HeyJaredSerious Trouble
An irreverent podcast about the law from Josh Barro and Ken White. www.serioustrouble.show
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Public Disclosure of Privates Facts (opens the original)
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Dear listeners,Donald Trump tried to ban CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House and, as Trump himself predicted, he was almost immediately ordered by a federal court to let those outlets back in. This area of law is well trod by now: The president has no obligation to give special access like a one-on-one interview to any media outlet, but he can’t revoke otherwise-broadly offered access because he doesn’t like an outlet’s reporting. He also needs to give some kind of due process when revo
Kennedy, Centered (opens the original)
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Remember Joseph DiGenova? He was a Trump defender from the first administration brought back to help with the investigation into the investigators that DOJ is running down in south Florida. Well, he’s gone again . He seems to have had some disputes with the Attorney General about the conduct of that investigation — “if you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem,” he told the New York Post. Plus: Donald Trump continues to be stymied in his efforts to rename the Ke
Mistrial (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week: the Lindsay Clancy murder trial jury hung 11-1, ending in a mistrial. We discuss how judges press juries to agree, and why they maybe shouldn’t. And the Tate brothers — one of whom has possessed a fake Mexican passport in the name of “Vladimir Scorpius” — unsurprisingly failed to convince a judge to give them bail pending extradition . We also discuss UEFA, the European soccer body, seeking help from
If You Can’t Trust Michael Cohen, Who Can You Trust? (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Most federal prosecutors win almost all the time, in part because they are careful about the cases they bring and in part because they’re good at their jobs. Lately, Jeanine Pirro’s US Attorney’s office in Washington D.C. has only been winning about half the time . This week, we discuss what’s likely driving the substantial number of acquittals and mistrials. We also look at Ghislaine Maxwell’s unsuccessful pro
The Happiest Place on Earth (a Courtroom) (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Like some of the big law firms, Disney hoped to buy peace with the Trump administration through a bogus settlement. It didn’t work. Disney is now suing the FCC, saying the commission’s move to review its broadcast licenses early is unconstitutional retaliation for its speech — namely, ABC broadcasts the president doesn’t like. Our discussion of the ABC litigation is for all listeners this week. For paying subsc
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