Dear listeners,
Congress has voted overwhelmingly to require the release of the Epstein files. Ken and I discuss what’s likely to be in those files, what the administration might do to undermine the intent of the law requiring release, and whether we really ought to learn so much about this case.
That conversation is for free subscribers. Paying subscribers get much more this week — a look at the rapidly increasing number of problems with the James Comey indictment, and the key question that will face Judge Michael Nachmanoff: are all the things Lindsey Halligan did wrong reason enough to dismiss this case with prejudice, foreclosing a future prosecution, or will the U.S. Attorney’s office get a second chance to do things more competently?
We also have an update on the National Guard cases, and an interesting question from the Supreme Court about the meaning of a law restricting the president’s ability to deploy it over a governor’s objection. We look at a really, really intemperate dissent in the Texas redistricting case — one that may nonetheless offer a roadmap for how the Fifth Circuit or the Supreme Court could reinstate the Republican-drawn map that’s currently been struck down. We have an update on Tina Peters, and we look at two defamation cases, one where Trump has again lost to CNN, and one brought by rapper Megan Thee Stallion against a Twitch streamer who, in the eyes of the state of Florida, does not count as a media outlet.
To get all that, click below.
We hope you enjoy the episode,
Josh
