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Today's episode takes a deep dive into the potential criminal liability for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) in connection with the 2018 California Wildfires and the c-hook that just might be the linchpin to the whole thing.\xa0 Are people going to prison?\xa0 Listen and find out!

We begin by celebrating a brand-new holiday:\xa0 Oversight Day, with the inauguration of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.\xa0 We talk about funding, job postings, and how they all relate to Yodel Mountain.

After that it's time to get deep -- and we mean\xa0deep -- into PG&E's latest court filing, what it has to do with a 2010 explosion and a 2016 order, and what really caused the California Camp Fire.\xa0 Along the way you'll learn about obstruction of justice (again!), the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act (really!), and how a corporation can have an "abandoned and malignant heart."

Then we end with an all new Thomas Takes The Bar Exam #108 about interstate car collectors-slash-thieves.\xa0 \xa0As always, if you'd like to play along with us, just\xa0retweet our episode on Twitter or share it on Facebook along with your guess and the #TTTBE hashtag.\xa0 We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry!

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Show Notes & Links

1. Your Oversight Day goodies include (a) this fabulous Savannah Guthrie interview with Speaker Pelosi; (b) this equally fabulous Twitter chain from Paul Krugman; (c) the House operations budget for 2019; (d) the Axios story on Republicans seeking to hire investigative counsel; and (e) the screenshot of the jobs posting.
2. PG&E filings include (a) the\xa0PGE Superseding indictment; (b) the\xa0jury verdict; (c) the\xa0Sentencing and probationary conditions entered by the court; (d) the Court's\xa0Nov. 27, 2018 written questions\xa0about the wildfires; (e) the Court's\xa0supplemental order seeking an amicus\xa0from the California Attorney General's office; (f) the answers filed by\xa0PGE - PGE Answers, the\xa0US Attorneys' Office, and the\xa0California AG; and finally, the\xa0PGE written Report - Exhibit A\xa0that contains the information discussed on the show.

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