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OA761: Judge Cannon Prepares to Do Trump a Solid, As Republicans Aim to Kneecap Biden

It’s a grab bag of stories, mostly Trump-adjacent. After some great news on judges, Liz explains that the House GOP is so desperate to smear President Biden they’ve made like Rudy Giuliani and leaked. Stick around for the end, when the duo breaks down exactly what can (and can’t!) be done about Judge Aileen Cannon, FSW.

In the Patreon bonus, Liz and Andrew discuss a recent Judge Cannon order in some detail.

Notes
Dep’t of Commerce v. New York, 139 S.Ct. 2551 (2019)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2540889926931166997

Ho Letter
https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/gdpzymywgvw/ho-letter-lawfirms.pdf

 Trump search warrant docket
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/64872441/united-states-v-sealed-search-warrant/

Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrant
https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/Reinhart-Mar-a-Lago-less-redacted-affidavit.pdf

Sample Warrant
https://evawintl.org/wp-content/uploads/18-Appendix-B-Search-Warrants.pdf

Comer Subpoena Wray
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Grassley-Comer-letter.pdf 

28 U.S.C. § 455 – Recusal Statute
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/455

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OA760: Trump’s Arraignment – Judge Aileen Cannon Returns to the Scene of the Crime (feat. Mitchell Epner)

Liz and Andrew welcome back Mitchell Epner to the show to break down today’s indictment of Donald Trump & Walt Nauta… and also figure out just how much mischief Judge Aileen Cannon can cause.

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OA759: The “Socks” Case – Don’t Take Legal Advice From Judicial Watch! (feat. Kel McClanahan)

Republicans are saying that the “Clinton sock drawer case” – Judicial Watch v. NARA – means that Trump didn’t violate the Espionage Act and can just declare anything he wants to be a “personal” record.

That’s nonsense, of course.

Notes
Judicial Watch, Inc. v. National Archives and Records Administration, 845 F.Supp.2d 288 (D.D.C.2012)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15818036517066124081

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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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OA 733: Trump Phones A Friend As Document Indictment Looms (feat. Kel McClanahan)

Liz and Andrew take a look at a letter sent by Donald Trump’s lawyers to House Republicans and bring back expert National Security Lawyer Kel McClanahan to help answer all their questions about Trump’s dubious assertions about how the National Archives should have handled the Mar-a-Lago documents.

Notes
In re Sealed Case (Pence-Boasberg)
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67164305/in-re-sealed-case/?order_by=desc

Parlatore Trump letter
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23789802/read-trump-lawyers-letter-to-congress-reveal-foreign-leader-briefings-may-be-among-classified-documents-taken-from-white-house.pdf

Less-redacted search warrant
https://openargs.com/wp-content/uploads/Reinhart-Mar-a-Lago-less-redacted-affidavit.pdf

NARA Oct. 11, 2022 statement
https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2022/nr22-001#october-11-2022

Debra Steidel Wall 1/17/23 letter to Jim Comer
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23575130/nara-response-to-rep-james-comer.pdf

18 USC §793(e)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793

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OA721: Lock Him Up 6: Evaluating the NY Charges Against Trump

Liz and Andrew evaluate the Trump indictment and answer listener questions as well as a Just Security article critiquing their position.

The Patreon bonus contains a deep dive into an Andrew Weissman statement on MSNBC on lesser-included offenses.

Notes
INDICTMENT
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf

STATEMENT OF FACTS
https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf

NY Crim Proc. § 30.10 (Statute of Limitations)
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/criminal-procedure-law/cpl-sect-30-10.html

NY Crim Law § 175.05
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-05.html

NY Crim Law § 175.10
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-10.html

People v. Hankin
https://casetext.com/case/people-v-hankin

People v. Saporita
https://casetext.com/case/people-v-saporita-stevenson

Just Security article
https://www.justsecurity.org/85831/the-broad-scope-of-intent-to-defraud-in-the-new-york-crime-of-falsifying-business-records/

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OA720: LOCK HIM UP 5: No, Really, Just Lock Him Up Already

THIS IS IT! We finally have a copy of the 34-count indictment against Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, as well as the supporting Statement of Facts. Liz and Andrew break it ALL down for you, including all the stuff the rest of the media missed!

Notes
INDICTMENT
https://www.manhattanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-Indictment.pdf

STATEMENT OF FACTS
https://thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/Donald-J.-Trump-SOF.pdf

NY Penal Law 175.10
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-10.html

NY Penal Law 175.05
https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/penal-law/pen-sect-175-05.html

Just Security article critiquing us
https://www.justsecurity.org/85831/the-broad-scope-of-intent-to-defraud-in-the-new-york-crime-of-falsifying-business-records/

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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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OA 716: Jim Jordan is Not Alvin Bragg’s Daddy

Liz and Andrew break down several developments in the ongoing effort to hold Trump accountable, including the back-and-forth between Jim Jordan’s “Committee on Oversight” and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. Oh, and is Mike Pence going to testify to Jack Smith’s Grand Jury? Listen and find out!

Along the way we take a deep dive into Congress’s power to conduct investigations, the Tenth Amendment, how bad originalism is, and much, much more!

Notes
OA 708
https://openargs.com/oa708-stormy-daniels-strikes-back/

Politico: Manhattan Trump grand jury set to break for a month
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/29/manhattan-trump-grand-jury-set-to-break-for-a-month-00089422

AMI non-prosecution agreement
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/press-release/file/1119501/download

Liz Wonkette
https://www.wonkette.com/new-house-committee-to-answer-burning-questions-what-did-nancy-pelosi-coup-and-when-did-she-coup-it

Jordan 3/20 Letter to Bragg
https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-03-20-jdj-bs-jc-to-bragg-re-trump-investigation.pdf

Bragg Response Letter March 23, 2023
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23720988/20230323-letter-response-from-manhattan-da.pdf

Jordan Response Letter March 25
https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-03-25-jdj-bs-jc-to-bragg-re-subpoena-and-response.pdf

Watkins v. US, 354 U.S. 178 (1957)
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=562722361999206621

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