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Gavel Gavel is the podcast that takes you inside the courtroom! Comedian Thomas Smith asks questions and cracks jokes while real legal experts with actual trial experience provide unique analysis.
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GG84: D-Money Big Dog Orf Orf vs. the Federal Government (opens the original)
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Part 2 of Operation Puppet Master! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig into the actual discovery documents from the Minneapolis ICE-protest indictment, and what they find is something else. Undercover HSI agents spent months infiltrating boxing classes, church meetings, Zoom panels, and legal observer trainings looking for the Antifa puppet masters, and their own memos keep reaching the same conclusion. Then come the financial subpoenas against major national unions. What did three years of wire-transfe
GG83: DOJ vs. the Totally Completely Real Antifa Conspiracy in Minnesota. That Definitely Happened. (opens the original)
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Part 1! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig into United States v. Sant et al. , a federal indictment of Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters produced by something the government actually named Operation Puppet Master . The conspiracy map names a boxing club, a biking club, and several major unions. The overt acts include renting a U-Haul, exchanging approximately 20 Signal calls, and being nice to someone named Sam. Matt was in Minneapolis in January and has some thoughts on what these people are actually do
GG82: The Tate Brothers Are Scared. Their Filings Prove It. (opens the original)
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Thomas and Lydia are joined by MJ Morley to dig into the Andrew and Tristan Tate extradition proceedings now playing out in a Miami federal courtroom. Britain has charged them with 59 offenses across seven complainants. Romania has its own investigation (we think?) And the Tates, freshly arrested on U.S. soil, want out on bail while they wait. The only problem: their own social media posts are the government's best evidence. So their lawyers filed briefs arguing that the passports, the supercars
GG81: Luigi Mangione's Federal Guilty Plea, with Liz Skeen (opens the original)
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Thomas is joined by New York defense attorney Liz Skeen to break down Luigi Mangione's federal guilty plea and what it actually means for the state case still waiting in the wings. The death-penalty charges are already gone. The terrorism theory already got tossed. Now Mangione has pleaded guilty to what remains federally, and his New York lawyers immediately moved to dismiss the state murder charge on double jeopardy grounds. Liz, who has been inside that courthouse, explains why New York's dou
GG80: No WAY They'll Appeal... Right?... RIGHT?!? (opens the original)
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Part 4, final part of The Most Brazen and Corrupt Heist in American History! Thomas, Lydia, and Matt finish reading Judge Kathleen Williams' scorched-earth takedown of Trump's tax-return lawsuit slush fund, and it only gets more devastating. Then, a surprise same-day epilogue: Trump's lawyers already filed to fight back. Cases discussed: Trump v. IRS Littlejohn leak case Patrons at patreon.com/gavelpod get episodes early and ad-free!
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