A good week for Democracy: Trump losses at the hands of NYAG, Georgia DA, and SCOTUS

Published: Jan. 23, 2022, 5 a.m.

You come for the law and stay for the truth. Anchored by MT founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas and national trial lawyer and strategist, Michael Popok, the top-rated news analysis podcast is back for another hard-hitting, thought-provoking look in \u201creal time\u201d at this week\u2019s developments.\xa0\xa0On this episode, Ben and Popok discuss a very bad week for Trump and his minions:\n\n1. Fulton County (GA) District Attorney seeking a special grand jury concerning Trump\u2019s attempt to commit election fraud.\n2. The New York Attorney General filing a 160 page petition with a New York court outlining all of the evidence she has about Trump\u2019s loan and tax fraud, including almost 1 MILLION pages of documents.\n3. SCOTUS in an 8-1 decision permitting the National Archive to turn over 700 pages of documents Trump wanted blocked to the Jan6 Special Committee.\n4. SCOTUS refusing to accelerate any further legal challenges to Texas\u2019 6 week ban on abortion before it rules on the constitutional right in the summer, and Sotomayor\u2019s dissent.\n5. Clarence Thomas\u2019 wife, Ginny, and her support for right wing extremism including cases before the Supreme Court, and whether that requires his disqualification or recusal.\n6. Possible prosecution of the people who participated in the \u201cfake\u201d and forged electoral certificates sent to Swing States and the National Archive, including Rudy Giuliani.\n7. Speaking of Rudy, a federal special master has just released to the US Attorney\u2019s Office, Southern District of NY, 7000+ pages of texts and communications from his 18 devices grabbed in a dawn raid in April 2021.\n8. The first \u201cOathKeeper\u201d indicted for seditions conspiracy has his pretrial detention hearing before a federal magistrate in Arizona, and his tweets get him in to trouble.\n9. Ghislaine Maxwell may have another day in Court: Defense team files its motion for new trial based on improper conduct of one of the jurors in deliberation.\n\nAnd much more.\n\nSupport the Show!\n\nMasterworks -- Join an exclusive community investing in blue-chip art at https://www.masterworks.art/legalaf today!\n\nSmith.AI -- Work uninterrupted, run your business with less stress, and get more leads from your marketing efforts. Save $100 when you sign up using promo code "LegalAF" at https://www.smith.ai\n\nAG1 by Athletic Greens -- Athletic Greens is going to give you an immune supporting FREE 1 year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free travel packs with your first purchase if you visit https://athleticgreens.com/legalaf today.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices