Stretching the Limits of the Courts
About this episode
The episode discusses recent legal challenges involving President Trump and various lawsuits, including a critical ruling by Judge Kathleen Williams and the implications of a settlement related to IRS audits.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week: Judge Kathleen Williams’ eviscerates President Trump’s attorneys for their sham lawsuit that was ultimately used as a pretext to create the “weaponization fund” settlement. Her order is bracing. But what are its practical effects? Is the settlement actually void, including the part that was supposed to protect Trump from future IRS audits? Also: E. Jean Carroll finally got the smaller of her two Trump judgments paid out . And we consider the very aggressive legal theory under which Mahmoud Khalil is suing the people who advocated for him to be deported , and the Trump administration’s effort to find out how The New York Times learned about security threats to the president’s new Qatari jet . That’s this week’s free episode. For paying subscribers, we look at the Trump administration’s effort to get information about how Boris Epshteyn, its own representative , communicated with law firms that settled in the face of adverse executive orders. Awkward. Plus: a defamation case that should worry New York City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino, at least as regards one of its claims, and we…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh Barro, Ken White
Topics covered
- legal challenges
- Trump administration
- defamation cases
- IRS audits
- court rulings
- settlements
- deportation advocacy
Keywords
- Judge Kathleen Williams
- Trump lawsuit
- E. Jean Carroll
- Mahmoud Khalil
- defamation
- IRS audits
- Boris Epshteyn
- Jack Burkman
- Jacob Wohl
- Boosie Badazz
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The New York Times
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