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Trump’s Judge Scheme Gets Wiped Out by Midterms Nov 06, 2026

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In the afterglow of a historic wipeout of Trump’s party at the midterms, the Democrats will now control the Judiciary, Judge Vacancies, Supreme Court vacancies, and Supreme Court reform. Popok briefs on what will happen next with federal judge vacancies and new judgeships; Supreme Court vacancies and reform, in his post-midterm hot take.

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Trump Melts Down as Dems Try to Obtain and Release Jack Smith’s Mar a Lago Report on Trump Crimes Nov 06, 2026

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One of many positive developments is that the Democrats soon to be in charge of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees can go after Jack Smith’s Mar a Lago Volume 2 report outlining the “beyond the reasonable doubt” evidence against Trump for Espionage Act and Obstruction of Justice crimes, and try to override Judge Cannon’s order blocking its release for all time. Popok explains what that looks like, and how the future DOJ can also play a role as Judge Cannon may consider heading for the exits and becoming a private lawyer for republican causes.

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Trump's Epstein Nightmare Gets Even Worse Nov 06, 2026

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Popok examines a terrible week for Trump and his connection to the Epstein sex trafficking scandal, starting with a federal appeals court ruling for Katie Phang and forcing the DOJ to translate all the Epstein foreign language documents in the files; at midweek the House Judiciary Committee Democratic leadership issued a shocking 50 page report accusing Trump of sex crimes based on new evidence, and then on Saturday a federal judge dismissed with prejudice Trump’s “10 billion dollar case” against the WSH for publishing a story about Trump’s letter to Epstein included in his 50th birthday leather bound scrap book from 30 years ago.

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Trump Throws Hegseth Under Bus to Allow Impeachment Next Week and Take the Fall for Midterms? Nov 05, 2026

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Popok reports on the Trump Cabinet with Trump’s permission ganging up on the weakest link of weak links in the Trump Cabinet— Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth, throwing the former Fox and Friends incompetent under the bus and pinning Tuesday’s electoral wipe out on him and him alone. Of course JD Vance is leading the charge as eyes turn to him as a big loser on Election Night as well.

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Legal AF 11/5/2026 Nov 05, 2026

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On a special Post Election edition of the Legal AF Pod, Popok and KFA discuss what happens next as the Democrats roar back to power and hold the gavel over ALL the oversight and judiciary committees. What does the shape of Trump’s final 2 years look like; how will the Democrats reform SCOTUS and block any attempt to confirm new Justices or judges; how will the Dems use their power to investigate and perhaps impeach the DOJ and its senior leadership; what will happen to Trump’s “vanity” projects which consume his every waking hour, like the Kennedy Center, the Ballroom, the Reflecting Pool, the Arch, the Golf course etc., now that the Dems hold the purse strings. What does accountability and rooting out corruption look like when they go from catch phrases to action? All that and so much more at the intersection of law and politics.

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Trump's $10 Billion Loss could Trigger Another Nov 05, 2026

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Popok explains that the second happiest entity on the planet about the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch having Trump’s case for billions of dollars in defamation damages dismissed against it by a Florida federal judge is the BBC. The BBC is waiting to hear if Trump’s case for billions against it is going to be dismissed by another judge in the Southern District of Florida federal court. Popok explains how the WSJ case could help the BBC in its case, giving a permission structure to a Trump judge to rule against him.

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Blanche in Panic Mode as Crisis Engulfs DOJ Leadership With Dem Leaders Hot on Their Trail Nov 04, 2026

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Popok outlines how the House and Senate Judiciary Committees have the DOJ top brass in its sights, including how to take down AG Blanche, Deputy AG McCotter; Associate AGs Harmeet Dhillon and Stan Woodward, former associate AG and now federal judge Emil Bove and of course Pam Bondi, through a combination of hearings, reports, live presentations, criminal referrals and impeachment proceedings.

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Blanche Defeated as House Dems Start Planning Oversight Hearings to Bring DOJ and Blanche to Justice Nov 04, 2026

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Popok briefs on how the House Oversight Committee led by Rep. Garcia and Judiciary Commitee chaired by Jamie Raskin will be used by the Democrats in their return to power to immediately start investigations of Musk and DOGE; Trump and his families money money making; corruption in the DOJ and on the federal bench; and the Trump-Epstein sex abuse conspiracy on day 1 of taking the gavel. Popok also explains that 90 percent of the time the focus will be on investigations and referrals to STATE prosecutors and the other 10 percent on the much harder constitutional impeachment and removal route. But it all matters.

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Trump Miscalculates as Senate Democrats Move to Block Any Supreme Court Vacancies Until 2028? Nov 04, 2026

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Popok briefs on how last night’s historic wipeout for Trump and MAGA means that Trump will NOT be able to fill any Supreme Court vacancies for the remaining 2 years of his term, a huge miscalculation for Trump and Justices Alito and Thomas who want to retire AND allow Trump to ensure MAGA control of the court for the next 30 years. Instead, the Senate and House Democrats now in power have the landslide and mandate they need to block the seats AND reform the Court once and for all including adding 4 new Supreme Court seats, giving an incoming Democratic president up to SIX Supreme Court seats to fill!

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Trump Slammed with Election Day Injunction Nov 04, 2026

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The smell of victory is in the air on Election Day, as the Chief Judge of the DC Federal Court, Jeb Boasberg, has issued an emergency restraining order to block the Trump Administration’s efforts to cancel out more than 20,000 California votes based on faulty data that would lead to citizens registered to vote having their votes thrown in the trash. Popok examines Judge Boasberg’s order along with a half-dozen cases in the closing hours of the election, creating an uninterrupted string of losses for the Trump Administration and its goal of stealing the election from the People.

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