Appointment of John L. Smith as Special Counsel .” The order cites four statutes, which are discussed in the podcast: 28 USC § 509 , 28 USC § 510 , 28 USC § 515 , and 28 USC § 533 . It also cites, and we discuss, the Special Counsel regulations, codified at 28 CFR 600.4-10 . And it cites this...