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S2 Ep150: Trump's DOJ Just Proposed a Stunning Ethics Loophole (w/ Andrew Weissmann)

Podcast: The Illegal News with Sarah Longwell
Published: Mar 14, 2026
Duration seconds: 4208
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Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss a chaotic week for the rule of law, from the DOJ bizarrely flip-flopping on defending Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms, to a Trump-appointed judge finding evidence of racial profiling in ICE stops in Minnesota, and a new DOJ proposal that could shield government lawyers from ethics investigations. Get OneSkin with 15% off using code ILLEGALNEWS at https://oneskin.co/ILLEGALNEWS .