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LIVE: Popok Gives URGENT UPDATE on Breaking Legal news | 10/14/2025

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 7h

Trump makes sexist and gross remarks about Press Sec Leavitt & PM Meloni, Halligan admits indicting NY AG James to “get it over with,” Comey lawyers challenge Halligan’s appointment, SCOTUS hears voting rights case & much more, Popok is at The Intersection to make it make sense, LIVE at 8 pm ET!

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LIVE SOON: LIVE: VOTING MAPS UNDER ATTACK by MAGA Court

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 8h

Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act? Tomorrow at 10am ET, SCOTUS hears Louisiana v. Callais — a showdown over whether adding a 2nd majority-Black district violates the 14th & 15th Amendments. Listen LIVE on the Legal AF Substack.

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Starting Oct 15 at 10:00 AM EDT

Trump Caught on Tape Making Disgusting Statements About Staffers?!

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 9h

Trump Caught on Tape Making Disgusting Statements About Staffers?!

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 11h

SCOTUS rejects Alex Jones’s plea to overturn his $1.5B Sandy Hook defamation judgment, ending his First Amendment defense. @mspopok.bsky.social and @klasfeldreports.com break down the ruling and its link to a brewing Trump DOJ civil war between Jones backers Ed Martin and Todd Blanche.

SCOTUS PUTS AN END to Trump DOJ Civil War

Trump WH BLOWS UP on LIVE TV as SCANDAL ENGULFS THEM

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 11h

Popok breaks down how Judge Nachmanoff is keeping James Comey’s January 5, 2026 trial on track, ordering all discovery turned over this week and all motions filed by October 20.

Comey’s team has already moved to disqualify prosecutor Lindsay Halligan.

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 13h

Full breakdown and more on Legal AF: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG5q...

Trump Panics as Judge Presses Ahead on Speedy Comey Trial

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 13h

Popok: All we want to know is: where is the cash, which was taxpayer dollars masquerading as bribe money, and why didn't he give it back? What was it for? And how didn't he report it on his tax returns? And what bank account is it in?

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump Panics as Judge Presses Ahead on Speedy Comey Trial

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Read the notice Comey filed with the Court below

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 15h

Big news, Legal AF community! We’re officially on TikTok! Follow our official TikTok account @reallegalaf for sharp legal analysis, breaking updates, and hot takes you can not get anywhere else but the intersection of law and politics curated by Michael Popok.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 16h

JUST IN: The 3rd Circuit *denies* a push by national GOP to reconsider ruling on misdated mail ballots in Pa.

Judge Emil Bove may have cast his first vote here in dissent of the decision -- and plans to write about it later. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16h

NEW: Counsel for James Comey confirms that his defense team plans to file a motion challenging the lawfulness of Lindsey Halligan’s appointment as interim U.S. Attorney.

Motion will be heard and decided by an out-of-district judge.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Alexandria Division
United States of America
v.
James Comey
Defendant.
Case No. 1:25CR272-MSN
NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE MOTION ON UNLAWFUL APPOINTMENT
Please take notice that on October 20, 2025, James Comey, by counsel, will
file his motion to dismiss challenging the lawfulness of the appointment of the
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. See, e.g., United States
v. Garcia, Crim No. 2:25-CR-00230-DGC-BNW, ECF No. 39 D. Nev. Sept. 30,
2025); United States v. Giraud, et al., Crim No. 1:24-768-MWB, ECF Nos. 144, 145
(D.N.J. Aug. 21, 2025).
The Court advised at arraignment that such motion will require designation
of and assignment to an out-of-district judge to hear and resolve that motion. See 28
U.S.C. § 292(b); Minute Order, ECF No. 19 (Oct. 8, 2025). Thus, in the interest of efficiency and to avoid any unnecessary delay in such process, Mr. Comey files the
instant Notice to formally alert the Court.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES COMEY
By Counsel
Is/
Patrick J. Fitzgerald
Michigan Bar No. P86579 (pro hac vice)
Jessica N. Carmichael

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 16h

Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is presiding over the worst economy in a century while mired in two scandals—both enriching Trump, his family, and Bessent’s hedge fund pals. Popok breaks down Bessent’s $20B Argentina “bailout” and the scheme lining Don Jr.’s pockets.

Trump SCREWS His Own DEPARTMENT as SCANDAL UNFOLDS

Trump's HANDLER Accidentally SAYS the QUIET PART on LIVE TV

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller dropped the term “plenary authority” on CNN—then blamed a glitch and never said it again. Was it really a slip, or a preview of the far-right’s next power grab? Dave Aronberg and Melba Pearson break down what it means and why it matters. @davearonberg.bsky.social

Trump WH in DAMAGE CONTROL Mode as Hegseth SCREWS THEM

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

Popok agrees with Laura Loomer, of all people, on her criticism of Pete Hegseth for announcing, with Qatar’s Defense Minister by his side, that a Qatari Air Force base would be built in Idaho.

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s clueless Sec. of “War” claimed live that Qatar is building an air force base in… Idaho, sending MAGA into a frenzy. Popok examines VP JD Vance blaming the media for airing it uncut, and what it reveals about Trump’s so-called “peace deal”, really a land deal by Trump, Kushner, and Witkoff.

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Use of Riot Control Weapons Against Journalists and Clergy

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Use of Riot Control Weapons Against Journalists and Clergy

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🚨APPEALS Court DOUBLES DOWN on Trump Troops BLOCK in Chicago

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has extended its block on Trump’s attempt to deploy state militias and the National Guard in Chicago, as Trump, Vance, and Miller threaten to use the Insurrection Act to crush dissent. Popok reports.

Trump DOJ SCREWED as ROGUE Prosecutor Makes FATAL ERRORS

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

“Prosecutor gone wild” Lindsey Halligan can’t spell, flunks geography, and skipped telling her bosses she indicted NY AG Letitia James but she’s clearly following one boss: Trump. Popok breaks down her blunders and how the defense will use them to expose a lie at the heart of the indictment.

Trump PRESSURES SCOTUS as Lower Courts DESTROY HIM

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 2d

Labor lawyer Jenny Hunter joins Lisa Graves of Court Accountability Action to discuss her new People’s Parity Project report on court reform, why lower courts won’t save us, and why we must pay attention to the Supreme Court’s shadow docket. @courtacctability.bsky.social @thelisagraves.bsky.social

LIVE SOON: BREAKING. DOJ RUN AMOK, AGAIN. NEW TROs. POPOK BRIEFS.

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 2d

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 2d

Popok goes LIVE at 6:30 pm ET to break down the latest legal and political news! Tune in below only on the Legal AF Substack!

Starting Oct 12 at 6:30 PM EDT

LIVE: BREAKING NEWS on LEGAL AF…POPOK and MEISELAS - 10/11/2025 | Legal AF

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 3d

Is Lindsey Halligan, Trump’s latest favorite, gunning for Pam Bondi’s old AG job? How long can she eye-roll through Judiciary hearings and keep it? Are Biden judges rejecting her flimsy indictments? Did Trump out U.S. intel to hit Bolton? Ben and Popok break it down on Legal AF. LIVE at 8 pm ET!

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Slaps Down Trump’s National Guard Power Grab

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