Hey, everybody. Welcome to a very special episode of The Breakdown. I'm Alison Gill,

host of the Daily Bean's podcast. I'm going to Rachel Maddow you for a second. I'm going to take

you back to World War II when a small group of independent journalists known as the Murrow Boys

kind of turned the tide on public opinion of the war by bringing the raw, unfiltered reality of it to

alive living rooms around the world. Handpicked by CBS News Radio legend, CBS News Radio, I think,

just closed down. Edward R. Murrow, the small band of independent reporters shaped the narrative of

the global conflict in a way that wasn't really being brought to people. And today, we're

seeing that same kind of independent journalism shaping the narrative of the Epstein files and the

Epstein class, which is one of the biggest stories globally right now. But in order for

independent journalists, unbound now by corporate media, to do that job, they need all of

the information they're entitled to

under the law. Enter Katie Fang, who along with her amazing lawyers filed a pretty novel lawsuit

against Todd Blanche in his official capacity as acting attorney general to get the Epstein material

she needs to bring the reality of the depravity therein to we the people. And we have some

huge breaking news this week because a federal judge named Emmett Sullivan, the same judge, by the way,

who pointed at the American flag in his courtroom and called Mike Flynn a traitor to his country

and asked Mueller prosecutors whether he could be charged with treason, that judge has granted

Katie Fang her preliminary injunction in this case to get the Epstein files. Now, in order to get

a preliminary injunction, a plaintiff has to meet some basic criteria called the Lujan factors,

standing, in other words, and jurisdiction. That's named, Lujan factors named after, in other words, in jurisdiction.

That's named, Lujan factors named after a case stating back, I think, to like the 1900s, 1990.

Now, Lujan laid out the factors required for Article III standing, and they include first that you have to show an injury, in fact.

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