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The midweek edition of the top rated legal and political podcast Legal AF is back for another hard-hitting look at the most consequential developments at the intersection of law and politics. On this week’s edition, Anchor Michael Popok is joined by his regular weekend anchor and co-founder of Meidas Touch, Ben Meiselas (filling in for Karen Friedman Agnifilo who is “on assignment”), as they discuss: This week’s developments in the Manhattan DA’s criminal investigation of Trump for the Stormy Daniels’ hush money coverup including Michael Cohen’s testimony, and Trump’s defense team unsuccessfully trying out new defenses that actually implicate their client for the crimes to be charged; developments in the E. Jean Carroll civil rape and defamation case going to trial in early April, including the Judge strongly considering using an “anonymous jury” and its implications for the defense; a new report on a NY federal criminal investigation this time of Trump’s media company and whether it obtained $8 million dollars in Russian funds traceable back to Putin; Trump firing back at DeSantis and filing an ethics charge against him in Florida to force him to declare his candidacy; the DOJ indicting a Chinese business person for running a billion dollar fraud scheme with ties back to Steve Bannon, C-PAC, and MAGA “public interests” groups, and so much more. SUPPORT THE SHOW: Shop LEGAL AF Merch at: https://store.meidastouch.com Join us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831 Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595 The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601 The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245 Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599 Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://pod.link/1530639447 The Weekend Show: https://pod.link/1612691018 The Tony Michaels Podcast: https://pod.link/1561049560 American Psyop: https://pod.link/1652143101 Majority 54: https://pod.link/1309354521 Political Beatdown: https://pod.link/1669634407 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former President Donald Trump has been invited to testify before a New York City grand jury — a move that is widely understood to mean Trump could soon face criminal charges related to his financial dealings and the payment of hush money to Stephanie Clifford, the adult film star also known as Stormy Daniels. His former attorney Michael Cohen previously was convicted in connection with the payment in federal court, when prosecutors alleged the payments were made at Trump's direction.

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