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John Bolton's house is raided; Ingrid Lewis-Martin is indicted (again) for the pettiest of bribery schemes; Newsmax settles with Dominion for $67 million| Serious Trouble
Judge Paul Engelmeyer says there's nothing interesting in the Maxwell grand jury transcripts; Laura Loomer says Marjorie Taylor Greene has the meats; Trump fights over IEEPA.| www.serioustrouble.show
Vance meets with Bondi and Patel to chart a course on Epstein; ex-NBA star Gilbert Arenas is charged with running illegal poker games in the Valley; California grand juries keep returning no bill.| Serious Trouble
Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron sue Candace Owens in Delaware; Alina Habba continues to run the New Jersey US Attorney's office; Brett Kavanaugh realizes the shadow docket has gotten messy.| www.serioustrouble.show
Donald Trump sues the Wall Street Journal, sort of; he also learns you do not have a copyright interest in your answers to interview questions; attorneys appear anonymously in immigration court.| www.serioustrouble.show
Sean Combs is acquitted, except on the least serious charges; Pam Bondi tries to explain that she never had an Epstein client list; Josh and Ken discuss orgasmic meditation.| www.serioustrouble.show
A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling is likely to lead to more use of the shadow docket; the Sean Combs jury is having internal conflicts; Donald Trump is taking another shot at his lawsuit against Ann Selzer.| www.serioustrouble.show
The Supreme Court blocks an order that would have inhibited third-country deportations, but it's not clear why; Kilmar Abrego Garcia gets a favorable (and long) ruling from a magistrate judge.| Serious Trouble
Mike Lindell declares victory, despite losing; Michael Avenatti gets his sentence reduced; a Real Housewife's deported ex-husband provides a useful lesson in the law of defamation by implication.| Serious Trouble
Listen now | California sues to block the activation of the National Guard in Los Angeles; 'Don't talk to the cops' includes not yelling in their faces; do not order the 'Iced In Tea Fada'| Serious Trouble
Mike Lindell's defense is that he believed his own bullshit; law firms that settled with Trump are losing some lawyers and (maybe) some business; it's hard to sue a university under Title VI.| Serious Trouble
The Court of International Trade rejects Trump's tariffs; the Supreme Court's conservatives swear they somehow won't disturb the Fed when they overturn Humphrey's Executor; Francesca Gino is fired.| Serious Trouble
Unusual situations produce unusual action on the Supreme Court's "shadow docket"; ICE arrests a mayor, then DOJ charges a congresswoman; James Comey visits with the Secret Service.| Serious Trouble
Judge Hannah Dugan is indicted, and asserts judicial immunity; Judge Jeanine Pirro returns to her prosecutorial roots; judges continue to parse the Alien Enemies Act.| Serious Trouble
The Sean Combs trial moves rapidly into jury selection; more judges rule against Alien Enemies Act removals; Perkins Coie wins (in court, at least).| Serious Trouble
The Trump administration continues to struggle in removal cases; Judge Hannah Dugan is arrested; the DOJ accidentally tells a court its case against congestion pricing is weak.| Serious Trouble
Harvard sues over President Trump's attacks; the Supreme Court's conservative majority is souring on Trump; Nadine Menendez learns that the 'C' in 'C-Class' stands for 'Convict'| Serious Trouble
The Supreme Court tells the Trump administration to try to get Kilmar Abrego Garcia back from El Salvador; habeas cases about the Alien Enemies Act are emerging; Trump and CBS go to mediation.| Serious Trouble
The Trump administration offers Ken an opportunity to discuss some of his favorite legal concepts; BigLaw associates politely protest their leaders' accommodation of Trump; Eric Adams is a free man.| Serious Trouble
Paul Weiss agrees to demands from the Trump administration, as does Columbia University; law firms struggle to respond to a hostile and lawless administration; there's a new lawsuit about Signalgate.| Serious Trouble
Trump fires the prosecutors who prosecuted him; Meta settles; Some of the pardoned January 6 rioters are already in trouble again; ex-Sen. Bob Menendez is in serious trouble indeed.| www.serioustrouble.show
Listen now | The indictment you've been waiting for is here.| www.serioustrouble.show