About this episode

The episode discusses a federal judge's ruling against a Trump settlement and various related topics including Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing and ICE victims.

OA1279 - This week on Rapid Response Friday: A federal judge rips up the corrupt “settlement” Trump reached with his own IRS at the unprecedented request of a group of 35 former federal judges just in time time for aspiring Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing, humanizing the latest victims of ICE, and a metafootnote about a DC judge who hates footnotes nearly as much as Matt loves them. The Agenda: Williams' IRS ruling Blanche confirmation hearing Salgado Araujo shooting Duran Guerrero shooting Boasberg's footnote crusade Check out the OA Linktree for all the places to go and things to do!

Topics covered

• Trump settlement
• IRS ruling
• Todd Blanche confirmation
• ICE victims
• DC judge footnotes

Keywords

• Trump
• IRS
• Todd Blanche
• ICE
• footnotes
• federal judges
• confirmation hearing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IRS, ICE, OA Linktree

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