Dear listeners,
What a reversal of fortune for Andrew and Tristan Tate! One minute you’re the toast of (certain quarters of) MAGA; the next minute federal agents are arresting you, intending to extradite you to face rape charges in the UK. This week, we talk about how extradition works — it’s simultaneously a legal and diplomatic process, and if the US decides it wants to send you away, you’re unlikely to be released before you leave the country. And while Trump could intervene at any time to stop the extradition, his spokeswoman says he won’t. Even the Trumpworld figures who once boosted the Tates have turned cold on them. Sad!
Also this week: Federal officials failed to preserve key evidence in the case of David Hearn, who is alleged to have damaged the reflecting pool liner — that is, the government threw away the liner. This may lead to a swift end for a stupid case. Meanwhile, the Trump DOJ is once again fighting with local district judges over who should serve as interim US Attorney, this time in the Western District of Washington. What’s new this time is that the fired interim appointee, Roger Rogoff, is suing to get his job back.
That’s for all listeners. Paying subscribers also get:
A fairly silly defamation lawsuit from Madison Square Garden against Wired, and discovery trouble for President Trump in his “$10 billion” lawsuit against the BBC.
Trump’s flailing effort to get the courts to order E. Jean Carroll to give him his $5.6 million back, and what he’d have to do in order to actually draw Rule 11 sanctions with this nonsense.
A new court we’d never heard of, because it had never been used before this month: the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
A lawsuit that says Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is proselytizing to her employees in violation of the First Amendment — and, yes, the Administrative Procedure Act.
And a really weird AI misuse case from Brazilian labor courts.
We hope you enjoy the episode,
Josh
