The Illegal News with Sarah Longwell

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S2 Ep131: Trump’s White House Fired Prosecutors for Telling the Truth! Nov 04, 2025

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George Conway explains to Sarah Longwell Trump’s Orwellian purge of DOJ prosecutors over January 6th, and the legal contortions fueling his push for authoritarianism, from National Guard moves to third-term loop holes.
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S2 Ep129: Conway Explains: Trump Picked the Least Qualified Person He Could Find Oct 27, 2025

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George Conway explains to Sarah another week of legal chaos, with prosecutor Lindsey Halligan’s bizarre texts, the illegal U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean, Trump’s $230 million claim against his own government, and the ACLU defending a man arrested for playing the Darth Vader theme.
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S2 Ep128: John Bolton's Own Book Might Destroy Him Oct 18, 2025

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George Conway explains to Sarah Longwell how the indictment of John Bolton fits into Donald Trump’s broader pattern of targeting critics — but also why Bolton’s case may have more substance than Trump’s other so-called “revenge prosecutions.” They discuss what makes the Bolton charges different, the double standard around classified information, and how Trump’s effort to label peaceful protests as “rebellion” reveals his authoritarian instincts.

S2 Ep127: Is This The DUMBEST Scandal in History? Oct 11, 2025

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Sarah Longwell and George Conway discuss Trump’s fake prosecutions of Comey and Letitia James, the “Truth Social DM” fiasco, and his escalating use of the National Guard to provoke chaos — plus why Americans aren’t taking the bait.
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S2 Ep126: Trump’s Corruption Is as Stupid as It Gets Oct 02, 2025

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George Conway joins Sarah Longwell to talk the illegal news as Trump’s authoritarian playbook ramps up with attacks on free speech, politicizing the military, prosecuting enemies, and weaponizing the funding fight as Democrats refuse to bankroll Trump’s corrupt, authoritarian agenda. Plus, a revisiting of Conway’s prescient warnings from 2024 on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
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S2 Ep125: Trump Went Too Far? Comey & Kimmel Could Galvanize Americans (w/ Andrew Weissmann) Sep 28, 2025

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Donald Trump’s DOJ just indicted James Comey—but is the case already falling apart? Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann (filling in for George Conway) get into why this prosecution is weak, dangerous, and could blow up in Trump’s face.

S2 Ep124: Conway DESTROYS Trump’s Pathetic “RICO for Protests” Sep 19, 2025

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JVL (sitting in for Sarah) is joined by George Conway to talk the administration’s “mob government” vibes, torching Todd Blanche’s RICO spin, the FCC squeeze on Kimmel, Trump’s $15B New York Times suit, and the Supreme Court’s shadow-docket green light on ICE profiling, plus why Fed independence is now on the line.
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S2 Ep123: District Judges ARE Standing Up To Trump! But Will SCOTUS? Sep 05, 2025

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George Conway explains to Sarah Longwell the week’s most important legal news—from the Epstein files and Harvard’s lawsuit to Trump’s use of emergency powers, tariffs, and the fight for Fed independence.
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S2 Ep122: Grand Juries Are Resisting Trump’s Show Trials (w/ Andrew Weissmann) Aug 28, 2025

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Sarah Longwell is joined by Andrew Weissmann to break down Trump’s latest power grabs — from sending the National Guard into blue cities, to attempting to fire the Fed governor, to RFK Jr.’s anti-vax chaos at the CDC. Weissmann explains how courts, grand juries, and even officials are pushing back, what it means for democracy, and where the real dangers lie.
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S2 Ep121: Pam Bondi’s Overreach Blows Up in Her Face Aug 21, 2025

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George Conway explains to JVL how Pam Bondi’s failed attempt to seize control of DC’s police exposed Trump’s push for total power — and why it’s a warning of what could come next. From the absurd “felony sandwich” case to Trump’s open threats on Truth Social, Conway lays out how the rule of law is being twisted to protect the powerful and punish the weak.
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