KW
Ken White
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Popehat: lawsplainer/griper.
Ken White. Law firm partner in Los Angeles. Criminal defense attorney, ex-AUSA, and First Amendment litigator. Podcaster on Serious Trouble. Unable to stop lawsplaining, but trying.
224 Posts
The first post at the relocated Popehat Report is about Bret Stephens. Sorry. These things are not entirely voluntary. If you’re a subscriber and didn’t get this by email, check your spam filter. Mood: stabby. I’ve been incredibly angry — furious, even for ME — about the most loathsome and contemptible defamation suit I’ve ever seen in my career, and now Mike Masnick at TechDirt has written about the despicable case and about my anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss it. Reading it just makes me This week on Serious Trouble: Trump finally catches a gag order, plus a bunch of defamation cases This week on Serious Trouble we introduce a new recurring character - Bob Menendez! Will he be a fan favorite or a Cousin Oliver? Tune in to find out. Also this week Ken asks, if Menendez’ excuse is he’s Cuban and Cuomo’s excuse is he’s Italian, do we need some kind of chart of This week on Serious Trouble: long sentences in January 6 cases, a questionable new RICO case against protestors in Georgia, Ken Chesebro and Sydney Powell are not mutual admirers, Donald Trump loses more in the E. Jean Carroll case, and Elon Musk yells about defamation and Jews. This week on Serious Trouble: Michael Avenatti and Rudy Giuliani have a bad week, developments in the DC and Georgia prosecutions of Trump. This week on Serious Trouble, a deep dive into the law that allows federal officers to remove cases from state court to federal court, and . . . Wait? Where are you going? COME BACK HERE YOU COWARDS Jesus, can you imagine? And some people want me to go back. Overt and Predicate Acts Explained: Why Fani Willis Isn't Trying To Criminalize Phone Calls or Tweets, And Also Why Her Approach Is Gratuitous And A Problem ICYMI: Josh and I turned around an episode on the Georgia RICO indictment in less than 24 hours, and I think it’s one of our better ones. Andrew Fleischman, our guest, brings his experience as a Georgia defense and appellate attorney to good effect. As promised, TWO SERIOUS TROUBLES AT THE SAME TIME -- this second episode of the day addresses the Georgia RICO indictment. Why is it weird? Why is Georgia's RICO weird? What's going to happen? Josh, Ken, and guest Georgia attorney Andrew Fleischman explore it. We recorded this week’s episode of Serious Trouble BEFORE the Georgia indictment. It covers Trump’s protective order hearing before Judge Chutkan, Twitter getting sanctioned over a search warrant for Trump’s data, SBF jailed, Rudy Giuliani abusing spelling and law, and rich litt This story needs to go super viral so everyone can participate in the social and legal annihilation of every cop, judge, and politician involved. This story needs to go super viral so everyone can participate in the social and legal annihilation of every cop, judge, and politician involved. If this result is shocking, or you think Judge Chutkan is doing something outrageous, or it shows bias for Trump, or that it’s obviously wrong, you are not being a critical consumer of legal news, and should reconsider your diet of grifters. It falls to the survivors of depression to convince the sufferers to ask for help. This week on Serious Trouble: protective orders, gag orders, intemperate judicial orders, and other Trump indictment developments; Ken is agitated over bad reporting on criminal issues as usual; Josh is super excited about a Harvard research misconduct defamation case. Richard Hanania’s view of America versus America. But I am assured by Serious Thinkers that he’s a moderate, thoughtful, important voice, and it’s so crucial to take him seriously. So very Serious, such Thinkers, every one.
