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Reasonable Doubt

BARD - Grand Juries, Power Struggles, and the High-Stakes Politics of 2026

Reasonable Doubt

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True Crime, Comedy, Business, Talk Radio

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Mark and Gary break down the mounting tension inside a high-profile Los Angeles grand jury investigation, examining the rare public clash between prosecutors, LAPD, and the medical examiner, what it signals about the strength of the case, and why a major development could come sooner than expected. The conversation then shifts to Washington, where the Supreme Court is weighing a challenge that could upend long-standing campaign finance limits and unleash a new era of political spending ahead of the 2026 midterms. Geragos also unpacks the power dynamics behind the Warner Bros., Netflix, and Ellison media battle, exploring how control of major news platforms could reshape both Hollywood and national politics in the years ahead.

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0:00.0

This is beyond a reasonable doubt with your hosts, Mark Garrigas and Gary Smith.

0:09.8

Big week this week, GPS.

0:11.9

I know on several other podcasts, everybody's talking, whether it's an investigative grand jury or

0:22.1

regular grand jury in L.A. on the, I do have a question about that. You know, it feels like

0:27.9

if memory serves, the body was found in September, right? So we're now, you know, a good two,

0:33.3

three, four months into this. So at this current stage, what are they, what are they doing with

0:38.3

this grand jury? Are they looking for somebody to say something under oath to be the last

0:42.4

piece that they can use to put with all of the investigation that has been done and then go and

0:47.9

make an arrest? Is that what's like, what stage are we at? I'm kind of confused. I listened to

0:52.5

Angry Men this week and you and Harvey did a wonderful 35 or 40 minute episode about it, but that's still, I'm still a little bit lost.

1:00.0

I know that the, the, the DA got frustrated with one of the witnesses and then couldn't get one of

1:05.4

the witnesses there and had the judge issue a body order, but, but what exactly is, you know,

1:10.5

the DA thinking at the moment?

1:13.9

I think I said in that podcast, I've known Beth Silverman since she was a brand new deputy

1:20.0

in the juvenile court in Pasadena back then on the sixth floor.

1:25.3

She is about as aggressive and take no prisoners DA as you've got in the,

1:31.8

in L.A. County, that's one of the reasons she's in major crimes. And my guess is that when

1:41.0

the, I've talked about the fact that the medical examiner took the unprecedented

1:47.0

step.

1:48.0

So I'm old enough to remember Thomas Noguchi, who I think the old TV show Quincee based

1:54.0

on, but I have never seen a medical examiner come out and basically have to lecture the law enforcement on what their proper

2:04.0

role is. And if you believe what's being reported, they went, the LAPD went to a judge once and

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