Hello and welcome to True Crime Daily's The Sidebar, taking you inside the courtrooms

of high profile and notorious cases from across the country.

I'm your host, Joshua Ritter, I'm a criminal defense lawyer based in Los Angeles and

previously in LA County Prosecutor for nearly a decade.

You can find me at JoshuaRitter.com.

You're recording this on Thursday, March 2nd, 2023.

In this week's episode, the possible ramifications from public statements made by the jury for

person in Trump's election interference probe, as well as the attorney general facing

partisan pressure, as special counsel investigations continue, and to classify documents found

in the possession of President Biden and former President Donald Trump.

And finally, the continued public statements made by FTX Founder Sam Bankman Fried in

the possible repercussions as he awaits trial.

Today, we are excited to be joined by Ellie Honek, a former federal prosecutor, legal

commentator, and senior legal analyst for CNN, Ellie Welcom.

Thanks for having me, Josh.

We are never at a loss for legal news this week has been, I don't know, is it more busy

than normal?

I'll say slightly more busy than normal.

I think slightly more busy, especially when you've got the stuff that we're going to talk

about, plus some other cases we've been following pretty closely are now coming to a head.

But we're excited to have you on, especially to talk about these cases, because I want

to talk about what you've been up to recently, not the least of which being your new book

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