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OA740: BREAKING – E. Jean Carroll, $5 Million; Trump, ZERO (feat. Mitchell Epner)

Liz and Andrew bring on former sex crimes prosecutor and New York attorney Mitchell Epner for a discussion of the breaking civil verdict awarding E. Jean Carroll $5 million for Trump’s assault and subsequent defamation. We go WAY beyond the regular media coverage; you won’t want to miss this episode!

Notes
Carroll verdict form (blank)
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23808239/carrollvtrumpverdictform.pdf

Screenshots of actual verdict form (Pagliery tweet)
https://twitter.com/Jose_Pagliery/status/1656020932031389697?s=20

Trump depo testimony – full video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkU49iYkw2A

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OA735: Will a Plea Bargain Keep Trump Out of the White House? (feat. Seth Barrett Tillman)

Today, Liz and Andrew welcome back to the show Prof. Seth Barrett Tillman to discuss whether a plea bargain could keep Donald Trump from running for office.

Notes
Shirin Ali’s article in Slate
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/trump-plea-deal-possibilities.html

Seth Barrett Tilman, ‘Not a Panacea: Trump Disqualification and Plea Bargains,’ Lawfare: Hard National Security Choices 1–10 (Sept. 20, 2022, 8:31 AM)
https://www.lawfareblog.com/not-panacea-trump-disqualification-and-plea-bargains

Seth Barrett Tillman, Who Can Be President of the United States?: Candidate Hillary Clinton and the Problem of Statutory Qualifications, 5(1) Br. J. Am. Leg. Studies 95–121 (2016) (peer review)
<https://ssrn.com/abstract=2679512>.

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OA717: LOCK HIM UP 4: Trump Gets Indicted, DeSantis Gets Spanked

HERE IT IS! Liz and Andrew begin the show by reacting to the news of Trump’s indictment while we await the actual copy of the document.

After that, the team breaks down how Disney outmaneuvered that dumpy Trump knockoff (Ron DeSantis) with the aid of every law student’s worst nightmare: the Rule Against Perpetuities!

Notes
OA 710
https://openargs.com/oa710-lock-him-up/

OA 711
https://openargs.com/oa711-lock-him-up-2-the-secret-of-the-ooze/

OA 712
https://openargs.com/oa712-lock-him-up-3-rise-of-the-machines/

Text of “Don’t Say Gay” law, HB 1557
http://laws.flrules.org/2022/22

FL Stat. Ch. 189
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0189/Sections/0189.012.html

RCID Charter
https://www.rcid.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/RCID-Charter.pdf

 HB 9B
https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0009Ber.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0009B&Session=2023B

Reedy Creek Declaration of Restrictive Covenants
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23734248-disney-board-covenant

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OA711: LOCK HIM UP 2: The Secret of the Ooze

Yesterday, Liz and Andrew brought you a bit of a bummer – but an accurate one – regarding the pending indictment of Donald Trump in New York. Today, they bring you the good news about yet another pending indictment in Fulton County, Georgia and Trump’s desperate (and likely failing) attempts to stop it. You won’t want to miss it!

Notes
Anna Bower Lawfare explainer
https://www.lawfareblog.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-know-about-georgia-special-purpose-grand-juries-were-afraid-ask

Atlanta Journal-Constitiution interview with foreperson
https://www.ajc.com/politics/exclusive-behind-the-scenes-of-the-trump-grand-jury/6CXLKTFMKNDU7O6TER4B7UTZPE/

 Georgia RICO statute, Title 16, Chapter 14
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-16/chapter-14/

Ga. Code 16-14-3
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-16/chapter-14/section-16-14-3/

Ga. Code 16-10-20
https://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2021/title-16/chapter-10/article-2/section-16-10-20/

Trump motion to quash
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23718113-ex-parte-fulton-county-grand-jury-03-20-2023-102331-37306996-f8b43da6-144b-4544-ab53-4095c1c5f36d

State v. Lampl, 770 S.E.2d 629 (Ga. 2015)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13555564276998303856

Connally v. General Construction Co., 269 U.S. 385, 391 (1926)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9143673394692693115

Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=1557224836887427725

Skilling v. U.S., 561 U.S. 358 (2010)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6709078768346680936

State v. Bartel, 479 S.E.2d 4 (1996)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2075548165303328436

Kenerly v. State, 715 S.E.2d 688 (Ga. App. 2011)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3363311285530927015

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OA700: Rumors Of Trump’s Testimony In Strzok Suit May Be Greatly Exaggerated

You may have seen the news accounts that a court ordered Donald Trump (and FBI director Chris Wray) to be deposed in connection with a lawsuit. Well, today, Liz and Andrew break down the DOJ’s ongoing battle with Peter Strzok and Lisa Page. Why is the government still fighting this? Will they really get to depose Trump? Listen and find out!

Notes
5 U.S.C. 552a
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a

Lisa Page’s story to Molly Jong-Fast
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lisa-page-speaks-theres-no-fathomable-way-i-have-committed-any-crime-at-all

Hatch Act
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2015-title5/html/USCODE-2015-title5-partIII-subpartF-chap73-subchapIII.htm#:~:text=%C2%A77321.,political%20processes%20of%20the%20Nation

Strzok response
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963.88.0.pdf

EO 13233
https://sgp.fas.org/news/2001/11/eo-pra.html

Strzok opposition
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963.100.0.pdf

Strzok filing re motion to quash subpoenas for Trump and Wray, apex doctrine
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963/gov.uscourts.dcd.209963.88.0.pdf

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OA154: Stormy Daniels is a Legal Genius

This emergency episode examines the Complaint filed by Stormy Daniels seeking a legal determination that the Settlement Agreement entered into between her, Donald Trump’s lawyer, and (allegedly) Donald Trump is not legally binding.

We honestly believe that this is a much bigger bombshell than is being portrayed by the press.  Listen and find out why.

We also end with an all-new TTTBE #66 featuring David Michael.  You won’t want to miss it!  Remember that you can play along with #TTTBE by retweeting our episode on Twitter or sharing it on Facebook along with your guess.  We’ll release the answer on next Tuesday’s episode along with our favorite entry!

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