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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2026 · 23 MIN

Trump DOJ Gambles with Constitutional Misconduct

from The Court of History · host Sidney Blumenthal, Sean Wilentz

Trump's continuing pressure around his big lie about the 2020 presidential election. They discuss how John Roberts made what just happened possible through the reckless and illegitimate ruling in 2024 that concocted immunity from criminal prosecution for Trump for his "official acts" and how Roberts expressly tried to make the use of the Justice Department and FBI investigative powers as conclusively and preclusively immune. They discuss how Roberts emboldened Trump to take actions like these. The warrant: https://x.com/bluestein/status/2016624170293956723/photo/1 The charges: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:52%20section:20511%20edition:prelim) The other charge: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title52-section20701&num=0&edition=prelimThe Roberts Court edict (p. 27 et al): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf Lisa's book, which discusses the illegitimacy of the Roberts Court ruling on immunity: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lisa-graves/without-precedent/9781645030676/ https://www.graveinjustice.news/p/john-roberts-got-us-into-this-mess Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 Become a member of Legal AF YouTube community: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJgZJZZbnLFPr5GJdCuIwpA/join Become a member of the Legal AF Substack: https://michaelpopok.substack.com/20off Follow Legal AF on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/legalafmtn.bsky.social Follow Michael Popok on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mspopok.bsky.social Subscribe to the Legal AF podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/legal-af-by-meidastouch/id1580828595 Subscribe to the Intersection with Michael Popok podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-with-michael-popok/id1818863274 Subscribe to Unprecedented with Michael Popok and Dina Doll podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unprecedented-by-legal-af/id1867023089 Subscribe to Court of History with Sidney Blumenthal and Sean Wilentz podcast feed here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-court-of-history/id1867022920

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Trump's continuing pressure around his big lie about the 2020 presidential election. They discuss how John Roberts made what just happened possible through the reckless and illegitimate ruling in 2024 that concocted immunity from criminal...

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