POPULARITY
Categories
4,845 episodes with justice department
716 episodes with justice department
299 episodes with justice department
126 episodes with justice department
109 episodes with justice department
140 episodes with justice department
111 episodes with justice department
125 episodes with justice department
190 episodes with justice department
71 episodes with justice department
76 episodes with justice department
151 episodes with justice department
49 episodes with justice department
101 episodes with justice department
56 episodes with justice department
46 episodes with justice department
110 episodes with justice department
60 episodes with justice department
42 episodes with justice department
37 episodes with justice department
93 episodes with justice department
145 episodes with justice department
61 episodes with justice department
55 episodes with justice department
45 episodes with justice department
64 episodes with justice department
76 episodes with justice department
46 episodes with justice department
49 episodes with justice department
42 episodes with justice department
37 episodes with justice department
41 episodes with justice department
51 episodes with justice department
48 episodes with justice department
41 episodes with justice department
43 episodes with justice department
42 episodes with justice department
81 episodes with justice department
74 episodes with justice department
29 episodes with justice department
54 episodes with justice department
41 episodes with justice department
30 episodes with justice department
40 episodes with justice department
54 episodes with justice department
67 episodes with justice department
74 episodes with justice department
66 episodes with justice department
25 episodes with justice department
33 episodes with justice department
28 episodes with justice department
19 episodes with justice department
26 episodes with justice department
48 episodes with justice department
A cybersecurity breach exposed files connected to the FBI's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein after a hacker gained unauthorized access to a server at the FBI's New York Field Office in February 2023. The intrusion occurred at the bureau's Child Exploitation Forensic Lab when a server used to handle digital evidence was accidentally left vulnerable by an FBI special agent navigating internal procedures for managing forensic data. According to information reviewed from Justice Department documents and sources familiar with the incident, the hacker was able to access files tied to the Epstein investigation. The breach reportedly came to light after the intruder left a message on the compromised system, alerting investigators that someone had accessed the server. The FBI later described the event as an isolated cyber incident, saying access was quickly cut off and the affected network secured while an internal investigation continued.The identity and nationality of the hacker remain unknown, though officials believe the breach was likely carried out by an independent cybercriminal rather than a foreign government intelligence service. Sources familiar with the incident said the hacker appeared unaware that the system belonged to a law enforcement agency and reportedly reacted with disgust after encountering child exploitation evidence on the device. The intruder allegedly left a note threatening to report the material to authorities before the FBI eventually secured the system. While it remains unclear exactly which Epstein-related files were accessed or whether any data was downloaded, the incident highlights the potential intelligence value of the Epstein case files, which contain sensitive information about the financier's activities and connections.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein files compromised by foreign hacker who breached FBI – Reuters | Cybernews
A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors and relatives of the late Virginia Giuffre met privately with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and urged him to pursue allegations contained in the Justice Department's own Epstein files. The group challenged acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's position that investigators had exhausted all meaningful leads, presenting Comer with specific documents they believe point toward further avenues of inquiry. Among the materials were an email containing a list of men associated with Epstein and Giuffre's 2015 testimony to investigators, which the survivors said could help Congress identify allegations involving powerful individuals that deserve renewed scrutiny.The meeting was intended to give Comer's investigation greater direction by moving beyond the broad release of millions of pages and concentrating on particular names, allegations and unresolved questions within the records. The survivors' message was that the government cannot credibly declare the matter finished while potentially significant claims remain unexamined and while Epstein's victims continue to identify information they believe warrants investigation. Their appeal places additional pressure on Comer to use congressional subpoenas, interviews and public hearings to determine whether the Justice Department overlooked—or deliberately declined to pursue—evidence concerning other people within Epstein's network.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein survivors push Comer to investigate potential leads from DOJ's files in private meeting | CNN Politics
Donald Trump's complete and utter humiliation is on full display, from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, to the Middle East, and beyond. Glenn discusses Donald Trump's name being removed from the facade of the Kennedy Center and his proposed memorandum of understanding with Iran and other countries in the Middle East.Find Glenn onSubstack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
President Trump attends the G7 as the world waits to see the Iran agreement. Eight crew members have been killed in a B-52 Bomber crash at Edwards Air Force base. Millions of people are under flood watches across the Gulf Coast. A sources tells CNN that the Justice Department is conducting a tax probe that includes CA Governor Newsom's wife. Plus, one fan bikes 1,200 miles to watch Japan play in the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in France praises the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) as a document that normalizes relations between the U.S. and Iran after months of warfare, indicates the text could be made public before the formal signing in Switzerland on Friday, and says he could send it to Congress for review; Senate votes for a 9th time on an Iran War Powers resolution offered by Democrats to force the president to withdraw U.S. forces. It fails 47-48; President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and downplays the U.S. role in Ukraine's war with Russia, saying the U.S. has 'nothing to do' with a war that is 'thousands of miles away' and 'It has no impact on us, other than we sell weapons'; Vice President JD Vance is asked about the FBI saying it stopped a terror attack on the UFC fight event on the White House South Lawn; Federal prosecutors in Minnesota charge 15 people with conspiracy to impede or injure federal officers and related crimes that 'violently oppose immigration law enforcement'; Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing for the nominee for Deputy Director of the White House Budget Office, Hal Duncan; former Vice President Kamala Harris talks about the Trump Administration's alleged weaponization of the Justice Department; Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) announces a deal to sell marijuana legally in the commonwealth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Glenn was in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, and he watched Judge Leonie Brinkema deliver a judicial spanking of Attorney General Todd Blanche and of Donald Trump's $1.8 billion so-called "weaponization fund", which is really an insurrection fund or - more directly - a cop-beaters fund. Glenn reviews how the court hearing unfolded.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Justice Department's pursuit of Prince Andrew over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein became a prolonged game of cat and mouse in which demands for cooperation were followed by denials, competing public statements and virtually no visible resolution. After Andrew declared in his disastrous 2019 BBC interview that he was willing to assist law enforcement, federal prosecutors said they repeatedly contacted his attorneys seeking an interview about Epstein's sex-trafficking operation. In January 2020, then–U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman publicly stated that Andrew had provided “zero cooperation,” directly contradicting the prince's claims of openness. Andrew's lawyers responded that he had offered to speak with investigators several times and accused the Justice Department of misleading the public, while also emphasizing that prosecutors had supposedly described him as a witness rather than a criminal target. The DOJ then escalated the dispute, saying Andrew had repeatedly declined an interview and had attempted to create the false impression that he was eager to help.The result was years of public maneuvering without the decisive confrontation that the seriousness of the allegations appeared to demand. Prosecutors reportedly explored formal legal channels to obtain Andrew's testimony through British authorities, but he was never compelled to sit for the kind of comprehensive interview American investigators said they wanted. Andrew remained protected by geography, royal status, expensive attorneys and the practical complications of forcing a senior British royal to cooperate with a foreign investigation. Meanwhile, each side could blame the other: Andrew maintained that he had offered assistance under appropriate conditions, while the DOJ insisted those offers never amounted to genuine cooperation. That pattern allowed Andrew to avoid a full public accounting while permitting the Justice Department to claim it had pursued him, creating the appearance of pressure without producing meaningful answers about what he knew, what he witnessed or why he remained so closely connected to Epstein after Epstein's conviction.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
A group of Jeffrey Epstein survivors and relatives of the late Virginia Giuffre met privately with House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and urged him to pursue allegations contained in the Justice Department's own Epstein files. The group challenged acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's position that investigators had exhausted all meaningful leads, presenting Comer with specific documents they believe point toward further avenues of inquiry. Among the materials were an email containing a list of men associated with Epstein and Giuffre's 2015 testimony to investigators, which the survivors said could help Congress identify allegations involving powerful individuals that deserve renewed scrutiny.The meeting was intended to give Comer's investigation greater direction by moving beyond the broad release of millions of pages and concentrating on particular names, allegations and unresolved questions within the records. The survivors' message was that the government cannot credibly declare the matter finished while potentially significant claims remain unexamined and while Epstein's victims continue to identify information they believe warrants investigation. Their appeal places additional pressure on Comer to use congressional subpoenas, interviews and public hearings to determine whether the Justice Department overlooked—or deliberately declined to pursue—evidence concerning other people within Epstein's network.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein survivors push Comer to investigate potential leads from DOJ's files in private meeting | CNN PoliticsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
After Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 on five federal counts tied to Jeffrey Epstein's sexual-abuse operation, attention immediately shifted to sentencing, the survivors, and the unanswered question of who else had participated in or enabled the scheme. In June 2022, Judge Alison Nathan sentenced Maxwell to 20 years in federal prison, describing her conduct as calculated and emphasizing that she had helped identify, groom and normalize the abuse of underage girls. Several survivors addressed the court, portraying Maxwell not as a passive companion to Epstein but as an active manipulator who helped make vulnerable girls feel safe before their exploitation. The conviction provided a rare measure of accountability, but it did not produce the broader reckoning many expected: no sweeping prosecution of additional alleged facilitators followed, and many records connected to Epstein's network remained sealed, redacted or fiercely contested.Maxwell then began a prolonged campaign to overturn the verdict, arguing that Epstein's Florida non-prosecution agreement protected her, that juror misconduct had compromised the trial and that procedural errors required a new one. The Second Circuit upheld her conviction in September 2024, and the Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal on October 6, 2025, leaving the conviction and sentence intact. Her case nevertheless remained politically explosive: she was transferred in August 2025 to a minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, after meeting privately with senior Justice Department officials, prompting accusations that she was receiving preferential treatment. She later invoked the Fifth Amendment before Congress while indicating that she might provide information in exchange for clemency, reinforcing the sense that—even after her conviction—the full story of Epstein's operation, its enablers and the institutional failures surrounding it had still not been publicly resolved.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
California Governor Newsom says his family's being investigated by the Justice Department, the U.S. and Iran move towards ending the months-long war, and lawmakers demand answers about an FBI raid on an Ohio voter registration group.
H.W. Brands explains how, in May 1941, Roosevelt declared an "unlimited national emergency," putting American industry and the public mind on a wartime footing. This move escalated the "moral war" against Germany and effectively criminalized dissent, as Roosevelt began labeling his critics "copperheads" and "fifth columnists"—terms implying disloyalty or treason. Lindbergh felt this was a dangerous overreach, noting that his father had been hounded by the Justice Department for similar dissent during World War I. The administration intensified its pressure, with the FBItapping America First Committee phones and British agents attempting to sabotage their gatherings. Roosevelt even misrepresented the Greer incident, claiming a German submarine had fired unprovoked on an American ship, when in fact the Greer was actively hunting the submarine. On September 11, 1941, during a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, a desperate Lindbergh made a fatal rhetorical error. He identified three groups pushing for war: the British, the Rooseveltadministration, and Jewish Americans. Although he stated their sympathies were understandable, his mention of "American Jews" allowed his enemies to brand him an anti-Semite and a "Nazi stooge." Even supporters like Herbert Hoover told him that while his words might be true, he was "wrong to say it" because he had moved himself politically out of bounds. (7)1940
The low-budget horror film ‘Backrooms' is the surprise hit of the summer so far, netting more than $200 million globally in its leap from YouTube to the big screen. But among the film's producers is a Hollywood heavyweight: Peter Chernin. As the former president and COO of News Corp. and chairman and CEO of the Fox Group, Peter greenlit huge hits like “Titanic” and “Avatar,” before moving on to found both North Road and The Chernin Group. Kara and Peter talk about why “Backrooms” appealed to young audiences, how Hollywood has played it too safe over the last decade, and what it needs to do to get back to making the kinds of movies people want to see. They also talk about how AI could impact the movie-making business and why he's not opposed to Paramount's merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. A note to listeners: This episode was recorded before the Justice Department approved Paramount's acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery late Friday. Questions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Bluesky @onwithkaraswisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
House Democrats are demanding answers from the Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons over Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer from FCI Tallahassee to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan after her closed-door interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrats argue the move raises serious questions because Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation, and sex offenders are generally not expected to receive this kind of lower-security placement. They are asking DOJ and BOP officials to explain who approved the transfer, what policies were applied or bypassed, and whether Maxwell received treatment unavailable to ordinary prisoners.The demand is part of a broader suspicion that Maxwell may have been given unusually favorable treatment after speaking with Blanche, especially as Congress was seeking her testimony and as Epstein survivors continue pushing for transparency. Democrats have also requested records and communications tied to the transfer, along with any transcript or recording of Maxwell's DOJ interview, arguing that the timing creates the appearance of a possible political accommodation or effort to influence her cooperation. DOJ has acknowledged receiving the inquiry but has not publicly provided the full explanation Democrats are seeking.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Democrats demand answers over DOJ's prison policy change tied to Ghislaine Maxwell
So did you ever wonder what it would be like to wake up one day and be on an enemies' list? And not just any old enemies list, an enemies' list of the President of the United States of America. And what if that list was published on the official White House website. At taxpayers' expense.That is what just happened to my friend and partner in our Legal Breakdown series, Brian Tyler Cohen. But if you know anything about Brian, then you probably already know how he reacted and responded to the news: by continuing to speak truth directly to power.But don't take it from me. Here it is from Brian himself, in his own words. Because standing up to an aspiring dictator, like justice . . . matters!Pre-order Brian's new book, "The Day After": https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/t...Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Florida failed Epstein's survivors at nearly every level. Palm Beach police built a serious case showing that Epstein had sexually abused numerous underage girls, yet state prosecutors reduced the matter to charges that treated his conduct more like ordinary prostitution than an organized pattern of child exploitation. Federal prosecutors then negotiated an extraordinarily lenient non-prosecution agreement behind closed doors, ending the broader investigation, protecting potential co-conspirators and keeping the survivors uninformed while Epstein's lawyers shaped the outcome. He ultimately served roughly 13 months under unusually generous work-release conditions, allowing him to leave jail for long stretches while the women and girls he abused were denied a meaningful voice in the process. The Justice Department later concluded that then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta exercised “poor judgment,” but that finding offered little accountability for a deal that denied survivors the justice they had every reason to expect.New York's failure came later, after Epstein's 2008 conviction had already made the danger unmistakable. He returned to Manhattan, remained surrounded by wealth and influence, maintained access to young women and continued moving through elite social and financial circles with remarkably little interference. New York authorities allowed him to register as a lower-level sex offender until a judge ordered the highest-risk classification, while major institutions continued doing business with him despite obvious warning signs. Although federal prosecutors in Manhattan finally arrested him in 2019, that action came only after years of additional alleged abuse, and his death in federal custody eliminated the possibility of a public trial that could have exposed the full operation and forced other participants to answer questions. Florida gave Epstein the deal that preserved his freedom; New York gave him the time, access and institutional tolerance to continue operating, leaving survivors to carry the consequences of failures committed by both states.to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
Jeffrey Epstein's legal team, led by Jay Lefkowitz, attempted to exert influence over how victims would be represented during the federal investigation in Florida. They pushed for a structure where they could help vet or shape the selection of an independent attorney meant to advocate for the victims—while also proposing that Epstein himself would fund that representation. At the same time, they sought to limit the authority of that attorney, creating a situation where the defense would have indirect control over the very mechanism designed to represent those accusing him. The approach reflects a calculated effort to manage both sides of the legal equation, not just defend against the allegations.When prosecutors refused to go along with these conditions, Epstein's attorneys escalated the matter, signaling they were prepared to take their objections up the chain within the Justice Department. The move highlights how aggressively the defense sought to dictate the terms of the process itself, pushing beyond traditional legal strategy into shaping the framework of victim representation. Taken together, the episode underscores the extent to which Epstein's team worked to control the environment surrounding the case, raising serious concerns about how independent and protected victim advocacy truly was during that phase of the investigation.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein's Lawyer Sought to Vet, Influence Victims' AttorneysBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
AP's Lisa Dwyer reports that Governor Newsom is responding to investigations into those around him.
The story of Donald Trump's court battles over the past few days has felt less like a legal calendar and more like a rolling constitutional stress test, and listeners, you and I are watching it in real time. In New York, the hush money criminal case continues to cast a long shadow. After the jury's guilty verdict on dozens of felony counts related to falsifying business records, the focus lately has shifted from what happened at trial to what comes next: sentencing and appeals. Reporters from the New York Times and CNN have described Trump's legal team rushing to frame the conviction as legally flawed and politically motivated, laying the groundwork for an appeal that could stretch well into the presidential campaign season. At the same time, court watchers like those on Court TV have emphasized how unusual it is to see a former president, and active candidate, facing potential probation or even a custodial sentence from a New York judge. Down in Florida, in the federal classified documents case, the action over the past several days has largely been on paper, but the stakes are enormous. According to coverage from the Washington Post and Politico, Judge Aileen Cannon has been wrestling with a blizzard of motions: Trump's lawyers pushing to dismiss the indictment, to limit what prosecutors can show a jury under the Classified Information Procedures Act, and to delay any trial date deeper into the election cycle. Prosecutors tied to Special Counsel Jack Smith, as reported by NBC News, have pushed back hard, arguing that no citizen, even a former president, can store national defense documents at a private club and then refuse to give them back. The judge's most recent hearings, summarized by legal analysts at Lawfare and Just Security, suggest a cautious, methodical pace, one that has critics accusing the court of slow‑walking the case and supporters saying it is simply giving the defense the process any defendant would get. In Washington, D.C., the federal election interference case is mostly frozen while the Supreme Court weighs in on Donald Trump's sweeping claim of presidential immunity. SCOTUSblog and Oyez have detailed how Trump's attorneys argued that many of the acts underlying the indictment, from pressuring officials to challenging the vote count, were “official acts” insulated from prosecution. Justice Department lawyers responded that immunity has never covered a president's attempt to overturn an election. Over the past week, commentators on MSNBC and Fox News alike have focused on one thing: the clock. Every day the Supreme Court takes to finalize its opinion is another day the D.C. trial cannot realistically start, and many analysts now say it is increasingly unlikely that listeners will see a full trial there before the next Election Day. Back in Georgia, in Fulton County, the state racketeering case over efforts to overturn the 2020 result has been dominated by fights over District Attorney Fani Willis. According to the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, recent hearings have revisited questions about her past relationship with a special prosecutor and whether that creates a conflict of interest strong enough to derail the case. Trump's lawyers have used those allegations to call the entire prosecution tainted, while Georgia legal experts quoted by the Associated Press point out that even if Willis were removed, the charges themselves would not automatically disappear. But the practical effect is delay; jury selection that once seemed imminent now looks distant. Put together, these last few days in Trump's legal world have been about timing, positioning, and perception rather than dramatic witness testimony. Appeals are being prepared in New York. Motions are grinding forward in Florida. The Supreme Court's looming immunity decision hovers over Washington. And procedural battles in Georgia test how far a state court can go in holding a former president to account. Listeners, however you feel about Donald Trump, the court system is quietly answering a question it has never quite faced before: how to treat a man who is simultaneously a criminal defendant, a former president, and a leading candidate for the White House. That tension is why every small filing, every scheduling order, every judicial comment has been dissected so intensely over the last few days by outlets from Reuters to CBS News. Thank you for tuning in. Come back next week for more. This has been a Quiet Please production, and for more, check out Quiet Please dot A I. Some great Deals https://amzn.to/49SJ3Qs For more check out http://www.quietplease.ai
This Day in Legal History: Magna Carta Sealed at RunnymedeOn this day in 1215, in a meadow at Runnymede on the south bank of the Thames, King John of England affixed his seal to a document the rebellious English barons had drafted, in which the king conceded a series of limits on his own royal authority. We call it Magna Carta — the Great Charter. The immediate political context was a baronial revolt against John's tax exactions for his disastrous French wars, and most of the sixty-three chapters as drafted in 1215 are concerned with the highly specific grievances of a feudal aristocracy: scutage, wardship, the inheritance fees of widows, the freedom of the church, the standardization of weights and measures in the king's markets. The two chapters that the centuries have remembered are 39 and 40. Chapter 39 says that no free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land. Chapter 40 says that to no one will the king sell, deny, or delay right or justice. The Charter was annulled by Pope Innocent III within ten weeks of sealing — the pope held that John, as a vassal of the Holy See, could not be bound by a treaty extracted under duress — and the country immediately collapsed into the First Barons' War. But John died in October 1216, his nine-year-old son Henry III's regents reissued the Charter as a tactical concession the next month, it was reissued again in 1217 and 1225, and by the late thirteenth century the 1225 version had been confirmed by successive kings as a foundational statute of the realm. Edward Coke, writing in the seventeenth century, transformed Chapter 39's “law of the land” into the doctrine of due process, and the founding generation of the American Republic picked up Coke's reading and wrote it directly into the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. The phrase “due process of law” in those amendments is the most consequential American inheritance from the Runnymede document. The principle the barons were trying to extract from a beleaguered king — that the law constrains the sovereign too — is the substrate on which everything we recognize as constitutionalism is built. Eight hundred and eleven years on, the principle is still the work.The Rhode Island travel-ban lawsuit we covered on June 8 took a sharp turn on Friday. Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr., of the District of Rhode Island held a status conference in Dorcas International Institute v. USCIS at which he was openly frustrated with the Justice Department for failing to immediately implement his June 5 vacatur of the four USCIS benefit-freeze policies for nationals of the thirty-nine travel-ban countries. The judge's message, in plain terms, was that vacatur under the Administrative Procedure Act is self-executing — the moment the order was entered, the policies ceased to exist, and the agency was obligated to resume processing affirmative benefits, asylum claims, and adjudicator-instruction reviews on the prior pre-freeze basis. The Trump administration, after the hearing, told the court it would comply, restart adjudications, and clear the backlog. It also did what defendants typically do when they have lost on the merits and lost again on compliance: it filed a notice of appeal with the First Circuit and asked the appellate court to stay the vacatur pending appeal. That is the live question now. The First Circuit's stay analysis runs through the standard Nken v. Holder factors — likelihood of success on the merits, irreparable harm, the balance of equities, and the public interest — and the administration's strongest argument on each is going to be familiar: the executive needs administrative breathing room to implement a travel ban, mass restoration of adjudications creates national-security risk, the harm to applicants is reversible if their adjudications are paused for a few more weeks. The plaintiffs' strongest counterarguments are also familiar: the policies were unlawful when adopted and the agency had no business adopting them, the harm to applicants from continued delay is concrete and accruing daily, and the First Circuit is not in the business of staying vacaturs of unlawful agency action in order to let the agency continue acting unlawfully. Watch the First Circuit's calendar this week. The stay motion is the next inflection point.Trump officials agree to resume asylum processing after being scolded by judge | The Washington PostGoogle filed suit on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against a China-based cybercrime network it calls the “Outsider Enterprise,” alleging that the network's members used Google's Gemini large-language model to generate the code, copy, and templates for a phishing-as-a-service platform that has built more than nine thousand fraudulent websites and sent two and a half million scam text messages in the two weeks ending June 1 alone. The complaint is significant for two reasons. First, it is, to Google's knowledge, the first time the company has affirmatively sued threat actors for using its own generative-AI product as the input to a scaled criminal operation, as distinct from the more usual posture of suing scammers who impersonate Google brands. The legal theories are a mix of Lanham Act false-designation-of-origin and trademark-infringement counts, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act counts based on Outsider's unauthorized access to Google services, breach-of-contract counts on the Gemini terms of service, and a RICO count. Second, the factual record will be a road map for the next decade of AI-misuse litigation. The complaint describes Telegram channels in which Outsider members trade prompts that get Gemini to write phishing code, a library of two hundred and ninety prebuilt templates impersonating brands ranging from the U.S. Postal Service to state DMVs to E-ZPass, and an FBI estimate that the broader campaign Outsider participates in has stolen roughly 3.87 million card numbers and caused $1.9 billion in losses since July 2023. The remedy Google is seeking is a permanent injunction shutting the operation down, plus domain seizures and account terminations across Google's services and at major U.S. carriers, which Google says it has been coordinating with the FBI, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The deeper legal question the case may end up clarifying is whether and to what extent platforms can use private civil suits as the front-line enforcement mechanism against AI-augmented criminal activity that the public criminal-justice system has had trouble keeping up with.Google sues Chinese cybercrime ring that weaponized Gemini AI for phishing scams | TechCrunchA federal district judge in Washington on Friday issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from continuing to implement Executive Order 14253, the order under which the National Park Service had been scrubbing exhibits, signage, and online materials at sites administered by the Department of the Interior. The judge gave the administration three weeks to restore the materials it had already removed. The order at issue, signed in March, directed federal cultural agencies to identify and remove content that, in the executive's view, reflected “improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology” or “partisan” framing. In the months that followed, the National Park Service had taken down or altered displays addressing slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, the internment of Japanese Americans during the Second World War, climate change, and the histories of Native American dispossession at sites including the Stonewall National Monument, Independence Hall, and the Manzanar National Historic Site. The case is American Historical Association v. Department of the Interior, brought by historians' professional associations and a coalition of plaintiffs that includes affected park employees and visitor-experience contractors. The legal theory pleaded was multi-strand: First Amendment viewpoint discrimination as applied to government speech that has taken on a public-forum character, Administrative Procedure Act challenges on the ground that the agency failed to provide a reasoned basis for the removals and failed to consider statutory commands under the Organic Act of 1916, and a Federal Records Act challenge to the destruction of materials that constituted federal records. The judge held that the plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the First Amendment claim and the APA claim, found irreparable harm in the ongoing loss of public access to the underlying historical materials, and found that the public interest was best served by restoration. The administration is widely expected to appeal to the D.C. Circuit. In the meantime, the three-week restoration clock is running.Judge blocks Trump national parks order, calling it “censorship” | The Washington Post This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe
Vince McMahon's legal troubles may not be over yet, but he's been spared an embarrassing trial in a SURPRISE move this week, and here's why that makes a return to WWE at some point a lot more likely than it was before. I have also have words for those who continue to defend this man, including dumb comments from Teddy Long and JBL. The CM Punk rumors this week have also been INSANE... here's when you can expect him back and a way that he could win... KING OF THE RING?! Plus... other KOTR and QOTR updates, including the completion of the SMACKDOWN SWEEP as the brand gets totally buried... the Paramount/Skydance acquisition of WBD gets Justice Department approval, but why it could still all fall apart... renewed drama in the Ryan Nemeth lawsuit against AEW as he takes another shot at CM Punk... tribalism in wrestling during the Monday Night War... the best tournament finals in wrestling history, including best KOTR final... and my review for DISCLOSURE DAY, which was supposed to be Steven Spielberg's best film in 20 years. Yeah, about that...Support my sponsors this week by using the links below!EXPRESSVPN ▶ Get an extra FOUR MONTHS FREE of the #1 trusted VPN at http://www.expressvpn.com/solomonsterZOCDOC ▶ Visit http://www.zocdoc.com/solomonster to find and INSTANTLY book a doctor you love today!WIX HARMONY ▶ The NEW WAY to create websites! Try it FREE at http://www.wix.com/harmony***Follow Solomonster on X (formerly Twitter) for news and opinion:http://x.com/solomonsterSubscribe to the Solomonster Sounds Off on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSolomonster?sub_confirmation=1Become a Solomonster Sounds Off Channel Member:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9jcg7mk93fGNqWPMfl_Aig/join
A cybersecurity breach exposed files connected to the FBI's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein after a hacker gained unauthorized access to a server at the FBI's New York Field Office in February 2023. The intrusion occurred at the bureau's Child Exploitation Forensic Lab when a server used to handle digital evidence was accidentally left vulnerable by an FBI special agent navigating internal procedures for managing forensic data. According to information reviewed from Justice Department documents and sources familiar with the incident, the hacker was able to access files tied to the Epstein investigation. The breach reportedly came to light after the intruder left a message on the compromised system, alerting investigators that someone had accessed the server. The FBI later described the event as an isolated cyber incident, saying access was quickly cut off and the affected network secured while an internal investigation continued.The identity and nationality of the hacker remain unknown, though officials believe the breach was likely carried out by an independent cybercriminal rather than a foreign government intelligence service. Sources familiar with the incident said the hacker appeared unaware that the system belonged to a law enforcement agency and reportedly reacted with disgust after encountering child exploitation evidence on the device. The intruder allegedly left a note threatening to report the material to authorities before the FBI eventually secured the system. While it remains unclear exactly which Epstein-related files were accessed or whether any data was downloaded, the incident highlights the potential intelligence value of the Epstein case files, which contain sensitive information about the financier's activities and connections.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein files compromised by foreign hacker who breached FBI – Reuters | CybernewsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
The Second Reconstruction is being dismantled piece by piece, and this past month has seen that project attain terminal velocity. On this week's Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick talks with Stanford law professor and leading civil rights lawyer and scholar Pamela S Karlan, about a series of quick-fire moves from the high court and the Trump administration that, taken together, reveal a rapid disassembly of a series of hard-won civil rights laws in place for the past 50 years, known as the Second Reconstruction. From SCOTUS decisions in Callais and Milligan, to a new memo from the Justice Department revisiting equal employment protections, the United States' framework for multiracial democracy and minority participation in civic life is being swept away. This is about more than redistricting, primaries and polls, midterms and horse races. It's a wholesale reshaping of what––and who––America is for. This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. The best way to support our work is by joining Slate Plus. (If you are already a member, consider a donation or merch!)Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Second Reconstruction is being dismantled piece by piece, and this past month has seen that project attain terminal velocity. On this week's Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick talks with Stanford law professor and leading civil rights lawyer and scholar Pamela S Karlan, about a series of quick-fire moves from the high court and the Trump administration that, taken together, reveal a rapid disassembly of a series of hard-won civil rights laws in place for the past 50 years, known as the Second Reconstruction. From SCOTUS decisions in Callais and Milligan, to a new memo from the Justice Department revisiting equal employment protections, the United States' framework for multiracial democracy and minority participation in civic life is being swept away. This is about more than redistricting, primaries and polls, midterms and horse races. It's a wholesale reshaping of what––and who––America is for. This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. The best way to support our work is by joining Slate Plus. (If you are already a member, consider a donation or merch!)Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen.Need to set up your Slate Plus feed? If you subscribed through Slate.com, check out our FAQ at slate.com/podcastfaqs for easy instructions. Members subscribed via Apple Podcasts get automatic access—no setup required. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Second Reconstruction is being dismantled piece by piece, and this past month has seen that project attain terminal velocity. On this week's Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick talks with Stanford law professor and leading civil rights lawyer and scholar Pamela S Karlan, about a series of quick-fire moves from the high court and the Trump administration that, taken together, reveal a rapid disassembly of a series of hard-won civil rights laws in place for the past 50 years, known as the Second Reconstruction. From SCOTUS decisions in Callais and Milligan, to a new memo from the Justice Department revisiting equal employment protections, the United States' framework for multiracial democracy and minority participation in civic life is being swept away. This is about more than redistricting, primaries and polls, midterms and horse races. It's a wholesale reshaping of what––and who––America is for. This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate's coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court. The best way to support our work is by joining Slate Plus. (If you are already a member, consider a donation or merch!)Want more Amicus? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes with exclusive legal analysis. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Or, visit slate.com/amicusplus to get access wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Two anonymous survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse filed letters on August 4, 2025, expressing deep frustration with the Justice Department's request to unseal grand jury transcripts, which they say has treated them as "pawns in political warfare," rather than as survivors deserving of respect and transparency. They accused the DOJ and FBI of prioritizing the redaction—and effective shielding—of powerful third parties over the interests of the victims. One wrote, “I am not some pawn in your political warfare,” while the other stated explicitly: “The DOJ's and FBI's priority is protecting the ‘third‑party,' the wealthy men, by focusing on scrubbing their names off the files of which the victims ‘know who they are'”Both survivors demanded that victims' identities be fully redacted and requested that their attorneys be allowed to review any proposed redactions before any records are made public. They also urged Judge Berman to appoint a third party to oversee the redaction process to ensure anonymity safeguards. Their letters reflect alarm that the current unsealing effort might retraumatize survivors and fail to center their voices, given that only law enforcement officers testified before the grand juries—not victims or witnesses—and that transcripts cover testimony from just two law‑enforcement agentsto contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Epstein victim condemns ‘political warfare' in Trump administration's effort to release grand jury transcripts | The Independent
Journalist and legal analyst Katie Phang filed a landmark lawsuit (Phang v. Blanche) against the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche alleging failures to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, this action is the first brought under the transparency statute.Todd Blanche opted NOT to deny Katie's assertion in her lawsuit that he violated federal law - the Epstein Files Transparency Act - in at least five ways. Phang's legal team filed a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction to force immediate compliance.Hearing Date: A federal judge scheduled the preliminary injunction hearing for June 30thGlenn explains the latest in the case and how he plans on attending the hearing.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Journalist and legal analyst Katie Phang filed a landmark lawsuit (Phang v. Blanche) against the Department of Justice and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche alleging failures to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, this action is the first brought under the transparency statute.Todd Blanche opted NOT to deny Katie's assertion in her lawsuit that he violated federal law - the Epstein Files Transparency Act - in at least five ways. Phang's legal team filed a Motion for a Preliminary Injunction to force immediate compliance.Hearing Date: A federal judge scheduled the preliminary injunction hearing for June 30thGlenn explains the latest in the case and how he plans on attending the hearing.Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
House Democrats are demanding answers from the Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons over Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer from FCI Tallahassee to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan after her closed-door interview with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. Led by Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrats argue the move raises serious questions because Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for her role in Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation, and sex offenders are generally not expected to receive this kind of lower-security placement. They are asking DOJ and BOP officials to explain who approved the transfer, what policies were applied or bypassed, and whether Maxwell received treatment unavailable to ordinary prisoners.The demand is part of a broader suspicion that Maxwell may have been given unusually favorable treatment after speaking with Blanche, especially as Congress was seeking her testimony and as Epstein survivors continue pushing for transparency. Democrats have also requested records and communications tied to the transfer, along with any transcript or recording of Maxwell's DOJ interview, arguing that the timing creates the appearance of a possible political accommodation or effort to influence her cooperation. DOJ has acknowledged receiving the inquiry but has not publicly provided the full explanation Democrats are seeking.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Democrats demand answers over DOJ's prison policy change tied to Ghislaine MaxwellBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
Documents released in the Justice Department's Epstein files include an FBI interview in which a woman described unusual statements Jeffrey Epstein allegedly made about fathering a child. According to the account recorded by investigators, the woman said Epstein showed her a photograph of a blonde woman displayed inside his Manhattan mansion and told her the woman was the “mother of his child.” The same interview described Epstein keeping a sculpture of a headless female torso in another room that he said had been modeled after that same woman, whom he allegedly described as the “perfect woman.” The woman's statements were preserved in FBI interview notes that became part of the broader investigative file compiled during the federal investigation into Epstein's activities.The files also contain claims that Epstein sometimes spoke about wanting to impregnate women and expressed an interest in spreading his DNA. Investigators recorded statements from victims who said Epstein made remarks about wanting them to carry his child, though the context and credibility of those claims remain disputed. The documents do not provide confirmation that Epstein actually had any children, and there has been no verified evidence publicly establishing that he fathered a child. Instead, the material reflects allegations and recollections provided by witnesses during interviews with federal investigators as they attempted to document the details of Epstein's behavior and statements.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Jeffrey Epstein WAS a dad: The pedophile's shocking confession and the photo of the blonde he called the 'perfect woman' | Daily Mail OnlineBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
Brad Karp, the longtime chairman of the elite Wall Street law firm Paul, Weiss, was forced to step down in early 2026 after newly released Justice Department files exposed a series of previously undisclosed interactions with Jeffrey Epstein. The documents showed that Karp had a personal relationship with Epstein that went beyond incidental contact, including attending private dinners at Epstein's residence and exchanging emails that reflected a notably friendly tone. In one instance, Karp thanked Epstein for an evening he described as “once in a lifetime,” and in another, he asked Epstein to help his son secure a role in a Woody Allen film. While Karp and his firm maintained that neither he nor Paul, Weiss ever represented Epstein professionally, the optics of those interactions—particularly given Epstein's 2008 conviction—triggered intense scrutiny.The fallout was swift and reputationally severe. Karp resigned not only from his role as chairman of Paul, Weiss after nearly two decades but also from external positions, including a college board seat, as the controversy widened. Additional disclosures suggested that his interactions with Epstein intersected with his professional orbit, particularly through his representation of Apollo Global Management and its co-founder Leon Black, a key Epstein associate. Emails also indicated that Karp at times engaged with Epstein on legal and strategic matters involving high-profile individuals, further blurring the line between personal and professional contact. Even though Karp expressed regret and framed the relationship as limited, the broader reaction reflected a growing intolerance for any post-conviction association with Epstein, especially among powerful institutional figures whose judgment is expected to be beyond reproach.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:https://www.ft.com/content/064e81a5-5e1b-4364-a581-9062868a3735?syn-25a6b1a6=1Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.
This Day in Legal History: Loving v. Virginia DecidedOn this day in 1967, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion in Loving v. Virginia striking down Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924 and, with it, the anti-miscegenation statutes that sixteen states still had on the books. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote for the Court. The case had come up from a county courthouse in Caroline County, Virginia, where Richard Loving, a white bricklayer, and Mildred Jeter, a Black and Native American woman, had been arrested in their bedroom in the middle of the night in 1958 by a sheriff acting on an anonymous tip — they had been married in the District of Columbia and returned home to Virginia, where their marriage was a felony. The Lovings pleaded guilty, accepted suspended sentences on the condition that they leave the state for twenty-five years, and lived in exile in Washington until Mildred wrote a letter to Attorney General Robert Kennedy that landed eventually with the ACLU, which took the case.The Supreme Court's opinion did two things at once. It held that Virginia's statute violated the Equal Protection Clause because it drew an explicit racial classification with no legitimate state purpose beyond preserving “White Supremacy” — the Court used the phrase the Virginia statute itself had used — and it held that the statute violated the Due Process Clause because the freedom to marry is “one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.” That second holding, the marriage-as-fundamental-right strand, is the through-line that runs from Loving to Zablocki v. Redhail in 1978, to Turner v. Safley in 1987, to Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 — every one of those decisions cites Loving and treats it as the foundational case. Whether the Court's substantive due process marriage doctrine survives the next decade is, as we discussed earlier this week, one of the open questions in American constitutional law. But Loving itself remains intact, and on June 12, 1967, the Court said something it had not said cleanly before: that the right to marry is the kind of liberty interest the Constitution actually protects.The Supreme Court on Thursday reversed the Second Circuit in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., holding 6-3 that the Investment Company Act of 1940 does not give private parties a cause of action to seek rescission of fund bylaws or other contractual terms. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote the majority. The dispute came out of a campaign by Boaz Weinstein's Saba Capital against eleven closed-end funds — funds that, under Maryland's Control Share Acquisition Act, had adopted bylaws limiting the voting power of any shareholder who accumulated a disproportionate stake without the consent of other shareholders. Saba sued under Section 47(b) of the ICA, which makes contracts that violate the Act unenforceable, and the Second Circuit held that Section 47(b) implied a private right to rescind the bylaws.The Court told the Second Circuit to look harder at the modern implied-cause-of-action doctrine, which since Alexander v. Sandoval in 2001 has been hostile to inferring private rights of action that Congress did not write into the statute. The opinion reads as a continuation of that line: the ICA's enforcement structure is committed to the SEC, not to private plaintiffs, and Section 47(b) is a defense against contracts the SEC has already determined to be unlawful, not an offensive cause of action. The dissent, by Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson, argued that this is a misreading of Section 47(b)'s text and that the majority is gratuitously narrowing the enforcement of the federal securities laws. The practical impact is significant. Activist investors who had been pushing closed-end funds to convert to open-end form, or to alter investment strategies, lose a federal-court tool they had been using; the funds themselves and their independent directors gain a meaningful structural defense. Expect the next round of activist campaigns to move to state-court fiduciary-duty theories instead.US Supreme Court rules against private suits brought under key securities law | US NewsThe Court on Thursday also decided Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc., vacating the Fifth Circuit 9-0 in an opinion by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. The case is small in its facts and large in its doctrine. Thomas Keathley filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in 2019 and failed to disclose, on his schedule of assets, a personal-injury claim he later brought against a construction company over a truck accident. The Fifth Circuit barred the personal-injury suit on judicial-estoppel grounds — the longstanding equitable doctrine that prevents a party from taking one position in one proceeding and a contradictory position in another — using a three-factor test under which a debtor's mere knowledge of the facts plus a motive to conceal was enough to bar the later claim.The Supreme Court said no.To determine whether the omission was inadvertent or mistaken for judicial-estoppel purposes, the Court held, the lower courts must look to the totality of the circumstances, not just to whether the debtor knew of the facts and had a motive. The doctrinal interest of the case lies in two concurrences. Justice Sotomayor, concurring, wrote that judicial estoppel should likely never apply in an open bankruptcy case at all — the trustee can simply amend the schedule and pursue the claim for the estate, which solves the problem judicial estoppel was invented to address. Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Gorsuch, went further and questioned whether federal courts have any inherent authority to apply judicial estoppel as a freestanding doctrine, period — a position that, if it ever gets five votes, would unwind a doctrine that has been part of American practice since the 1850s. None of that is the holding. But the votes to revisit one of the duller corners of equitable estoppel are now visibly on the table.Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. | SCOTUSblogThe third unanimous decision of the day was Abouammo v. United States, in which the Court reversed the Ninth Circuit and vacated the obstruction-of-an-FBI-investigation conviction of Ahmad Abouammo, a former Twitter employee whose underlying case was one of the more striking Saudi-Arabia infiltration prosecutions of the last decade. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion. The facts are simple and the constitutional point cleaner than the facts. Abouammo, while working at Twitter's San Francisco office in 2014 and 2015, accessed and passed on confidential user information about Saudi dissidents to a Saudi official, in exchange for a $42,000 watch and $200,000 in wire transfers. The FBI eventually came to interview him at his home in Seattle, where he had moved by 2018, and during those interviews he created and emailed agents a fake invoice intended to make the wire transfers look like a legitimate consulting fee. The Justice Department charged the obstruction count along with foreign-agent and wire-fraud counts in the Northern District of California, and a San Francisco jury convicted him on all of them.The Supreme Court held that the obstruction count belonged in the Western District of Washington, not California, because the act of creating and sending the false invoice — the only act that supported the obstruction charge — happened entirely in Seattle. Article III's venue clause and the Sixth Amendment's vicinage requirement together do not let the government try a defendant in a state where no element of the charged offense occurred, no matter how convenient the prosecution. The obstruction conviction is vacated. The foreign-agent and wire-fraud convictions, which had different venue facts and were not before the Court, stand. Abouammo will not walk free. But the prosecution will need to decide whether to retry the obstruction count in Seattle, and the case is now a clean precedent that the venue clause has real teeth in a multi-district federal investigation.US Supreme Court overturns ex-Twitter employee's obstruction conviction in Saudi spy case | US News This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe
First Partner of California, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, joins Hysteria for a conversation about her status as a right-wing media target and her new film, Miss Representation: Rise Up. Erin and Alyssa also recap Graham Platner's slew of scandals that led up to him winning the Democratic nomination for Maine's Senate seat, discuss Bari Weiss' next media move, and check in on the latest news from the Epstein files. Then they wrap up with a petty conversation about Gwyneth Paltrow's politics.Check out Alyssa's local library cookbook sale: https://claveracklibrary.org/friends/cookbook-sale-festival/ To learn more about Miss Representation: Rise Up and how to get involved, visit missrepresentationriseup.orgSeveral Women Who Dated Graham Platner Recall ‘Unsettling' Behavior (NYT 6/4)Platner says he won't be an ‘a–hole' like Fetterman in Senate (The Hill 6/8)I know firsthand why Graham Platner shouldn't be a U.S. senator (WaPo 6/8)Pam Bondi claims Todd Blanche was ‘in charge' of ‘entire release' of Epstein files (The Guardian 6/4)This agent sent models to meet Jeffrey Epstein. Now he's trying to explain why. (WaPo 6/8)Epstein abused them. The Justice Department exposed them. Now they're under attack by haters (Reuters 6/8)As 2028 looms, Jennifer Siebel Newsom faces increased conservative attacks (Politico 5/6)
In this episode of John Solomon Reports, we delve into a significant development as the U.S. Justice Department indicts three individuals from Guatemala for their involvement in a crime wave linked to the smuggling of unaccompanied illegal migrant children. Host John Solomon reflects on the tireless efforts of Congressman Glenn Grossman and Senator Chuck Grassi, who have worked for years to bring accountability to this heart-wrenching issue. With tens of thousands of children lost under the Biden administration's watch, this indictment marks a crucial step towards justice.Additionally, President Trump has called off another wave of attacks on Iran amidst a major development expected to unfold shortly. As the situation evolves, John promises to keep listeners updated on the latest news from Just the News.In the second segment, Senator Rand Paul unveils a timeline revealing Dr. Anthony Fauci's extensive connections with the intelligence community, raising questions about the narrative surrounding COVID-19's origins. This intriguing report is currently trending at Just the News.Joining John today are Congresswoman Harriet Hageman from Wyoming, who discusses her role in driving accountability within the House, and former Assistant Attorney General Jeff Clark, who weighs in on a nonprofit linked to Democrat activists targeting Trump allies. The episode also features a lively discussion with former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, covering a range of political topics, including the upcoming elections.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta break down Donald Trump's latest political troubles as inflation climbs to its highest level in three years, undermining one of his biggest promises to voters. They analyze Trump's worsening approval ratings on the economy, why rising prices are becoming a major liability for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterms, and what the latest polling reveals about voter frustration. Kander and Gupta also dive into Trump's escalating conflict with Iran, his shifting explanations about military action in the region, and the growing backlash to his foreign policy decisions. Plus, they discuss explosive new reporting about chaos inside Trump's Justice Department over the Epstein files, internal infighting among top administration officials, and why the controversy refuses to go away. This and more on the podcast that helps you, the majority of Americans who believe in progress, convince your conservative friends and family to join us—this is Majority 54! Mack Weldon: Go to https://MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order of $125 or more, with promo code MAJORITY Dupe: Go to https://Dupe.com for their 100% Free Research for Me comparison shopping tool. Finally feel good about what you're buying with https://Dupe.com Hims: Visit https://hims.com/majority to get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more Majority 54 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/majority_54 Majority 54 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/majority54 Jason on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonKander Jason on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasonkander/ Ravi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RaviMGupta Ravi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ravimgupta Ravi on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LostDebate Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thursday, June 11th, 2026 Today, inflation spikes to 4.2% as oil prices climb; Maine, South Carolina and Nevada held their state primary elections; the government admits it lied about events at Cities Church in a new filing in the criminal case against Don Lemon and other journalists, a judge refused to issue a restraining order against the $1.8B Slush Fund but gave a stern warning to Justice Department lawyers; the Justice Department's bid to get the courts to release certain Epstein files was a ruse after all; and Allison delivers your Good News. Thank You, Helix 20% Off Sitewide when you go to HelixSleep.com/dailybeans Thank You, Fast Growing Trees Get 20% off your first purchase FastGrowingTrees.com/dailybeans The Latest Breakdown:Trump DOJ CORNERED by Judge in Jan 6 Cover-Up | The Breakdown Stories5 takeaways from the latest midterm primaries, with Platner's win and mixed results for Trump support | PBS News Inside Trump's White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout | The New York Times Inflation jumps to 4.2%, the highest since early 2023 | NBC News Don Lemon seeks grand jury transcripts in Minnesota civil rights case, citing misconduct | AP News Good Trouble APA Services defends psychological science amidst NSF upheaval →Noah Caldwell-Gervais - YouTube is doing a 12hr Livestream June 13 → https://riseupsingout.com and http://nokings.org →Triumphal Arch - Section 106 Assessment of Effect and Draft Programmatic Agreement →Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance - Open For Comments →The Forest Service is accepting public comments until June 7th →Form WTAF-8647 →Recall Gov. Jeff Landry - Louisianadeservesbetter.com →STOP the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi - Action Network →detentionwatchnetwork.org →FieldTeam6.org →Standwithminnesota.com →Tell Congress Ice out Now | Indivisible, Defund ICE | 5Calls →Congress: Divest From ICE and CBP | ACLU →ICE List →iceout.org Good NewsDemocrat Annie Andrews to face off against Sen. Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, CBS News projects Indivisible How to build a pollinator garden | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service →Share your Good News & Good Trouble - The Daily Beans →Beans Talk audio -beans-talk.simplecast.com →Email Dana LGBTQ Owned eating establishments in your area - hello@mswmedia.com Subject: “Dana's Project” Subscribe to the MSW YouTube Channel - MSW Media - YouTube Harry Dunn is running for CongressHarry Dunn for Maryland Our Donation Links Blue Wave California - bluewavecalifornia.org/concert Donate to Public Citizen - https://citizen.org/beans/ The Daily Beans is donating $10,000 and invites you to give what you can to support their life-affirming work - Donate to It Gets Better / The Daily Beans Fundraiser Pathways to Citizenship link to MATCH Allison's Donationhttps://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_86ff5236-dd26-11ec-b5ee-066e3d38bc77&WidgetId=6388736 Join Dana and The Daily Beans in support of Human Rights Campaign http://onecau.se/_ekes71 More Donation LinksNational Security Counselors - Donate, ActBlue.com/donate/msw-bwc, WhistleblowerAid.org/beans Dr. Allison Gill - The Breakdown | Allison Gill, Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com - Bluesky, MSW & The Daily Beans Podcast @muellershewrote - Instagram, MSW Media - YouTube →Federal workers - email AG at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you're going to do, or just vent. I'm always here to listen. Dana Goldberg - Dana is on Patreon! At Dana's Dugout, @dgcomedy - Bluesky, @dgcomedy - IG, Dana Goldberg - Facebook, DanaGoldberg.com More from MSW Media - Shows - MSW Media, Cleanup On Aisle 45 pod, The Breakdown | Allison Gill Reminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! patreon.com/muellershewrote Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:https://apple.co/3XNx7ckWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?https://patreon.com/thedailybeanshttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/https://apple.co/3UKzKt0 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
We dive into Ivanka and Jared's Albanian nightmare. What were they really up to while trying to develop a private island in Albania on protected land, and what are the ramifications of this secret operation in the broader war of democracy vs. fascism? Why are they trying to buy an island in a part of the world notorious for sex trafficking? These questions matter in light of Ivanka's brother marrying Epstein's longtime banker, and the new bombshell reporting out of the New York Times. The Times reports that the Kremlin Klown Kar (KKK) in the White House uses our tax payer-funded Situation Room–meant for sensitive national security matters–to plot the ongoing Epstein cover-up, protecting Epstein's longtime friend, convicted felon Donald Trump. Look to the show notes for a gift link of the New York Times' reporting. For this week's bonus show, Russian mafia expert Ogla Lautman helps connect the dots on what is up with Ivanka and Jared's mysterious island in Albania, a part of the world known for sex-trafficking. Should we be concerned? The Albanian people are–they're storming their own government in a growing anti-corruption movement over Jared and Ivanka's attempts to buy an ecologically protected island. We also discuss Ben Black, Leon Black's son, getting a job in the Trump administration. Both father and son are all over the Epstein files. To listen to this full episode and support our independent journalism, subscribe to Gaslit Nation on Patreon.com/Gaslit or GaslitNation.Substack.com – thank you to everyone who supports the show – we could not make Gaslit Nation without you! Show Notes: Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files The president's top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing Donald Trump himself. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/magazine/trump-epstein-files-white-house-vance-doj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pVA.8Bpw._gUv6lvoFPWC&smid=url-share Situation Room Scramble Over Sick Trump Fetish Claim Revealed https://www.thedailybeast.com/situation-room-scramble-over-sick-trump-fetish-claim-revealed/ Records: SC woman accused Trump, Epstein of sexual abuse in 1980s https://www.wistv.com/2026/03/09/records-sc-woman-accused-trump-epstein-sexual-abuse-1980s/ Donald Trump groped me in what felt like a 'twisted game' with Jeffrey Epstein, former model alleges https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/23/donald-trump-accuser-stacey-williams-jeffrey-epstein Dozens of FBI records apparently missing from Epstein files, including Trump accuser interviews https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/us/epstein-files-trump-accuser-missing-files-invs Justice Department publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/05/donald-trump-epstein-files-allegations-00816123 Opening clip: Rep. Garcia on MSNow https://bsky.app/profile/robertgarcia.house.gov/post/3mnzjwzllis2l "House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia says he plans to formally ask Chairman Comer to bring JD Vance, Susie Wiles, and Kash Patel before the Committee in light of the new NYT Epstein reporting." https://bsky.app/profile/kylegriffin1.bsky.social/post/3mnzj3dj7ns2z Trump appointee leading $205bn US agency had personal ties to Epstein, emails show https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/03/ben-black-investment-trump-epstein Join our community of listeners and get bonus shows, ad free listening, group chats with other listeners, ways to shape the show, invites to exclusive events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Discounted annual memberships are available. Find your community at GaslitNation.Substack.com or Patreon.com/Gaslit
250 Year Competition:Vote for which of Trump's insiders you think the Founding Fathers would send back to EnglandCLICK HERE TO VOTEJames and Al analyze Tuesday's primaries, focusing on the enduring support for Graham Platner in Maine and the surprisingly weak showing for perennial incumbent Lindsey Graham in South Carolina. Then, they welcome Judge Luttig to give his verdict on Trump in a discussion of his settlement with the IRS, the pushback from judges around the country, his weaponization of the DOJ, Todd Blanche's lack of fitness for AG, and the partisanship of the COTUS. Afterward, they are joined by NC-11 congressional candidate Jamie Ager to discuss winning over rural voters as a Democrat in a Red state, the need to personally connect with your constituents, and how government can work for the people.Email your questions to James and Al at politicswarroom@gmail.com or tweet them to @politicon. Make sure to include your city– we love to hear where you're from! More from James and Al:Get text updates from Politics War Room and Politicon.Watch Politics War Room & James Carville Explains on YouTube.James Carville & Al Hunt have launched the Politics War Room SubstackGet updates and some great behind-the-scenes content from the documentary CARVILLE: WINNING IS EVERYTHING, STUPID by following James on X @jamescarville and his new TikTok @realjamescarvilleGet More From This Week's Guest: Nick Mueller: The National WWII Museum | LSU PressMax Boot: Twitter | Threads | Website | WaPo | CFR | Author Please Support Our Sponsors:Smalls:Get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping and free treats for life, when you head to Smalls.com/WARROOMAqua Tru:Go to AquaTru.com now for 20% off your purifier using promo code: LONGSHORTMiracle Made:Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to TryMiracle.com/warroom and use the code WARROOM to claim your FREE 3-PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF.Hers WL:Ready to reach your weight loss goals? Visit forhers.com/warroom to get personalized, affordable care that gets you.
Donald Trump's name has been removed from the Kennedy Center's website, after a court ruled that changing the name of the Kennedy Center was illegal, and only Congress may make such a change. Trump lashed out against the ruling on Truth Social, criticizing the judge and claiming opponents would rather see the venue struggle. While he initially threatened to hand complete control over to Congress, he later clarified on Air Force One that he intends to remain as chairman and pursue development plans.Let's hope more there are more deletions to come.Find Glenn on Patreon: www.patreon.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The Dean's List with Host Dean Bowen – “This Department of Justice will not tolerate local school authorities trampling on the rights of parents concerning the education of their children,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon. The Justice Department is looking into whether their policies and practices regarding instruction on sexual orientation and gender ideology violate...
The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department's refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein's death was a suicide. That answer did not calm anything down. It infuriated survivors, transparency advocates, Democrats, and a large part of Trump's own base, many of whom believed the administration had promised to expose the people Epstein protected, served, or compromised.The larger problem is that Epstein remains a trust-destroying scandal because the public has never believed the government gave a full accounting of who enabled him, who benefited from him, and who was protected when the system closed ranks. The White House tried to contain the issue, but the response only deepened the perception that powerful names were still being shielded. With Congress continuing to demand answers, major figures like Bill Gates being pulled into closed-door questioning, and polling showing broad public skepticism, the Epstein files have become more than a legal matter. They are now a political grenade, exposing the gap between campaign promises, institutional self-protection, and the public's belief that elite accountability is still mostly theater.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Inside Trump's White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times
The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department's refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein's death was a suicide. That answer did not calm anything down. It infuriated survivors, transparency advocates, Democrats, and a large part of Trump's own base, many of whom believed the administration had promised to expose the people Epstein protected, served, or compromised.The larger problem is that Epstein remains a trust-destroying scandal because the public has never believed the government gave a full accounting of who enabled him, who benefited from him, and who was protected when the system closed ranks. The White House tried to contain the issue, but the response only deepened the perception that powerful names were still being shielded. With Congress continuing to demand answers, major figures like Bill Gates being pulled into closed-door questioning, and polling showing broad public skepticism, the Epstein files have become more than a legal matter. They are now a political grenade, exposing the gap between campaign promises, institutional self-protection, and the public's belief that elite accountability is still mostly theater.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Inside Trump's White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times
The Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files has become a political disaster because years of promises about transparency ran headfirst into the Justice Department's refusal to back the most explosive public expectations. Senior White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, reportedly gathered without Trump in the Situation Room to manage the fallout after the DOJ and FBI said there was no “client list,” no confirmed blackmail operation, and that Epstein's death was a suicide. That answer did not calm anything down. It infuriated survivors, transparency advocates, Democrats, and a large part of Trump's own base, many of whom believed the administration had promised to expose the people Epstein protected, served, or compromised.The larger problem is that Epstein remains a trust-destroying scandal because the public has never believed the government gave a full accounting of who enabled him, who benefited from him, and who was protected when the system closed ranks. The White House tried to contain the issue, but the response only deepened the perception that powerful names were still being shielded. With Congress continuing to demand answers, major figures like Bill Gates being pulled into closed-door questioning, and polling showing broad public skepticism, the Epstein files have become more than a legal matter. They are now a political grenade, exposing the gap between campaign promises, institutional self-protection, and the public's belief that elite accountability is still mostly theater.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Inside Trump's White House, the Epstein Files Caused a Freakout - The New York Times
Pam Bondi's congressional transcript showed her trying to defend the Justice Department's handling of the Epstein files while repeatedly distancing herself from the day-to-day mechanics of the review. She told House Oversight lawmakers that Todd Blanche was the official “in charge” of the Epstein records process, saying she did not personally conduct the document review and that the work had been delegated to him. Bondi acknowledged that mistakes were made, including redaction problems, but framed the release as a massive and difficult undertaking rather than a deliberate attempt to obstruct transparency. At the same time, she insisted the department was committed to accountability, even as lawmakers pressed her on why the disclosures remained incomplete, flawed, or slow-moving.The transcript also showed Bondi trying to avoid directly blaming Blanche while making clear that he was the person managing the release. She praised him as ethical and capable, but Democrats seized on her answers as evidence that Blanche, along with other DOJ and FBI officials, should be brought before Congress to explain the process in detail. Bondi also said she learned about Ghislaine Maxwell's prison transfer from news reports, denied involvement in that decision, rejected the idea of a Maxwell pardon, and refused to discuss private conversations with Donald Trump. The result was a transcript that did not settle the Epstein files controversy, but instead widened the accountability fight by making clear that Congress still does not have a clean answer on who controlled the review, why errors happened, and whether the public has truly received the full record.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Final-Bondi-Transcript.pdf
Donald Trump was loudly booed by fans at Madison Square Garden when his face appeared on the arena's Jumbotron. He attended Game 3 of the 2026 NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs, making him the first sitting U.S. president to ever attend an NBA Finals game. This snarled traffic and prevented thousands of people from watching the game at the watch parties which were cancelled. Once again, he proved that he is a selfish, egomaniacal. egocentric, narcissistic, dumpster fire of a human being. Find Glenn on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution halting U.S. military action against Iran. In this excerpt from the Insider podcast, Ben Wittes joins Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance to discuss its legal and political significance. Wittes is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. In the full episode, they cover: – A reported plea deal between the Justice Department and President Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton; – Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence; and – Trump's appointment of Todd Blanche as Attorney General. To support the show and gain access to full Insider episodes, become a member at cafe.com/insider or staytuned.substack.com/subscribe. CAFE Insiders click HERE to listen to the full analysis. Subscribe to our YouTube channel. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE and Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Supervising Producer: Jake Kaplan; Associate Producer: Claudia Hernández; Senior Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; CAFE Team: Celine Rohr, Nat Weiner, Jennifer Indig, and Liana Greenway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tonight on The Last Word: Donald Trump makes wild claims about his war with Iran. Also, a lawsuit says Trump's UFC event is “deeply corrupt.” Plus, the Justice Department is ordered to answer fraud claims in the Trump IRS case. And a bipartisan group argues a second Trump term is a “betrayal.” Sen. Ed Markey, Andrew Weissmann, and Ira Shapiro join Lawrence O'Donnell. To listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads, sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Prosecutors in Arizona are set to criminally indict a bunch of sycophants for trying to help Donald Trump steal the 2020 election. This includes many well known names like Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and others. And the Arizona prosecutors are criminally indicting these folks for the second time . . .because yeah - better late than never.Glenn has the latest from the Arizona courts.Find Glen on Substack: glennkirschner.substack.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Decisions are happening fast — and the consequences are showing. Last week, Trump announced he would nominate Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to the top post at the Justice Department, after Blanche nixed the $1.776 “Anti-Weaponization” fund while keeping the controversial release that shields Trump and his family from any liability. Mary and Andrew highlight the myriad of issues Blanche will need to answer for when a confirmation hearing comes, before moving to the Supreme Court ruling that allows Alabama to adopt a Republican-drawn congressional map eliminating one of only two majority-Black districts in the state. This nullifies a lower court's decision that the map was, in fact, intentionally discriminatory. Next up, the co-hosts review a Rhode Island judge's ruling that invalidated several of Trump's immigration policies, including one that placed a hold on asylum claims globally, causing chaos and uncertainty for many legally trying to obtain asylum claims and green card status.And lastly, a beat on a new executive order stripping job protections from thousands of federal workers, plus continuing litigation over Trump's ballroom. Sign up for MS NOW Premium on Apple Podcasts to listen to this show and other MS podcasts without ads. You'll also get exclusive bonus content from this and other shows. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Michael Wolff and Joanna Coles dissect the growing backlash against Donald Trump's inner circle, from Stephen Miller's escalating deportation agenda to the stunning appointment of Bill Pulte to oversee America's intelligence apparatus. They explore why Republican senators are suddenly questioning the loyalty-first culture that has defined Trump's administration, examine the political fallout from Todd Blanche's rise at the Justice Department, and reveal why even some of Trump's allies are struggling to defend his latest moves. The conversation then shifts overseas as Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump face protests in Albania over their luxury island development, before turning to the Democratic Party's identity crisis through the controversy surrounding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner and the rise of unconventional political figures. Along the way, Wolff and Coles debate war, authenticity in politics, Kamala Harris's failed campaign, and why the conflict in Ukraine may ultimately overshadow Trump's place in history. Ready to reach your goals? Visit https://hims.com/DAILYBEAST to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. #ad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump says he'll nominate Todd Blanche as Attorney General, and has named Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence. A federal judge has re-opened the case that led to the slush fund settlement to investigate possible collusion and a fraud on the court as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies he'll drop the fund but not the Trump family tax immunity. John Bolton takes a plea deal for one felony count of mishandling national defense information. Amid personnel changes at the Justice Department and the Pentagon, 2020 Election Denier Kurt Olsen joins the US Attorneys Office in the Southern District of Florida. The lead prosecutor in the seashells case leaves. A January 6th rioter gets a sensitive counterterrorism job. Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT? Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AGMueller, She Wrote SubstackMueller She Wrote on Blueskyhttps://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrotehttps://twitter.com/dailybeanspodMore from Andrew McCabeThe Real McCabe on Substack@therealmccabe.com on BlueskyThe Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump This Show is Available Ad-Free And Early For Patreon and Supercast Supporters at https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr when you Subscribe on Apple Podcastshttps://apple.co/3YNpW3P Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
© 2020-2026 Ivy Podcast Discovery LLC
