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Thomas is joined by New York defense attorney Liz Skeen to break down Luigi Mangione's federal guilty plea and what it actually means for the state case still waiting in the wings.
The death-penalty charges are already gone. The terrorism theory already got tossed. Now Mangione has pleaded guilty to what remains federally, and his New York lawyers immediately moved to dismiss the state murder charge on double jeopardy grounds. Liz, who has been inside that courthouse, explains why New York's double jeopardy statute may be much stronger protection than other outlets are letting on, and what Judge Margaret Garnett might do at sentencing.
Cases discussed:
United States v. Mangione (federal)

People v. Mangione (New York State)

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Part 4, final part of The Most Brazen and Corrupt Heist in American History!
Thomas, Lydia, and Matt finish reading Judge Kathleen Williams' scorched-earth takedown of Trump's tax-return lawsuit slush fund, and it only gets more devastating. Then, a surprise same-day epilogue: Trump's lawyers already filed to fight back.
Cases discussed:
Trump v. IRS

Littlejohn leak case

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Part 3!
Thomas, Lydia, and Matt return to Judge Kathleen Williams's demolition of Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the agency he runs.
Cases discussed:
Trump v. IRS

Littlejohn leak case

US v. Windsor

Muskrat v. US

Veazie v. Moor

Keepseagle v. Vilsack

Griffin v. IRS

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Part 2!
Trump "settled" a lawsuit against his own IRS, and out popped a secretive slush fund even the DOJ can't be bothered to name properly. Then 35 retired federal judges took one look and moved to blow the whole thing up. Thomas, Lydia, and Matt Cameron read the settlement, the fund, and the judges' furious reply, line by line.
Cases discussed:
Trump v. IRS

IRS settlement agreement

Anti-Weaponization Fund order

Judges' Rule 60 motion

Judge Williams' order

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Part 1!
Donald Trump sued the IRS, an agency he currently runs, for leaking his own tax returns, and asked for a cool $10 billion. Thomas, Lydia, and Matt dig through the actual complaint and a judge's increasingly suspicious rulings, all timed suspiciously close to Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing. It is dumber, and more corrupt, than it sounds.
Cases discussed:
Trump v. IRS

Littlejohn leak case

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