Mike & Jay open the present with a dialogue of the 11^th Circuit Court docket of Appeals ruling that District Choose Aileen Cannon abused her discretion in denying the Division of Justice use of the roughly 100 categorised paperwork they seized of their Mar-a-Lago raid till a particular grasp reviewed them. Jay doesn’t solely agree with the 11^th Circuit, arguing that Choose Cannon acted fairly given the historical past of deception by the FBI and the extra normal notion that the federal government is out to get Donald Trump. Mike agrees that this can be a notion, however solely on the proper, and that one can acknowledge illegal habits by some individuals in regulation enforcement with out believing that this requires that judges create a extra lenient set of requirements for Donald Trump.

Subsequent is a have a look at the civil lawsuit filed by New York Legal professional Common Letitia James towards Donald Trump and three of his youngsters for misrepresentation of property. Mike surprises Jay by popping out towards the lawsuit – not as a result of Mike thinks Donald Trump didn’t overvalue property, however as a result of he sees it as a largely victimless offense (those that lent to Trump appeared prepared to simply accept his valuations with out impartial affirmation) and practically unimaginable to show, making it not solely a questionable use of presidency assets, but additionally one thing that may really strengthen Trump’s “they’re out to get me” narrative.

They shut by contemplating Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s announcement of sham elections in 4 Russian managed Ukrainian areas, and Putin’s risk to make use of any means essential to defend “Russian territory” from assault. Mike expects that the West gained’t be prepared to threat escalation over a low-yield Russian nuclear strike and that in the long run, Putin will come away from this accountable for no less than a part of Ukraine. Jay is extra optimistic in regards to the potential for Ukrainians to reclaim a lot of their territory in addition to the willingness of not solely the West, however China to punish Russia for utilizing nuclear weapons.

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