In DC, Jack Smith moves to admit evidence from before the DC conspiracy and files the opposition to Trump’s motion to stay the entire proceeding. JPotential jurors are being pre-screened for the March 4 trial. In Mar-a-Lago, Judge Cannon is handed her first real test and the chance to make an appealable decision concerning CIPA Section 4 filings. Hunter Biden gets indicted on nine tax charges by Special Counsel David Weiss. We rank the recent Special Counsels. Plus, we have some great listener q...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 10 min
This week, Trump’s motion to declare him immune from prosecution is denied as is his fishing expedition motion to produce imaginary “missing” January 6 Committee materials; more from Rep. Scott Perry’s phone; Ken Chesebro is taking his fraudulent electors scheme talk cross-country, maybe to a jurisdiction near you. Plus, we have some great listener questions. Brian Greer’s Quick Guide to CIPA https://www.justsecurity.org/87134/the-quick-guide-to-cipa-classified-information-procedures-act/ Some t...
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 14 min
This week, Trump’s motion to have references to Jan 6 stricken from the DC indictment is denied; there’s a response to DoJ’s opposition to televising the DC trial; Trump’s Fulton County legal team wants access to DoJ’s discovery in the DC case; Trump files motion to dismiss the DC charges. Plus, we have some great listener questions. See Brian Greer’s Charts - It’s Complicated with Renato and Asha It's Complicated Episode 51 | Cannon's Shenanigans | Renato Mariotti & Asha Rangappa Brian Greer’s ...
Nov 26, 2023•1 hr 9 min
It’s been one year since Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel to investigate Trump for the willful retention of classified documents, and the crimes surrounding the attempted coup. This week we take a look at new reporting about the meeting where Trump’s lawyers tried to convince DoJ not to indict. New motions and responses to the request for the DC trial to be televised. The DC Circuit Court temporarily lifts Trump’s gag order. Judge Cannon continues to add delays to the proceedings in Flor...
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This week: Trump’s team tries to drown the proceedings in an ocean of motions; Jack Smith shows that the January 6th attack on the Capitol is integral to the government’s case against Trump in DC. In Florida, Judge Cannon seems to be doing all she can to delay the trial, even by doing something potentially unprecedented with regard to CIPA. Plus, listener questions. A couple of terms to remember: Brady Rule | US Law |Cornell Law School | Legal Information Institute https://www.law.cornell.edu/we...
Nov 12, 2023•53 min
In DC, we have updates on the limited gag order Judge Chutkan issued; and Trump’s moves to stay the entire proceedings while awaiting a ruling on his motion to dismiss based on presidential immunity . In Florida, DoJ filed a notice to the court regarding Trump’s attempts to delay other trials by playing one venue off the other. Brian Greer is here to go over CIPA filings and rulings in DC and Florida. A document comes up in the NYAG civil fraud trial that might be of interest to Jack Smith’s tea...
Nov 05, 2023•1 hr 20 min
This week, Trump’s team filed several motions in the DC case. Three are motions to dismiss; one is a motion to strike language from the indictment. Jack Smith brings up Trump’s violations of the New York civil trial gag order. Federal prosecutors have quietly withdrawn a subpoena seeking records from Trump's 2020 campaign. A panel of federal judges rejects requests to allow live television coverage of Trump’s federal trials. More delays in Florida as Judge Cannon to hear arguments about DoJ’s co...
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This week in Judge Aileen Cannon’s court, Walt Nauta waives his attorney’s possible conflict of interest; Jack Smith files the government’s opposition to Trump’s request to delay the trial. In DC, Judge Tanya Chutkan issues a partial gag order; and DoJ responds to Trump’s absolute immunity claim in his motion to dismiss. Sidney Powell and Kenneth Cheseboro plead guilty in the Fulton County Rico case. Jack Smith withdraws the subpoena of the Save America PAC. DoJ plans to appeal the Proud Boys’ s...
Oct 22, 2023•1 hr 12 min
This week in Florida, Jack Smith’s office files the government’s response to Trump’s motion for a revised CIPA schedule, claiming, in part, that it is a precursor to a motion to delay the entire trial, and we learn that Jack Smith may intend to prove Trump’s motive in taking and retaining the documents, and Judge Cannon holds conflict of interest hearings In DC, DoJ filed a motion asking Judge Chutkan to require Trump to disclose whether he intends to employ an “advice of counsel” defense as tha...
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr
This week in Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon stays the trial calendar pending Trump’s motion for a delay due to CIPA section 4, and new reporting that Trump shared nuclear submarine capabilities with an Australian businessman. In DC, Donald files a motion to dismiss all charges based on absolute presidential immunity; an opposition to DOJ CIPA motions; Jack Smith files a motion in support of his original motion for a pre-trial don’t-call-it-a-gag order based on Trump’s posts about Mark Milley and a...
Oct 08, 2023•58 min
This week in the DC case: Judge Chutkan denies Donald’s motion to recuse, Trump files motions to delay CIPA actions, and opposition to the don’t-call-it-a gag order. In Florida, Judge Cannon grants, in part, Jack Smith's motion for conflict of interest hearings; Trump asks for a delay on section 4 of CIPA; and Judge Cannon will receive briefs from both sides on whether to allow Nauta to view classified evidence, and more; plus a listener question. A couple of terms to remember: Brady Rule | US L...
Sep 30, 2023•1 hr 8 min
This week: Rolling Stone reports that Trump is privately fretting about possibly going to prison; DoJ filed their proposed don’t-call-it-a-gag order in the DC case; CIPA expert Brian Greer joins Allison to discuss the implications of that and what’s going on with a supplemental briefing Judge Cannon requested; plus a couple of very fine questions from some very smart and good-looking listeners. Our Guest: Brian Greer Secrets and Laws (@secretsandlaws) on Twitter Questions for the pod: https://fo...
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 13 min
This week: we have multiple court filings to discuss including a narrow gag order motion from Jack Smith in the DC coup conspiracy case; a motion from Trump for the judge in that case to recuse, and the special counsel’s opposition to that motion; a DC circuit court of appeals decision on the Rep. Scott Perry phone warrant; the sealed court order from Judge Beryl Howell on the Trump Twitter account search warrant; in Florida, there are new details about what Yuscil Taveras did after De Oliveira ...
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week: CNN reports that an investigation into voting machine breaches continues as the federal grand jury meets again after a four-week break; DoJ opposes a motion to vacate in the DC case; a partial win for Rep. Scott Perry in his fight to keep his phone data from Jack Smith; new reporting on Giuliani aide Kathrine Friess; a cooperation agreement between the DoJ and Yuscil Taveras in the Mar-a-Lago documents case; plus a listener question, and more. Questions for the pod: https://formfacade...
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min
This week: A trial date of March 4, 2024, and a full trial schedule are set by Judge Chutkan in the DC case (Allison was there); prosecutors on Jack Smith’s team were asking questions about Rudy Giuliani’s drinking and level of inebriation while advising Trump leading up to the events on January 6th; more Republican efforts to defund the Special Counsel; the curious case of Harrison Floyd reveals Jack Smith’s previously unknown investigation into the intimidation of Ruby Freeman in Georgia; in F...
Sep 03, 2023•58 min
This week, in Fulton County, all 19 racketeering defendants have been booked; the DoJ responded to Trump’s April 2026 trial date request, and an update on three key cases awaiting DC Circuit rulings. Meanwhile, in Coannonland, Florida; de Oliveira is subject to the deadlines in the court’s scheduling order; the DoJ entered a detailed filing responding to Woodward and Cannon’s questions about Woodward’s conflict of interest and the use of grand juries in two jurisdictions. Plus a couple of listen...
Aug 27, 2023•57 min
This week: Allison and Andy discuss the conspiracy against rights case; charges have been brought against a woman for threatening to kill Judge Chutkan; Trump files his motion for a trial date as Judge Luttig files an amicus brief in support of the DoJ’s recommendation of January 2nd; images show Kenneth Chesebro was with Alex Jones at the Capitol on January 6th; transcripts of the hearing over Trump's Twitter account have been unsealed; grumblings in Cannonland; plus a couple of listener questi...
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This week: Allison and Andy discuss recent the developments in the case against Trump in D.C. - including a protective order hearing and Judge Chutkan’s statements reconfirming that Trump will be treated as any other criminal defendant; Judge Cannon raises questions about her ability to handle the case against Trump in Florida; Weiss gets tapped as Special Counsel in the Hunter probe; plus a listener question and more! Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AG: Fol...
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Allison and Andy read the entire D.C. indictment of Donald Trump IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DONALD J. TRUMP, Defendant. CRIMINAL NO. GRAND JURY ORIGINAL VIOLATIONS: Count 1: 18 U.S.C. § 371 (Conspiracy to Defraud the United States) Count 2: 18 U.S.C. § 1512(k) (Conspiracy to Obstruct an Official Proceeding) Count 3: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1512(c)(2), 2 (Obstruction of and Attempt to Obstruct an Official Proceeding) Count 4: 18 U.S.C. § 241 ...
Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 38 min
This week: Allison and Andy discuss the most recent federal indictment of Donald Trump and his arraignment in D.C.; names of the unindicted co-conspirators are sussed out; De Oliviera and Nauta have still not been arraigned in the espionage at Mar-a-Lago case; DoJ argues to Judge Cannon that attorney Stan Woodward has a conflict of interest with two of his clients in the Mar-aLago case; plus a listener question and more! 18 USC 371 for the sprawling plot to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power...
Aug 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min
This week: Allison and Andy discuss the superseding indictments that came down on Trump and Nauta; the head of maintenance at Mar-a-Lago gets a charge; CIPA expert Brian Greer joins for the “Under Seal” segment to talk about the Iran document and CIPA schedule; prosecutors in the coup plot investigation met with Bernie Kerik, Brian Kemp, and Trump’s lawyer; plus a listener question and more! Three new charges for Donald Trump and Walt Nauta Conspiracy to obstruct justice: 1512(k) Altering, destr...
Jul 30, 2023•1 hr 8 min
This week: Trump gets a target letter for the January 6th investigation; more witness testimony from Trump allies including Will Russell; cooperation from former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey; a subpoena for State Farm Arena video footage; continued scrutiny of the Willard War Room; Bernie Kerik in talks with special counsel; Judge Aileen Cannon set a trial date for the documents case; Trump failed to get the Manhattan hush money case moved to federal court and lost his bid to re-try the E. Jean C...
Jul 23, 2023•56 min
This week: Allison and Andy are joined by Senior Fellow at Brookings and CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen to talk about Just Security’s newly released pros memo that lays out a path to prosecuting Trump for federal election crimes; Trump’s team requests a delay to the start of the documents case; DoJ files a speedy trial report; plus listener questions, and more. Follow Norm Eisen https://twitter.com/NormEisen Just Security Model Prosecution Memo https://www.justsecurity.org/87236/trump-on-trial-a-m...
Jul 16, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week: Allison and Andy are joined by former CIA attorney Brian Greer to talk about the handling of classified documents by the court in the Mar-a-Lago case; DoJ and Jack Smith have been investigating Trump’s plans to seize voting machines; Jack Smith subpoenaed the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office as recently as May; Rudy news; plus listener questions, and more. Follow Brian Greer https://twitter.com/secretsandlaws Do you have questions about the cases and investigations? Email hello@mue...
Jul 09, 2023•58 min
This week: Jack Smith is still issuing subpoenas in the documents case; some Trump allies sign cooperation deals; new testimony from Rudy Giuliani and Brad Raffensperger; a FOIA lawsuit reveals sinks a key Trump defense; plus listener questions. Do you have questions about the cases and investigations? Email [email protected] and put Jack in the subject line. Or Click here: https://formfaca.de/sm/PTk_BSogJ Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AG on Twitte...
Jul 02, 2023•51 min
This week: Judge Cannon has set a trial date, but it’s unclear where the proceedings will be; the January 6th probe continues along with a new witness testifying before that grand jury in DC; findings of the GA investigation into voter fraud; plus listener questions. Do you have questions about the cases and investigations? Email [email protected] and put Jack in the subject line. Or Click here: https://formfaca.de/sm/PTk_BSogJ Follow the Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BoVR...
Jun 25, 2023•1 hr 2 min
This week: Allison and Andy are joined by Brian Greer. Brian is a former associate counsel at the CIA. He’ll help us understand CIPA rules, so-called “Goldilocks Docs,” the “silent witness” rule, and more; plus the January 6th investigation keeps moving along. Follow Brian Greer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/secretsandlaws Do you have questions about the cases and investigations? Email [email protected] and put Jack in the subject line. Or Click here: https://formfaca.de/sm/PTk_BSogJ F...
Jun 18, 2023•1 hr 10 min
This week: Trump (and Walt Nauta) get indicted in the Mar-a-Lago documents case and the indictment has been unsealed. Do you have questions about the cases and investigations? Email [email protected] and put Jack in the subject line. Or Click here: https://formfaca.de/sm/PTk_BSogJ Follow the Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3BoVRhN Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/ Follow AG on Twitter: Dr. Allison Gill https://twitter.com/allisongill https://twitt...
Jun 11, 2023•47 min
This week: Trump (and Walt Nauta) get indicted in the Mar-a-Lago documents case (this episode was recorded before the indictment became public); the transcript of Trump showing off a classified document is released; the January 6 investigation is still moving forward; plus a listener question and more. Allison and Andy go over the indictment in an episode later today! Do you have questions about the cases and investigations? Email [email protected] and put Jack in the subject line. Or Cl...
Jun 11, 2023•1 hr
This week: Special Counsel has an audio recording of Trump acknowledging that he retained at least one classified document after his presidency - blowing up his “I declassified everything with my mind” defense; Evan Corcoran was waved off of searching anywhere other than the Mar-a-Lago storage room; the “IT Guy” and Nauta share a lawyer paid by the Save America PAC; the firing of Kris Krebs speaks to Trump’s state of mind around creating a coup-friendly environment; plus listener questions and m...
Jun 04, 2023•1 hr 11 min
