{"podcast":{"title":"Legal AF by MeidasTouch","slug":"legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007","podcast_index_feed_id":4140007,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/legalaf","website_url":"https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/legalaf","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9c838774-fae2-11eb-b9fa-3779cf8063b2/image/bb4ea460e5c868ccd24a7a6df9f65958.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Meidas Media Network","episode_count":1849,"summary":"Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics. Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday and occasional shorter breaking legal news hits throughout the week.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T08:21:53.566819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007"},"episode":{"title":"Congress Strikes Back as Trump Rushes $1.8 Billion Scam","slug":"congress-strikes-back-as-trump-rushes-1-8-billion-scam","published_at":"2026-05-18T18:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/congress-strikes-back-as-trump-rushes-1-8-billion-scam","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/claritaspod.com/measure/mgln.ai/e/1058/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH8803618642.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/MMN23/claritaspod.com/measure/mgln.ai/e/1058/traffic.megaphone.fm/MTH8803618642.mp3","summary":"Moments after Trump filed to dismiss his bad faith suit against the IRS to obtain a gift for himself and his cronies of $1.776 billion dollar slush fund, 93 House Democrats fired back and filed a motion to encourage Judge Williams to put a stop to a “fraudulent” and “collusive” settlement in violation of Federal law and the Constitution’s Presidential Emoluments Clause. Popok, who has been following the story in his backyard since day 1, comments on whether Judge Williams will use her inherent authority to ensure she wasn’t used from the start and how the new filing will be used for lawsuits that will be filed throughout the week to stop the settlement. IQBar: Text LEGALAF to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast Cult Conversations: The Influence Continuum with Dr. Steve Hassan: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show The Ken Harbaugh Show: https://meidasnews.com/tag/the-ken-harbaugh-show Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Moments after Trump filed to dismiss his bad faith suit against the IRS to obtain a gift for himself and his cronies of $1.776 billion dollar slush fund,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":871,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/episodes/congress-strikes-back-as-trump-rushes-1-8-billion-scam/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/congress-strikes-back-as-trump-rushes-1-8-billion-scam.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}