Best MaRS Discovery District Podcasts (2024)

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"Throw the kitchen sink at startups" with Ian McCarter of MaRS Discovery District 20:46

20d ago20:46

20:46

This episode we welcome Ian McCarter, the Director of Corporate Innovation at MaRS Discovery District. MaRS Discovery District helps Canadian startups succeed so they can solve our toughest problems in areas like climate, health and the economy. As North America’s largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity, MaRS provides direct support f…

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Trump DIRE FINANCES Get EXPOSED at WORST TIME 20:51

1h ago20:51

20:51

The reason Trump is now reduced to a late night 2 bit infomercial huckster selling the shirt off his back, trading cards, bibles and sneakers out of a van, is because he and his whole “unserious family is incapable of making a new BILLION DOLLARS of fortune to replace what he squandered, and all his grifting income streams have dried up. Michael Po…

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Trump Lawyers in STOCK LAWSUITS Face BIG TROUBLE 15:10

39m ago15:10

15:10

Will Trump and his lawyers BE FOUND IN CONTEMPT in Delaware for their unethical tactics in a suit filed against Trump’s media company by its co-founders (and former apprentice contestants)? Michael Popok reports on a new court hearing that Trump was again on the losing end of as he refuses to comply with court orders subjecting him to future sancti…

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Judge Luttig SPILLS THE BEANS on PLAN to DEFEAT TRUMP 34:31

9m ago34:31

34:31

In an Exclusive Legal AF by Meidas Touch interview, Michael Popok is joined again by conservative icon, constitutional and presidential scholar, former federal appellate and lifelong Republican, Judge J. Michael Luttig, to discuss in detail his strongly held view that the very soul of America and its Rule of Law and Constitutional Republic is on th…

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Trump Files EMERGENCY NOTICE in NY Criminal Case 25:55

26m ago25:55

25:55

In breaking news, Trump, coordinating with MAGA Congress, is trying to stop his inevitable criminal sentencing on his 34-count state court felony conviction for fraud and election interference, by trying for a second time to drag his case away from Judge Juan Merchan and to federal court. Michael Popok explains it all and why this post-conviction p…

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Justice Department STRIKES BACK at Trump’s Foot Soldiers 16:43

11m ago16:43

16:43

Well, that didn’t take long. Disgraced MAGA DOJ official Jeff Clark—Trump’s “acting attorney general” for the last days of the attempted coup, has argued that his bar license should not be suspended because he was dropped from the new criminal indictment of Trump in the DC election interference case, as he hits out against the Special Counsel. Mich…

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Trump’s WEEK RUINED by Jack Smith’s POWERFUL Moves 1:29:03

38m ago1:29:03

1:29:03

Michael Popok and Karen Friedman Agnifilo are back for the midweek edition of the top-rated Legal AF podcast. On tap? 1. Special Counsel Jack Smith can walk, chew gum, obtain a new grand jury indictment against Trump for the DC Election Interference case, AND school Judge Cannon to the 11th Circuit all at the same time; 2. the groundswell of Republ…

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Trump in PANIC MODE over SURPRISE INDICTMENT by Jack Smith 18:22

38m ago18:22

18:22

Special Counsel Jack Smith has outfoxed Trump and is lawyers again, secretly obtaining a second new indictment against Trump from a NEW grand jury, just in time for the 9/5 hearing with Judge Chutkan. Michael Popok explains why this was so crafty and explains why Smith asked for 3 more weeks and delay the hearing as he worked behind the scene to re…

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Marching To 100 Million Steps with Trexo Robotics 19:16

9h ago19:16

19:16

We welcome Manmeet Maggu, Founder and CEO at Trexo Robotics. His team are re-imagining pediatric rehabilitation, while also redefining mobility solutions for all people. Manmeet started the company when he found out that his nephew had Cerebral Palsy and was unable to walk. Instead of waiting for the future to happen, Manmeet and his team decided t…

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Trump STRICKEN with MAJOR LEGAL PERIL at WORST TIME 18:05

1d ago18:05

18:05

JOY is coming in September, as Trump faces 4 SEPARATE STATE AND FEDERAL HEARINGS AND RULINGS, that will lead to his undoing. Michael Popok works through the upcoming SEPTEMBER calendar and explains how this provides another advantage to the Harris-Walz campaign as they make their closing argument to the American People. Upgrade your sleep with Mira…

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Jack Smith SHOCKS Trump with BRILLIANT Maneuver 18:28

1h ago18:28

18:28

Corporate media has it wrong: in the Trump DC election interference criminal case, the Special Counsel Jack Smith will NOT need to use a “mini trial” to defend his indictment against dismissal, and that’s NOT A WIN FOR TRUMP. Michael Popok who practices federal criminal law explains how Smith made his indictment MAGA Supreme Court-proof, and would …

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Trump Vote Scheme PUT ON ICE by Supreme Court 17:47

28m ago17:47

17:47

MAGA & its Supreme Court has just failed in its attempt to disenfranchise 40,000 Arizona voters in a new emergency 🚨 5-4 order, Michael Popok explains how the new order affects all those in Arizona who have not yet registered, and how Democrats and Harris-Walz can use this to mobilize Arizona voters to crush Trump in this important battleground sta…

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FINALLY! Jack Smith Makes BIG FILING in Trump DOC APPEAL 24:39

1h ago24:39

24:39

In breaking news in the Mar a Lago prosecution of Trump, Special Counsel Jack Smith schools Federal Judge Cannon in a new filing with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, telling the Court that the Judge does not understand the most basic principle of being a federal judge— that the Supreme Court is her boss, and their rulings are BINDING ON HER, to …

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TOP GOP Lawyers TURN AGAINST Trump at KEY TIME 21:44

1h ago21:44

21:44

The dam of Republican presidential lawyers now endorsing VP Harris since the convention is about to drown Trump’s campaign, and Fox News knows it. Michael Popok reports on 11 former REPUBLICAN WHITE HOUSE LAWYERS who have come together to call Trump a DANGER TO OUR DEMOCRACY and UNFIT FOR OFFICE, as Fox News starts to quietly quit Trump and report …

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Trump’s LAST HOPE Gets WIPED OUT before his EYES 23:53

15m ago23:53

23:53

VP Harris is already getting a substantial convention bump in polling and with voters, as independents and undecideds make up their minds and cut toward her in huge numbers following her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. Michael Popok explains how the coming “bump” in the battleground states, will end any hope of Trump regain…

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OMG!! Rudy GOES MISSING from Federal Court HEARING 14:34

30m ago14:34

14:34

Trump and MAGA lawyer Rudy Giuliani just violated another federal court order and failed to appear to produce documents against Trump in a civil lawsuit against Trump for the injuries suffered by 8 Capitol Police officers. Michael Popok analyzes the long string of court orders that Rudy has violated in order to try to protect Trump, which could ult…

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Prosecutor STUNS Trump with REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY 16:18

3m ago16:18

16:18

Michael Popok explains why in a new filing the Manhattan DA is not encouraging Judge Merchan to delay Trump’s felony sentencing scheduled for 9/18. Instead, the DA is reminding the Judge that Trump has threatened to file appeals before, that have all lost, and that he should just let the appellate court decide whether Trump should get a stay to pre…

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Trump’s STEPS INTO IT as Latest STUNT BLOWS UP 16:16

6h ago16:16

16:16

The Musk/X interview of Trump was illegal and a violation of federal campaign finance law, so says a new suit filed against Trump, his campaign, and X. Michael Popok explains how there were actually 2 laws broken by Trump and Musk: one for illegal PAC coordination with a campaign and the other for an illegal corporate contribution to Trump’s electi…

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Trump CAN’T ESCAPE his CASES as Campaign CRASHES 1:17:52

18m ago1:17:52

1:17:52

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok are back for the weekend edition of the top-rated Legal AF podcast. On tap? 1. A treacherous September for Trump the Defendant and Candidate, as Courts around the country make big decisions about his freedom and finances; the NYAG’s new appellate brief to demand that Trump pay the $500 million dollar civil fraud judgm…

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Trump FLAILS IN DESPERATION and Makes FATAL MISTAKE 17:01

1h ago17:01

17:01

In response to stinging rebukes of MAGA and Trump at the DNC, Trump fired back with a a early morning virulent antisemitic attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Michael Popok examines it in his latest hot take. Go to http://auraframes.com and use code LEGALAF to get $20 off Aura's best-selling frame Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! J…

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Trump FREAKS OUT after Election Plan COMPLETELY BACKFIRES 19:39

16m ago19:39

19:39

We have another Presidential Candidate for Sale, and this one is not named Trump. Michael Popok reports on Robert F Kennedy Jr —fresh off the bad press of killing a bear cub— trying to cash in his limited chips and Endorse Trump in direct exchange for a Trump cabinet position, after being rejected by VP Kamala Harris for the same offer. Get 20% off…

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Haha! Trump Gets BAD NEWS in $500 MILLION Fraud Case 22:46

3h ago22:46

22:46

In a scathing appeals brief, the New York Attorney General in the $500 million dollar civil fraud judgment against Trump, just told the court that Trump has basically conceded that he committed fraud, and gets the law completely wrong as to his argument that there were no victims of his financial fraud crimes. Michael Popok from his vantage point a…

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Trump LEGAL NIGHTMARE has MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS 1:21:46

2d ago1:21:46

1:21:46

Join trial attorney Michael Popok, former prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo and attorney Dina Doll for another action packed episode of the top-rated Legal AF podcast On tap? 1. Will Trump actually be sentenced for his 34 felony crimes on 18September by Judge Merchan in New York or will there be a further delay and how will that impact the electio…

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Trump SCREWS HIMSELF BAD as Haley Voter Make BOLD MOVE 17:40

24h ago17:40

17:40

Trump’s Groundhog Day daily campaign nightmare continues as 4.4 million Nikki Haley Voters band together to throw their support to Harris-Walz with a new “HV4H” PAC. Michael Popok explains how this is the ultimate payback by Nikki Haley voters to knock off Trump, and how even a portion of the Nikki Haley voters will run up the vote totals for Kamal…

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Trump CODED MESSAGE Gets DECIPHERED at AWFUL Speech 15:20

24m ago15:20

15:20

Trump’s next stop on his racist campaign trail? Howell, Michigan to give a speech on “law & order” and racial tolerance, AT THE SITE OF SOME OF MOST HATEFUL KKK RALLIES IN our nation’s history. Michael Popok explains the significance of Trump speaking at a location that sent a chill down the spine of Black Americans as he rallies his racist voters …

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Trump Gets NEWS HE FEARED as Top GOP Makes HIS MOVE 21:50

2h ago21:50

21:50

Federalist Society and conservative icon and lifelong Republican Judge Luttig has just given his full-throated endorsement of Kamala Harris, calling the Democratic Party the only true protector of the flame of democracy in America. Michael Popok who has interviewed Judge Luttig provides his commentary. Sign up for a one-dollar per month trial at ht…

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Trump Speech BACKFIRES in his Face as He BRINGS UP CASES 13:37

10m ago13:37

13:37

Trump’s dementia has taken a new turn: he doesn’t know what the word “exonerate” means. Michael Popok in his latest hot take explains why Trump is lying again in his attacks on VP Harris when he says he was cleared of charges related to Mar a Lago and his theft of national defense information and obstruction of justice. Aura Frames: Go to http://au…

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Trump CAUGHT in CHICAGO TAX SCHEME during DNC?! 15:12

6d ago15:12

15:12

Trump is using the site of one of his GREATEST BUSINESS FAILURES AND TAX FRAUD against the American people, to daily counter-program against VP Harris and the Democrat’s Convention this week. Michael Popok examines the OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR TAX fraud committed by Trump with the Chicago “Trump International Hotel” as exposed by Pro Publica…

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Supercharging Mobility Innovation with Francis Beauchamp-Verdon of AWL-E 20:57

15h ago20:57

20:57

We welcome Francis Beauchamp-Verdon, Co-Founder, VP and Business Development Director at AWL-E, to discuss his mission in the mobility space and the amazing vision his team share. At AWL-E, Francis and his team have developed a revolutionary method to move electricity wirelessly that not only breaks all boundaries of innovation, but also has immens…

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Trump CAN’T ESCAPE Devastating LEGAL UPDATES 1:16:35

7d ago1:16:35

1:16:35

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok are back for the weekend edition of the top-rated Legal AF podcast. The anchors discuss and debate: Trump’s new threatened phony lawsuit against the Department of Justice as he struggles to gain attention and traction in the race against VP Harris; Judge Chutkan likely rejecting Trump’s efforts to claim he was just “i…

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Trump Makes HUGE BLUNDER with CAMPAIGN DECISION 18:10

2h ago18:10

18:10

In another feel good news story for the Harris campaign, Trump has decided to make MAGA super creep, and accused abuser of women and mocker of immigrant children with Down Syndrome, Corey Lewandowski, HIS NEW CAMPAIGN CHIEF, to direct traffic against VP Harris! Michael Popok explains how Trump hiring a band of 2016-era “convicts, criminals and cree…

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Trump GETS RUDE AWAKENING from GOP Lawyer COURT FILING 17:09

19m ago17:09

17:09

In the battle of Michael Cohen, who was Trump’s political prisoner in solitary confinement for refusing to silence his criticism of Trump, and the United States Supreme Court that is deciding whether Michael can sue the government for his civil liberties violations, AN ELITE GROUP OF RIGHT WING LAWYERS AND LEADERS INCLUDING A FOUNDING TRUSTEE OF PR…

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Trump Makes DEVASTATING ADMISSION in Financial Report 15:22

12m ago15:22

15:22

Trump has just been forced to disclose in a new federal filing that his financials are in shambles, including having to pump up his income by listing that he earned $300k in Bible sales, owns crypto, lives off his Apprentice and Home Alone acting pension, and had to sell phony trading cards of himself just to make a living. Trump once again fraudul…

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Trump Gets NEWS HE FEARED over MAR-A-LAGO SHUTDOWN 14:05

11d ago14:05

14:05

Is Trump’s Mar A Lago about to be shut down by the Town, cutting off more oxygen to the Trump campaign? Michael Popok reports on the Mayor of Palm Beach opening an investigation as to whether Mar a Lago should be CLOSED to “protect” Trump, who doesn’t act like he needs protection at all as he holds court in Mar a Lago with hundreds of people a day.…

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FREAKED OUT Trump Makes EMERGENCY FILING in NY 21:44

1h ago21:44

21:44

In breaking news, Trump is running scared and has just filed a new motion to try to stop his NY criminal sentencing on 18 September, and desperately wants to prevent the Manhattan DA from publicly filing before the voters their report seeking jail time for him on his 34 felony convictions. Michael Popok explains how Trump and his lawyers are WRONG …

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Trump STRICKEN with BAD NEWS in Court as HIS LIFE COLLAPSES 1:37:04

9d ago1:37:04

1:37:04

Join trial attorney Michael Popok and former prosecutor Karen Friedman Agnifilo for another action pack episode of the top-rated Legal AF podcast On tap? 1. Trump continues to lash out and attack the one judge that holds his liberty in the palm of his hands and is ready to squeeze—Judge Merchan who is about to issue his decision likely confirming T…

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DC Federal Judge STRIKES BACK at Trump’s PLOTTER 22:53

26m ago22:53

22:53

Another MAGA Trump lawyer and election denier —Stephanie Lambert —is in serious trouble with a DC federal judge for leaking confidential information about Dominion Voting Systems to MAGA conspiracy theorists in violation of court orders. Michael Popok explains how Lambert, recently arrested and indicted for trying to steal Dominion voting equipment…

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Trump Gets VERY BAD NEWS in BRUTAL Criminal Court RULING 21:25

2h ago21:25

21:25

On a downward spiral, Trump loses again in his effort to disqualify AND MINDLESSLY ATTACK the VERY same NY criminal judge that holds Trump’s “liberty” in his hands, and is about to 1) rule on whether SCOTUS’ “immunity” decision should vacate Trump’s 34 felony convictions and 2) SENTENCE Trump in mid-September. Michael Popok analyzes Trump’s efforts…

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Trump Gets INSTANT KARMA after DISASTROUS INTERVIEW 18:04

1d ago18:04

18:04

In record breaking time, Trump has gotten himself into a legal jam again off his 2 hour snoozefest ego-a-thon interview with his patron, Elon Musk, with both making illegal threats to retaliate against Tesla workers who are trying to unionize. Michael Popok reports on the new suit filed by the United Auto Workers against Trump and Musk with the nat…

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Trump STRICKEN with Financial DISASTER at Worst Time 14:50

2h ago14:50

14:50

Trump just tanked his own Truth Social stock by returning to Elon Musk and “X” undermined the sole asset his media company had: Trump’s exclusivity. Michael Popok gives his unique Wall Street perspective on the inadvertent misstep by Trump the campaigner, crushing the hopes and dreams of his retail MAGA investors in order to fuel his desperate camp…

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Trump Announces DESPERATE LAWSUIT as His POLLS CRASH 18:06

1d ago18:06

18:06

Trump just put the American People and voters ON NOTICE that he is SUING THEM FOR $115 million dollars! Michael Popok reports on Trump putting the DOJ and US Government on notice (that’s you and me) that he is suing them for malicious prosecution in the Mar a Lago case Espionage and Obstruction criminal case dismissed by a Trump-appointed Judge Can…

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"More focus on fundamentals" with Shan Gu of Foci Solutions 21:41

1h ago21:41

21:41

Today we welcome Shan Gu, Founder & CEO of Foci Solutions. At Foci Solutions, Shan’s team helps organizations build strong software engineering teams and self-sustaining talent engines, with the belief that the best engineering teams are ones that invest in each individual's development and learning. Foci’s development pods work with their clients'…

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Trump Gets INSTANT KARMA with CAMPAIGN DISCOVERY 14:04

15h ago14:04

14:04

Once again we have a new foreign enemy trying to influence a presidential election connected to the Trump Campaign. Michael Popok reports on a second Iranian-led cyberattack code name Mint Sandstorm on Trump, and compares it to Trump calling on another foreign power to help his campaign by hacking JJ’s opponent and leaking their emails. Head to htt…

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Trump Gets CAUGHT in MASSIVE BRIBERY SCANDAL 18:04

21h ago18:04

18:04

Did the Egyptian Government try to bribe the perpetually financially vulnerable Trump with a $10 million bribe to corrupt American foreign policy, and did a Trump campaign official facilitate it? Michael Popok reports on new investigations of a possible bank transfer led by the President of Egypt to the Trump campaign that was m shut down by Trump’…

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Trump Gets WORST NEWS OF CAMPAIGN on KEY ISSUE 17:13

12d ago17:13

17:13

VP Harris just added a major key to unlock the door to the White House to her key chain: new polling says that MORE VOTERS TRUST HER WITH THE ECONOMY THAN TRUMP, a first in polling that will pay huge dividends for the Harris-Walz campaign. Michael Popok, with his unique Wall Street insight, explains why this is big news. For their buy 1 get 1 50% o…

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Trump LEGAL NIGHTMARE is BACK as Campaign CRASHES 1:18:40

2d ago1:18:40

1:18:40

Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok are back for the weekend edition of the top-rated Legal AF podcast. The anchors discuss and debate: the ins and outs of how the criminal court system continues to bring Trump to justice; how Judge Chutkan will determine if the DC election interference criminal case against Trump will survive the Supreme Court immunity…

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Trump SCREWS HIMSELF BAD with LIE of the YEAR 19:39

3d ago19:39

19:39

At a recent unhinged press conference, a demented Trump made false and libelous claims sullying the memory of fallen Capitol and Metro police and even against his own MAGA followers, and continued to compare himself to Martin Luther King Jr in the same breath. Michael Popok brings the truth about what happened on Jan 6 in that battle of Trump follo…

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Republican Judge TORCHES Trump Follower TO HIS FACE 21:10

3d ago21:10

21:10

In a stinging response to Trump’s claim that nothing bad happened on Jan6 and it was just a walk in the proverbial the park, Republican Federal Judge Royce Lamberth just sentenced MAGA Trump follower David Dempsey —-the MOST VIOLENT INSURRECTIONIST of them all who beat police and called for hangings— to 20 years in prison, while denouncing the delu…

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Federal Judge Drops MAJOR ORDER in Trump CRIMINAL CASE 19:25

21d ago19:25

19:25

DC Judge Chutkan just instructed Trump and the Special Counsel that she will see them on September 5th, bright and early, in her courtroom to get the criminal case against him on track for trial. Michael Popok reports on why the new date in September will prove helpful to the Government and their multi-tiered efforts to bring Trump to justice. HIMS…

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Judge Cannon GETS SCHOOLED by her FED UP PEERS in ORDER 16:02

4d ago16:02

16:02

Finally, we have what we’ve been waiting for: DC Judge Chutkan “schooling” Florida Judge Cannon on how to properly run a Trump criminal courtroom! Michael Popok reports on a brand new order from Judge Chutkan in the DC election interference case that denies a driveby stranger to the case the right to participate in the case, and teaches Cannon a le…

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