Best Work Day Ever (feat. Virginia Burger) (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

Senator Mark Kelly wins a preliminary injunction that will stop the Defense Department’s disciplinary process in its tracks.

Judge Aileen Cannon decides to hide Jack Smith’s report on the MAL investigation from the public permanently.

The list of Department of Justice failures in court continues to grow.

Kash Patel has the best work day at the Olympics ever.

Virginia Burger joins Andy to break down the situation around Senator Mark Kelly.
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-cwd7y-2b894d9f

Judge Cannon permanently blocks release of Jack Smith report - POLITICO

"Judge Cannon's decision to permanently block the release of this extraordinarily significant report is impossible to square with the First Amendment and the common law," said Scott Wilkens, senior counsel at the Knight Institute. "There is no legitimate basis for its continued suppression." 

Numerous individuals and organizations, including news outlets, have also sought Smith's report under the Freedom of Information Act. Unless a higher court overrules Cannon, her order effectively blocks such requests...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/23/judge-cannon-jack-smith-classifed-docs-report-00792748

 

House Democrats to ask for release of Jack Smith classified documents report

"For ten months you have had zero legal basis for withholding the report. Now you have authorized Mr Smith to testify behind closed doors about the investigation that the report memorializes – while still refusing to produce the report itself," the letter reads...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/house-democrats-aileen-cannon-jack-smith

The Awkward Docket (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

The South Carolina Judge weighing the legality of the appointment of Lindsey Halligan has demanded the Lindsey Halligan grand jury tapes after DOJ withheld large portions of them.

A different judge in the Comey case berates Halligan for her “indict now, investigate later” approach after the DOJ failed to produce communications seized between Comey and Daniel Richman.

The 11th Circuit orders Judge Aileen Cannon to rule on motions to release Volume II of Jack Smith's final report.

Pam Bondi attempts to retroactively appoint Lindsey Halligan as a Special Attorney to save the sinking cases against Comey and Letitia James.

Plus listener questions…
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-q3aad-28a3eddd

Otherwise Known as Lies (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

Convicted sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell, was granted limited immunity for her interviews with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. A week later, her sex offender status was waived and she was moved to a minimum security prison in Texas.

Judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals press Department of Justice lawyers on deportation quotas as the Attorney General files a judicial complaint against Chief Judge Boesberg.

A criminal defendant is challenging the appointment of Alina Habba as the interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, citing Judge Eileen Cannon's dismissal of the classified documents case against Trump in their complaint.

The Senate has confirmed Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Emil Bove, to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals as a whistleblower complaint languished in the Department of Justice Inspector General's office for months.

Plus listener questions…
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-weskj-26d4a22b

House of Cards (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast)

President Trump may be shielding El Salvadoran President Bukele from an investigation into allegations that Bukele used US aid to support MS13, and traded away MS13 leaders as part of the agreement to house migrants at CECOT.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia had his detention hearing in the middle district of Tennessee on the human smuggling charges brought by the Department of Justice, and the testimony generated more questions than answers about the veracity of the charges against him.

A Trump appointed judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania upholds the 21 day notice requirement for removal under the Alien Enemies Act Proclamation.

Donald Trump– the criminal defendant who got Alieen Cannon to toss out the charges against him on the grounds that the special counsel prosecuting him was illegal, has called for a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election.

Plus listener questions…
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-5enau-261da1e3

The Ferris Bueller Motion (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #101)

This week, 

• we have Trump's response to the 11th Circuit appeal made by Jack Smith to reinstate the Florida case; 
• along with another Trump motion to further delay his response to the immunity brief in DC; 
• Judge Cannon says she will not recuse from the Routh case; and 
• NBC want to televise the immunity arguments (if they happen) in Judge Chutkan’s court. 
• Plus listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-8drfn-21fa0f4a

Schrödinger’s Special Counsel (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #100)

This week:

• Trump is recycling the arguments that got the Mar-a-Lago case thrown out on Judge Chutkan in DC– but in a motion asking for a filing extension; 
• if elected, Trump confirms that he would fire Jack Smith right away; 
• the super PAC funding Trump’s legal bills is spending money faster faster than it’s taking it in; 
• and the government opposes a motion to remove Judge Cannon from hearing the case against Trump’s would-be assassin. 
• Plus listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-3wsjp-21d5664d

Who would be Attorney General for Trump?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK14YIfCEAk

The Evidence Appendix (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #99)

This week, 

• we have a motion from Donald Trump asking to delay the release of the massive four volume evidence appendix from Jack Smith, as well as Judge Chutkan’s succinct denial of Trump’s delay;
• Smith’s response to Trump’s new motion to dismiss on statutory grounds; 
• Judge Chutkan’s 50 page denial of most of Trump’s motion to compel discovery; 
• and a surprise filing regarding Judge Aileen Cannon in Florida. 
• Plus listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-wgj5n-21b1e23e

Roberts Goes Maximalist (feat. Dahlia Lithwick) (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #95)

This week: 

• new reporting from Propublica shows Judge Aileen Cannon’s failure to disclose gifts and trips;
• Donald Trump files his omnibus reply in support of additional discovery in the DC case; and 
• Dahlia Lithwick joins to discuss the latest revelations about SCOTUS. 
• Plus, listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-mk5wb-211afb7b

Remove Judge Cannon (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #94)

This week, 

• we’re still 11 days from the deadline for Special Counsel to file their immunity brief in DC. Let's take a look at the two amici briefs to the 11th Circuit requesting that Judge Cannon be removed from the Mar-a-Lago case. 
• Then we’ll take a quick look at why claims that the 2020 election cases “were all thrown out on standing” is a lazy lie from Trump and his allies. 
• Plus, listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-v4d7d-20f809ba

BREAKING: DC Judge takes aim at Trump, Judge Cannon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NprXNns63ik

Retired federal judge and ethics experts want Judge Cannon taken off Trump documents case | CNN Politics

A former federal judge along with a government watchdog group and two top scholars on judicial ethics want an appeals court to reassign the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump to a new judge...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/03/politics/retired-judge-wants-cannon-removed-trump-documents/index.html

Superseding Indictment (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #92)

This week: 

• Jack smith hits Trump with 4 superseding indictments in DC to meet the Supreme Court’s rules of presidential immunity. 
• Jack has also filed his brief in the 11th Circuit appealing Judge Cannon’s dismissal. 
• Plus, a listener question.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-hzz3k-20ad7075

Jack Smith blasts Judge Cannon's nonsensical ruling in Trump document case

The truth is, a first-year law student could dismantle Cannon's opinion — frankly, even a pre-law student. You don't have to go to law school to see the clear faults in her argument...

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/jack-smith-judge-aileen-cannon-classifed-documents-donald-trump-rcna168473

Jack Smith appeals dismissal of Trump classified-documents indictment - The Washington Post

"The district court erroneously regarded this history as 'spotty' or 'ad hoc,' giving undue emphasis to superficial differences in the appointments and roles of certain special and independent counsels," the prosecutor wrote…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/26/trump-cannon-classified-documents-appeal/

BREAKING: Big ruling signals bad news for Trump's Florida trial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQzT4K4sAWc

Restart Your Engines (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #88)

• Jack Smith has not requested an expedited briefing schedule in the appeal to the 11th Circuit to reverse Cannon’s dismissal. 
• Cameras caught Chesebro doing his dirty work to perpetuate the Jan 6 scheme. 
• Judge Chutkin has her case back! 
• We shed some light on Trump’s Project 2025 plan for DoJ. 
• Plus we take some listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-cjqd3-200f2a66      

Appeal Primer (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Jack: A Special Counsel podcast, Episode #87)

This week we go over what Jack Smith’s appeal to the 11th Circuit will look like and why Judge Cannon will likely be overturned. 

Donald Trump threatens to sue DoJ for violating his Constitutional rights. 

Plus we take some listener questions.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-jkp9h-1feba059