UnJustified

UnJustified

By: MSW Media

Language: en

Categories: News, Politics, Commentary, History

The creator of Mueller, She Wrote, Allison Gill, and former Deputy Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, are documenting the erosion of civil liberties and the rule of law under Trump's DoJ.

Episodes

FBI Ices Out Minnesota
Jan 11, 2026

Minnesota leaders push for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to be included in the FBI's investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis.

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s federal indictment of the alleged pipe bomber may have come too late to be within the federal statute of limitations.

As expected, a federal judge has ruled that the Trump-appointed US Attorney in the Northern District of New York was unlawfully appointed, and a separate judge has ordered Lindsey Halligan to address why her name is still appearing on indictments in the Eastern District of...

Duration: 00:55:33
Jack Smith Testifies
Jan 04, 2026

Jack Smith testified for 8 hours to House Judiciary.
Allison picked some of the key moments to talk about.

You can watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/6a1TCDYI4cE?si=5noQnlq3M-REYTaf

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our listeners. Please participate in t...

Duration: 01:46:53
Bonus Q&A
Jan 02, 2026

Can Trump's pardon power be checked?

How do grand juries work?

What does a Bar Association do?

And more!

You asked and we answered!

Do you have questions for the pod? 

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our listeners. Pleas...

Duration: 00:57:30
Grand Jury Manipulation
Dec 28, 2025

Lawyers for former CIA Chief John Brennan have written to the Chief Judge in the Southern District of Florida accusing the Justice Department of forum shopping.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Trump does not have the authority to deploy the National Guard under title 10 USC section 12406.

The Justice Department issues a memo asking assistant US Attorneys to work through the holidays to redact the Epstein files as they claim to have found a million new documents.

The White House has taken over the Justice Department communications on social media.

Plus...

Duration: 01:07:26
Epstein Day Delayed
Dec 21, 2025

The Department of Justice has announced that it will not be releasing all of the Epstein files as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but will instead release them on a rolling basis.

Jack Smith testified for 8 hours behind closed doors in front of the House Judiciary Committee, saying that he amassed powerful evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump violated the law.

Co-Deputy Director Dan Bongino says he will leave his position at the FBI next month.

And the Department of Justice asks for more time to return Daniel Richman’s ma...

Duration: 01:05:00
Scrivener’s Error
Dec 14, 2025

The Department of Justice has failed to indict New York attorney Letitia James for a third time, as Daniel Richman wins a motion blocking his emails from being accessed by the government.

Main Justice has filed a motion to block the testimony of whistleblower Erez Reuveni and DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign in the Alien Enemies Act contempt proceedings before DC District Judge Boasberg. 

Judge Xinis accuses the Justice Department of misleading the court in an order for the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and issued a follow on temporary restraining order blocking his re-arrest. Duration: 00:55:07

Hostis Curiae
Dec 07, 2025

The Department of Justice failed to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges. 

The FBI has arrested and charged a suspect for the pipe bombs placed at the DNC and RNC on January 5th, 2021.

Jim Jordan has subpoenaed Jack Smith to appear behind closed doors after rejecting the Special Counsel’s request to testify before the House Judiciary Committee publicly.

Kash Patel faces more scrutiny about his personal use of public resources after ordering an FBI detail to give his girlfriend’s inebriated friend a ride home after a night...

Duration: 01:06:59
Unlawful Orders (feat. Virginia Burger of POGO.org)
Nov 30, 2025

The cases against Jim Comey and Letitia James have been dismissed by a judge who found that Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed.

News outlets are reporting that President Trump is weighing removing Kash Patel from his position as director of the FBI, but the administration denies those claims.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the dismissal of Trump's 2022 lawsuit against Hillary Clinton et al, and allows the $1M sanctions fine to stand.

The FBI has opened an investigation into six members of Congress for reminding active duty service members...

Duration: 01:04:11
Particularized Incompetence
Nov 23, 2025

Judge Nachmanoff is tying up loose ends in the Jim Comey case by asking for final briefs on handing all the grand jury materials over to defense counsel after Judge Fitzpatrick laid out the particularized grounds that could topple the government’s case.

A Department of Defense JAG lawyer was overruled by the Department of Justice over the legality of the lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean.

Attorney General Pam Bondi says in a press conference that the Justice Department will “follow the law” when it comes to releasing the Epstein files pursuant to the bill p...

Duration: 01:03:53
McCabe Subpoenaed
Nov 16, 2025

The judge reviewing the legality of Lindsay Halligan's appointment in the Comey and James cases said that a chunk of the grand jury transcripts and recordings are missing.

The Department of Justice WCADAGPA Ed Martin announced pardons for all the co-conspirators and electors in the 2020 fraudulent elector scheme.

The Continuing Resolution to fund the government includes a provision allowing the 8 Senators whose phone records were subpoenaed by Jack Smith to seek at least $500K in damages from the government.

A criminal investigation into Russian Intelligence Community Assessment from 2016 has resulted in over 30 subpoenas...

Duration: 01:02:52
The Awkward Docket
Nov 09, 2025

The South Carolina Judge weighing the legality of the appointment of Lindsey Halligan has demanded the Lindsey Halligan grand jury tapes after DOJ withheld large portions of them.

A different judge in the Comey case berates Halligan for her “indict now, investigate later” approach after the DOJ failed to produce communications seized between Comey and Daniel Richman. 

The 11th Circuit orders Judge Aileen Cannon to rule on motions to release Volume II of Jack Smith's final report.

Pam Bondi attempts to retroactively appoint Lindsey Halligan as a Special Attorney to save the sinking cases...

Duration: 01:01:43
The Fall of Rome
Nov 02, 2025

Jim Comey alleges that the single FBI agent’s testimony to the grand jury in his case was tainted by privileged information, and asks the court for the grand jury transcripts. 

Comey has also filed a bill of particulars asking the government to clarify the charges, and has filed a motion to dismiss under the Bronston literal truth doctrine.

Two assistant US attorneys have been placed on administrative leave for referencing the January 6th attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump’s Social post that led Taylor Taranto to President Obama’s neighborhood with weapons.

Th...

Duration: 00:57:22
Bonus | The Q & A
Oct 30, 2025

We’ve had so much news to cover that we haven’t gotten to as many listener questions as we would like.

So we have gathered some of your most frequent and most pertinent questions for this Q&A bonus episode.

F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents - The New York Times

Do you have questions for the pod? 

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat Duration: 00:53:46

The Case Against Halligan
Oct 26, 2025

Jim Comey and his legal team have filed their motions to dismiss his charges on selective and vindictive prosecution grounds, and Comey and Letitia James have filed motions to disqualify Lindsey Halligan.

Marco Rubio gave El Salvador US government cooperators in exchange for use of their CECOT Prison.

Jack Smith goes to paper in a letter to Chuck Grassley and Jim Jordan about potential Congressional testimony, and the Republican mischaracterization of his work.

Trump is seeking $230M from his allies in the Justice Department as compensation for the criminal cases against him.

<...

Duration: 01:14:11
No Bill Prizes
Oct 19, 2025

Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton has been indicted on 18 felony counts of transmitting and retaining national defense information under the Espionage Act.

The judge in Comey’s case has denied the government’s motion to restrict the sharing discovery with Comey himself and other witnesses, and sets a blisteringly fast classified materials process.

Jack Smith speaks out about his Trump prosecutions, and is called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in a letter from Jim Jordan. 

Jeanine Pirro chalks up her first acquittal in the District of Columbia in an emba...

Duration: 01:05:23
Bad Facts
Oct 12, 2025

Trump’s hand picked US Attorney Lindsay Halligan has secured an indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James on two felony counts of fraud.

Jim Comey has pled not guilty to both counts during his arraignment and indicated he’d be filing multiple motions to dismiss, including a challenge to Lindsay Halligan's appointment as US Attorney.

Republican Senators have denounced Jack Smith over phone records he subpoenaed during his investigation of the January 6th, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

The Department of Justice continues its losing streak, failing to secure indictments of protestors they...

Duration: 01:08:46
Performative Prosecution
Oct 05, 2025

The purge of career prosecutors at the Department of Justice continues as the regime fired a US Attorney in Sacramento hours after she reminded a Border Patrol Chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.

President Trump sharply escalated his attacks on the Bureau this week by falsely accusing the FBI of fomenting the violence at the Capitol on January 6th.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a memo this week directing agencies to arrest every person suspected of threatening or assaulting a federal law enforcement officer.

The Department of Justice issued a...

Duration: 01:01:11
Who is Person 3?
Sep 28, 2025

The Department of Justice installed one of Trump's personal lawyers, Lindsay Halligan as the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, and, four days later, she obtained a two-count indictment against former FBI Director Jim Comey for lying to Congress and Obstruction. 

The Trump Administration continues to imperil criminal cases with extrajudicial statements as a federal judge finds multiple Department of Justice employees may have violated local rules guaranteeing Luigi Mangione’s right to fair trial.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s chief of staff Chad Mizelle and Jim Comey's son in law Troy Edwards have...

Duration: 01:10:21
The Guardrails
Sep 21, 2025

Former Special Counsel in the Trump investigations, Jack Smith, speaks at length about the weaponization of the department of justice at an event at George Mason University.

Trump Administration officials push to fire the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia over his refusal to indict NYAG Tish James and former FBI Director Jim Comey.

A trial jury finds a Los Angeles protestor not guilty of assaulting a Border Patrol Agent; and another assault case is dismissed in the District of Columbia.

The Department of Justice quietly deletes a study on the...

Duration: 01:08:02
Low Info Finger-Pointing
Sep 14, 2025

The suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk has surrendered himself to authorities as more details emerge about him and his family.

Three former top FBI officials sue the government alleging they were terminated for political reasons, and outlining the problems with purging the FBI of experts.

More cases are dropped as Department of Justice prosecutors continue to fail to return indictments.

The Department of Justice asks the court to keep secret the names of two people who received large payments from Jeffrey Epstein.

Plus listener questions…
Do you have qu...

Duration: 01:03:59
Alito’s Worst Nightmare
Sep 07, 2025

The American Civil Liberties Union files a motion for an en banc re-hearing of Judge Boasberg’s criminal contempt opinion after a three-judge panel stayed his ruling.

Attorney General Pam Bondi continues her assault on the Department of Justice by sidelining career attorneys causing every member of the Sanctuary Cities Working Group to resign.

The DC US Attorney’s office fails to return indictments from federal grand juries as another judge lambasts federal prosecutors.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Tulsi Gabbard clash over her disclosure of an undercover officer’s identity.

Plus l...

Duration: 00:56:23
Speedwalking It
Aug 31, 2025

The Department of Justice was unable to secure three high profile indictments from federal grand juries against people accused of assaulting federal agents. 

Congressional Democrats have launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s retreat from public corruption cases.

Trump’s clash with the courts over the legitimacy of Alina Habba as the US Attorney in New Jersey is grinding criminal proceedings in the state to a halt.

Jack Smith’s legal team pushes back against the Office of Special Counsel investigation into the former prosecutor for alleged violations of the Hatch Act. 

Plu...

Duration: 00:59:53
Vindictive and Selective
Aug 24, 2025

The FBI searched former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home in Maryland on Friday in search of classified records.

More details have emerged about the purge of top officials at the FBI as the agency lowers recruiting standards and the Trump Administration appoints a Co-Deputy Director to assist Dan Bongino.

The Department of Justice misses the deadline to hand over Epstein files to the House Oversight Committee.

A federal judge calls Alina Habba’s appointment as US Attorney in New Jersey unlawful.

Kilmar Abrego files a motion to dismiss the criminal ch...

Duration: 01:03:57
The Hero We Need (feat. Cathy Harris)
Aug 17, 2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi has purportedly removed the District of Columbia police chief and replaced her with the head of the DEA as an emergency police commissioner. The DC Attorney General has filed suit against this takeover.

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office has admitted it’s having a hard time securing grand jury indictments against DC protesters for interfering with immigration and customs enforcement.

A group of former national security and FBI officials has issued a warning about the ongoing purge inside the FBI.

Plus, we speak with former Merit Systems Protection Bo...

Duration: 01:06:01
Presumption of Regularity
Aug 10, 2025

The Department of Justice ratchets up Trump's revenge tour by launching investigations into Leticia James, Adam Schiff, Jack Smith, and the 2016 Russia investigation.

Several former justice department attorneys are seeking elected office.

CIA officials worried that the release of a House report on 2016 Russian election meddling could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources, but the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard authorized a lightly redacted version with President Trump’s blessing. 

The political purge of FBI personnel continues with the ouster of Steven Jensen and Brian Driscoll. 

Plus listener questions…
Do you...

Duration: 01:06:04
Otherwise Known as Lies
Aug 03, 2025

Convicted sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell, was granted limited immunity for her interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. A week later, her sex offender status was waived and she was moved to a minimum security prison in Texas.

Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals press Department of Justice lawyers on deportation quotas as the Attorney General files a judicial complaint against Chief Judge Boesberg.

A criminal defendant is challenging the appointment of Alina Habba as the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, citing Judge Eileen Cannon's dismissal of the classified documents case...

Duration: 01:03:00
The Murder End of the Stick
Jul 27, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard declassifies new documents in the latest attempt to cast doubt on the 2016 Russia investigation.

A former January 6th prosecutor and former DOJ employees are suing the Trump Administration for wrongful termination.

The Department of Justice circumvented the Vacancies Act to install Alina Habba as the interim US Attorney in New Jersey after the NJ District court judges rejected her.

One of the people Trump freed in the prisoner swap with Venezuela using the CECOT detainees is a convicted murderer.

Plus listener questions…
Do you have questions for the po...

Duration: 01:03:00
Patently Unethical
Jul 20, 2025

Attorney General Pam Bondi fires 20 Department of Justice employees who worked on the Trump documents case, and her personal ethics chief, as two-thirds of the unit defending Trump policies have quit

Key prosecutor of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Maurene Comey has been fired, and Senator Wyden tells NBC that FBI agents were instructed to flag mentions of donald trump in the epstein files

The State Department has quietly posted some of the agreement between the US Government and Salvadoran President Bukele as a deal is finalized to swap the men at CECOT for prisoners...

Duration: 01:08:55
Cumulative Irritation
Jul 13, 2025

 President Bukele of El Salvador told the United Nations that the United States has constructive custody of the prisoners sent to CECOT. 

Former F.B.I. Director, James Comey, and the former C.I.A. Director, John Brennan, are under criminal investigation by the Department of Justice for their roles in the Russia investigation.

Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi release Special Counsel Jack Smith’s full report as well as any mention of Donald Trump in the Epstein Files.

Judge Xinis becomes frustrated with the Department of J...

Duration: 01:03:38
The Biggest Power Grab Yet
Jul 06, 2025

Trump and the Department of Justice issue letters about the Tik-Tok ban that dangerously expand executive powers.

Attorney General Pam Bondi fires three January 6th prosecutors sending another chill through the Justice Department, as the weaponization task force hires a January 6th rioter that threatened police. 

The Department of Justice coordinated with the Texas Attorney General to kill the Texas Dream Act in under six hours. 

The Supreme Court clarifies that the stay on blocking deportation to third countries includes Judge Murphy’s remedial order granting due process to the 8 men stuck in Djib...

Duration: 01:06:51
Convention Against Torture
Jun 29, 2025

Now-fired career Department of Justice lawyer Erez Reuveni has sent a letter to the Inspector General, the Office of Special Counsel, and the chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees outlining Emil Bove’s alleged defiance of court orders in three due process cases.

The Supreme Court rules from the shadow docket and without explanation that a lower court’s order barring deportation to third countries without due process is on indefinite hold.

Two separate hearings involving Mr. Abrego led his civil attorneys to ask his criminal defense team to keep him in prison pend...

Duration: 01:04:50
Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Erez Reuveni
Jun 25, 2025

Protected Whistleblower Disclosure of Erez Reuveni Regarding Violation of Laws, Rules & Regulations, Abuse of Authority, and Substantial and Specific Danger to Health and Safety at the Department of Justice

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25982172-doj-whistleblower-letter/

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our listeners. Please participate in this brie...

Duration: 01:22:52
House of Cards
Jun 22, 2025

President Trump may be shielding El Salvadoran President Bukele from an investigation into allegations that Bukele used US aid to support MS13, and traded away MS13 leaders as part of the agreement to house migrants at CECOT.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia had his detention hearing in the middle district of tennessee on the human smuggling charges brought by the department of justice, and the testimony generated more questions than answers about the veracity of the charges against him.

A Trump appointed judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania upholds the 21 day notice requirement for removal under...

Duration: 01:08:48
Defy. Deny. Disparage
Jun 15, 2025

Kilmar Abrego Garcia has pled not guilty to the two charges of smuggling migrants, and has asked the court to release him on bail pending his trial.

The Department of Justice is trying to dismiss the discovery proceedings as moot, but Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have filed a sanctions motion requesting Judge Xinis proceed with determining whether the government defied her order.

The Western District of Texas became the fourth court to find that Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is unlawful and blocked the government from removing anyone under the proclamation in the...

Duration: 01:00:50
Trumped Up Charges
Jun 08, 2025

Abrego Garcia is being brought back to the United States and will face federal charges.

Judge Boasberg grants certification of the CECOT class and order the government to facilitate due process for all those who remain in the Salvadoran prison

The man mistakenly deported to Guatemala by the Department of Homeland Security has been returned to the United states while the government struggles with giving other people due process on the ground in Djibouti.

Kash Patel is forcing FBI agents to take polygraph tests as he fires and demotes others out with no...

Duration: 01:04:36
Zero Business Hours
Jun 01, 2025

The Trump Administration files a motion to dismiss the Abrego Garcia case based on jurisdiction. 

Judge Xinis denies two government motions requesting delays.

The government asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of their own request to do credible fear hearings on the ground in Djibouti for the men unlawfully flown to South Sudan.

Law enforcement continues to struggle under pressure from the White House to increase immigration arrests.

Trump nominates his private attorney turned Deputy Attorney General to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Plus listener questions… Duration: 01:09:13

Crime is Like a Denny's
May 25, 2025

The Supreme Court remanded the Alien Enemies Act case back down to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, and at least one of the judges isn’t happy about it.

Abrego Garcia’s deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.

Tulsi Gabbard’s Chief of Staff ordered intelligence analysts to edit an assessment with the hope of insulating Trump and Gabbard from being attacked for the administration’s claim that Venezuela’s government controls a criminal gang.

A federal ju...

Duration: 01:12:15
SCOTUS PER CURIAM Decision Temporarily Blocking Alien Enemies Act Deportations
May 19, 2025

"The President has invoked the Alien Enemies Act (AEA), Rev. Stat. §4067, 50 U. S. C. §21, to remove Venezuelan nationals who are members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a designated foreign terrorist organization. See Presidential Proclamation No. 10903, 90 Fed. Reg. 13033 (2025). Applicants are two detainees identified as members of TdA and a putative class of similarly situated detainees in the Northern District of Texas. All of the alleged TdA members in the putative class are currently being held in U. S. detention facilities. In the application before the Court, the detainees seek injunctive relief against summary removal under the AEA."

 

T...

Duration: 00:54:45
Ed Martin, WCADAGPA
May 18, 2025

Judge Xinis holds a hearing over whether certain discovery in the Abrego Garcia case is subject to state secrets and deliberative process privilege.

Trump administration lawyers submitted documents under seal to Judge Boasberg they say show the US "does not have constructive custody over" El Salvador CECOT detainees.

Ed Martin reveals that he’s under investigation by the ethics office that handles attorney discipline in Washington, and reveals he’s working with January 6th defendants in his role as the Weaponization Czar

Tulsi Gabbard has fired the intelligence officials that developed the assessment that...

Duration: 01:11:53
Dubious Privilege (feat. Skye Perryman)
May 11, 2025

There are now multiple cases challenging the administration’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation; including a hearing by Judge Boasberg for an amended complaint filed on behalf of all the detainees in El Salvador.

Judge Xinis has had to pause the discovery in the Abrego Garcia case to contemplate the Trump Administration’s invocation of the state secrets and deliberative process privilege.

Justice Department lawyers continue to lose credibility before judges who are upset by their shoddy work.

President Trump pulls the nomination of Ed Martin for Us Attorney in the District of Columbia and...

Duration: 01:01:10
Constructive Custody
May 04, 2025

Discovery in the Abrego Garcia case resumes after Judge Xinis denies the trump administration an additional extension

Ed Martin’s nomination as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia is teetering on the brink after Senator Dick Durbin says that the Senate is not going to move forward with it.

Department of Justice civil rights attorneys leave in droves as the administration guts programs for crime victims

Pam Bondi rescinds Biden-era protections preventing the Justice Department from spying on journalists.

Plus listener questions…

Questions for the pod? 

Que...

Duration: 01:06:01
Misdemeanor Terrorist
Apr 27, 2025

Judge Xinis postpones discovery in the Abrego Garcia after the government files a request to delay under seal.

A conservative three judge panel for the DC Circuit Court of appeals temporarily blocks Judge Boasberg’s opinion that probable cause exists to hold the government in criminal contempt in the Alien Enemies Act case.

The Supreme Court issues a late night order blocking the rendition of hundreds of additional detainees to El Salvador.

A Reagan appointed judge lambasts the Department of Justice for not only failing to provide reasoned analysis for shuttering the VOA, bu...

Duration: 01:07:02
Criminally Contemptible
Apr 20, 2025

Judge Boasberg issues a memorandum opinion that concludes that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt for defying court orders in the Alien Enemies Act case.

The Fourth Circuit denies Trump’s bid to block Judge Xinis’ order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, as she orders two weeks of discovery prior to considering holding the government in contempt.

The ACLU has filed a new habeas petition pursuant to Judge Boasberg’s order for due process for those remaining in El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act proclamation. 

The CIA con...

Duration: 01:02:12
Blindingly Naive and Oblivious (feat. Steve Vladeck)
Apr 13, 2025

The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals being deported under the alien enemies act proclamation are afforded due process, and that the courts can ask the government to facilitate the return of wrongfully deported detainees

The Department of Justice is seeking to drop the charges against the alleged MS-13 leader they held a press conference about arresting.

FBI Director Kash Patel has been quietly removed as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives after he stopped showing up to work.

The Department of Justice lawyer who argued on...

Duration: 01:22:40
Without Prejudice
Apr 06, 2025

Donald Trump once again taps his bench of veteran private attorneys to staff the department of justice by nominating Stanley Woodward as associate attorney general.

Trump’s White House directly fired two line prosecutors in a stunning escalation of the war on the independence of the Department of Justice.

A federal judge in Virginia has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to fire ODNI and CIA employees who recently worked on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

There are generally no confirmation hearings to confirm US Attorneys, but senate democrats have called for a hear...

Duration: 00:57:44
Take it to the High Side
Mar 30, 2025

At least 18 Trump administration officials used an unsecured Signal chat to discuss real-time attacks on Houthi militants in Yemen earlier this month as investigative journalist for the Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg was inadvertently added to the group.

The Department of Justice is drastically changing their policy of prosecuting crimes in the United States prior to deportation.

The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations. This shift could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists.

Alina Ha...

Duration: 01:00:22
“You Serve No Man”
Mar 23, 2025

Kash Patel is pushing ahead with a plan to decentralize the FBI by dividing it into three regions except for the three largest field offices which would report directly to Dan Bongino.

Interim DC US Attorney Ed Martin– an election denier– has announced he has opened a criminal investigation into 2020 election fraud.

American intelligence agencies circulated findings last month that the Tren de Aragua gang is not controlled by the Venezuelan government– a key component of the Trump administration's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act.

Attorney general Pam Bondi wants to intervene on behalf...

Duration: 01:06:33
Gutting Public Integrity
Mar 16, 2025

The Trump Administration is gutting the Justice Department's unit that oversees prosecutions of public officials accused of corruption.
Emil Bove has fired the Chief of the Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Task Force, and Todd Blanche has fired the Justice Department Pardon Attorney.

Judge Beryl Howell has blocked sections of Donald Trump's executive order punishing the Perkins Coie law firm.

The top ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee calls for the Department of Justice Inspector General to open an investigation into Ed Martin, interim US Attorney for the District of Columbia.

...

Duration: 01:02:28
NCIS: DOGE
Mar 09, 2025

US Intelligence shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees.

The head of the FBI New York Field Office James Dennehy has been forced out as the GSA shutters FBI, DOJ and CIA facilities.

The American Bar Association has received a request to open a disciplinary investigation into Emil Bove from Judiciary Committee Democrats.

The Trump Administration goes after the law firm Perkins Coie and Georgetown law.

Plus listener questions.

Questions for the pod? 

Questions from Listeners

Follow AG 
Substack|Mu...

Duration: 00:59:15
Ed Martin Is Doing It Wrong
Mar 02, 2025

U.S. attorney Ed Martin personally submitted a seizure warrant that was rejected by a U.S. magistrate judge in D.C.

Kash Patel ordered FBI officials to relocate 1,500 employees from Washington DC to cities with high crime rates including Minneapolis, Detroit and Cleveland, at a cost of over $100M.

Attorneys for New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge Wednesday for an outright dismissal of his criminal corruption case, citing alleged misconduct by prosecutors.

President Trump said that he would strip security clearances from lawyers at a prominent Washington law...

Duration: 01:02:11
In Re Flynn
Feb 23, 2025

Emil Bove has filed his rule 48(a) motion to dismiss the bribery and fraud charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
The judge in the Adams case held a hearing with Eric Adams, his attorneys, and Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.
As in the case of Mike Flynn, the judge has adjourned Adams’ trial and appointed an amicus curiae to oppose the dismissal of the charges.
The weaponization of the Justice Department is in full swing causing the resignation of the chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C...

Duration: 01:10:55
The Valentine's Day Seven
Feb 16, 2025

Acting US Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the Southern District of New York to dismiss the bribery and fraud charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The office’s refusal to do that precipitated a standoff and ultimately several resignations and firings. 

The Thursday Afternoon Massacre - by Jay Kuo

Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Bondi

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 

https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe...

Duration: 00:58:17
Saint Drizz
Feb 09, 2025

Multiple FBI agents filed a lawsuit against the department of justice to stop them from compiling and releasing lists of agents who worked on January 6th cases.

Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, took a $25,000 payment from a Kremlin- connected filmmaker for his work on an anti-western documentary that aired on Tucker Carlson's online network.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a flurry of memos this week including one that disbands the Foreign Influence Task Force, greatly limiting criminal prosecution and focusing instead on civil enforcement.

Acting director of the FBI Br...

Duration: 01:22:49
Anti-Qualified
Feb 02, 2025

The Department of Justice has moved to drop the appeal of Judge Cannon’s dismissal of the charges against Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira in the classified documents case.

The Trump’s administration has told at least six top FBI officials in charge of cyber security, criminal investigations, and national security to resign or be fired by Monday as Kash Patel sits for his confirmation hearing to head the agency.

Trump’s administration fires DoJ officials who investigated Donald, and has launched a special investigation into January 6th.

Trump has illegally fired nearly...

Duration: 01:02:13
Autocrat Meet Bureaucrat
Jan 26, 2025

Former Trump defense attorney and current Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove has issued orders to US Attorneys to investigate and prosecute local law enforcement officials who fail to enforce the Trump Administration’s deportation policies; career DOJ officials are being reassigned and purged to make way for Trump loyalists; Judge Cannon has issued an order blocking Congress from accessing Volume 2 of Jack Smith’s final report; the new US Attorney in DC begins dropping pending January 6th cases while federal judges push back on Trump’s pardons of January 6th convicts. All of that and more!

Questi...

Duration: 01:03:22
Final Report Volume 1 | Part 5
Jan 22, 2025

Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report.
Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One

 

The co-conspirators:
1 - Rudy Giuliani 

2 - John Eastman 

3 - Sidney Powell

4 - Jeffrey Clark

5 - Kenneth Chesebro

6 - Boris Epshteyn

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America i...

Duration: 00:54:47
Final Report Volume 1 | Part 4
Jan 20, 2025

Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report.
Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One

 

The co-conspirators:
1 - Rudy Giuliani 

2 - John Eastman 

3 - Sidney Powell

4 - Jeffrey Clark

5 - Kenneth Chesebro

6 - Boris Epshteyn

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America i...

Duration: 01:01:08
Episode 111 | History Will Judge
Jan 19, 2025

Jack Smith has resigned; the Justice Department released Volume One of the special counsel’s final report; the fate of Volume Two remains to be seen; plus listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our listeners. Please participate in this brief survey
Listener Survey and Comments

This...

Duration: 01:07:41
Jack Smith’s Final Report Volume 1 | Part 3
Jan 17, 2025

Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report. 
Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One

The co-conspirators:
1 - Rudy Giuliani 

2 - John Eastman 

3 - Sidney Powell

4 - Jeffrey Clark

5 - Kenneth Chesebro

6 - Boris Epshteyn

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age o...

Duration: 00:57:24
Jack Smith’s Final Report Volume 1 | Part 2
Jan 15, 2025

Allison and Andy read the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report. 
Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One


The co-conspirators:
1 - Rudy Giuliani 

2 - John Eastman 

3 - Sidney Powell

4 - Jeffrey Clark

5 - Kenneth Chesebro

6 - Boris Epshteyn

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 
https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social med...

Duration: 01:08:06
Jack Smith’s Final Report Volume 1 | Part 1
Jan 14, 2025

Allison reads the first volume of Jack Smith’s final report. 
Final Report on the Special Counsel's Investigations and Prosecutions Volume One


The co-conspirators:
1 - Rudy Giuliani 

2 - John Eastman 

3 - Sidney Powell

4 - Jeffrey Clark

5 - Kenneth Chesebro

6 - Boris Epshteyn

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Te...

Duration: 00:48:47
Episode 110 | Unforced Error
Jan 12, 2025

Judge Cannon has temporarily blocked the release of Jack Smith’s final report at the request of Nauta and De Oliveira, we’ll see what the 11th Circuit has to say; Donald Trump is now a convicted and sentenced felon in New York; plus listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know mor...

Duration: 01:08:00
Episode 109 | Jack Smith Report Watch
Jan 05, 2025

Jack Smith has handed off what remains of the Mar-a-Lago case to the US Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Florida; what that means to Trump’s co-conspirators and the eventual report; plus listener questions.

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 
https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of...

Duration: 01:05:56
Episode 108 | New Jack City
Dec 29, 2024

A DC Police Officer has been found guilty of leaking information to Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio before the January 6th attack; Jack Smith’s team is lawyering up in preparation for Trump’s promised retribution tour; the House Ethics Report on Matt Gaetz goes public; plus listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to...

Duration: 01:02:17
Episode 107 | Wray Obeys in Advance
Dec 15, 2024

This week; Chris Wray announces that he will resign as FBI Director before Trump would have to fire him; Trump names Harmeet Dillon to head [upend] the Civil Rights Division at DoJ; DoJ OIG releases its January 6th report; as the plus listener questions.

Thanks to GiveWell for sponsoring our show
Go to Givewell.org pick PODCAST and enter Jack at checkout.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Thre...

Duration: 01:08:36
Episode 106 | Check Kiting
Dec 08, 2024

This week; Jack Smith files a second motion to dismiss the coup case in DC to be extra thorough; Fani Willis is ordered to release any communications she had with Jack Smith after Judicial Watch wins a default judgment; in light of Chinese hacking, the FBI urges people to use encrypted communications; Andy has thoughts about Kash Patel; plus listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Prot...

Duration: 01:12:11
Episode 105 | Without Prejudice
Dec 01, 2024

This week; Judge Cutkan dismisses the election interference case against Trump without prejudice; Ken Paxton’s shredder truck lawsuit is dismissed; plus listener questions and new name suggestions.

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 
https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would li...

Duration: 01:05:24
Episode 104 | Paper Shredding Truck
Nov 24, 2024

This week; Texas AG Ken Paxton files a FOIA request for Jack Smith’s files and sued to make sure documents weren’t destroyed…because he saw a “paper shredding truck Matt Gaetz is out; it’s a sad day when Pam Bondi is an upgrade as Trump’s pick for Attorney General; plus listener questions about ongoing civil suits against Trump and more.

https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Jack%20Smith%20FOIA%20Complaint%20Filestamped.pdf

A Sitting President’s Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution | United States Department of Justice

Follow AG  Duration: 00:57:50

Episode 103 | Questions and Answers
Nov 17, 2024

We all have questions about what will happen as Jack Smith winds down the prosecutions of Donald Trump.
Would Trump’s DOJ release a report from Smith?

Could it  have ever gotten to trial?

What happens to future special counsels?
We’re going to answer these questions in this episode and the next episodes until it’s fully wrapped up.

A Sitting President’s Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution | United States Department of Justice

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on s...

Duration: 01:01:14
Episode 102 | The Disposition
Nov 10, 2024

Judge Chutkan grants Jack Smith’s motion to vacate the entire pre-trial schedule in the January 6th.

Rod Rosenstein, former United States Deputy Attorney General and special counsel stunt pilot, weighs in on a future Trump DoJ.   
We also go over plans for the podcast and listener questions.

A Sitting President’s Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution | United States Department of Justice

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 

https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky...

Duration: 01:07:46
Episode 101 | The Ferris Bueller Motion
Nov 03, 2024

This week, we have Trump's response to the 11th Circuit appeal made by Jack Smith to reinstate the Florida case; along with another Trump motion to further delay his response to the immunity brief in DC; Judge Cannon says she will not recuse from the Routh case; and NBC want to televise the immunity arguments (if they happen) in Judge Chutkan’s court.   
Plus listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Th...

Duration: 01:09:03
Episode 100 | Schrödinger's Special Counsel
Oct 27, 2024

This week, Trump is recycling the arguments that got the Mar-a-Lago case thrown out on Judge Chutkan in DC– but in a motion asking for a filing extension; if elected, Trump confirms that he would fire Jack Smith right away; the super PAC funding Trump’s legal bills is spending money faster faster than it’s taking it in; and the government opposes a motion to remove Judge Cannon from hearing the case against Trump’s would-be assassin.   
Plus listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social m...

Duration: 01:03:44
Episode 99 | The Evidence Appendix
Oct 20, 2024

This week, we have a motion from Donald Trump asking to delay the release of the massive four volume evidence appendix from Jack Smith, as well as Judge Chutkan’s succinct denial of Trump’s delay; Smith’s response to Trump’s new motion to dismiss on statutory grounds; Judge Chutkan’s 50 page denial of most of Trump’s motion to compel discovery; and a surprise filing regarding Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida.
Plus listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his...

Duration: 01:12:02
Episode 98 | The First Amendment Argument
Oct 13, 2024

This week, Judge Chutkan rules on Trump’s objection to the whether the immunity brief’s appendix can be public; Judge Chutkan also rules on Trump’s request for more time to respond; and Trump filed a supplemental motion to dismiss.
Plus listener questions.

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 

https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat...

Duration: 01:02:52
Reading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 5
Oct 10, 2024

Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.

Part 5

Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.
Who's Who in Jack Smith's Immunity Brief
https://www.justsecurity.org/103533/whos-who-jack-smith-immunity-brief/

 

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to kn...

Duration: 00:45:23
Reading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 4
Oct 10, 2024

Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.

Part 4

Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.

Who's Who in Jack Smith's Immunity Brief

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our listeners. Please part...

Duration: 01:03:38
Reading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 3
Oct 09, 2024

Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.

Part 3

Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.

Who's Who in Jack Smith's Immunity Brief

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our listeners. Please part...

Duration: 01:09:30
Reading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 2
Oct 08, 2024

Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.
This is episode 2 of 3 –
The Michigan Pressure Campaign

Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.
Who's Who in Jack Smith's Immunity Brief

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know m...

Duration: 01:05:33
Reading the Annotated Immunity Brief | Part 1
Oct 07, 2024

Sit back and enjoy smooth legal writing of Jack Smith as read by Allison Gill.

Part 1

Thank you to Adam Klasfeld for filling in the redacted names.
Who's Who in Jack Smith's Immunity Brief

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our listeners. Please participate in t...

Duration: 00:53:58
Episode 97 | The Immunity Brief
Oct 06, 2024

This week, Judge Chutkan unsealed Jack Smith’s immunity brief with its limited redactions over Donald Trump’s objections. 
Plus, listener questions. 

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 

https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about o...

Duration: 01:07:01
Episode 96 | Leave to File
Sep 29, 2024

This week, Judge Chutkan approves Jack Smith’s request to exceed the page limit with his immunity brief over Trump’s objection; Trump’s earlier win on what doesn’t have to be filed under seal may come back to bite him.

Plus, listener questions. 

Questions for the pod 
Submit questions for the pod here 

https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat...

Duration: 00:59:32
Episode 95 | Roberts Goes Maximalist (feat. Dahlia Lithwick)
Sep 22, 2024

This week, new reporting from Propublica shows Judge Aileen Cannon’s failure to disclose gifts and trips; Donald Trump files his omnibus reply in support of additional discovery in the DC case; and Dahlia Lithwick joins to discuss the latest revelations about SCOTUS.
Plus, listener questions. 

Questions for the pod 
Submit questions for the pod here 

https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

 

https://secure.kamalaharris.com/a/skatjbkajfbsvsngl

 

Follow Dahlia Lithwick
https://twitter.com/Dahlialithwick

Get Lady Justice by Dahlia Lithwick

https...

Duration: 01:13:15
Episode 94 | Remove Judge Cannon
Sep 15, 2024

This week, we’re still 11 days from the deadline for Special Counsel to file their immunity brief in DC. Let's take a look at the two amici briefs to the 11th Circuit requesting that Judge Cannon be removed from the Mar-a-Lago case.
Then we’ll take a quick look at why claims that the 2020 election cases “were all thrown out on standing” is a lazy lie from Trump and his allies.
Plus, listener questions. 
 

CREW Amicus
https://www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/25-1-2024-09-03-Attachment-1.pdf
 

Seligman Amicus
https...

Duration: 01:01:33
Episode 93 | Chutkan’s Orders
Sep 08, 2024

This week, the Special Counsel’s office and Donald Trump's lawyers filed their joint status report with Judge Chutkan in the DC case outlining how they think the rest of this proceeding should go; Judge Chutkan ruled on the schedule; Jim Jordan sent  a letter to Merrick Garland saying that the superseding indictment violates DOJ policy; and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson comments publicly about the SCOTUS immunity ruling.

Plus, listener questions. 

 

Questions about Jim Jordan's letter to DoJ
(202) 225-6906 – Ask for Jim

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky...

Duration: 01:07:41
Episode 92 | Superseding Indictment
Sep 01, 2024

This week, Jack Smith hits Trump with 4 superseding indictments in DC to meet the Supreme Court’s rules of presidential immunity.

Jack has also filed his brief in the 11th Circuit appealing Judge Cannon’s dismissal.

Plus, a listener question.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about ou...

Duration: 01:11:01
Episode 91 | The Hamilton Live (feat. Glenn Kirschner, Pete Strzok, Brian Greer, Dana Goldberg, and Andy McCabe)
Aug 25, 2024

This week we are sharing the discussion part of our MSW Media live show in D.C. at The Hamilton Live. Big shoutout to the crew at the venue! They are all top notch and we can’t wait to go back!

We’ll be back with a regular episode next week to discuss Jack Smith’s filings that are coming due soon!

Follow our guests

Glen Kirschner - glennkirschner.com/

Pete Strzok - twitter.com/petestrzok

Dana Goldberg - twitter.com/dgcomedy

Follow AG 
Substac...

Duration: 01:04:03
Episode 90 | Intrusion Upon Seclusion
Aug 18, 2024

This week: Donald Trump filed a $100M dollar [frivolous] lawsuit against the Department of Justice over their execution of the search warrant at Mar-a-Lago; there’s a strong argument that Jan 6 plea deals will withstand the recent SCOTUS ruling on 1512c2.

Plus we take some listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would...

Duration: 01:04:44
Episode 89 | Back to the Docket
Aug 11, 2024

Judge Chutkan is back to moving things along as swiftly as possible by ordering a status conference, denying Trump’s motions to dismiss.
Jack Smith asked for a little more time to brief the court on how the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity will affect the indictment and future proceedings.

What would it take for the FBI to investigate Supreme Court Justices?

Plus we take some listener questions.

 

Questions for the pod 

Submit questions for the pod here 

https://formfacade.com/sm/PTk_BSogJ

Mar...

Duration: 00:59:34
Episode 88 | Restart Your Engines
Aug 04, 2024

Jack Smith has not requested an expedited briefing schedule in the appeal to the 11th Circuit to reverse Cannon’s dismissal.
Cameras caught Chesebro doing his dirty work to perpetuate the Jan 6 scheme.
Judge Chutkin has her case back!
We shed some light on Trump’s Project 2025 plan for DoJ.
Plus we take some listener questions.

 

Joan Biskupic
The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court | CNN Politics

Ali Velshi
Project 2025's plan for Donald Trump's Justice Department

Democra...

Duration: 01:03:24
Episode 87 | Appeal Primer
Jul 28, 2024

This week we go over what Jack Smith’s appeal to the 11th Circuit will look like and why Judge Cannon will likely be overturned.
Donald Trump threatens to sue DoJ for violating his Constitutional rights. 

Plus we take some listener questions.

 

Professor Lederman
United States v. Nixon at Fifty: Why Judge Cannon Is Wrong About the Attorney General’s Authority to Select a Special Counsel

 

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy hi...

Duration: 01:02:33
Episode 86 | Move to Expedite
Jul 21, 2024

This week Jack Smith filed notice that DoJ will be appealing to the 11th Circuit Judge Cannon’s dismissal of the Mar-a-Lago indictment.
We expect that he will request that the appeal is heard on an expedited basis.

The sentences of many January 6 rioters who had a charge of obstructing an official proceeding are being revised due to the recent SCOTUS decision narrowing the scope of the charge.

Plus we take several listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media...

Duration: 01:05:30
Episode 85.5 | Cannon Dismisses the Case
Jul 16, 2024

She did it! Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the Mar-a-Lago case. She bought Justice Clarence Thomas’s drive-by concurrence in the immunity ruling saying Jack Smith was appointed unconstitutionally.

Jack Smith has requested permission from Merrick Garland to appeal Cannon’s ruling.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We would like to know more about our list...

Duration: 00:59:42
Episode 85 | Prepare to be Underwhelmed (feat. Hugo Lowell)
Jul 14, 2024

The immunity question will be in Judge Chutkin’s court very soon. It’s unlikely that we’ll get a public hearing to decide what evidence is admissible.

In Florida, Judge Cannon denied  de Oliviera’s motion to dismiss based on selective and vindictive prosecution.
Plus, listener questions and more!

Hugo Lowell
https://twitter.com/hugolowell

 

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Pr...

Duration: 01:10:50
Bonus | Immunity, They Wrote (Allison on Sunday Extra)
Jul 09, 2024

Allison was a guest on ABC Radio National | Sunday Extra to discuss the immunity ruling

Check out more from Australia!

Sunday Extra presents a mix of national and international affairs, analysis and investigation with Julian Morrow

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sundayextra

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

We w...

Duration: 00:14:56
Episode 84 | Presidents Become Kings (feat. Steve Vladeck)
Jul 07, 2024

Steve Vladeck joins Allison and Andy to discuss the immunity ruling from SCOTUS. The Roberts Court showed that it is more beholden to ideology than the Constitution.
What’s next for the Trump prosecutions? 
What’s next for the country?

 

Steve Vladeck
https://twitter.com/steve_vladeck

https://stevevladeck.substack.com/

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in...

Duration: 01:08:11
Episode 83 | Side Quests in Mar-a-Lago
Jun 30, 2024

Judge Cannon is off on several side quests. Including hearings on alleged violations of Trump’s 4th Amendment rights; the funding of the Special Counsel; Evan Corcoran’s notes.
She’s also called for briefings on Trump’s motion to dismiss based on spoliation of evidence.
We have updates to Jack Smith’s motion to modify Trump’s bail conditions and information about a previously unknown trip Trump took from Bedminster to Mar-a-Lago before the search to check on his boxes.

The Supreme Court handed down its ruling on the Fischer case. How does their interpretati...

Duration: 01:06:17
Episode 82 | Against Her Better Judges
Jun 23, 2024

It has come to light that two “more experienced” judges urged Cannon to recuse herself from the Mar-a-Lago documents case. One of them was Chief Judge Altonaga. Nevertheless, Cannon stayed on the case and has turned it into a complete mess.

America First Legal– a Stephen Miller joint– has been allowed to participate as amici.

We are still waiting on SCOTUS to drop their Presidential Immunity opinion so the DC case can proceed.

Plus, listener questions.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social...

Duration: 01:08:53
Episode 81 | Anatomy of an Indictment
Jun 16, 2024

Judge Cannon struck a paragraph from Trump’s indictment and denied denied Trump’s motion to dismiss on insufficient pleading grounds. She may have made a significant legal error in one of her rulings. 

Trump filed a new motion to dismiss claiming spoliation of evidence.

All this and more!

Plus, a listener questions and more.

Follow AG 
Substack|Muellershewrote

BlueSky|@muellershewrote

Andrew McCabe isn’t on social media, but you can buy his book 

The Threat

The Threat: How the FBI Protects...

Duration: 01:02:43
Jack | Episode 80 | Cannonagans
Jun 09, 2024

Again, Judge Cannon has rearranged the pre-trial schedule AND is allowing oral arguments from non-parties in a hearing about whether Jack Smith was appointed and funded appropriately. This is the same sort of motion to dismiss that Judge Chutkin dismissed in a matter of days.

We have an update on Jay Bratt’s motion to modify bail conditions that he refiled since our last episode.

Walt Nauta’s attorney cops to missing filing deadlines.

Federal law enforcement is still investigating the Michigan fraudulent electors scheme.

Plus, a listener question and more.

<...

Duration: 01:05:41
Episode 79 | Thought Police
Jun 02, 2024

Judge Aileen Cannon has denied DoJ’s motion to modify Trump's bail conditions. The Smith team filed the motion without conferring with Trump, but not on an emergency basis. She also denied Trump’s request for sanctions.  Jack’s team has refiled their motion after conferring with Trump’s lawyers.

Cannon calls for briefs in an upcoming hearing to determine whether the appointment of Jack Smith is lawful.

Andy and Allison also detail why this case was brought in Florida and not D.C.

Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts in New York...

Duration: 01:12:12