Tuesday, November 29th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; a federal judge rejects Trump’s bid for absolute immunity in a civil suit against him for disrupting the peaceful transfer of power; Kellyanne Conway answered over five hours of questions with the 1/6 Committee; a couple of Republican counties are refusing to certify the midterm election results; Special Master Judge Dearie cancels the 12/1 hearing; why Donald refuses to criticize Nick Fuentes; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Fo...
Nov 29, 2022•38 min•Ep. 965
Monday, November 28th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Democrats limit the margin of victory for Republicans in the House; Special Counsel Jack Smith takes Trump’s legal team to school on Thanksgiving; bigger than expected early voting turnout in the Warnock Walker runoff in Georgia; Donald Trump dines with nazis; Jeffrey Epstein’s victims sue Deutsche Bank and chase calling them complicit; the January 6th Committee report may be largely about Donald due to Liz Cheney’s influence over the panel; p...
Nov 28, 2022•42 min•Ep. 964
AG and Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin of Living Through It round up the election results, talking about this week’s big legal developments (Trump’s taxes!) and forecasting the next session of Congress that starts in January. Follow ECM at: https://twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin https://www.instagram.com/ecmclaughlin/ https://mstdn.social/@ecmclaughlin Elizabeth on Post.News Follow the Podcast on Apple: http://apple.co/beans Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AG and Dan...
Nov 25, 2022•43 min•Ep. 963
Thursday, November 24th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the Department of Justice is seeking the testimony of former Vice President Mike Pence; Smartmatic subpoenas Christina Bobb and an OAN host in their defamation suit; assistant US Attorney Mary Dohrmann is being pulled off January 6th rioter cases; FIFA bans One Love armbands and Germany protests; information on voting for House Speaker in anticipation of the next Congress; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News and some thankful messag...
Nov 24, 2022•32 min•Ep. 962
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Trump lawyers go head to head with the solicitor general’s office in front of the 11th circuit in the documents case; the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the House ways and means committee getting Trump’s taxes; Lindsey Graham has testified before the Fulton County special grand jury; President Biden has postponed student loan repayments for another six months; Joel Greenberg rips into the DoJ over their sentencing recommendation; plus ...
Nov 23, 2022•35 min•Ep. 961
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the Manhattan DA jump starts the Stormy Daniels inquiry into Trump; an update on the Colorado Springs shooting; the Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate the Alito Hobby Lobby leak; Riley Williams is convicted on 6 of 8 counts for storming Nancy Pelosi’s office; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow the Podcast on Apple: http://apple.co/beans Follow AG and Dana on Twitter: Dr. Allison Gill https://twitter.com/allisongill ...
Nov 22, 2022•27 min•Ep. 960
Monday, November 21st, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Jack Smith special counsel to investigate Donald Trump; a shooting at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs with an assault weapon leaves five dead and 18 injured; a GOP operative is convicted of funneling money to Donald Trump; a Florida judge blocks Desantis anti woke law for colleges; and evidence shows Justice Alito leaked the Hobby Lobby decision before it was released; plus Allison delivers you...
Nov 21, 2022•51 min•Ep. 959
Friday, November 18, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Speaker Pelosi and Steny Hoyer announce they will not seek leadership positions in the new congress as Hakeem Jeffries emerges as the front runner for Minority Leader; American Oversight is suing for Trump communications about the IRS audits of McCabe and Comey; a Missouri judge has ruled that the AG’s office under Josh Hawley knowingly violated the law; a judge has instructed the financial monitor assigned to the Trump Org to immediately report...
Nov 18, 2022•32 min•Ep. 958
Thursday, November 17, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; a same sex and interracial marriage bill passed a procedural hurdle in the Senate today, I’ll tell you what it does and what it doesn’t do; Congress has also passed the Speak Out act barring NDAs in instances of sexual harassment and assault; the Pentagon reports it was not a Russian missile that hit a grain processing plant in Poland but that Russia bears the ultimate responsibility; the turtle is re-elected as the Senate Minority Leader but ...
Nov 17, 2022•37 min•Ep. 957
Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the Department of Justice makes its sentencing recommendation for Joel Greenberg; A missile killed two in Poland and the Pentagon is investigating; Murdoch tells Trump he will not back him for President in 2024, on the same day Trump is set to make his major announcement; Facebook says that if Trump runs for president he can no longer be fact checked on Facebook; A federal judge has struck down a Trump era immigration rule; Michael Flynn is...
Nov 16, 2022•30 min•Ep. 956
Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Donald wanted his political enemies to be audited by the IRS; the Supreme Court says the 1/6 Committee can get Kelli Ward’s phone records with two notable dissents; an oversight report reveals Donald violated the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution; Trump tries to claim that stealing documents makes them personal records; a suspect is in custody in the UVA shooting; plus Allison delivers your Good News. Follow the Podcast on Apple: http://a...
Nov 15, 2022•46 min•Ep. 955
Monday, November 14th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the Democrats officially hold the majority in the Senate; the DoJ has revealed information about some of the items commingled with classified documents in Trump’s desk; fraudulent electors from the 2020 election in Georgia claim ignorance of Donald’s January 6th plans; Donald sues the 1/6 committee over his subpoena to run out the clock; E. Jean Carroll plans to file a new defamation lawsuit against Donald; and a Trump org exec reveals that Do...
Nov 14, 2022•32 min•Ep. 954
Friday, November 11th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the house and senate are still up in the air as we wait for vote counts from Arizona, Nevada, and California; Judge Mehta pushes Pete Navarro’s trial to January; Alex Jones is now on the hook for $1.4B in the Sandy Hook defamation case; a judge orders Trump and Alina Habba to pay sanctions for their inane lawsuit against Hillary Clinton; Twitter is tanking fast; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow our guests on Twitter: Asha R...
Nov 11, 2022•48 min•Ep. 953
Thursday, November 10th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the midterms are over but the count continues as voters choose democracy and abortion rights; Judge Kelly has rejected a Proud Boys motion to move their seditious conspiracy trial out of DC; and a judge has denied Donald’s motion for a stay pending his appeal of a fiscal monitor for the Trump org; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow the Podcast on Apple: http://apple.co/beans Follow AG and Dana on Twitter: Dr. Allison Gill h...
Nov 10, 2022•45 min•Ep. 952
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; DoJ issues a superseding indictment on Oath Keeper Jeremy Brown; the insurrectionist that stole Nancy Pelosi’s laptop is in court; a judge issues the official order compelling Mark Meadows to testify to the Fulton County special grand jury; Trump says he will make an announcement on November 15 at Mar-a-Lago; and the DoJ is in 24 states protecting voters; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News. Follow the Podcast on Apple: http://apple...
Nov 09, 2022•24 min•Ep. 951
Tuesday, November 8th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; it’s election day in America as people flock to the polls in record numbers; Republicans seek to block military ballots from being counted in Wisconsin, Yvgeny Prigozhin admits to interfering in elections; a Trump appointed judge says Bannon’s conviction for contempt will most likely be overturned; an appeals court has dismissed John Eastman's motion again; and Stewart Rhodes is eviscerated on the stand by the DoJ; plus Allison and Dana delive...
Nov 08, 2022•44 min•Ep. 950
Monday, November 7th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; Kash Patel HAS testified before the grand jury investigating Trump's stolen nuclear secrets; a judge has denied Mike Lindell's motion to get his phone back and to release the search warrant affidavit; Twitter employees are suing Elon; Tom Barrack has been acquitted; the 1/6 committee has completed some of its interviews of relevant Secret Service employees; the FBI has a suspect in the New Jersey synagogue threats case; and Navarro is trying a ...
Nov 07, 2022•25 min•Ep. 949
Friday, November 4th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the 1/6 committee has informed Mark Meadows that they now expect his phone records and testimony since a judge dismissed his lawsuit blocking them; the DoJ rests its case in the Oath Keepers trial; Trump has filed a lawsuit against Tish James; and today, Judge Engoron granted her motion for a preliminary injunction and installed a fiscal babysitter; the FBI issues a warning about credible threats to synagogues in New Jersey; and the Truth Socia...
Nov 04, 2022•51 min•Ep. 948
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; confirmation that the DoJ is weighing immunity for Kash Patel in the clearest sign yet they are targeting Trump directly; Politico gets the 8 Eastman emails due to a court filing error; Hillary sues Donald and Alina Habba for $1M in sanctions for their frivolous lawsuit; the US is exploring whether it can investigate the Elon Saudi Twitter deal; the Trump org settles out of court in the case where security assaulted protestors; plus Allison d...
Nov 03, 2022•48 min•Ep. 947
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the Supreme Court denies Lindsey Graham's emergency motion for a stay pending his appeal forcing him to testify in the Fulton County DA special grand jury investigation; the 1/6 committee has interviewed the Secret Service spokesman that attempted to undercut Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony; prosecutors are looking at the 2018 Florida election protest as a model for the insurrection; affirmative action is on the chopping block and two leaders...
Nov 02, 2022•47 min•Ep. 946
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the DoJ has charged the assailant who attempted to assassinate the Speaker of the House; Officer Harry Dunn and others testify in the Oath Keepers trial; Fascism loses in Brazil as Lula beats Bolsonaro; Senator Chris Murphy wants to investigate Saudi Arabia’s role in Musk’s Twitter takeover; Trump appeals to block his tax returns from being handed over to the House Ways and Means Committee; the DoJ has filed a statement of interest in the Marc E...
Nov 01, 2022•56 min•Ep. 945
Monday, October 31, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; a QAnon conspiracy theorist broke into Nancy Pelosi’s home to assassinate her and assaulted her husband; John Eastman is trying to claw back the emails sent to the 1/6 Committee under the crime fraud exception; a top national security prosecutor has joined the team investigating the Mar-a-Lago documents; a Pennsylvania man has pled guilty to making death threats against Congressman Eric Swalwell; Justice Kagan grants a stay so Kelli and Michael W...
Oct 31, 2022•57 min•Ep. 944
Friday, October 28th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; three Trump lawyers were seen leaving the Prettyman Courthouse in DC today taking part in a sealed hearing in the Mar-a-Lago documents case; a judge will consider unsealing the privilege filings in the 1/6 Criminal probe; the Fulton County DA files her opposition to Lindsey Graham’s appeal to testify; John Eastman has filed a pretty please don’t make me turn over more emails motion; the January sixth rioter who dragged Officer Mike Fanone into ...
Oct 28, 2022•48 min•Ep. 943
Thursday, October 27th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes; the DOJ has several felony charges pending in Arizona related to election threats; Donald Trump has been served with his 1/6 Committee subpoena; the DOJ and Trump’s lawyers have agreed on the issues for the special master to review and a briefing schedule; Arizona GOP leader Kelli Ward and her husband Michael have appealed their phone records being released to the 1/6 Committee to the Supreme Court; 3 men were found guilty on all charges in t...
Oct 27, 2022•58 min•Ep. 942
Wednesday, October 25th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes: the DoJ is now seeking to compel testimony from Philbin and Cipollone in sealed filings to chief judge Beryl Howell; the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have obtained emails that the Secret Service withheld information about credible death threats to Pence, Pelosi and Schumer on 1/6; Mark Meadows is resisting a Fulton County Georgia subpoena; Hope Hicks testified before the 1/6 committee; and the National Archives denies...
Oct 26, 2022•44 min•Ep. 941
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes: the Justice Department is putting the squeeze on Walt Nauta and Kash Patel in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation; Justice Thomas temporarily blocks Lindsey Graham’s testimony in the Fulton County special grand jury investigation into 2020 election interference; Pete Navarro has filed a motion in opposition to the DoJ’s writ of replevin; Donald is a possible witness in the Trump Organization criminal trial which started today; and we get to...
Oct 25, 2022•35 min•Ep. 940
Monday, October 24th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes: Mar-a-Lago documents contained secrets about Iran and China; Donald Trump is formally subpoenaed by the 1/6 committee; Steve Bannon is sentenced to four months for criminal contempt of Congress; a federal court has cleared the way for the 1/6 committee to get Kelli Ward’s phone records; Eric Herschmann warned against Donald signing inaccurate voter fraud numbers in a lawsuit in Georgia; President Biden is reviewing Elon Musk’s Twitter deal; Kas...
Oct 24, 2022•49 min•Ep. 939
Friday, October 21st, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes: the 11th circuit rules that Lindsey Graham must testify before the special grand jury in Fulton County; Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister; Amy Coney Barrett rejects a Republican group in Wisconsin’s lawsuit to block President Biden’s student loan relief program; Donald is trying to assert privilege he doesn’t have over documents that can’t have it; Kelly Loeffler and Pat Cipollone have both testified in Fulton County a day after a trove of he...
Oct 21, 2022•33 min•Ep. 938
Thursday, October 20th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes: a federal judge has ordered John Eastman to hand over several more emails subject to the crime fraud exception; Trump has been deposed in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case; the CEO of Fox News is set for deposition in the Dominion defamation case; Trump has admitted on tape that the Kim Jong-un letters were classified; and an Arizona GOP candidate is arrested for masturbating in front of a preschool; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good ...
Oct 20, 2022•36 min•Ep. 937
Wednesday October 19th, 2022 Today, in the Hot Notes: the special master Judge Dearie has some questions about Donald’s incomplete and contradictory privilege log; Bill Barr’s handpicked special counsel strikes out again; an ex Oath Keeper who has pled guilty testified at trial today that he was expecting to be charged with treason; and Nancy Pelosi tells MSNBC she was concerned about the Secret Service being a danger to Mike Pence during the Capitol attack; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Go...
Oct 19, 2022•27 min•Ep. 936
