About this episode
The episode discusses Donald Trump's new anti-weaponization fund and various legal issues involving public figures.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show Donald Trump has announced a new $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to be doled out as he sees fit to “victims” of the “weaponization” of the Justice Department. It's financed from the Judgment Fund, a strange legal creature — it’s a permanent, unlimited appropriation the federal government can use to pay judgments and settlements . But like… doesn’t that have to be for real lawsuits with plausible claims that could win in court? Also: an ex-AUSA has been criminally charged for sending herself electronic copies of confidential reports about the findings from Jack Smith’s documents investigation into the president. She gave the files names like “bundt cake recipe." That’s for free subscribers. Paying subscribers get our discussions about: * An ICE agent facing state criminal charges in Minnesota . * Elon Musk losing in his civil trial against Sam Altman , and the complex set of circumstances that led the presiding judge to seek an advisory verdict from the jury before disposing of the case herself. * A counterclaim from Lorna Hajdini in the JP Morgan saga. * Chud the Builder , unfortunately…
People in this episode
Hosts: Josh Barro, Ken White
Topics covered
- Donald Trump
- Justice Department
- legal issues
- civil trials
- criminal charges
- political commentary
Keywords
- anti-weaponization fund
- Judgment Fund
- Jack Smith
- criminal charges
- civil trial
- Elon Musk
- Lorna Hajdini
- Stephen Cloobeck
- Max Miller
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: JP Morgan, ICE, Penthouse, Judgment Fund, Sam Altman
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