The Week That Was: Lawyers, Federal Judges Upset About DOJ Firing of 2 Detroit Prosecutors

About this episode

The episode discusses the uproar caused by the DOJ's firing of two Detroit prosecutors and various political issues.

Host Saeed Khan talks with veteran attorneys Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly, and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls; and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They discuss: men in Congress taking advantage of women; The DOJ firing of 2 Detroit prosecutors in abortion clinic case causes uproar among criminal defense attorneys and federal judges; Trump disparaging Pope Leo XIV; Trump/Vance ally Viktor Orban trounced in Hungary’s election; Artemis II touching down after...

People in this episode

Host: Saeed Khan

Guests: Steve Fishman, Bill Seikaly, Joel Sklar, Barb Ingalls, Allan Lengel

Topics covered

• DOJ firing
• Detroit prosecutors
• abortion clinic case
• Congress and women
• Trump
• Hungary election
• Artemis II

Keywords

• Detroit
• prosecutors
• DOJ
• Trump
• abortion
• Congress
• Hungary
• election
• Artemis II

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DOJ, Deadline Detroit

Places: Hungary

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