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Legal AF by MeidasTouch

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Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney"s Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics. Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday and

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72:42

The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

Legal AF by MeidasTouch ·

2025/10/08

A once proud US Attorneys’ Office that is both on fire and “leaks” at the same time. A resistance movement of former DOJ senior officials ban together to warn America about the Trump Administration. A current Attorney General who is being judged by history (and future impeachment managers and prosecutors) and is failing on national TV. A Supreme Court and its MAGA wing that woke up and remembered the First Amendment today. Federal judges fight back to protect Trump’s hostile take over of Blue

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21:46

California AG Rob Bonta reacts to Late Night Court...

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2025/10/06

In Breaking News, an openly defiant Trump Administration has met its match as an Oregon Trump-appointed Federal Judge just issued her second Emergency Temporary Restraining Order in 24 hours to prevent Trump from sending federalized national guards troops from California and around the country into Portland. Michael Popok is joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta for an exclusive briefing about Judge Immergut’s latest emergency injunction ruling, as she fears that Trump is moving the

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84:15

Legal AF Full Episode - 10/4/2025

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2025/10/05

What does winning look like against Trump in the federal courts during the Shutdown Showdown with the Democrats? What does winning look like when you bring a motion to dismiss a criminal indictment brought by Trump’s corrupt DOJ for “vindictive prosecution”? What does winning look like if you are Former FBI Director James Comey and the FBI wants to “perp walk” you for next week’s arraignment? What does winning look like in cases filed about Trump’s using tax payer dollars to generate political

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70:58

Legal AF Full Episode - 10/1/2025

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2025/10/02

Federal judges are not puling punches and are now going after the Trump Administration and the Supreme Court in new devastating rulings; the Supreme Court may not be ready to hand Trump the keys to the Federal Reserve just yet; New orders stop the Trump Administration from dismantling foundations of our democracy, the First Amendment, and stop funding from being cut off to Blue States in case of emergencies. Popok and KFA take it all on and the latest edition of the top rated Legal AF podcast

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14:16

SCOTUS Rules Against Trump and Pauses His Order

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2025/10/01

In a stunning upset and breaking news, the Supreme Court couldn’t find 5 votes among the MAGA 6 to destroy the Federal Reserve’s independence just yet, and for now has rejected Trump’s efforts to remove Democratic-appointed Lisa Cook from the Fed Board of Governors without due process or proper reason, and will keep her in the job at least until the Court has oral argument and full briefing in January 2026 or beyond. Michael Popok explains how this ruling, although temporary, actually helps her

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81:02

The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

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2025/10/01

A federal judge slams the Trump Administration for trying to crush the First Amendment rights of legally in the US students and professors, in the form of a love letter to America, the Constitution and as a response to a postcard he received from a Trump supporter. The ease by which James Comey will dismiss his indictment cannot be overstated, but that’s not the point of Trump’s pound of flesh strategy. Trump enablers like Kari Lake and the Administration are heading for contempt finding for

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16:10

Trump Gets Absolutely Shamed in Fed Court by GOP Judge

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2025/09/30

In breaking news, A Republican Federal Judge, used Trump enabler Kari Lake’s own words against her, to find her “dripping in indifference” and not only blocking her efforts to fire yet another 500 employees at Voice of America, but also observed that the Trump Administration’s conduct before him would support civil contempt proceedings if only the Plaintiff would ask him for it. Michael Popok unpacks Judge Lamberth’s order and his chastising of the Supreme Court while he is at it on his latest hot

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85:48

Legal AF Full Episode - 9/27/2025

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2025/09/28

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88:23

Legal AF Full Episode - 9/24/2025

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2025/09/25

Did Trump appoint his former criminal defense lawyer to be a US Attorney in order to bring a criminal indictment against Former FBI Director James Comes? Did Trump Border Czar caught in an FBI bribery sting keep the $50,000 of tax payer dollars? What will the Supreme Court do now that a federal judge has released billions of FEMA funds that Trump tried to cut off to Blue States, and so much more at the intersection of law and politics with Popok and Karen on the Legal AF Podcast. ONE SKIN: Get

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19:43

Trump Indictment Leaks of Former FBI Director

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2025/09/25

Michael Popok of Legal AF briefs the audience on new reporting that the reason that real reason that Trump fired the Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney who refused to bring false charges against Trump’s political enemies was to allow him to quickly put in one of his lackeys and former defense lawyer Lindsey Halligan into the role, in order to indict former FBI Director James Comey before this Tuesday, when a statute of limitations for lying to congress runs.Moink: Sign up at

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20:24

Furious Fed Chair Drops Truth Bomb Trump Feared Most

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2025/09/24

Less than a week after the Fed marginally cut interest rates, Chairman of the Fed Board Jerome Powell remarked that rising inflation and slow hiring pose a “challenging situation” going forward. Michael Popok of @LEGALAFMTN reports. MUDWTR: Start your new morning ritual & get up to 43% OFF your @MUDWTR by going to https://mudwtr.com/LEGALAF #mudwtrpod Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch:

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63:22

The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

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2025/09/24

Trump’s press secretary accidentally admits that Trump’s Border Czar took a $50,000 cash bribe; Trump overplays his hand and makes Kimmel a martyr for first amendment rights instead of Kirk; the Wall Street Journal tells a federal judge that Trump is too vulgar to be defamed, as Trump eyes a way to settle his defamation case with the WSJ by letting Murdoch buy part of Tik Tok; AG Pam Bondi takes a victory lap for a prosecution she was not responsible for as a jury convicts Trump’s would be assassin

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19:43

Trump Backed Into Corner as Tapes Surface?!?

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2025/09/24

Michael Popok explores new reporting that Trump’s Border Czar took time out of his plans to deport children and crush the souls of families to accept $50k in bribe money from FBI undercover agents even before Trump got back into office.DeleteMe: Get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to join https://deleteme.com/LEGALAF and use promo code LEGALAF at checkout. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch:

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99:19

Legal AF Full Episode 9/20/2025

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2025/09/21

FBI Director Kash Patel admits to covering up the Epstein child sex trafficking files to protect Trump in response to Democratic questioning; Trump throwing everything he has at news media and protected first amendment speech is already backfiring in Federal Courts and about Jimmy Kimmel; Trump sets a trap for the MAGA on the US Supreme Court that they are trying hard not to step in; the Trump DOJ’s reputation is so bad that grand jurors, jurors, and judges are throwing their cases out of court, DOJ

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16:46

Trump Appointed Judge Excoriates Him in Open Court

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2025/09/20

A Trump appointed judge just declared that the Trump Administration itself violated laws against Child Trafficking by trying to secretly remove 600 refugee unaccompanied minors at 1 am Labor Day weekend and send them back on false representations to their home countries. As Michael Popok reports, Judge Kelly called Trump’s argument that they were merely “reunifying” children with their parents in a “pilot program” was a “house of cards” and untrue, which makes Judge Kelly the third judge after

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17:54

Trump Rushes for Emergency Hearing at SCOTUS

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2025/09/19

To combat another terrible news cycle for Trump, he had his DOJ finally get around to filing their “emergency” appeal through the dreaded Shadow Docket to the Supreme Court to try for the 3rd time to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her 14-year tenured position so that Trump can gain control of the Fed’s rate-setting mechanism. Michael Popok takes a hard look at the new filing, including its reliance on Trump’s criminal immunity decision and its ignoring the Supreme Court’s decision

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16:27

Trump FBI Director in Shock as Meidas Video Exposes...

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2025/09/19

If you thought embattled FBI Director Kash Patel’s grilling to within an inch of his life at the hands of the Senate Democrats was bad, it just got worse for him during his cross-examination by Rep Ted Lieu in the House about the Epstein Coverup Scandal. And a key piece of evidence used by Rep Lieu to grill Patel may look familiar— the Legal AF interview of journalist Michael Wolff and his observations about what he saw in Epstein’s apartment that the FBI should have grabbed during a search warrant

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18:56

Trump Hit Hard amid Disaster Lawsuit

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2025/09/19

The NYT has already fire back at Trump and scoffed at his $15 billion dollar defamation suit by publishing a new expose just hours after the suit was filed, accusing Trump, his family and closest advisors, of allowing military grade AI computer chips to be sold to the United Arab Emirates, a close China ally, but only in return for UAE investing $2 billion dollars with Trump’s cryptocurrency company to benefit Trump, his family and closest friends. Michael Popok takes a look at the Federal lawsuit

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85:20

Legal AF Full Episode - 9/17/2025

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2025/09/18

A mini-Epstein-Trump documentary video is projected on Windsor Castle as Trump and Melania arrive for their Royal Visit; Kash Patel is greeted with a Legal AF Video as he’s cross examined about Epstein in the House Judiciary Committee; Pam Bondi’s law school education is questioned by Justice Sotomayor; Lisa Cook is still on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and votes on rates as Trump loses again; Dr. Monarez testifies that RFK Jr. effectively ordered her to lie about the anti-vax

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16:30

Trump WH Panics as Trump Accidentally Screws Them

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2025/09/17

Add Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to a growing list of Trump Cabinet members who have the exact same multiple mortgage issue that they claim is fraud when trying to frame Fed Reserve Board of Governor Lisa Cook! Michael Popok looks closely at the new revelations that Bessent took out $21 million in mortgages and checked the same boxes Lisa Cook did, while he has called for her to step down, calling her actions “fraud.” Everyday Dose: Go to https://EverydayDose.com/LEGALAF for 45% OFF

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