Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 7

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🗓️ 10 November 2025

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In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff and Eric Columbus to discuss the criminal trial of the man who threw a sandwich at a federal immigration officer in D.C., a hearing in the prosecution of James Comey, litigation over the conditions of an immigration detention center in Illinois, 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	It's the Lawfare podcast. I'm Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare with Lawfare Senior
0:09.6	editors Anna Bauer, Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Eric Columbus. In the November 7th episode of the
0:18.7	trials of the Trump administration, we talked about the criminal
0:22.2	trial of the man who threw a sandwich at a federal immigration officer in Washington, D.C.
0:27.8	We talked about a hearing in the prosecution of James Comey, litigation over conditions at an immigration
0:35.6	detention center in Illinois, and so much more.
0:44.1	It is Friday, the 7th of November.
0:49.1	2025, it is 4 o'clock p.m. Washington time.
0:54.6	And you are watching Lawfare Live.
0:56.8	I'm Benjamin Wittes, editor-in-chief of Lawfare.
1:00.1	And watch this.
1:00.7	This is easy because all my guests are Lawfare Senior Editors.
1:05.1	And so I can just say, and I'm here with Lawfare Senior Editors, Molly Roberts, Eric Columbus, and Roger Parloff.
1:12.1	Folks, good to see you all.
1:17.9	We have a relatively light week this week, and the reason we have a light week is that
1:26.1	perhaps the biggest event of the week, depending on how you weigh a
1:32.1	Supreme Court argument on a major case against the sandwich guy trial. We already did an entire
1:40.8	law fair live just on the Supreme Court's tariffs argument. So we're not talking about
1:46.0	the tariffs argument today. There's a whole lawfare live for you. It's on today's Lawfare
1:51.1	podcast. You want an hour dedicated discussion by four serious tariffs case experts.
1:59.8	We got you covered, but not here. Because here, we're going to
2:05.2	start with Sandwich Guy. And we might not get much further than Sandwich Guy because there is
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