{"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":"Trump DOJ Makes Shock Admission on Slush Fund Payouts","slug":"trump-doj-makes-shock-admission-on-slush-fund-payouts","published_at":"2026-05-22T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/trump-doj-makes-shock-admission-on-slush-fund-payouts","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/MTH2331632565.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/MTH2331632565.mp3","summary":"The Acting AG Todd Blanch just admitted under oath in the Senate that Jan6 insurrectionists who beat and injured the police (many of whom were indicted, convicted, and denied pretrial detention) would be entitled to monetary compensation from Trump’s new $1.8 billion slush fund created with taxpayer dollars. Popok explains what crimes the Jan6rs were convicted of and why this should disqualify Blanch from being the Attorney General. Leesa: Go to https://Leesa.com for 30% off select mattresses PLUS get an extra $50 off with promo code LEGALAF, exclusive for my listeners. Subscribe: @LegalAFMTN 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":"The Acting AG Todd Blanch just admitted under oath in the Senate that Jan6 insurrectionists who beat and injured the police (many of whom were indicted, c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1033,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/legal-af-by-meidastouch-4140007/episodes/trump-doj-makes-shock-admission-on-slush-fund-payouts/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/trump-doj-makes-shock-admission-on-slush-fund-payouts.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}