Part 1!

Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig into United States v. Sant et al., a federal indictment of Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters produced by something the government actually named Operation Puppet Master. The conspiracy map names a boxing club, a biking club, and several major unions. The overt acts include renting a U-Haul, exchanging approximately 20 Signal calls, and being nice to someone named Sam. Matt was in Minneapolis in January and has some thoughts on what these people are actually doing.

Part 2 drops the undercover HSI memos. Patrons can hear it right now and also access all of the documents that Matt paid for and downloaded for our benefit.

Cases discussed:

• United States v. Sant et al. (D. Minn.), DAMN indictment

• United States v. Bigazzi et al. (Broadview protest cases)

• United States v. Prairieland protesters

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Thomas and Lydia are joined by MJ Morley to dig into the Andrew and Tristan Tate extradition proceedings now playing out in a Miami federal courtroom.

Britain has charged them with 59 offenses across seven complainants. Romania has its own investigation (we think?) And the Tates, freshly arrested on U.S. soil, want out on bail while they wait. The only problem: their own social media posts are the government's best evidence. So their lawyers filed briefs arguing that the passports, the supercars, the yacht, the trillionaire boasts, and even "Top G" himself were... a performance. MJ walks through the filing.

Cases discussed:

• United States v. Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate (extradition/bail proceedings, S.D. Fla.)

• UK charges: Crown Prosecution Service v. Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate

• Romania investigation (DIICOT)

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Thomas is joined by New York defense attorney Liz Skeen to break down Luigi Mangione's federal guilty plea and what it actually means for the state case still waiting in the wings.

The death-penalty charges are already gone. The terrorism theory already got tossed. Now Mangione has pleaded guilty to what remains federally, and his New York lawyers immediately moved to dismiss the state murder charge on double jeopardy grounds. Liz, who has been inside that courthouse, explains why New York's double jeopardy statute may be much stronger protection than other outlets are letting on, and what Judge Margaret Garnett might do at sentencing.

Cases discussed:

• United States v. Mangione (federal)

• People v. Mangione (New York State)

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Part 4, final part of The Most Brazen and Corrupt Heist in American History!

Thomas, Lydia, and Matt finish reading Judge Kathleen Williams' scorched-earth takedown of Trump's tax-return lawsuit slush fund, and it only gets more devastating. Then, a surprise same-day epilogue: Trump's lawyers already filed to fight back.

Cases discussed:

• Trump v. IRS

• Littlejohn leak case

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Part 3!

Thomas, Lydia, and Matt return to Judge Kathleen Williams's demolition of Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the agency he runs.

Cases discussed:

• Trump v. IRS

• Littlejohn leak case

• US v. Windsor

• Muskrat v. US

• Veazie v. Moor

• Keepseagle v. Vilsack

• Griffin v. IRS

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Part 2!Trump "settled" a lawsuit against his own IRS, and out popped a secretive slush fund even the DOJ can't be bothered to name properly. Then 35 retired federal judges took one look and moved to blow the whole thing up. Thomas, Lydia, and Matt Cameron read the settlement, the fund, and the judges' furious reply, line by line.

Cases discussed:

• Trump v. IRS

• IRS settlement agreement

• Anti-Weaponization Fund order

• Judges' Rule 60 motion

• Judge Williams' order

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Part 1!

Donald Trump sued the IRS, an agency he currently runs, for leaking his own tax returns, and asked for a cool $10 billion. Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig through the actual complaint and a judge's increasingly suspicious rulings, all timed suspiciously close to Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing. It is dumber, and more corrupt, than it sounds.

Cases discussed:

• Trump v. IRS

• Littlejohn leak case

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In part 2, Douchewitz continues his insane legal battle all the way up to a petition to the Supreme Court. Along the way, he gets help from the Trumpiest MAGA judges of Florida, and yet still his case sucks and he can't win.

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Mixed into the mostly horrific Supreme Court news this week was a rejection of Alan Dershowitz's petition for cert. But... what the hell was that even about? We, for two, couldn't even remember. So we decided to take a look and, if you don't remember, it's extremely dumb. So let's all have a nice thing and enjoy what a narcissistic POS Alan Dershowitz is! Patrons at patreon.com/gavelpod can listen to Part 2 right now!

Part 2!

Thomas, Lydia, and Matt finish their live read of the Broadview Six grand jury transcripts, and things get significantly worse.

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