This is Michael Popoc Legal AF just when I thought I could pack up my ring light and my microphone and go home.

We have our third filing in just one day in the DC election interference criminal case against Donald Trump.

This time by Jack Smith.

If you're scoring at home, it's two filings by Jack Smith

and one filing by Donald Trump.

So don't adjust that dial.

I'm doing another hot take on a new filing

at the intersection of law of politics right here

Legal AF. Let's go through it. What is this one all about and why is there you may be

wondering Popoc I sometimes call myself that in the third person.

Why is there a, what appears to be a fourth brief being filed by a party?

You've always told us on an issue, about discovery, exchange of documents, a motion to dismiss.

There's only three briefs, an opening brief, an opposition brief, a reply brief.

What are you talking about a fourth brief? Have you gone mad man? No, this is a fourth

brief you can ask the court for permission to file what's called a sir-s-ur

reply. A sir-reply. When does that happen? Well, the times I've done it in my life is when that

final brief, that's supposed to be the final brief, the reply brief, raises new issues,

totally new issues that weren't in the opening brief and therefore they don't get just

they don't get to just punch you and then sit down and go well that's it we have the last

word ha ha ha ha here's what we just called you in that filing. No, you can say to the judge, look, they raised new arguments and they didn't put in their opening brief. They raised new evidence. They raised new case law that we need to respond to. So can we respond and hear Judge Chutkin said, yes,

I'd like to hear a very brief response from the government

and that's what we have now.

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