Trump Makes Last-Ditch Move to Hide Illegal Acts in Court

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🗓️ 12 May 2025

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We have major developments in the Abrego Garcia illegal removal to El Salvador case before Federal Judge Xinis, as 14 members of the media press the court to let us see all the secret filings the Trump Administration has made; as Trump tries to hide his illegal acts by asserting the State Secrets Privilege. Michael Popok pulls it all together for his latest hot take. Get started today at https://OneSkin.co and receive 15% Off using code: LEGALAF Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.9	Judge Zinison, Marilyn, she's cracking her knuckles, and she's issuing new orders in the
0:36.1	Abrago Garcia matter, and it spells bad news for the Trump
0:40.3	administration and the Department of Justice. I'm going to put it in context of some recent
0:44.6	rulings, all in the immigration and deportation, civil rights violation by Donald Trump.
0:50.3	You're here on the Midas Touch Network and Legal A- F. I'm Michael Popak. Let me dive in.
0:55.0	Judge Zinnis has been in a masterful way, been presiding over the administration of justice
1:00.3	in Maryland for the Armando Abrago-Garcia case. She's been affirmed by the Supreme Court
1:06.6	90. She's been affirmed by two different panels of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals,
1:11.6	30 apiece. There is no more powerful federal judge than that, and she's taking it seriously.
1:17.3	The Supreme Court told her she was right to order the Trump administration to facilitate
1:22.4	the release, not the return, the release from an El Salvador in prison of Abrago Garcia, who was illegally sent
1:30.1	there. That is an undisputed fact. The due process that he's entitled to can only be administered
1:36.7	to him, of course, under the Constitution in the United States. And so we have this constant friction
1:44.0	and two things burst out into the open just in the
1:47.5	last 48 hours in her courtroom. One, you've got the media, which is sort of fed up with all of the
1:54.0	attempts by the Trump administration primarily to seal, redact, blackout their filings. I mean, there are just, there's just about a dozen sealed
2:04.3	filings on the docket. Now, this is the way the public justice system works. You and I and everybody
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