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Legal AF by MeidasTouch

MeidasTouch Network

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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Legal AF Full Episode - 11/5/2025

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2025/11/06

In addition to Trump’s and MAGA’s election night shellacking, Trump had a historically bad week in courtrooms around America. First Judge McConnell in Rhode Island issued a permanent injunction forcing Trump to fund infrastructure projects in Blue States; then Judge Immergut entered a preliminary injunction to block Trump’s use of the National Guard on the streets of Oregon; then Federal Judge Currie ordered the turn over off all grand jury materials about Lindsey Halligan’s role in prosecuting

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15:34

Emergency Hearing Called for Trump’s Fatal Court...

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2025/11/06

Trump and his Administration have, in the last 24 hours, already violated Chief Judge McConnell’s emergency temporary restraining order to force Trump to provide billions in SNAP food stamp payments to 42 million Americans no later than Wednesday. As Trump trolls the most underprivileged of Americans (the poor, disabled, Veterans, babies, children, and the elderly) who face starvation, declaring that he will violate the Court’s order and not make SNAP payments at all, public interest groups have

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15:37

Trump Suffers FATAL BLOW at Comey CRIMINAL Hearing

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2025/11/06

A federal judge came in “hot” off the bench and right at Trump’s DOJ and Lindsey Halligan, excoriating them for “indicting first and investigating second” in the Former FBI Dir. James Comey criminal case, and ordering them to immediately turn over tens of thousands of documents and ALL the secret grand jury transcripts to the defense ASAP. Michael Popok examines Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick, who used to be a Division Chief in Halligan’s once proud Eastern District of Virginia US Attorney’s Office,

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23:27

Supreme Court Rebukes Trump at Biggest Hearing Yet

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2025/11/05

Trump’s Tariffs are up for grabs, as his Administration met a very skeptical Supreme Court panel, including at least 2 votes he needs, Justices Amy Comey Barrett and Justice Gorsuch. Michael Popok reports on the 2.5-hour oral argument and his views on what could end up being a 5-4 decision that could scuttle the entirety of Trump’s economic and foreign policies before the midterms.Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network

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The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

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2025/11/05

On a special Election Night in America episode of The Intersection Podcast, Michael Popok covers: Halligan’s “US Attorney” position on life support with new court order. Federal Judges jumping on Trump’s denying 42 million people anti-hunger finding. A federal Judge issues an emergency injunction against Trump and his abuse of the National Guard on Blue Cities. And the MAGA 6 are the hottest of seats firing tomorrow’s landmark Trump Tariff Supreme Court’s hearing.Lola Blankets: Get 35% off your

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16:07

Judge Busts Trump Prosecutor Hiding Evidence in Comey...

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2025/11/04

In breaking news, Senior Federal Judge Currie caught that Trump’s DOJ and Lindsey Halligan are trying to hide the grand jury transcripts and documents from her as she considers whether to disqualify Lindsey Halligan as the US Attorney and dismiss the indictments against Former FBI Director James Comey and NY AG Tish James. Michael Popok explains how bad trying to “spoon feed” and hide documents from a Federal Judge really is, as the AG Pam Bondi files “backdated” documents to try to save Halligan

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17:47

Trump Instantly Trapped by Emergency Order

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2025/11/04

In breaking news, Chief Judge McConnell has issued an EMERGENCY order against the Trump Administration to compel them to make billions of dollars of food stamp/SNAP program payments immediately to America’s most vulnerable population— 40 million babies, children, the elderly, and disabled, to prevent them from starving. Michael Popok catches a lie by the Treasury Secretary 24 hours after the order was issued on national television, and explains what will happen next in 2 different courts to prevent

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15:04

Judge Cannon gets Smacked Down by Her Boss for Trump...

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2025/11/03

Are we one big step closer to getting our hands on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s famous but never seen Volume 2 of his Final Report about Trump’s crimes at Mar a Lago? The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has blasted, in their own way, Trump-picked Judge Cannon, who is sitting on Volume 2 (including whether FBI Director Kash Patel was involved in the coverup). Michael Popok reports that the 11th has ordered Judge Cannon to decide whether she will release the Report to the public in the next 60 days,

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18:21

Trump Handed Massive Defeat by Federal Court for...

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2025/11/03

In breaking news, a Trump-appointed Federal Judge issued a late Sunday night emergency Preliminary Injunction continuing to block Trump’s attempts to violate State Sovereignty and federalize and deploy state militia/national guard on the streets of Portland. Michael Popok explains that the Judge will be entering the final Permanent Injunction against The Trump Administration by Friday, but because Trump refused to give her the time to issue her final order, she was forced to enter an emergency

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Legal AF Full Episode - 11/1/2025

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2025/11/02

Lindsey Halligan puts her law license in jeopardy, as lawyers and judges demand to see what she exactly told the grand jury when she obtained her first ever federal indictments against Trump’s political critics. The Supreme Court may be ready to reign in Trump and his abuse of power through the take over of State National Guard, with a landmark decision on the validity of Trump’s Tariffs coming up for an oral argument this week; Trump turns his back on fragile Americans facing starvation and holds a

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16:51

Trump Skewered by Judges before SNAP Deadline

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2025/10/31

In breaking news, two Obama-appointed judges—one in Rhode Island and one in Massachusetts—have issued emergency orders ensuring that $6 billion in contingency funds will flow to 40 million Americans living below the poverty line, many of them Trump voters, to prevent a catastrophic cutoff in food stamp payments. Michael Popok explains why there are two separate lawsuits on the same issue, how each judge approached the case differently, and why both rulings ultimately reach the same critical

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17:53

Trump Hit with Rude Awakening as Market Sends Him...

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2025/10/31

Trump’s efforts to use the Shutdown to put a blindfold around the Fed to deny it key economic data so it would fly blind during today’s Interest Rate setting meeting, backfired, as the Fed Chair said that when in a “fog” you “slow down” indicating that Trump screwed up his efforts to get a second rate cut next month by keeping the Government shut down. Michael Popok puts on his Wall Street goggles to take a look at today’s Federal Open Markets Committee Meeting results and what it says about

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14:40

Trump Trapped as Judge Orders All Grand Jury Docs be...

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2025/10/31

In breaking news, a South Carolina Federal Judge who will decide whether Trump’s novice prosecutor Lindsey Halligan will keep her judge, has issued a devastating order against Halligan, calling her “the indictment signer” only and refusing to use her US Attorney title, and ordering that “all documents relating” to her “participation in the grand jury” be turned over to the Judge. Michael Popok explains why this is so damning as the Judge considers whether to bounce Halligan AND whether she will

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12:54

Trump Sent Dire Warning by SCOTUS Ahead of Troops Ruling

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2025/10/30

Michael Popok explains why a 1 paragraph order in the last few hours from the Supreme Court may spell disaster for Trump’s plan to continue to attack Blue States and Blue Cities with federalized National Guard. That one question could signal that there is at least 1 MAGA Supreme Court justice who may be willing to rein in Trump and his abuse of the National Guard.Subscribe: @LegalAFMTN Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch:

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Legal AF Full Episode - 10/29/2025

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2025/10/30

Twenty-nine appeals judges have overturned a pro-Trump ruling on the use of the National Guard in Oregon, setting the stage for a new trial against the Trump administration. Meanwhile, the Seventh Circuit issued a head-scratching decision undermining a federal judge’s attempt to rein in out-of-control federal leaders, and the Supreme Court dropped a bizarre late-afternoon ruling. Elsewhere, a federal judge came down hard on Trump’s novice prosecutor Lindsey Halligan, and Trump’s appeal of his

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14:52

Trump Screws his Own Lawyers Right Before Appeal

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2025/10/30

In a shocking turn of events, new evidence has been revealed that Trump’s Federal law enforcement and national guard troops are FIRING at Local law enforcement in Oregon, hitting them with tear gas and pepper balls, facts that will come out in a new trial that starts in front of Judge Immergut. Michael Popok reports on the trial and the fact that the day before it began, the majority of 29 judges that make up the 9th Circuit signaled to Judge Immergut that she is doing the right thing, by tossing

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta on New Lawsuit...

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2025/10/29

Trump ignores the suffering of Americans during the shutdown, jetting off to Asia to try to clean up his economic messes while constructing a golden ballroom where the White House’s East Wing once stood. In contrast, 22 Democratic attorneys general have filed a new emergency lawsuit demanding that Trump pay $8 billion in November to help prevent 42 million American babies, children, elderly, and disabled from going hungry. California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins Michael Popok to brief the

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The Intersection with Michael Popok Full Episode -...

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2025/10/29

A federal judge gags AG Bondi and others from speaking in public to undermine Abrego Garcia’s right to a fair trial. A federal judge takes steps to ensure that Abrego Garcia isn’t retaliated against and sent to Liberia in the next few hours. Lindsey Halligan is up to her eyeballs in hot water, with a new suit brewing about her destruction of public records in a new “Signal-gate” scandal, and a Clinton appointed judge about to decide whether she was illegally appointed as a US Attorney. 23 Blue

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16:22

Newsom Files Emergency Lawsuit against Trump and...

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2025/10/29

23 States, led by California, have sued the Trump Administration to force it to fund a program designed to prevent tens of millions of babies and children from being malnourished and starving to death during the Shutdown, as Trump cuts off funds but finds funding for his pet projects, including the Golden Ball Room. Michael Popok reports on the new suit and Trump’s modern day Marie Antoinette moment in history as he continues to be immune to the suffering of Americans. Delete Me: Get 20% off

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Trump Admin Skewered by Pissed Off Judge & Orders Gag

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2025/10/29

In breaking news, a federal judge in the Abrego Garcia criminal case has gagged AG Pam Bondi, Border Czar Tom Homan, Homeland Security Sec Kristie Noem, and the rest of the Trump Administration from making public statements about Garcia’s case undermining his 6th Amendment right to a fair trial, AND has ordered that the Government produce all documents about prosecutors who quit rather than indict Garcia. Michael Popok also reports on Judge Xinis efforts to prevent Garcia from being removed to

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