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On Popok Live, co-founder of Legal AF Michael Popok brings his unique powers of observation and humor to break down this week’s legal and political news, including: a breaking update and shocking confession by the Trump Administration in the Abrego Garcia case; a Trump judge setting up a showdown with the Supreme Court on the Alien Enemies Act; Trump continuing to steal billions from Americans; the Library of Congress coming under attack as Trump attempts a hostile takeover; and the first oral argument about a Trump policy at the Supreme Court taking place this Thursday. It’s all that and more at the intersection of law and politics.
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TRUMPY IS NO LONGER A PRESIDENT HE IS NOW A DICTATOR THAT HAS DEFIED ALL THAT IS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. HE HAS BRIBED AND THREATENED SENATORS TO BEND THEIR KNEES TO HIM…HE HAS FILLED THE SWAMP WITH SNAKES THE WILL BEND TO HIS KNEES. IT IS IN BLACK AND WHITE AND PLAIN FOR ALL TO SEE… THIS AMERICAN BELIEVES THE WAY TO PERSUADE OR DETER ANY REPUBLICAN SENATOR IS BY THEIR TAX RETURNS… IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THEIR LOYALTY LIES WITH PAYMENTS AND CORRUPTION. ANY SENATOR THAT HAS THE INCOME THAT HAS ADVANCED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE LAST YEAR HAS TO BE QUESTIONED BY THE IRS AND EXPLAIN THEIR SUDDEN INCREASE IN THEIR FINANCIAL RECORDS OR PROPERTY GAINS… THIS IS A WAY WE CAN ATTACK THIS UNCONSTITUTIONAL L…THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS DEMAND THAT THE UNITED STATES MARINES SEIZE THE WHITE HOUSE AND ARREST TRUMP ON THE TARMACK WHEN HE STEPS OFF AIR FORCE ONE.
I am in complete agreement with everything you’ve just said, especially the Marines seizing the White House and arresting Trump. All we need are two or three generals/admirals to put the constitution first.
I say let him stay in Qatar, and don't come back...
Yeah they like to control their women and their women have no rights over there. Exactly what he is trying to accomplish here! Just stay there since it’s the way you like it men can abuse the women w/o recourse.
I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THE WOMEN WHO VOTED FOR THAT MONSTER. I TRIED TO WARN THEM. BUT I GUESS THEIR GREED WAS TOO OVERWHELMING. NOW IT'S "MY BODY TRUMPS CHOICE. WHAT A SHAME.
The Qataris would deport him (turn about is fair play!) once they realised he couldn't do anything for them if he's no longer president
Well said. Arm up and be ready to use it.
Yes, and.
It had damn well better be perfectly planned, perfectly timed, without flaw or blemish, or we are well and truly sunk beyond all redemption, because to fail is to be accused and convicted of high treason, and then we are done.
💥💯💥🙏 jail the orange
I hope Trump and his family rot in hell stealing all this money that could make life better for the under-served and sick children…the innocents among us. No wonder he can’t sleep at night…. Never-mind that implies he has a conscience🤮
He can't sleep at night because he's chatting with Satan.
He is Satan.
Sadly yes!
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So happy to see you back! My husband and I rely on your (and the brothers) honest and no BS information on all things US and world happenings.
TRUMP LAWYERS SHOULD BE DISBARRED
My name is Kelly H, I have been following you and Ben for a while now from Western Australia 🇦🇺. I sincerely hope TRUMPET gets thrown into jail ASAP. I feel sorry for you Ben and all good Americans and I hope things change soon when you have a new President 🙏 THIS is madness. Remember you have people from all over the world that support you.keep doing what your doing,we will not stop sharing the truth that you share everyday.I and all have faith in you all sincerely, kelly H from Western Australia 🇦🇺✊️🇺🇸💯💯❤️
Let’s get him into Prison & Freeze his/families finance’s, Including POS Jared Kushner
It's now a corrupt regime. Is going to be a long 3 years 😪
Let's hope he's not there that long. Miracles do happen. Not often, but every once in a while. I'm praying for one.
You and the rest of us, Judy. He can't go to **** fast enough.
It's actually been EIGHT years and (approximately) four months so far. He acted like he was president all during Biden's term. Wouldn't shut up and blabbed daily. Obviously, he was practicing every minute of every day of every month, etc., for his full takeover of our country. Now he's finishing the job he started in 2017.
THINGS ARE IN PLACE TO MAKE IT A SHORT YEAR. GOD WILLING
Some judges can not be called your honor because they have no honor
He is trying to rewrite history and doesn't want anyone to really know the history as it is. He wants only his history, written by himself in there. All lies, but that is what he wants. Our history is our history and Donnie you are in it as the worst president the USA has ever had. You are not even a president - you are a traitor. What a legacy. Corruption, lies, super bad behavior, mental decline, turning on your country and it's peoples and so many other things.
Hey‼️ A creator on TikTok @myrandapolisci (Myranda Kazos) has collected over 200 pages of information, interviews & investigations on Kristi Noem since JUNE about natural disaster evacuations, human rights violations and more‼️ She has personal experience w/ Noem since she’s from South Dakota. Myranda has exhausted all of her resources even with having been in the Washington Post and some local papers and WANTS TO HELP by getting this info out but she’s a blue dot in a RED state and no one wants to listen‼️ She says there’s evidence for a RICO investigation before she was even confirmed! PLEASE look into her💙💙💙
She should send to SF Chronicle, The Atlantic Monthly and New York Times.
Good idea!
Hey Meidas Team did you see this??
Texas lawmakers are again debating a bill that would prevent people of certain nationalities from purchasing property — and this time, it has passed the House instead of dying there as it did last session.
Legislators supporting the bill say it’s an effort to prevent those “who actively seek to do us harm to seize control and dictate their terms over our economy, supply chain and our daily lives.” The bill is targeted at Chinese, Iranian, North Korean and Russian nationals, with a provision allowing Gov. Greg Abbott to tack on additional nationalities.
Government bodies have tried to legislate who can own property since the nation's early days. But if history is any guide, such laws are both hard to enforce and difficult to legally defend.
Amid a wave of anti-Chinese worker sentiment in the mid-1800s, a number of Western states enacted alien land laws to prevent Asian immigrants from purchasing or leasing land. That culminated in The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which stopped Chinese immigration and barred them from U.S. citizenship.
But a wave of Japanese immigrant laborers soon arrived, leading to the Immigration Act of 1917, again limiting immigrant rights. States soon followed with legislation barring Japanese-born citizens from purchasing property.
Immigrants got creative to skirt the laws. Families bought land in the names of their American-born children. They also took their fight to courtrooms, and the Supreme Court eventually struck down alien land laws in the early 1950s.
About 75 years later, Texas' Senate Bill 17 is headed back to the upper chamber. And while its aim is not as draconian or expansive as some of its forebears, we’ll be keeping a close eye on whether it survives the Senate and if it can find a path to judicial support.
— Billy Wadsack, Katharine Carlon and Maddy McCarty
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WHY hasn’t Judge Zinnis declared Trump in contempt?
WHY isn’t he in jail?
We won't last 4 years at this rate.
I agree! It’s bad, real bad!
You are assuming that there will be Mid-term elections. In addition to chipping away at voting rights, I believe this administration will try to shut the elections down.
You are absolutely right, Emilie. We know that The Dictator Criminal Deranged Psycho, his boyfriend, muskRAT, and their republiCRAP allies are already working on that. Terrifies me that it just might happen. (I know I'm not the only one.)
Thank you for all that you and your team are doing. It is really appreciated.
As you deliver horrible news, Popok, you do it with panache 👏👏👏
The President of El Salvador it is reported to be connected to the horrible gang that Mr. Garcia was supposed to be part of. Mr. Garcia is not a member of the gang and was deported to the hell-hole in El Salvador by "mistake."
THE PRESIDENT OF EL SALVADOR HAS BEEN SMUGGLING DRUGS INTO THE USA. SINCE THE DAY HE TOOK OFFICE.
How the hell can I not get fatigued? I've been overwhelmed since he won the election. Which he probably had Musk fix the election. I refuse to believe my country is so fucking dumb.
On senate hearings today of FAA explaining why so many near crashes and 127 dead in crash over Potomac on January 28 first they blamed DEI. Today they said Pete Buttiege fault! Because the HOTLINE between Pentagon & FAA has been disconnected since 2022
Prob w THAT excuse - 2022- Jan 21 2025. No air crashes in any part of USA. None with pentagon/DOD.
So what is the excuse now???
Whoa wait…a copy of my dissertation is in the Library of Congress! GO Librarians- don’t make fun, Popok😆
When I didn't receive my absentee ballot by mail for the April election, I called the circuit clerks office only to discover that my voter's registration had been purged after November's election, when I voted Democrat. I was furious! I've had to register again and reapply for an absentee ballot as I'm disabled and unable to go to the polls. Check your registration status.
That really enrages me--and it wasn't even mine! Must have been the Dictator Criminal Deranged Psycho Demented Idiot, his boyfriend the muskRAT, and their republiCRAP cronies who did it.
Yes Michael, you need to put your paperwork in for the Webby and any other Kudos, you deserve any and all of them.
Thank you again and again! Another exemplary hour
I have to admit, I've never encountered a South American gang member.
Not much of an invasion.
Treat repubs the way they treated Dems!
It just makes USA look so weak that we cannot build our own planes for our prez…need a 12 year old USED plane?!
Actor John Leguizamo- Oscar Emmy tony winner- is begging USA voters to comprise a list of American individuals that are enabling trump regime. A Nuremberg type trial will come. 2025 S Korea took down their corrupt prez. It will happen IF WE TAKE PART
Excellent idea. How can we help him with this?
This is guy doing it. Well known big media journalist now Indy. DAN FROOMKIN is on Substack
https://open.substack.com/pub/criticalread/p/we-need-a-way-to-aggregate-what-donald?r=7iikn&utm_medium=ios
So why doesn’t a judge make trump call while standing in front of the judge
Also, WHY DOESN'T THE ETHICS COMMITTEE CALL THE PRESIDENT TO SPEAK OF HIS ETHICS SINCE HE SWORE TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION?
The world KNOWS USA is very weak by having trump- a target to extort 24/7 … he has displayed his easy to manipulate & bribe since 2017!
Every major media must headline TRUMP RULES BY DECREE- VIOLATING US CONSTITUTION.
I was with him up until he asked for money. I unsubscribe for people blatantly asking for money in sub stack. We're f****** drowning here in America people and to pay somebody to do a video or a podcast or just to read what they write is f****** ridiculous. I can't even pay my rent or my bills living on 1K a month and you want me to pay you to talk about the crap I can talk you can on the internet elsewhere for free? Sorry I like the Meidas Brothers but constantly asking us to pay for subscriptions is not going to happen for me.
Susan, it’s in order to keep the real news going, if you don’t wanna pay, then don’t, I don’t buy yet I’m here nourishing my brain with what’s going on in our country!
Susan is a troll.
Yeah I'm a troll f*** off
NO NEED TO BE RUDE,ITS SIMPLE REALLY DONT COME ON HERE IF YOU DONT LIKE.
Reported and blocked Nazi troll.
Roberto we are on the same page. I do pay for one $5 subcription to substack, is a person on a very fixed in poverty level income, however it's the same $5 I used to donate to the Kamala Harris campaign.
I don't like corporate news media because the corporations pump millions of dollars into them to tell the people lies that benefit only themselves. I completely respect MTN Network and gladly give up my $5 because like the brother said The Truth is Golden. As for Susan, you might be on the wrong side of History. No judgment, just sayin'
True I'm mostly on Blue sky where it's free. I just don't like reading a post and then in the middle of it they ask for you to pay like we don't have enough money problems in America right now. This is just my opinion nobody has to listen to it or agree to it.
I did not hear the "ask""--some other substacks are perhaps more low key about asking for the support and for saying out loud that they are totally supportive of people being able to access their news and commentary for free, because it is that important for us to be informed and they would never put up a paywall, for example. But they also share (and it is true for this site also) that they can't pay for all of what it takes to keep up this level of quality, quantity and access without some kind of support from those who can afford it, which I think is fine to put out there. They ask but they don't shortchange anyone who doesn't monetarily subscribe. So it may be tiresome to hear the "asks" again and again, but it is also what makes these substacks possible, and remember, some people who have just found Legal AF or other stacks are hearing the "ask" for the first time. I pay for a a couple of stacks who I feel could best use my few dollars of support, and gratefully (and without complaint about the "asks") listen to other ones for free. This is all due to our fabulous Constitution which allows, encourages and supports the unfettered exchange of ideas which stimulates a strong thinking and informed population. Hoping that you find what you need; many of us are in that "money problems" place and are worried that it will get worse before it gets better.....
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Sweet--thanks for the vote of support! Or as my brother would say--tell us how you REALLY feel..... (smile)
You can hear them on Apple and spotify podcasts and YouTube too without a subscription
I’m a free subscriber you don’t hear me bitching.
Hey Susan, how do you expect them to pay the bills? Not all of us are freeloaders.
You can't or don't want to pay? Fine. Just don't whine when they ask us to help them pay the huge bills for the research and large number of news videos this costs.
You don't like it? You can go to those other 'free' sources you are talking about. Guess what, those others you are talking about also ask you to help pay for their work. You want good, reliable information? It costs money babe. And they ALL ask you to contribute with subscriptions and/or donations.
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If you cant afford it then don't buy it. In the meantime you can have the free subscription. END OF DISCUSSION.
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I think its for people who can,understand you suffering. 😞🇦🇺🇦🇺🌹
SAME HERE I WILL NEVER PAY A YTUB OR SUBSTACK FOR THEIR OPINIONS
GTFO Troll.
His IQ is not high enough to figure out he can make money off meme coins.
Yes and Boeing has to make sure no doors fly off- that takes time!
This crypto development sounds like the basis for a movie script!!! Okay maybe a B movie😆
Doesnt this make USA very weak that it cannot handle appx 600 Venezuela gang members???
Don’t let this go to your head Popok😉, but you’re quickly becoming my favorite podcast to watch because you don’t just explain what horrible thing this administration just did, but what can and is being done to undo or stop illegal actions. That’s what I really want to know because it gives me hope that US will hold. I am not left with the feeling of hopelessness and confused about what can be done. There is always an action plan at the end and not just “he will continue to get away with it”. Keep being LegalAF! 🤘
Can someone explain to me why no one from Trump's admin or DOJ have not been arrested yet for contempt of court? One judge has found the DOJ in contempt already and they are not obeying the Supreme Court, so why has nothing happened yet as a result of their unwillingness to obey legal orders by the courts?
Still no good news in the obits but, unconfirmed reports have even more MAGAs shitting their pants on purpose in solidarity with their dear cult leader.
I never would have thought listening to the news in politics via an attorneys perspective would be both interesting and captivating… but here I am! lol Thank you Legal AF!
Too much cutesy verbosity. Good info but I don't have time to listen to the bombast.
https://substack.com/@onj2025/note/c-117198015?r=7iikn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Qatar plane can have a REMOTE DESTRUCT button… so maybe the Dems should be friendly with Qatar leader Thani???
https://substack.com/@onj2025/note/c-117198015?r=7iikn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
The judges have to stand strong, which might be difficult due to them and their families being threatened and I hope that all of this comes out full force in the wash against trump and his so called administration
Well Michael you certainly made this an interesting lunchtime for me today. Thanks.
👍 Yes The Network 1970’s movie. I agree
Let’s just call it kleptocurrency to save time.
The closest enemy I have come close to is the white dude who shot up my hometown Mad Butcher last year. My Mama and Daddy had just left the store and I knew every victim who died.
Don't test the plane. Let him fly it and test it himself. Hopefully, he has a pilots license or maybe, because he thinks he knows so much he won't need one. Take his Cabinet with him and the Senate and have a party while they are at it. Who knows where they will end up. In reality he shouldn't have the plane at all. I'm sure Congress will approve it because they never tell him no. That will really tell the peoples how crooked they are. Be sure to let the public know how much it will cost to retrofit, and what it will cost the public to let him use it for the rest of his life. He won't be paying for all of his vacations, the public will. He will screw us every chance he gets and do it with pleasure. After all, he thinks we are all stupid and don't know what he is doing. Well, Donnie, we are not stupid. You are the stupid one. The liar, the cheat, the sexual predator, the felon. All you know is how to use people. You are not worth anything. Yes, you have money, but did you do anything to earn it except scam people. I don't think so. You can't even earn respect. You threaten, you lie and try to scam your way out of everything. Such a sad life.
I am anti-Trump and I think Trump went about doing this the wrong way but I have to say a friend of mine is former military and gets intelligence communications and actually a lot of those gang members were here to sabotage the country and that’s why they took action against them. That being said, I he did it the dumbest way possible and the least transparent way possible and so he ruined his credibility. Where I live we have Venezuelan immigrants and there are such lovely people and they’re not gang members. So it’s a combination of Trump being horrible and even when there is somethingworrisome happening he goes about it all the wrong way
God I hope you are right!!
Maybe the investor's will start turning against him. They must be getting tired of losing money because of what he is doing.
Griffin - Is that the same as grifter? Sounds the same to me.
😂😂😂 I agree!
But wasn’t it reported yesterday that the plane is now here in the US?
"Let that been Obama" hmmm🤔
Sorry I can't edit it but I meant to say and you want me to pay you to talk about the crap I can find on the internet for free
No need to be rude really.
How are voters supposed to give you the house and senate when they cheated. Voters have no control. Other things need to be done.
I am as mad as hell and I am not going to take this SHIT anymore!!!
Always look forward to hearing you on these important matters and totally agree. You make everything clear and understandable. Keep up the good work.
Needs to be leaky!
So. Where are the contempt charges??
And no one stops him. Thank you, John Roberts, for your miserable cowardly faux leadership.
Fuck Garcia the criminal POS is home, and further more fuck you .
You are a gigantic lying shill. Why don't YOU take Garcia in and enjoy his company. Liberals are clowns
You’re a nut job.
Popak, you are greatness sir! Thank you for doing what you do!
When can he go to jail? Criminal contempt means jail doesn’t it? I don’t understand how criminal all of this is but why not jail. Elon- jail. He is doing all kinds of illegal. Please explain.
Try to tune in to every episode, or catch clips of most. THE show for clarity. One thing I’ve noticed with Legal AF, lots of trolls. Maybe a moderator or two?
So where are all the outraged persons having authority? Norm Eisen and Mark Elias need more help. All we have is our boiling blood and no authority.
i probably am speaking for others but easier to just give one time donations rather than monthly subscriber.
Give me a fuqqing break. The judges are failing us in the Garcia case. Enough deference has been given. Issue a contempt ruling to whomever signed the removal order and arrest them. Issue a contempt ruling to Noem and arrest. The pace of this case is disgraceful.
The grifters join with griffin…,🤬to grift….
What about getting a passport in order to vote, isn’t that a poll tax ??
It’s PRIM-er, not Prime-er
Diplomatic activities = Project 2025
Lose the orange glasses
It's called fraud of the US GOVERNMENT
Adam Schiff addressed the Senate floor today, May 14, illuminating some top 10 Trump corruption creations. So excellent. Pass it along! https://youtu.be/000yxkGXSVM?si=jiygTZFNlmIfLW5P
Popok, I love listening to you talk through all these ongoing issues and the reminders that the situation is not hopeless. You inspire hope amidst this batshit crazy time in our history.
I DO wish that those who remain spineless would grow a spine and remove this 🍊 Felon and his entire regime, and deal with them for the criminals they are. THAT is the part that is so maddening to me! How can this bunch continue to get away with this?!?
Okay- how do we reign him in? Expose, Expose,Expose DJT
Just more madness.
Congratulations Wharton School of Business. Trump is your graduate.
Michael, you are entitled to two weeks off or even more if you want just have people cover you .you. You need time off with your wife and child. You just need a break, otherwise you're doing more harm to your body than you realize OK thanks for everything that you do.!🇺🇸💙
Michael why can't Congress or Senate stop him from accepting this plane????
Or are they waiting till he accepts the plane and the charge's with many for the Impeachment??
He's IQ is not high enough to figure out he can use meme coins for grifting
Who won podcast of the year? Al Franken? Yay!
MTN- mighty Midas won the top place with the Webb y Award. They topped Joe Rogan and Fox News!!
These are 3 brothers Ben is a lawyer. I am not sure if his brother's are. 🇺🇸🇺🇸💙💙🇺🇸💙
Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...
thanks for all the updates Michael!
AI is very dirty energy . Bad environmental footprint .
thank you
So what can we DO about it? The repulsiveness and grift of this administration has no bounds.
Judge Haines must be vying for a supreme court seat.
“he drops his pants and takes a dump on the American people”!! Couldn’t have said it any better.
Popok what do we do about this
WTF!! No Warrant No Gestapo Arrest
This is becoming French Revolution 2.0 WE the people demand protection from local law enforcement If you see something do something Call the police and demand to see a warrant The Gestapo will have to back down The surprise attack of citizens by this roaming illegal bullying force on our streets needs to come to an end
Mehdi Hasan over at Zeteo substack https://bit.ly/43b2v8g wrote an op ed in the Guardian on taking on the Gestapo rogue militia called ICE which is now getting reinforcements from the FBI and other parts of DHS
Citizens need to lobby for greater protections against ICE which is using their power to “disappear” people off the streets because they are believed to be immigrants If we don’t fight for the rights of immigrants who are legally here then who’s next? WE the people need to push back against this deplorable practice that is being done on our streets and demand that all people on US soil deserve protections and afforded due process and habeas corpus
Just wrote the Attorney General in Washington state to look into how states can push back legally and physically with our own local police forces This may lead to some unfortunate confrontations but that’s what local police are for
Dear AG Brown
There is now what appears to be an evolving pushback against the illegal ICE snatching that is becoming commonplace in the country Over the weekend a woman in Worcester Mass was whisked off by ICE and the local police came in to essentially protect ICE officers
Where are our legal protections as citizens from this marauding menace that is clearly meant to threaten citizens and provoke fear as an authoritarian takeover is in process https://bit.ly/43eAb56
I hope that with other AG's in the country the states begin to stand up to this threat to all in the country
Love your comments and news breakdowns ❤️. I reli on it !
Isn't it time to suit the President of El Salvador for accepting a contract and American tax dollars to house people sent from America?
Sounds like a judge is shooting for the Supreme Court 🤔
Call Superman… only he can rid the US of the evil Republican regime
You’re right Popok, I’m a Puertorican from NYC, i didn’t even know they existed!
Never!
All arecorruot to a degree but at least the democrats did their work under the law. Laws need to be chained. Mainly getting lobbyists and corporations out of our politics.