In breaking news, a Trump-appointed Federal Judge issued a late Sunday night emergency Preliminary Injunction continuing to block Trump’s attempts to violate State Sovereignty and federalize and deploy state militia/national guard on the streets of Portland. Michael Popok explains that the Judge will be entering the final Permanent Injunction against The Trump Administration by Friday, but because Trump refused to give her the time to issue her final order, she was forced to enter an emergency p...
Nov 03, 2025•18 min
Lindsey Halligan puts her law license in jeopardy, as lawyers and judges demand to see what she exactly told the grand jury when she obtained her first ever federal indictments against Trump’s political critics. The Supreme Court may be ready to reign in Trump and his abuse of power through the take over of State National Guard, with a landmark decision on the validity of Trump’s Tariffs coming up for an oral argument this week; Trump turns his back on fragile Americans facing starvation and hol...
Nov 02, 2025•1 hr 21 min
In breaking news, two Obama-appointed judges—one in Rhode Island and one in Massachusetts—have issued emergency orders ensuring that $6 billion in contingency funds will flow to 40 million Americans living below the poverty line, many of them Trump voters, to prevent a catastrophic cutoff in food stamp payments. Michael Popok explains why there are two separate lawsuits on the same issue, how each judge approached the case differently, and why both rulings ultimately reach the same critical outc...
Oct 31, 2025•17 min
Trump’s efforts to use the Shutdown to put a blindfold around the Fed to deny it key economic data so it would fly blind during today’s Interest Rate setting meeting, backfired, as the Fed Chair said that when in a “fog” you “slow down” indicating that Trump screwed up his efforts to get a second rate cut next month by keeping the Government shut down. Michael Popok puts on his Wall Street goggles to take a look at today’s Federal Open Markets Committee Meeting results and what it says about Tru...
Oct 31, 2025•18 min
In breaking news, a South Carolina Federal Judge who will decide whether Trump’s novice prosecutor Lindsey Halligan will keep her judge, has issued a devastating order against Halligan, calling her “the indictment signer” only and refusing to use her US Attorney title, and ordering that “all documents relating” to her “participation in the grand jury” be turned over to the Judge. Michael Popok explains why this is so damning as the Judge considers whether to bounce Halligan AND whether she will ...
Oct 31, 2025•15 min
Michael Popok explains why a 1 paragraph order in the last few hours from the Supreme Court may spell disaster for Trump’s plan to continue to attack Blue States and Blue Cities with federalized National Guard. That one question could signal that there is at least 1 MAGA Supreme Court justice who may be willing to rein in Trump and his abuse of the National Guard. Subscribe: @LegalAFMTN Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/me...
Oct 30, 2025•13 min
Twenty-nine appeals judges have overturned a pro-Trump ruling on the use of the National Guard in Oregon, setting the stage for a new trial against the Trump administration. Meanwhile, the Seventh Circuit issued a head-scratching decision undermining a federal judge’s attempt to rein in out-of-control federal leaders, and the Supreme Court dropped a bizarre late-afternoon ruling. Elsewhere, a federal judge came down hard on Trump’s novice prosecutor Lindsey Halligan, and Trump’s appeal of his cr...
Oct 30, 2025•1 hr 16 min
In a shocking turn of events, new evidence has been revealed that Trump’s Federal law enforcement and national guard troops are FIRING at Local law enforcement in Oregon, hitting them with tear gas and pepper balls, facts that will come out in a new trial that starts in front of Judge Immergut. Michael Popok reports on the trial and the fact that the day before it began, the majority of 29 judges that make up the 9th Circuit signaled to Judge Immergut that she is doing the right thing, by tossin...
Oct 30, 2025•15 min
Trump ignores the suffering of Americans during the shutdown, jetting off to Asia to try to clean up his economic messes while constructing a golden ballroom where the White House’s East Wing once stood. In contrast, 22 Democratic attorneys general have filed a new emergency lawsuit demanding that Trump pay $8 billion in November to help prevent 42 million American babies, children, elderly, and disabled from going hungry. California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins Michael Popok to brief the au...
Oct 29, 2025•22 min
A federal judge gags AG Bondi and others from speaking in public to undermine Abrego Garcia’s right to a fair trial. A federal judge takes steps to ensure that Abrego Garcia isn’t retaliated against and sent to Liberia in the next few hours. Lindsey Halligan is up to her eyeballs in hot water, with a new suit brewing about her destruction of public records in a new “Signal-gate” scandal, and a Clinton appointed judge about to decide whether she was illegally appointed as a US Attorney. 23 Blue S...
Oct 29, 2025•55 min
23 States, led by California, have sued the Trump Administration to force it to fund a program designed to prevent tens of millions of babies and children from being malnourished and starving to death during the Shutdown, as Trump cuts off funds but finds funding for his pet projects, including the Golden Ball Room. Michael Popok reports on the new suit and Trump’s modern day Marie Antoinette moment in history as he continues to be immune to the suffering of Americans. Delete Me: Get 20% off you...
Oct 29, 2025•16 min
In breaking news, a federal judge in the Abrego Garcia criminal case has gagged AG Pam Bondi, Border Czar Tom Homan, Homeland Security Sec Kristie Noem, and the rest of the Trump Administration from making public statements about Garcia’s case undermining his 6th Amendment right to a fair trial, AND has ordered that the Government produce all documents about prosecutors who quit rather than indict Garcia. Michael Popok also reports on Judge Xinis efforts to prevent Garcia from being removed to L...
Oct 29, 2025•21 min
Trump’s novice federal prosecutor is in hot water in two ways (again), with a new lawsuit brewing accusing her of both intentionally destroying federal records and communications AND threatening reporters, while a South Carolina Clinton-appointed judge is going to decide whether she lives or dies as a federal prosecutor as Judge Currie decides the pending motions to disqualify Halligan. Michael Popok has the receipts, including an interview with the reporter, Anna Bower, at the heart of the new ...
Oct 28, 2025•20 min
Trump is trolling America with treasonous talk of a Third Term in order to counter his inevitable Lame Duck status in 2026, as new polling declares that 80 Percent of America, including a large portion of Republicans, reject a Trump “third term.” Michael Popok looks at the recent remarks by Trump as he gets the band back together from his 2020 coup plotting, like Bannon, to give him political relevancy in the face of historically bad poll numbers and street protests. Check out the Popok Firm: ht...
Oct 28, 2025•18 min
Trump being triggered by Ontario’s running a Ronald Reagan speech against him in US prime time and hitting Canada with a 10% tariff to punish them for it, has been used by The Wall Street Journal to send a “DM” of the Supreme Court to take away Trump’s power to tariff and declare the tariffs void! Michael Popok takes a look at how Trump’s pique of anger over an ad, and how’s he’s treated Brazil, India and Argentina, only bolsters the argument that there is no “economic emergency” that gives him ...
Oct 27, 2025•17 min
Trump has a habit of creating his own destroyers, and now Special Counsel Jack Smith has broken his vow of silence and is demanding to be heard by the public when he testifies about Trump’s criminality before Congress. Trump’s other self-created destroyer, New York Attorney General Letitia James, is more powerful than ever—filing multiple motions to destroy Trump, his DOJ, and Lindsey Halligan—as her criminal case falls apart right before our eyes. Trump and Melania are caught flat-footed by jou...
Oct 26, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Trump will rue the day he took on NY AG Leticia James, who turned the tables today with the Attorney General going on the attack against outmatched and outgunned and outwitted “loaner” federal prosecutors. Michael Popok reports on her arraignment, her fiery public comments in defense, and her filing MULTIPLE motions against Trump’s pet of a prosecutor Lindsey Halligan and his DOJ, including to gag the entire administration including Trump from speaking about the case. Check out the Popok Firm: h...
Oct 24, 2025•22 min
Trump’s handpicked prosecutor in Maryland, US Attorney Kelly O Hayes, who only a few days ago indicted one of Trump’s political enemies Ambassador John Bolton, according to sources, just told the DOJ that she WILL NOT prosecute Trump’s political rival Sen. Adam Schiff. Michael Popok explains that a newly leaked memo from the Trump Administration’s own files likely convinced her not to prosecute, but nobody seems to have told clueless Trump who is still claiming Schiff will be indicted! Check out...
Oct 24, 2025•19 min
The very FIRST trial against the Trump Administration and his DOJ for vindictive prosecution and dismissal of an indictment brought against one of his political enemies starts in just a few days, and the Defense is going after top DOJ and Trump lawyers to have them testify in open court. Popok breaks down the new trial subpoenas issued to DOJ #2 Todd Blanche and others, and how Trump’s and Melania’s civil suits will force him and his wife to sit for depositions and provide documents he’d rather ...
Oct 24, 2025•18 min
Trump’s handpicked prosecutor in Maryland, US Attorney Kelly O Hayes, who only a few days ago indicted one of Trump’s political enemies Ambassador John Bolton, according to sources, just told the DOJ that she WILL NOT prosecute Trump’s political rival Sen. Adam Schiff. Michael Popok explains that a newly leaked memo from the Trump Administration’s own files likely convinced her not to prosecute, but nobody seems to have told clueless Trump who is still claiming Schiff will be indicted! Check out...
Oct 24, 2025•19 min
Dina Doll (in for Popok) and Karen Friedman Agnifilo anchor the top-ranked law and politics podcast Legal AF, and break down this week’s biggest legal and political bombshells at the intersection of law and democracy, including: 1) a new bombshell lawsuit against Melania Trump brought by Michael Wolff over Epstein claims; 2) Jack Smith striking back against GOP senators over their claims over his DOJ investigations; 3) a busy week for James Comey with two new filings and motions in his case; 4) ...
Oct 23, 2025•1 hr 20 min
A bombshell new lawsuit is filed by Arizona to force MAGA Mike to swear in Rep. Grijalva and get the release of the Epstein Trump Coverup Files to a House vote. Trump tries to steal another $230 million from American Taxpayers seeking to arrange a phony settlement of a phony lawsuit of his with his corrupt DOJ. Trump tries to steal $400 million from a not that wealthy college in Miami to pay for his Presidential Library to park his stolen $400 million Qatari plane. Trump tears down the White Hou...
Oct 22, 2025•1 hr
When an inexperienced, newly appointed top prosecutor leading Trump’s vindictive prosecution plan against his political critics, slips into the direct messages of a reporter to chat about the prosecution of NY AG Tish James, you have the makings of a bombshell new investigative report by Anna Bower of LawFare. Anna joins Michael Popok to brief our audience on the series of messages, likely not approved by the DOJ, to Anna, which form the basis of her new eye-popping article “Anna, this is Lindse...
Oct 21, 2025•30 min
Trump is about to steal $400 million dollars from a poor Miami Florida University to pay for his Presidential Library, unless the Court’s stop him. Michael Popok reports from Miami on a new scandal opposed by 60% of mainly Republican Miami Dade County, that would have Miami Dade College transfer a 3 acre empty lot for free to the State and then to Trump for his library, as Trump siphons off the first $15 million and transfers it to a new entity he and his family control. Lola Blankets: Get 35% o...
Oct 21, 2025•16 min
In breaking news, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, to Alina Habba’s face, seems poised to bounce her as US Attorney for NJ and finding she was illegally appointed by Trump, impacting at least 26 other Trump picks while she’s at it. Michael Popok brought the receipts with today’s Oral Argument hearing clips, that went so bad for Habba that posted a social media post that actually lied to the American People and implied that SHE argued the case today when she didn’t, and in a moment that underm...
Oct 21, 2025•25 min
In breaking news, Former FBI Director Comey has gone nuclear, filing today his motion to disqualify prosecutor and Trump pet Lindsey Halligan as US Attorney and to have his indictment dismissed forever, and wait until you find out what MAGA US Supreme Court Justice secret memo from 1984 now leaked is being used to help out Comey’s motion now! Michael Popok brings the receipts on his latest hot take Delete Me: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to join https://deleteme.com/LEGALAF and use...
Oct 20, 2025•18 min
Former FBI Director James Comey’s lawyers have filed a counterpunch to Trump’s late night efforts to try to “defame” and disqualify his lawyer Pat Fitzgerald, filing today a response that reminds the Court that Comey consulted counsel in 2017 because he thought Trump had done “unlawful” things and was troubled by it. Popok observes that nothing says “I am scared of the other side’s lawyers” like a tactical and bad faith attempt to get them disqualified and violate the sacred bond between lawyer ...
Oct 20, 2025•16 min
Trump just filed another failed defamation suit amended complaint against the New York Times this one no better than the last, as Trump tells the judge, again, that he was in Home Alone 2, Sex and the City, and other pop culture movies, but leaves out as part of his reputation that he is an adjudged sex abuser, convicted felon, a 4x bankrupt, and with Companies that are presently under a court ordered monitor to protect the public from future fraud. Michael Popok also uncovers that one of Trump’...
Oct 20, 2025•16 min
As Trump fires weapons over California No Kings Day protestors, Ben and Michael Popok on the Legal AF podcast do a deep dive concerning: 1) the court cases involving the National Guard and the new Emergency Supreme Court filing; 2) Trump’s violation of federal orders; 3) appeals courts ruling against Trump’s abuse of power; 4) the DOJ’s implosion and its impact on the prosecutions of FBI Director Comey, NY AG Tish James and Ambassador Bolton; 5) what Trump’s attack on patriotic Americans protest...
Oct 19, 2025•1 hr 13 min
As Trump counter programs the peaceful 10 million strong No Kings Day protest today by firing live missiles at California, Popok is joined by Cali Attorney General Rob Bonta for an exclusive interview on how Blue States are firing back. In the first LEGAL AF live stream ever, AG Bonta briefs our audience on the 3 C’s to victory and to defeat Trump: COURTS. CROWDS & COURAGE. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Legal AF Substack: https://substack.com/@legalaf Foll...
Oct 18, 2025•32 min
