About this episode
The episode discusses misconduct in the prosecution of anti-ICE protesters and various legal cases involving notable figures.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show The ‘Broadview Six’ case was one of the Trump administration’s prominent prosecutions of anti-ICE protesters. Federal prosecutors in Chicago brought felony charges to fanfare, then curiously dropped them, keeping only misdemeanor counts. Now we know why: they engaged in egregious misconduct to obtain the felony indictments, which they then sought to conceal from the judge, who is not amused . For all subscribers, we discuss that and US Attorney Andrew Boutros, who issued a weird memo promising reform, and the news that his office is apparently running a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll , examining whether she lied in a deposition hundreds of miles from Chicago . For paying subscribers (upgrade your subscription now at serioustrouble.show ) this week, there’s also: * Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s big and unusual win on vindictive prosecution , which is already inspiring the Southern Poverty Law Center. * A sordid case involving an Eleventh Circuit judge whose sofa cushion required forensic testing after clerks asserted she was noisily carrying on an affair in chambers . * A free speech win…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh Barro, Ken White
Topics covered
- legal misconduct
- prosecution
- free speech
- insider trading
- vindictive prosecution
- criminal investigation
Keywords
- Broadview Six
- misconduct
- felony charges
- E. Jean Carroll
- vindictive prosecution
- insider trading
- free speech
- JP Morgan
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Southern Poverty Law Center, JP Morgan, Polymarket
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