Best Podcast Episodes About DOJ
Everything podcasters are saying about DOJ — curated from top podcasts
Updated: Mar 30, 2026 – 10 episodes
Listen to the Playlist
Ridealong has curated the best and most interesting podcasts and clips about DOJ.
Top Podcast Clips About DOJ
“… you're not going to be able to pursue any of this stuff we have the goods what i mean what are we waiting for here why isn't this why isn't the doj taking this why are people in jail yet so that i can answer for the doj but again the point you just made arctic frost is orders of magnitude worse than Watergate But again the legacy media blew Watergate all out of proportion brought down a president because of that And here you have something far, far worse. And where's the outrage in the mainstream media? Now, Senator Grassley and INR joined investigation. We released the information that, …”
“… jack smith's arctic frost which is worse than um much worse than um nixon's watergate ever was far worse but you know we're going to lose the house and possibly the senate uh you know here in a few months by january it'll be a completely different world you're not going to be able to pursue any of this stuff we have the goods what i mean what are we waiting for here why isn't this why isn't the doj taking this why are people in jail yet so that i can answer for the doj but again the point you just made arctic frost is orders of magnitude worse than Watergate But again the legacy media blew Watergate all out of proportion brought down a president because of that And here you have something far, far worse. And where's the outrage in the mainstream media? Now, Senator Grassley and INR joined investigation. We released the information that, for example, Cash Patel had more than two years worth of his records, when he was a private citizen. We did that back in November. That didn't get covered. But what I will tell you, and this is enormously frustrating to me, most of what we know about audit trust, we got cooperatively from AT&T and Verizon, a couple of whistleblowers. Department of …”
View more
Ridealong summary
The Arctic Frost scandal is being called far worse than Watergate, as it involves the DOJ's alleged overreach in targeting political figures and ordinary citizens. This situation highlights a significant violation of the separation of powers, with subpoenas issued against sitting senators and citizens involved in the political process. The implications are profound, suggesting a dangerous precedent for political lawfare in America.
“… the new standard in comfort and support with Honeylove. The link is in the show notes. This week, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that DOJ was proposing a new rule in the Federal Register regarding state bar ethics investigations of DOJ lawyers. There's a federal statute called the McDade Amendment, and that law requires all DOJ lawyers to be licensed by a state or the District of Columbia, can be any state or the District of Columbia, to practice law and to comply with the ethics rules of the state or jurisdiction that licensed them. We all lived with that when we worked at the …”
“… the market. Use our exclusive link to save 20% off Honey Love at honeylove.com slash sisters. That's honeylove.com slash sisters. After you check out, they'll ask you where you heard about them. Please support our show and tell them we sent you. Experience the new standard in comfort and support with Honeylove. The link is in the show notes. This week, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that DOJ was proposing a new rule in the Federal Register regarding state bar ethics investigations of DOJ lawyers. There's a federal statute called the McDade Amendment, and that law requires all DOJ lawyers to be licensed by a state or the District of Columbia, can be any state or the District of Columbia, to practice law and to comply with the ethics rules of the state or jurisdiction that licensed them. We all lived with that when we worked at the Justice Department. I'm licensed in Michigan, and I complied with all of the Michigan ethical rules. This new rule comes against the backdrop of bar complaints against Pam Bondi, Lindsay Halligan, and Ed Martin, and some other federal prosecutors who've been involved in immigration cases around the country. And this has my hackles up a little bit. …”
View more
Ridealong summary
The DOJ's proposed rule undermines state bar authority and accountability by preventing DOJ lawyers from participating in ethics probes.
“… Raskin wrote. And that's what I think happened here. I think in her frenzied search to discredit Jack Smith, she violated that court order and the doj gag order maybe should have should have had those lawyers working on getting more of the epstein files out i don't know i might have been better used to their time doj spokesperson chad gilmartin called raskin's claims about trump's conduct and his doj quote a cheap political stunt this one this one's really over the top quote jack smith's team was desperate to prosecute biden's top political opponent so it is no surprise that his files contain …”
“demanded from Judge Eileen Cannon. That's what Raskin wrote. And that's what I think happened here. I think in her frenzied search to discredit Jack Smith, she violated that court order and the doj gag order maybe should have should have had those lawyers working on getting more of the epstein files out i don't know i might have been better used to their time doj spokesperson chad gilmartin called raskin's claims about trump's conduct and his doj quote a cheap political stunt this one this one's really over the top quote jack smith's team was desperate to prosecute biden's top political opponent so it is no surprise that his files contain salacious and untrue claims about president trump now like those two things don't even connect like there there's no logical connection there like even if he was desperate which he wasn't that doesn't mean that was necessarily contained salacious things so yes it's a surprise sorry gilm gil martin said this quote the accusation the accusations …”
View more
Ridealong summary
The DOJ's recent release of a memo raises questions about their handling of classified documents related to Trump. Critics argue that this could open the door for further disclosures, potentially revealing more about the DOJ's selective information sharing. This situation highlights ongoing tensions between the DOJ and political figures, suggesting possible incompetence and opportunism in their actions.
“… On Monday, the Justice Department announced a settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster. In the sweeping monopoly case filed in 2024, the DOJ, along with 40 state attorneys general, argued that Live Nation legally dominates the market for live events. One proposed remedy was to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Now, under the proposed settlement, Live Nation will pay damages to states and change how it structures ticketing deals with venues. But the case is not over yet. Only 10 states have signed on to the settlement, while others are expected to keep fighting. Plus, the terms …”
“After just one week in court, one of the biggest antitrust cases in decades is nearing a resolution. On Monday, the Justice Department announced a settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster. In the sweeping monopoly case filed in 2024, the DOJ, along with 40 state attorneys general, argued that Live Nation legally dominates the market for live events. One proposed remedy was to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster. Now, under the proposed settlement, Live Nation will pay damages to states and change how it structures ticketing deals with venues. But the case is not over yet. Only 10 states have signed on to the settlement, while others are expected to keep fighting. Plus, the terms of the agreement must be approved by a federal judge. Still, shares of Live Nation rose 6% following the news. Joining us to discuss this case, we're speaking with Jonathan Cantor, former Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He's also the man who originally filed this case. Jonathan, thank you for …”
View more
Ridealong summary
The DOJ's settlement with Live Nation and Ticketmaster raises questions about consumer interests and antitrust enforcement. Initially poised for a strong case, the DOJ's abrupt decision to settle has led to speculation about lobbying influences and potential corruption. With 27 states still opposing the settlement, the future of this significant antitrust case remains uncertain.
“… these senators what that phone number is? is and uh you know also ask sean duffy what that phone number is so we can just locate it first steps and doj was like you can't make us do that and so our my lawyer kel mcclanahan was like well how about you just go ahead make you know have them go through doge records to see contacts from elon right go through the doge bros phones and then that's when doj flipped out and said you want us to go through all these records to locate this phone to blah, blah, blah. That's too much work. That's too much work. And the judge was like, yeah, I think so. And …”
“… to compel the court to order Doge to preserve any communications on whatever that private phone line is of Elon Musk's. And there was a hearing about it, and Judge Boesberg was kind of like, well, why don't I just tell you, Doge, that you have to ask these senators what that phone number is? is and uh you know also ask sean duffy what that phone number is so we can just locate it first steps and doj was like you can't make us do that and so our my lawyer kel mcclanahan was like well how about you just go ahead make you know have them go through doge records to see contacts from elon right go through the doge bros phones and then that's when doj flipped out and said you want us to go through all these records to locate this phone to blah, blah, blah. That's too much work. That's too much work. And the judge was like, yeah, I think so. And so he issued a minute order saying, all right, you should just ask the senators and then ask Sean Duffy. And then DOJ filed a motion to reconsider that order saying, you can't make us ask senators stuff. There's a separation of powers problem here. That's where the separation of powers problem comes in. So So Boesberg said, all right, well, then …”
View more
Ridealong summary
In a surprising turn, the DOJ was forced to comb through its records after a judge dismissed their separation of powers argument regarding Elon Musk's private communications. Initially resistant, the DOJ now has to fulfill a court order to locate a phone number linked to Musk, raising questions about transparency in government operations. This incident underscores a growing loss of confidence in the DOJ's processes.
“… put Judge Faia in the position to where maybe this case starts to fall in the line of at least Roman Storm. But the real question is why is the DOJ continuing to push going in this direction? Now let's take a look at what's going on with the Treasury Department because coincidentally they put out a statement on mixers which appeared to be positive for DeFi, but this is the reality of it. The very notion of lawful users of digital assets implicates a mechanism to distinguish between lawful and unlawful use, simply meaning, yeah, this is not going to work. It's not necessarily decentralized …”
“… we saw in the Tornado Cash situation. When you look at this, Uniswap is a more neutral infrastructure than tornado cash. Remember Uniswap winning their case. Really all you'd have to do is demonstrate that they're equal. This would pretty much I think put Judge Faia in the position to where maybe this case starts to fall in the line of at least Roman Storm. But the real question is why is the DOJ continuing to push going in this direction? Now let's take a look at what's going on with the Treasury Department because coincidentally they put out a statement on mixers which appeared to be positive for DeFi, but this is the reality of it. The very notion of lawful users of digital assets implicates a mechanism to distinguish between lawful and unlawful use, simply meaning, yeah, this is not going to work. It's not necessarily decentralized finance. This is the whole point behind what now we're seeing coming out of the Department of Treasury. If you look at the situation right now and who Trump is going to pardon, notice something. There is no mention at all. I mean, we got Roger Ver in there, Steve Bannon, Eric Adams. I mean, you got pretty much Do Kwan's even on the list, but not …”
View more
Ridealong summary
Roman Storm's absence from Trump's pardon list raises eyebrows amidst ongoing DOJ scrutiny. Unlike other crypto figures, Storm's situation highlights the complexities of distinguishing lawful versus unlawful use in digital assets, especially in the wake of recent Treasury Department statements. This could signal a troubling trend for decentralized finance advocates.
“… say the most sensible version of all of this would be that this particular deal has been in the works for a very long time. And that actually, the DOJ, as constituted, maybe never thought it was going to finish this case. Like, it's just the simplest way to explain this whole thing to me. And maybe it's not that, but it is that that strikes me as the sort of Occam's razor explanation of this, that a deal almost got done before trial and didn't. Because it seems very unlikely to me that a settlement like this gets done between testimony on Friday and this morning. Yeah, I mean, they were …”
“… you know, the stated intentions at the beginning of this case were to break up Live Nation Ticketmaster. And that's not really what we're seeing under the settlement that seems to be in play right now. Yeah, there's a lot left to come out. But I will say the most sensible version of all of this would be that this particular deal has been in the works for a very long time. And that actually, the DOJ, as constituted, maybe never thought it was going to finish this case. Like, it's just the simplest way to explain this whole thing to me. And maybe it's not that, but it is that that strikes me as the sort of Occam's razor explanation of this, that a deal almost got done before trial and didn't. Because it seems very unlikely to me that a settlement like this gets done between testimony on Friday and this morning. Yeah, I mean, they were definitely working on this since before the trial started. And I think that's part of why the judge was so frustrated that they impaneled a jury. They had these people,”
View more
Ridealong summary
The recent settlement involving Anthropic and the Department of Justice (DOJ) raises questions about its origins, suggesting it may have been in the works long before the trial. This implies a strategic shift in the DOJ's approach, possibly indicating they never intended to see the case through to a jury verdict. The frustration from the judge about the jury's impaneling hints at a deeper, pre-existing negotiation process that challenges initial intentions to break up Live Nation Ticketmaster.
“… have long enough to talk about it. Maybe I should come back. But it's when you talk when somebody says today, what President Trump is weaponizing DOJ. I look at them and I say, I mean, it's true. It wasn't one or two indictments or even three or four. They filed six indictments in four jurisdictions. So imagine no, there's not a criminal among us. El Chapo went to trial in one jurisdiction. And President Trump was flying from Palm Beach to New York to D.C. back to Atlanta. And everybody was like, yeah, follow the facts. And then it's so obnoxious that people are now saying to us that we are …”
“… we won so it's okay yeah everybody right everybody stand up we won you know it's okay it had to be a wild experience yeah i mean just watching a full weaponized department of justice and state actors just coming full throat It's crazy. I mean, we don't have long enough to talk about it. Maybe I should come back. But it's when you talk when somebody says today, what President Trump is weaponizing DOJ. I look at them and I say, I mean, it's true. It wasn't one or two indictments or even three or four. They filed six indictments in four jurisdictions. So imagine no, there's not a criminal among us. El Chapo went to trial in one jurisdiction. And President Trump was flying from Palm Beach to New York to D.C. back to Atlanta. And everybody was like, yeah, follow the facts. And then it's so obnoxious that people are now saying to us that we are weaponizing something. And you want to say to folks, just run over and look in the mirror for a minute. I mean, seriously. Did everybody have amnesia? Yeah, everybody has amnesia. I walk in the Oval sometimes and half the people in there were either criminal defense attorneys because of the weaponization by the Department of Justice or were …”
View more
Ridealong summary
Representing President Trump was a rollercoaster of emotions and legal battles, with six indictments across four jurisdictions. The experience highlighted the intense scrutiny from the Department of Justice, raising questions about the fairness of the system. Despite the chaos, the speaker reflects on it as the honor of their life, revealing the complexities of navigating such a charged political landscape.
“… break, our first break on Legal AF. When we come back, we're going to talk about a lot more topics. One of the things we'll talk about is what the DOJ is doing as Bondi now asks her lawyers at the DOJ to also engage in this conduct. And they're now facing exactly like Popak and I told you, state bar investigations for lying to courts and being held in contempt and being sanctioned and engaging in perjury. Right. So now we'll tell you what the DOJ is trying to do to create immunity for their own lawyers. I mean, it's the most offensive stuff imaginable. Before going to break, a quick reminder. …”
“… world powers are now involved in a war as markets are crashing? And you're going, that doesn't matter. Oh, it must be really bad. That's the issue when you have lying liars who lie all the time. So with that said right there, let's just take a quick break, our first break on Legal AF. When we come back, we're going to talk about a lot more topics. One of the things we'll talk about is what the DOJ is doing as Bondi now asks her lawyers at the DOJ to also engage in this conduct. And they're now facing exactly like Popak and I told you, state bar investigations for lying to courts and being held in contempt and being sanctioned and engaging in perjury. Right. So now we'll tell you what the DOJ is trying to do to create immunity for their own lawyers. I mean, it's the most offensive stuff imaginable. Before going to break, a quick reminder. Subscribe to Michael Popak's YouTube channel, Legal AF YouTube channel. They're on their way to 2 million subscribers. Let's get them to 2 million subscribers in the next two months. They'll get there. They'll get there.”
View more
Ridealong summary
When lies become so pervasive that they undermine trust, we must question the integrity of those in power. In a shocking twist, the DOJ is now attempting to shield its own lawyers from accountability amid allegations of misconduct. This raises serious ethical concerns about the lengths institutions will go to protect their own.
“… stored. information. But in any event, you had, look, Thomas Massey and Kana are not parties to the case. The parties to the case are the DOJ, who's supposed to be the good guy, right? Or at least pretending to be the good guy, and Ghislaine Maxwell. But the DOJ and Ghislaine are basically on the same team in this one of cover up, right? So it's not an adversarial process before Judge Engelmeyer. So the question is, is like, well, what do you do when, what do you do when the DOJ is the criminal racketeering enterprise? They're supposed to be the ones going after the criminals. What …”
“I still think it's more than that because I've dealt with big document production cases. I think the financial records alone are probably in the tens of millions of pages before you get into all of the other emails and all of the other electronically stored. information. But in any event, you had, look, Thomas Massey and Kana are not parties to the case. The parties to the case are the DOJ, who's supposed to be the good guy, right? Or at least pretending to be the good guy, and Ghislaine Maxwell. But the DOJ and Ghislaine are basically on the same team in this one of cover up, right? So it's not an adversarial process before Judge Engelmeyer. So the question is, is like, well, what do you do when, what do you do when the DOJ is the criminal racketeering enterprise? They're supposed to be the ones going after the criminals. What do you do when they are the gangsters? When they are covering up a child sex trafficking, when they're quite literally a racketeering organization covering up child sex trafficking with Donald Trump and with MAGA Republicans. So I think Massey and Kana did the best move, which was to write what's called an amicus brief, a letter of what's called a …”
View more
Ridealong summary
Thomas Massey and Ro Khanna have raised serious concerns about the DOJ's involvement in covering up child sex trafficking linked to Ghislaine Maxwell. They filed an amicus brief urging the court to appoint an independent monitor to ensure accountability, as they believe the DOJ is failing to prosecute the real criminals. This bold move highlights the alarming intersection of politics and justice in a high-profile case.
Top Podcasts About DOJ
UnJustified
2 episodes
The Glenn Beck Program
1 episode
#SistersInLaw
1 episode
Prof G Markets
1 episode
The Paul Barron Crypto Show
1 episode
The Vergecast
1 episode
Ruthless Podcast
1 episode
Legal AF by MeidasTouch
1 episode