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Legal AF by MeidasTouch

MasterClass LAF style—Kidnapping, entrapment, criminal cross and special grand juries

Legal AF by MeidasTouch

Meidas Media Network

News, News Commentary

4.96.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

LegalAF x MeidasTouch, the top-rated weekend global news podcast covering US law and politics anchored by Ben Meiselas and Michael Popok, has launched a special weekly Wednesday short-form edition providing a piercing but entertaining look a few topics ripped from today’s headlines. The midweek pod is co-anchored by veteran prosecutor, policy analyst and defense counsel, Karen Friedman Agnifilo (“KFA”), and national trial attorney and strategist, Michael Popok (“Popok”). On this midweek episode, Popok and KFA tackle: (1) Last week’s SCOTUS decision in Hemphill v. New York making a criminal defendant’s cross-examination rights under the 6th Amendment’s “Confrontation Clause” more robust; (2) the plot to kidnap Michigan’s Governor Whitmer, the use of undercover agents and informants, and the entrapment defense; and (3) Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta) DA Willis has a new and approved Special Grand Jury to assist her investigation of possible election fraud by Trump and others, and what it all means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Legal AF Wednesdays with your midweek anchors. I'm Michael Popock.

0:07.0

I'm Karen Friedman Agnafalo.

0:10.0

KFA. This is going to be awesome. We're doing episode number two.

0:15.0

And during this midweek edition of Legal AF, KFA and I will drill down on a small handful

0:21.0

of legal, political and constitutional topics and digestible form to continue your podcasting

0:28.0

on legal education. And on today's pod, KFA and I will tackle first last week's

0:35.0

U.S. Supreme Court decision making new law concerning a criminal defendant's fundamental

0:40.0

constitutional right to confront his or her accuser, the Sixth Amendment confrontation

0:46.0

clause in a case called Hempill versus New York. This will give KFA a great opportunity

0:52.0

on the pod to flex her former lead prosecutor chops as we unpack what happened

0:57.0

and what it means for the future. We next turn to the plot to kidnap Governor Whitmer

1:03.0

of Michigan, the use of undercover informants, the prosecution of the criminal defendants

1:09.0

that starts in March and the defense's attempted use of the entrapment affirmative defense.

1:16.0

And finally, we'll cover Fawni Willis, the Fulton County Atlanta, Georgia district attorney

1:22.0

and her use of a new and approved special grand jury to continue to investigate

1:28.0

and possibly indict Donald Trump for unlawful election interference.

1:33.0

But before we launch right in and we're launching to keep this at 30 minutes,

1:37.0

we received a ton of positive and encouraging comments during the live pod recording last week

1:42.0

and even after it dropped. What did you think about all that KFA?

1:46.0

Well, I'm glad you cleared up the fact that your painting is actually leveled

1:51.0

by posting the level. I mean, it was hilarious to me that you guys were covered in,

1:58.0

I think, 12 different topics over the course of two hours.

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