I'm Alice and I'm Brett and this is the prosecutor's legal briefs.

I'm your host, Alice, and I'm joined as always by my stately co-host Brett.

Stately, it's a wonderful word. It doesn't apply to me.

And I'm just going to shut up because we have such an awesome guest.

No one actually wants to hear from me.

I mean, this is actually true in this instance because what we are really excited about, I know you guys have been waiting for this.

We have the famous.

He calls himself infamous.

I'll let him do that.

Ivan Bates, who is currently the state's attorney of Baltimore.

You've heard his name in many contexts.

I don't know how a person of his stature is talking to lowly, Brett, and myself,

but we are so excited to have you, Ivan. Thank you for being here.

Wow. Thank you, Alice. Thank you, Brett. First of all, I'm just honored to be here.

You know, your podcast, a lot of people listen to it. I've had an opportunity to listen to it. You are very

intelligent. I love the way you break down the cases. I love the way that you look at it from

a prosecutor's point of view. I love the way that you educate the listener. So I want to thank you

for what you two do. Thank you so much, Ivan. Thank you. Appreciate it. Truthfully, there, so we have

recently discussed one of your filings. Those of you who don't know, he's obviously now the new

state's attorney in Baltimore, and he filed the motion to withdraw vacature in the Adnan Siyah case,

but that's not all he is. You guys, this man

has done it all, seen it all. We have so much to learn from him. I've been something that,

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