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The Lawfare Podcast

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 21

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff and Eric Columbus and Lawfare Public Service Fellow Loren Voss to discuss a judge ordering the Trump administration to end the National Guard deployment in D.C., updates in the prosecutions of Letitia James and James Comey, a hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s civil case, and more.You can find information on legal challenges to Trump administration actions here. And check out Lawfare’s new homepage on the litigation, new Bluesky account, and new WITOAD merch.To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.

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0:00.0

Nearly every news alert in 2025 has raised questions, some old, some new, about the law and national security.

0:08.0

And now you get the chance to ask Lawfare directly. It's time for our annual Ask Us Anything Mailbag podcast, an opportunity for you to ask Lawfare this year's most burning questions.

0:19.0

You can submit your question by leaving a voicemail at

0:22.1

202-643-8474 or by sending a recording of yourself asking your question to Ask Us Anything Lawfare

0:32.8

at gmail.com by December 16th.

0:37.6

It's the Lawfare podcast. I'm Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare, with Lawfare

0:43.4

Senior Editors, Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Eric Columbus, and public service fellow

0:49.9

Lauren Foss. In the November 21st episode of the Tri trials of the Trump administration, we talked about a judge who ordered the Trump administration to end the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.

1:04.1

We updated listeners on the prosecutions of Letitia James and James Comey.

1:11.3

We talked about a hearing in the Kilmer-Abrego-Garcia civil case and so very much more.

1:23.3

It is Friday, the 21st of November 2025.

1:29.4

It is 4 o'clock in Washington, D.C.

1:33.8

And folks, you're watching Lawfare Live.

1:39.3

And, you know, our weekly roundup of all the events in the litigation challenging Trump administration

1:50.8

action and reflecting Trump administration action. I'm Ben Wittes, editor in chief of lawfare,

1:58.8

and I am here with not one, not two, but three Lawfare senior editors,

2:05.1

Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Eric Columbus, and one, count them one, Lawfare Public Service fellow.

2:14.2

That's Lauren Voss. We have, I think the technical term is a veritable boatload

2:21.5

of material to go through. We're going to be flying through it. It's going to be happening pretty

2:26.6

fast. I hope there will be time for questions at the end. But forgive me if there aren't,

2:34.0

because this has been one of those weeks where I have been

2:37.8

unable to keep up with the docket and my full-time job is nothing other than keeping up with

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