{"podcast":{"title":"Slate Daily Feed","slug":"slate-daily-feed-530620","podcast_index_feed_id":530620,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/696925135f7f66b0e44666db","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/696925135f7f66b0e44666db/cover-35359de9-6dd6-458b-b7a1-bb3a2f466642.jpg","author":"Slate","episode_count":5000,"summary":"The Slate Daily feed includes new episodes from more than 30 shows in the Slate Podcast Network. You'll get thought provoking analysis, storytelling, and commentary on everything from news and politics to arts, culture, technology, and entertainment. Discover new shows you never knew you were missing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:21:03.685217+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620"},"episode":{"title":"Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Trump’s Slush Fund Is Even Worse Than You Thought","slug":"amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-trump-s-slush-fund-is-even-worse-than-you-thought","published_at":"2026-05-23T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-trump-s-slush-fund-is-even-worse-than-you-thought","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620","url":"https://shows.acast.com/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/episodes/6a10c6794c45d20ee2b63177","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/695ea2381c1db1c5bdf7c59b/a/slatedailyfeed-podcasts/e/6a10c6794c45d20ee2b63177/media.mp3","summary":"Donald Trump's $1.8 billion \"anti-weaponization\" settlement fund has stunned legal experts—not just because it's corrupt, but because of how skillfully and transparently it is designed to protect the Trump Family and reward loyalists. On this week's Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick brings together two of the sharpest observers of Trump-era lawlessness to map exactly what this is and why it matters. J.P. Cooney, a career federal prosecutor and former top deputy in Jack Smith's special counsel's office, explains how President Trump sued his own IRS as a private party, settled the case through attorneys who have also been his personal lawyers, and then secured an addendum—signed by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche—immunizing Trump and his family from any IRS audit or tax-enforcement proceeding. Cooney calls it \"practiced, skillful corruption\".  As Investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein, host of The Law According to Trump , author of American Oligarchs , and a veteran of five Trump trials, points out, this settlement enshrines Trumpian language— such as \"unlawful raid at Mar-a-Lago\" and \"Russia collusion hoax\"—in official U.S. government documents. Bernstein says it’s vital to be clear about  who stands to receive payouts: people convicted of seditious conspiracy, assaulting Capitol police officers, and other crimes they admitted to in open court.  Cooney and Bernstein agree this fund doesn't just reward insurrection—it incentivizes future violence, chills legitimate dissent, and systematically erases the historical record of Jan. 6.  Later, Slate executive editor Susan Matthews joins to preview the new season of Slow Burn, Becoming Justice Gorsuch —and explain why the most anonymous justice on the court is so pivotal to understanding the power and the po…","meta_description":"Donald Trump's $1.8 billion \"anti-weaponization\" settlement fund has stunned legal experts—not just because it's corrupt, but because of how skillfully an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4316,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/slate-daily-feed-530620/episodes/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-trump-s-slush-fund-is-even-worse-than-you-thought/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/slate-daily-feed-530620/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts-trump-s-slush-fund-is-even-worse-than-you-thought.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}