Trump DOJ CRACKS and ADMITS DEFEAT in OPEN COURT!!

What this episode is about

The Department of Justice has acknowledged in court that it lacks the constitutional grounds to indict former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Leticia James, prompting an unusual request to revive previously dismissed indictments linked to the now-disgraced prosecutor Lindseay Halligan. Facing legal challenges and opposition, the DOJ seeks support from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, while their arguments appear to disregard pertinent case law concerning the legitimacy of Halligan's appointment.

Key takeaways

• When your indictments need a resurrection, it's a sign your legal strategy is on life support.
• The DOJ's 60-page brief: more revival of dead cases than a low-budget horror film.
• New York AG Leticia James faces three failed indictments—she's like a Teflon candidate for political bullets.
• If grand juries start publicly denouncing indictments, your case might need a serious PR intervention.
• Illegally appointed attorneys don't exactly inspire confidence; it's like hiring a chef without culinary skills.

Who speaks in this episode?

• Michael Popoc (Host) · 12 min speaking
• Pam Bondi (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• Leticia James (Guest) · 1 min speaking
• James Comey (Guest) · 1 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Lindsay Halligan, James Comey, Leticia James, Attorney General Pam Bondi
2. 3:00 – 6:00: James Comey, Leticia James, Lindsay Halligan, Daniel Richmond
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Attorney General Pam Bondi, Armra Colostrum, James Comey, Leticia James
4. 9:00 – 12:00: James Comey, Leticia James
5. 12:00 – 13:40: Michael Popac, Midas Touch Network, John Bolton, Adam Schiff

Notable quotes from "Trump DOJ CRACKS and ADMITS DEFEAT in OPEN COURT!!"

• Get them indicted legitimately. Please help us out and bring back to life the old illegal indictments. Oh yes, I'm covering it here on Midas Touch Network and Legal AF. on…

  about Michael Popac · at 0:32

• Finally, she resigned. Same thing happened to Lindseay Halligan. A federal judge, Judge Curry, who was appointed to that position to handle the Lindsey Halligan issue about…

  about Adam Curry · at 1:51

• Financial institution. Yeah, nobody's buying that. First among them, grand juries. So, they've been blocked in the James Comey case. They've been blocked by a federal judge…

  about James Comey · at 4:11

• Named Lindseay Halligan. They just can't do it. And this is putting a lot of pressure on Pam Bondi. She's about to appear this week at the oversight committee hearings on the…

  about Attorney General Pam Bondi · at 5:59

• We've worked out a special offer for my audience. Receive 30% off your first subscription order. Go to armrod.com/legalaf or enter legal aaf to get 30% off your first subscription order. That's a rm.

  about Armra Colostrum · at 7:25

• Brief that was filed by Henry Whitaker on behalf of the Department of Justice who used to be the solicitor general in Florida and used to be a Scalia sorry a Clarence Thomas…

  about Henry Whitaker · at 8:50

• Thanks for being here. Join me for the Intersection podcast Tuesday nights on the Midas Touch Network. thank you for your support. It's one of the top new podcast out there and it's all.

  about Midas Touch Network · at 12:46

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• James Comey — Person · Primary referenced target of DOJ investigation/indictment efforts · 8 mentions · first at 0:07
  Central figure in the episode’s claim that DOJ cannot obtain a legitimate indictment and is trying to revive prior allegedly illegal indictments.
• Leticia James — Person · Primary referenced target of DOJ investigation/indictment efforts · 7 mentions · first at 0:07
  Discussed as a top target of the alleged 'weaponization committee' after she obtained a major civil fraud judgment against Donald Trump.
  They did it in public, and I'm not sealing anything. And so you so for a total of three times they've been unable to indict Leticia James, okay, for mortgage fraud because she…
• Attorney General Pam Bondi — Person · Primary referenced DOJ/political actor (alleged leader of 'weaponization committee') · 4 mentions · first at 0:46
  Portrayed as under pressure to deliver indictments against Trump’s critics and as author of a memo establishing a 'weaponization working group.'
• Michael Popac — Person · Main speaker / host (as referenced in transcript) · 2 mentions · first at 0:38
  Narrator presenting the legal/political analysis and framing DOJ actions as unconstitutional/illegitimate.
• Lindsay Halligan — Person · Referenced prosecutor / interim U.S. attorney (allegedly illegally appointed) · 5 mentions · first at 0:23
  Described as having obtained the original indictments now being 'revived' and as having resigned after judges found her appointment illegitimate.
  They can't do it. So they got to revive, resurrect salvage illegal indictments obtained by the now disgraced and resigned Lindseay Halligan. In an appeal to the Fourth Circuit…
• Adam Curry — Person · Referenced federal judge (ruled on appointment legality) · 2 mentions · first at 1:52
  Cited as the judge who ruled Halligan was illegally appointed and that successive interim appointments violated the governing statute (as described).
• Henry Whitaker — Person · Referenced DOJ appellate lawyer/brief author · 1 mention · first at 8:50
  Identified as filing the 60-page brief for DOJ and criticized for omitting adverse precedent (Third Circuit/Alina Habba).
• Daniel Richmond — Person · Referenced attorney (Comey’s lawyer, per episode) · 1 mention · first at 4:55
  Appears in the discussion of alleged illegal search/seizure of attorney-client communications and evidentiary suppression issues.
  Did a lot of illegal things like an illegal search and seizure of records and communications between James Comey and his lawyer Daniel Richmond. That got brought to the…
• Ed Martin — Person · Referenced former head of the 'weaponization committee' (as described) · 1 mention · first at 0:51
  Mentioned as the prior leader of the committee and as having been fired, indicating internal turmoil/pressure.
  Weaponization committee that she formed a year ago that used to be headed by a guy named Ed Martin who's already been fired in the last couple of weeks to go back after all of…
• John Bolton — Person · Referenced political critic allegedly indicted (example of committee activity) · 1 mention · first at 12:04
  Used as a contrast case: described as already indicted by a 'legitimate prosecutor,' unlike others on the list.
  You've got John Bolton, former UN ambassador, former national security director. He's been indicted by a legitimate prosecutor. But the other ones in Florida, John Brennan, former.
• John Brennan — Person · Referenced political critic (example target without indictment) · 1 mention · first at 12:15
  Listed among intelligence-community figures allegedly targeted but not indicted, supporting the episode’s 'pressure' narrative.
  Director. He's been indicted by a legitimate prosecutor. But the other ones in Florida, John Brennan, former head of the CIA, a number of people in the intelligence community…
• Barack Obama — Person · Referenced political figure (example target without indictment) · 1 mention · first at 12:21
  Mentioned as an extreme example on the alleged target list, underscoring the speaker’s claim of politicized enforcement.
  Ones in Florida, John Brennan, former head of the CIA, a number of people in the intelligence community, Barack Obama, no indictment. Adam Schiff, senator from California…
• Adam Schiff — Person · Referenced political critic (example target without indictment) · 1 mention · first at 12:23
  Cited as another alleged target (mortgage fraud claim) where no indictment has been obtained.
  Head of the CIA, a number of people in the intelligence community, Barack Obama, no indictment. Adam Schiff, senator from California, mortgage fraud, no indictment. Lisa Cook…
• Dr. Lisa Cook — Person · Referenced official (example target without indictment) · 1 mention · first at 12:28
  Mentioned as 'Dr. Lisa Cook' on the Federal Reserve Board, cited as another alleged mortgage-fraud target without indictment.
  Obama, no indictment. Adam Schiff, senator from California, mortgage fraud, no indictment. Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Dr. Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud, no indictment. she's had a year, for Donald.

Companies & orgs

• Midas Touch Network — Company · Business focus · 2 mentions · first at 0:41
  The platform where the podcast is hosted and promoted.

Sponsors

• Armra Colostrum — Product · Sponsor · 2 mentions · first at 6:58
  Promoted as a health supplement to improve gut health, energy, and immune system.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 The Department of Justice just effectively admitted that they cannot legitimately constitutionally indict James Comey and Leticia James, one the former FBI director, the other the current New York attorney general. They can't do it. So they got to revive, resurrect salvage illegal indictments obtained by the now disgraced and resigned Lindseay Halligan. In an appeal to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a new brief, they've effectively conceded, "We can't get them indicted legitimately. Please help us out and bring back to life the old illegal indictments." Oh yes, I'm covering it here on Midas Touch Network and Legal AF. on Michael Popac. There is a lot of pressure on Pam Bondi and her weaponization committee that she formed a year ago that used to be headed by a guy named Ed Martin who's already been fired in the last couple of weeks to go back after all of the political critics and opponents of Donald Trump. First two

1:03 on the list, Leticia James, New York Attorney General, who got a $450 million fraud uh a judgment against Donald Trump and his family and former FBI director James Comey. The problem is they've met with opposition and been blocked by federal judges and even grand juries. And so they're left with what do we do? So this new brief that just got filed, 60 pages of it, completely ignores recent recent case law from another circuit, the third circuit court of appeals about Alina Haba in which they did this full analysis and said at the end she was illegally appointed. She was illegally appointed by Donald Trump and by Pam Bondi and she needs to go.

1:51 Finally, she resigned. Same thing happened to Lindseay Halligan. A federal judge, Judge Curry, who was appointed to that position to handle the Lindsey Halligan issue about whether she was illegally appointed by the head of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the very court we're in front of now. She ruled after a hearing and reviewing everything that Lindseay Haligan was illegally appointed under section 546 of the vacancy reform act which effectively says that you have to go through the president has to go through the Senate to get a permanent US attorney. If he can't do that or he runs out of time he and his department of justice get one pick for 120 days and after that is over. That's it. The district judges pick the interim US attorney. Well, they didn't do that.

2:37 They tried to do a a a successive number of US attorneys. Lindseay Halligan was the second interim US attorney, which is one too many as Judge Curry ruled. Now, she ruled on that back in November. They finally got around to appealing it. But in the interim, they've tried and failed this weaponization committee. They've tried and failed to obtain indictments against James Comey and Leticia James two times more. They went after Leticia James in a grand jury. It's it was so bad and so embarrassing for the Department of Justice that one of the grand juries not only rejected the indictment, but they wanted to announce in open court in the public that they were renouncing the indictment. They, in other words, they returned their no true bill of indictment in public. The Department of Justice was so embarrassed at the time, this is back in December, that they asked the federal judge to seal the and hide it from the public,

3:36 seal the no true bill. And the judge says, "I don't know exactly why, although I could speculate why the grand jury wants to send this message, but they did it in public, and I'm not sealing anything." And so you so so for a total of three times they've been unable to indict Leticia James, okay, for mortgage fraud because she bought a house in Virginia, a small single family house for $118,000 and they think she saved 50 bucks on her mortgage a month and that's the reason the attorney general of New York committed mortgage fraud or lied to a financial institution. Yeah, nobody's buying that. First among them, grand juries. So, they've been blocked in the James Comey case. They've been blocked by a federal judge because they're out of time. See, the reason Lindsey Hagan had a rush with no experience to indict James Comey is that when she got the job, when she was magically appointed the insta prosecutor by by Donald Trump,

4:36 she only had 17 days left on the clock before the 5-year statute of limitations on a lying to Congress, a 1001 charge would expire. So she hurried up and she did a lot of illegal things like an illegal search and seizure of records and communications between James Comey and his lawyer Daniel Richmond. That got brought to the attention of a judge, Judge Karatelli, and she ruled if you're going to reindict, and I'm not sure how you do that with the time limit. You can't use the Richmond files unless you get a proper subpoena and you can't use what you've already done. That ruling was a month ago. There's no reporting that they've tried to go back in front of the grand jury. The best they can hope for is to try to argue that it was a clerical error and they get under a rule, a certain rule of criminal procedure, they get the opportunity within 60 days to fix an indictment where there's effectively a technical or

5:32 clerical error, but there's no technical and clerical error. They had an illegally appointed US attorney and the judge ruled that everything she did was illegal, including those indictments. and they haven't tried to go back and get another indictment. Now, we fast forward to the admission. They can't get legitimate indictments. Otherwise, you don't file this Fourth Amendment appeal. You only do that as a last resort after you've tried and failed to get indictments through a prosecutor not named Lindseay Halligan. They just can't do it. And this is putting a lot of pressure on Pam Bondi. She's about to appear this week at the oversight committee hearings on the Department of Justice in the House and the Judiciary Committee. And trust me, Jamie, the Jamie Rascins of the world, the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee are salivating about taking on uh Pam Bondi. And it doesn't help them that

6:24 Lindseay Halligan resigned in disgrace three weeks ago after two separate judges said she's illegitimate as the US attorney and she needs to go. In fact, one judge went as far, Judge Novak, to say that she is impersonating and masquerading as a US attorney and should be sanctioned. Feeling sluggish, bloated, not like yourself. Life bombards us with silent threats. Processed foods, artificial light, and modern stressors disrupt your gut and drain your energy and weaken your immune health. Your body isn't broken, it just needs the right inputs. That's why I've been using Armra Colostrum. I've noticed less bloating, steadier energy, and overall, I just feel more like myself.

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8:08 credibility of the Department of Justice. Side note, this is the most corrupt Department of Justice in our history led by Pam Bondi. So, it's it's uh it's laughable. laugh out loud that she writes all of this. And then she's talking about her whole list in the back, examining Jack Smith, examining Leticia James, examining the investigative techniques for the Jan Six insurrectionist, all who have been pardoned, um going after Catholic groups, and the rest. Doesn't mention James Comey, but it's implicit. So what I went through with a lot of care in the 60page brief that was filed by Henry Whitaker on behalf of the Department of Justice who used to be the solicitor general in Florida uh and used to be a Scalia uh sorry a Clarence Thomas Supreme Court law clerk real federalist is any reference to the fact they've lost on this very issue in front of another appellet court the third circuit court

9:11 of appeals. I'm looking page after page after page. I see nothing. Not even a footnote. Okay. I'm an appellet advocate. When you have a bad case against you, you can't use magical thinking and hope you can make it go away. Like etch a sketch. Oh, that's the Department of Justice at this point. If they get a bad case against them, they just act like it didn't happen. They just ignore it. Hope nobody catches it. That's why we have an adversarial process. And now the lawyers for James Comey and Leticia James are going to point out the proper juristp prudence framework established by the third circuit court of appeals on this very issue that led to Alina Hoba being trashed.

9:47 So nowhere there's any reference to that. And their biggest argument is Virginia wouldn't confirm Lindseay Haligan. First of all, Lindsey Hagan quit in disgrace two weeks ago. So, there goes the argument that she couldn't get confirmed through the Senate or the Senate was blocking her illegally. You know, Donald Trump has this whole thing about blue slips. Let me do a quick teach out on blue slips. The senators of each state have to return their blue slip at approval, both of them. Uh, so it has to be two blue slips in the folder for a a candidate that needs to be confirmed, a federal officer that needs to be confirmed by the Senate to progress to the confirmation process.

10:31 Otherwise, it gets it gets blocked by senatorial tradition by the blue slips. If only one, let's say there's a Republican and a Democrat and the there's a MAGA candidate, the Republican turns in the blue slip, but the Democrat doesn't. Nope. Sorry. You got to have blue slip, blue slip. Virginia, two Democrat Democratic senators. New Jersey, two Democratic senators. They did not return their blue slips and they effectively blocked Alina Haba in Jersey and Lindseay Hallan in Virginia. Drove Donald Trump crazy going after uh John Thoom, the Senate Majority Leader. Get rid of the blue slips. Blue slips are tearing us apart. And of course, they're worried that when Donald Trump's out, they don't want and a Democrat's in, they don't want to get rid of the blue slips.

11:15 you know, 200 years of Senate tradition. So, that's not happening. But they argue, well, the Senate's blocking the the president's pick. Yeah, that's the advice and consent of the Senate under the appointment clause. So, the big takeaway for me is they're effectively throwing in the towel and trying to get new indictments against James Comey or even Leticia James. I think they think they can't obtain it because the indictments for Leticia James have to happen in Norfuck, Virginia. And I don't think they can get it in Norfuck versus based on what's happening. And for for and for the FBI director, they're out of time.

11:53 But, you know, you see the pressure on Bondi to make good on the weaponization committee. You know, they got um they got certain people indicted already. You know, you've got John Bolton, former UN ambassador, former national security director. He's been indicted by a legitimate prosecutor. But the other ones in Florida, John Brennan, former head of the CIA, a number of people in the intelligence community, Barack Obama, you know, no indictment. Adam Schiff, senator from California, mortgage fraud, no indictment. Lisa Cook on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Dr. Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud, no indictment. you know, she's had a year, you know, for for Donald Trump. That's that's a lifetime. I'll continue to follow it all right here on the Midas Touch Network and Legal AF.

12:46 Uh, thanks for being here. Join me for the Intersection podcast Tuesday nights on the Midas Touch Network. Um, thank you for your support. It's one of the top new podcast out there and it's all because of you. So, until my next report, I'm Michael Pop.

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Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Trump DOJ CRACKS and ADMITS DEFEAT in OPEN COURT!!"?

Michael Popoc (Host), Pam Bondi (Guest), Leticia James (Guest), James Comey (Guest).

What is "Trump DOJ CRACKS and ADMITS DEFEAT in OPEN COURT!!" about?

The Department of Justice has acknowledged in court that it lacks the constitutional grounds to indict former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Leticia James, prompting an unusual request to revive previously dismissed indictments linked to the now-disgraced prosecutor Lindseay Halligan. Facing legal challenges and opposition, the DOJ seeks support from the Fourth Circuit…

What is mentioned in this MeidasTouch episode?

16 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including James Comey, Leticia James, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Michael Popac, Lindsay Halligan, Midas Touch Network. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Trump DOJ CRACKS and ADMITS DEFEAT in OPEN COURT!!"?

The episode runs 14 min; the transcript is about 2,267 words in 17 timestamped sections.

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