{"podcast":{"title":"The Illegal News with Sarah Longwell","slug":"the-illegal-news-with-sarah-longwell-6767731","podcast_index_feed_id":6767731,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5124335.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5124335","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43512035.jpg","author":"The Bulwark","episode_count":121,"summary":"“The Illegal News” is where law meets politics. Each week, Bulwark publisher Sarah Longwell (not a lawyer) sits down with a legal expert to unpack how the latest court filings, rulings, and procedural twists and turns of the Trump era are shaping American democracy. These are conversations about justice without the jargon, giving you context for the biggest developments and surfacing the legal (and illegal) moves not getting enough attention. If you're looking for \"George Conway Explains It All to Sarah Longwell,\" George is off on a new adventure, but Sarah will keep you covered.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T20:20:13.850397+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-illegal-news-with-sarah-longwell-6767731"},"episode":{"title":"S2 Ep163: Trump’s Pick for Attorney General Is Even WORSE Than You Think","slug":"s2-ep163-trump-s-pick-for-attorney-general-is-even-worse-than-you-think","published_at":"2026-06-10T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-illegal-news-with-sarah-longwell-6767731/s2-ep163-trump-s-pick-for-attorney-general-is-even-worse-than-you-think","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-illegal-news-with-sarah-longwell-6767731","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8915126","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/ABMA5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8915126.mp3?modified=1781127275&sid=5124335&source=rss","summary":"Trump's AG nominee Todd Blanche lost Trump's own criminal trial, built an illegal slush fund, and lied on Fox News—and Republicans are confirming him anyway. Sarah Longwell and Andrew Weissmann discuss what Democrats can actually do at the hearing, why Trump is screaming election fraud while gutting the unit that investigates it, and why his DOJ now holding the only copy of the Fulton County ballots should concern you. Plus: A federal judge ruled Trump's Kennedy Center takeover illegal, his lawyers told a court they could bulldoze the Statue of Liberty, and there's now a grotesque 92-foot metal structure on the White House lawn Get 15% off OneSkin with the code ILLEGALNEWS at https://www.oneskin.co/ILLEGALNEWS #oneskinpod Ready to reach your weight loss goals? Get started at https://ForHers.com/ILLEGALNEWS .","meta_description":"Trump's AG nominee Todd Blanche lost Trump's own criminal trial, built an illegal slush fund, and lied on Fox News—and Republicans are confirming him anyw…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3471,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-illegal-news-with-sarah-longwell-6767731/episodes/s2-ep163-trump-s-pick-for-attorney-general-is-even-worse-than-you-think/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-illegal-news-with-sarah-longwell-6767731/s2-ep163-trump-s-pick-for-attorney-general-is-even-worse-than-you-think.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}