Shanlon Wu
@shanlonwu.com
Former federal prosecutor | Legal Analyst | Asian-American. Father. Boxer. Providing legal analysis & commentary with clarity, savvy, & humor.
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DISMISSED! The Comey Case Unravels.
This case did not collapse by accident. It fell apart because the process was broken from the start.
Read the Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/dismissed-the-comey-case-unravels?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This case did not collapse by accident. It fell apart because the process was broken from the start.
Read the Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/dismissed-the-comey-case-unravels?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
DISMISSED! The Comey Case Unravels.
This case did not collapse by accident. It fell apart because the process was broken from the start.
Read the Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/dismissed-the-comey-case-unravels?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This case did not collapse by accident. It fell apart because the process was broken from the start.
Read the Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/dismissed-the-comey-case-unravels?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
A court called the indictment void. That means the case was dead from the start. No authority, no power, no shortcut. The statute of limitations kept running, and the government does not get a do over just because it messed up. That is the rule of law.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A court called the indictment void. That means the case was dead from the start. No authority, no power, no shortcut. The statute of limitations kept running, and the government does not get a do over just because it messed up. That is the rule of law.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
Happy Thanksgiving - grateful for all the courageous kinship here - be well everybody!
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Happy Thanksgiving - grateful for all the courageous kinship here - be well everybody!
Happy 85th Birthday to the great Bruce Lee! Thank you for inspiring so many -
"Traveler, your footprints
are the only road, nothing else.
Traveler, there is no road;
you make your own path as you walk."
- Antonio Machado (translation Mary G. Berg & Dennis Maloney)
"Traveler, your footprints
are the only road, nothing else.
Traveler, there is no road;
you make your own path as you walk."
- Antonio Machado (translation Mary G. Berg & Dennis Maloney)
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Happy 85th Birthday to the great Bruce Lee! Thank you for inspiring so many -
"Traveler, your footprints
are the only road, nothing else.
Traveler, there is no road;
you make your own path as you walk."
- Antonio Machado (translation Mary G. Berg & Dennis Maloney)
"Traveler, your footprints
are the only road, nothing else.
Traveler, there is no road;
you make your own path as you walk."
- Antonio Machado (translation Mary G. Berg & Dennis Maloney)
Congress is not optional. Interim prosecutors are not meant to be recycled forever just to dodge oversight.
When the executive branch tries to cut the Senate out, it stops being a process and starts being a power grab. Courts are finally pushing back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
When the executive branch tries to cut the Senate out, it stops being a process and starts being a power grab. Courts are finally pushing back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Congress is not optional. Interim prosecutors are not meant to be recycled forever just to dodge oversight.
When the executive branch tries to cut the Senate out, it stops being a process and starts being a power grab. Courts are finally pushing back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
When the executive branch tries to cut the Senate out, it stops being a process and starts being a power grab. Courts are finally pushing back.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
DOJ Tried To "Correct" The Record After Contradicting Itself In Court.
Then filed a "correction" pretending that was never said.
Hard to claim credibility when the story changes under oath.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Then filed a "correction" pretending that was never said.
Hard to claim credibility when the story changes under oath.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
DOJ Tried To "Correct" The Record After Contradicting Itself In Court.
Then filed a "correction" pretending that was never said.
Hard to claim credibility when the story changes under oath.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Then filed a "correction" pretending that was never said.
Hard to claim credibility when the story changes under oath.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
When the government skips the rules, cases collapse. The Comey prosecution started rotting the moment the court exposed serious problems.
Power without permission is not justice, and the courts finally said it out loud.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Power without permission is not justice, and the courts finally said it out loud.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
When the government skips the rules, cases collapse. The Comey prosecution started rotting the moment the court exposed serious problems.
Power without permission is not justice, and the courts finally said it out loud.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Power without permission is not justice, and the courts finally said it out loud.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Trump DOJ Tripped Over Its Own Story In Open Court
Told a federal judge the indictment was not shown to the full grand jury. Then tried to pretend that it never happened.
No vote.
No clarity.
No shame.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Told a federal judge the indictment was not shown to the full grand jury. Then tried to pretend that it never happened.
No vote.
No clarity.
No shame.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Trump DOJ Tripped Over Its Own Story In Open Court
Told a federal judge the indictment was not shown to the full grand jury. Then tried to pretend that it never happened.
No vote.
No clarity.
No shame.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Told a federal judge the indictment was not shown to the full grand jury. Then tried to pretend that it never happened.
No vote.
No clarity.
No shame.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Trump DOJ brought an indictment that said "no bill." A second version showed up. The grand jury never saw it. And the court is supposed to just roll with it.
That’s not procedure. That’s a problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #GrandJury #Indictment #DOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
That’s not procedure. That’s a problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #GrandJury #Indictment #DOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump DOJ brought an indictment that said "no bill." A second version showed up. The grand jury never saw it. And the court is supposed to just roll with it.
That’s not procedure. That’s a problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #GrandJury #Indictment #DOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
That’s not procedure. That’s a problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #GrandJury #Indictment #DOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Trump's DOJ managed to make indictments feel like improv theater. Two versions of the paperwork, missing transcripts, and a grand jury that never actually saw the final version. That is not "clerical," that is chaos.
Full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #Trump
Full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #Trump
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump's DOJ managed to make indictments feel like improv theater. Two versions of the paperwork, missing transcripts, and a grand jury that never actually saw the final version. That is not "clerical," that is chaos.
Full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #Trump
Full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...
#TrumpDOJ #Trump
Reading great books that seem so timely -
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reading great books that seem so timely -
Reading James Carroll's House of War on November 22 gives fresh appreciation of JFK's growing willingness to push back against military leaders like Curtis LeMay's hunger to use atomic weapons.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Reading James Carroll's House of War on November 22 gives fresh appreciation of JFK's growing willingness to push back against military leaders like Curtis LeMay's hunger to use atomic weapons.
November 22 always seems a gloomy day in Washington, DC - rest in peace John Fitzgerald Kennedy 35th President of the United States.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
November 22 always seems a gloomy day in Washington, DC - rest in peace John Fitzgerald Kennedy 35th President of the United States.
The files are moving. And DOJ cannot outrun what is coming. Congress pushed. The pressure hit. The truth started cracking through.
https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-files-are-moving-and-trump-cannot?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-files-are-moving-and-trump-cannot?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The files are moving. And DOJ cannot outrun what is coming. Congress pushed. The pressure hit. The truth started cracking through.
https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-files-are-moving-and-trump-cannot?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-files-are-moving-and-trump-cannot?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
A two hour hole in a grand jury transcript and silence in the courtroom when the judge raised it.
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A two hour hole in a grand jury transcript and silence in the courtroom when the judge raised it.
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
A missing two hour chunk in a grand jury transcript is bad.
The silence in court is worse.
The explanation arriving a day later is the real tell.
Full breakdown:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #GrandJury #DOJ #LegalNews #JusticeSystem #LawAndPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
The silence in court is worse.
The explanation arriving a day later is the real tell.
Full breakdown:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #GrandJury #DOJ #LegalNews #JusticeSystem #LawAndPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A missing two hour chunk in a grand jury transcript is bad.
The silence in court is worse.
The explanation arriving a day later is the real tell.
Full breakdown:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #GrandJury #DOJ #LegalNews #JusticeSystem #LawAndPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
The silence in court is worse.
The explanation arriving a day later is the real tell.
Full breakdown:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #GrandJury #DOJ #LegalNews #JusticeSystem #LawAndPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Epstein didn’t operate alone — he operated inside a system that protected powerful men
Sweetheart deals. Dropped cases. A billion dollars in suspicious activity ignored. That’s not an accident. That’s a DOJ failure.
Full breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Sweetheart deals. Dropped cases. A billion dollars in suspicious activity ignored. That’s not an accident. That’s a DOJ failure.
Full breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Epstein didn’t operate alone — he operated inside a system that protected powerful men
Sweetheart deals. Dropped cases. A billion dollars in suspicious activity ignored. That’s not an accident. That’s a DOJ failure.
Full breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
Sweetheart deals. Dropped cases. A billion dollars in suspicious activity ignored. That’s not an accident. That’s a DOJ failure.
Full breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social
"Barely legal" is not a category. It is not a defense. It is rape under the law.
When Megyn Kelly minimizes Epstein by pretending fifteen year olds aren’t "really" victims, she’s running PR for predators. Minors cannot consent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Epstein #Trump
When Megyn Kelly minimizes Epstein by pretending fifteen year olds aren’t "really" victims, she’s running PR for predators. Minors cannot consent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Epstein #Trump
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"Barely legal" is not a category. It is not a defense. It is rape under the law.
When Megyn Kelly minimizes Epstein by pretending fifteen year olds aren’t "really" victims, she’s running PR for predators. Minors cannot consent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Epstein #Trump
When Megyn Kelly minimizes Epstein by pretending fifteen year olds aren’t "really" victims, she’s running PR for predators. Minors cannot consent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Epstein #Trump
Trump. Redacted Victim. The Question No One Will Ask.
The new Epstein emails reveal a redacted victim who says Trump spent hours in the house with her. That fact alone raises questions no one wants to touch.
Full segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#Trump #Epstein @legalafmtn.bsky.social
The new Epstein emails reveal a redacted victim who says Trump spent hours in the house with her. That fact alone raises questions no one wants to touch.
Full segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#Trump #Epstein @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump. Redacted Victim. The Question No One Will Ask.
The new Epstein emails reveal a redacted victim who says Trump spent hours in the house with her. That fact alone raises questions no one wants to touch.
Full segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#Trump #Epstein @legalafmtn.bsky.social
The new Epstein emails reveal a redacted victim who says Trump spent hours in the house with her. That fact alone raises questions no one wants to touch.
Full segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#Trump #Epstein @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Power Trips and Legal Whiplash
Epstein files resurfacing. Tariffs crumbling. SNAP flipping the script. DOJ in revenge mode.
Full Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/power-trips-and-legal-whiplash?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Epstein files resurfacing. Tariffs crumbling. SNAP flipping the script. DOJ in revenge mode.
Full Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/power-trips-and-legal-whiplash?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Power Trips and Legal Whiplash
Epstein files resurfacing. Tariffs crumbling. SNAP flipping the script. DOJ in revenge mode.
Full Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/power-trips-and-legal-whiplash?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Epstein files resurfacing. Tariffs crumbling. SNAP flipping the script. DOJ in revenge mode.
Full Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/power-trips-and-legal-whiplash?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Stop What Exactly, Trump? Let’s Talk About the Underage Girls.
The new Epstein emails make this question unavoidable.
Full analysis here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#EpsteinFiles #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #UnderageGirls #Epstein #TruthMatters #USPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
The new Epstein emails make this question unavoidable.
Full analysis here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#EpsteinFiles #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #UnderageGirls #Epstein #TruthMatters #USPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Stop What Exactly, Trump? Let’s Talk About the Underage Girls.
The new Epstein emails make this question unavoidable.
Full analysis here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#EpsteinFiles #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #UnderageGirls #Epstein #TruthMatters #USPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
The new Epstein emails make this question unavoidable.
Full analysis here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...
#EpsteinFiles #Trump #GhislaineMaxwell #UnderageGirls #Epstein #TruthMatters #USPolitics @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Justice Jackson Played Trump’s DOJ Like a Fiddle
Trump’s DOJ called feeding people "judicial activism." Justice Jackson called it what it was — bad lawyering.
One administrative stay, total control.
Full Legal AF breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
#Trump #SNAP @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Trump’s DOJ called feeding people "judicial activism." Justice Jackson called it what it was — bad lawyering.
One administrative stay, total control.
Full Legal AF breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
#Trump #SNAP @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Justice Jackson Played Trump’s DOJ Like a Fiddle
Trump’s DOJ called feeding people "judicial activism." Justice Jackson called it what it was — bad lawyering.
One administrative stay, total control.
Full Legal AF breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
#Trump #SNAP @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Trump’s DOJ called feeding people "judicial activism." Justice Jackson called it what it was — bad lawyering.
One administrative stay, total control.
Full Legal AF breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
#Trump #SNAP @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Trump’s DOJ Just Got Schooled By Justice Jackson
Trump’s lawyers went crying to the Supreme Court because a lower court told them to fund SNAP. Justice Jackson dropped one administrative stay and turned their stunt into a masterclass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Trump
Trump’s lawyers went crying to the Supreme Court because a lower court told them to fund SNAP. Justice Jackson dropped one administrative stay and turned their stunt into a masterclass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Trump
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trump’s DOJ Just Got Schooled By Justice Jackson
Trump’s lawyers went crying to the Supreme Court because a lower court told them to fund SNAP. Justice Jackson dropped one administrative stay and turned their stunt into a masterclass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Trump
Trump’s lawyers went crying to the Supreme Court because a lower court told them to fund SNAP. Justice Jackson dropped one administrative stay and turned their stunt into a masterclass.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Trump
Trump’s DOJ can’t even keep its mouth shut.
Now Trump’s allies are bragging on camera about grand jury details that were never meant to see daylight.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #TrumpNews #GrandJury @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Now Trump’s allies are bragging on camera about grand jury details that were never meant to see daylight.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #TrumpNews #GrandJury @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trump’s DOJ can’t even keep its mouth shut.
Now Trump’s allies are bragging on camera about grand jury details that were never meant to see daylight.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #TrumpNews #GrandJury @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Now Trump’s allies are bragging on camera about grand jury details that were never meant to see daylight.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#LegalAF #ShanWu #TrumpDOJ #TrumpNews #GrandJury @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Trump’s DOJ is chasing ghosts from 2016 like the truth still owes him money. Pam Bondi is leading the revenge tour and somehow the CIA and FBI got front-row seats.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#TrumpDOJ #PamBondi #Trump #TrumpDOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#TrumpDOJ #PamBondi #Trump #TrumpDOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump’s DOJ is chasing ghosts from 2016 like the truth still owes him money. Pam Bondi is leading the revenge tour and somehow the CIA and FBI got front-row seats.
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#TrumpDOJ #PamBondi #Trump #TrumpDOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...
#TrumpDOJ #PamBondi #Trump #TrumpDOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social