THE MAGIC BORDER

Is Gordon MacDonald really sick?Is Gordon MacDonald really on medical leave — or is the New Hampshire Supreme Court managing a crisis of its own making?In this episode, we trace a pattern that stretches back to 2002, when an Attorney General named Phil McLaughlin refused to believe a state line could stop a scandal from crossing it. Twenty-four years later, we’re asking the same question about a different institution: New Hampshire’s only forensic lab, and the criminalist the State kept putting on the witness stand for decades — despite a disciplinary file that says exactly why it shouldn’t have.This episode connects the MacDonald leave of absence, the ethics complaint against Jane Young, the structural conflict inside the State Police forensic lab, the 2019 rape kit backlog, and the 2024 Personnel Appeals Board ruling on Kevin McMahon — all under one throughline: institutions don’t self-report. They wait to get caught.Receipts over vibes. Every claim in this episode is backed by public record, on-the-record sourcing, or documented correspondence. Get full access to The Gracie Gato Podcast at gracieformermrsgato.substack.com/subscribe