Legal AF by MeidasTouch

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Hosted by MeidasTouch founder and civil rights lawyer, Ben Meiselas, national trial lawyer strategist, Michael Popok, and former Chief Assistant District Attorney of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Legal AF (Legal Analysis Friends) is a hard-hitting, thought-provoking look at this week’s most compelling developments at the intersection of law and politics.Executive Produced by Meidas Media Network. Enjoy new full-length episodes every Wednesday and Sunday and occasional shorter breaking legal news hits throughout the week.

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  • smalltownista
    A dream come true
    The intersection of law & politics is a dream come true! With so many lawsuits and legalese involved in the 2024 election cycle this is the BEST place to get your latest news. Very thoughtful & insightful content. Keep up the fantastic work & thank you!
  • OU812666
    Thompson not Cheney
    Benny Thompson was Chair of the 1/6 committee not Cheney. Good grief.
  • Daisey Mar
    Great
    From Indianapolis, Indiana-you rock!!! I can’t wait to hear everything about Michael Cohen’s journey. Thank you! #HoosiersforHarris #MichaelCohentoldthetruth
  • mrs mc gonagall's sister
    Thank you meidastouch ❤️
    Love your show. Northwest indiana, I hope, will remain mostly Democratic. We are experiencing (10-28-25) a creepy quiet. My spidey senses are not connecting w/fellow Blue spirts. I can’t make out why so many normally enthusiastic Halloween spirited people have gone low energy. But we’l see soon how the votes go. Mighty thankful you are helping to keep Democracy JOYFUL
  • IoB.
    A warning to Musk?..
    So what? Let’s see, how many crooked GOP operatives are NOT in jail? So many we can’t count them all. This DOJ is so underwhelming. By the time they get around to moving on these crimes, the fascists will be in charge. Sad.
  • sbcweb
    Fewer than ...
    Nicely done. Less than and fewer than confusion is distracting me. If you use the modifier "fewer than," then you describe a countable item, like votes, crowd size, and indictments. 🤓 "Less than" describes uncountable nouns, more abstract, like happiness! 🎉 You are using "less than" to modify everything. 🧐
  • santanamom
    We win.
    I too believe she will win by a lot. I think she will get to 270 fairly quickly. Love you guys! Thank you for everything.
  • Reg884603
    Wow
    Ben, I’m 40 minutes since this episode and you’ve barely let Popok get two sentences in take a breath, bro I love this network you created but you have a whole other show supposed to be the 2 of you discussing 411 @ the intersection of law and politics. KFA and Popok are respectful and treat each other like equals and honestly this podcast was everything for me during the Trump Trials. I got fed up with NPR show “Trump trials” 5 minute segment where the basics where discussed but nowhere near the detail or dissection of the information as applicable to the law that give context. Lately I worry cause the information you guys gave is still great, but instead of the legal theories in the legal context, there’s a lot of unfounded speculation and personal opinions. It’s frustrating when you’re told that a quote is going to be read to you and somewhere in the quote. You just start spouting off your own ideas of what they were thinking or what they meant without closing the quote and explaining the fact that that’s not what the judge said for example or whatever plus it doesn’t sound like it’s coming from Attorney because you don’t say in my opinion or I can imagine that the judge would blah blah blah. It seems like you guys got a lot less formal, which is fine but it’s part of what I really loved about. The show was the best When he was actually an intersection between law politics, current events, and opinions, the later should be stated as such as to not misinform. For example I ranted on Cspan about the mushers earning upwards of 600 million during the four years in Trumps White House . I was corrected they earned that amount in addition to federal wages with other sources of income. I was livid thinking they earned more than all the Presidents in history combined out of US Coffers. watch the YouTube and that’s cause I listen on the go so I miss visual cues that maybe would clarify or distinguish between fact and hyperbole. Please don’t get me wrong love the shows the network, the personalities including the brothers, the Misses and the Popok. I just believe KFA and Danya Perry are wonderful at distinguishing between opinions or hypotheses v data or facts. Keep it coming I will keep spreading the word and if I’m the only one who notes any of this ignore me. Love you all for what you do!
  • Mimi110278
    The best!
    Thank you for all you do to spread awareness of the dangers of Trump!
  • Iamthe#16
    Love Dina Doll
    Love the show 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
  • Mazocar
    Love this podcast
    Please download the current episode and play it 6 months after the elections and maybe you will figure out what is going on.
  • sjdv12345
    Puts legacy media to shame!
    Amazing! Legacy media get paid by those billionaires and are useless as they are not willing to state the facts! MeidasTouch is the place to find the real honest news!
  • 123ellebee
    Love this show, but please, fewer clips
    I listen to this for Popock and KFA’s excellent legal analyses (and great voices!) but the numerous clips of Trump’s crazy speeches in each episode are making it painful. Fewer clips and more analysis, please!
  • CookieManster
    Yes please!
    Please do a mock trial!
  • Asciguy
    Love the show
    My mother would cringe at the syntax and not be able to listen. Adjective: Quick. Adverb: Quickly ". Healthy. ". Healthily Just fyi and to complain. Not a professional whiner like someone we all dislike, just like to complain on occasion.
  • Molly Jong Fast
    I’m scared
    This devilish plan the Georgia election board has planned is scaring me. Talk about the chances of that surviving? Thank you
  • ~rox
    GREAT SHOW!
    I never miss an episode.
  • Botch49
    Love the show, but cut the Secret Service some slack!
    From the reporting I've heard, the Miami golf outing was unscheduled, which would make it difficult to coordinate with local assets as thoroughly as a scheduled outing. The Secret Service can not order a candidate to do something, just advise. It is different when protecting the Office of the President and the current office holder. They have more authority to control the protected. Maybe the Secret Service could come up with standard protocols for faster implementation with local assets around all the golf courses where Trump will want to golf, or be clear with the threat level to Trump if he makes sudden decisions regarding his schedule.
  • ursaminor
    Offensive ads
    I like these podcasts a great deal but soon I will stop listening. I understand you need to run ads for revenue - however if I hear one more disgusting ad about bacteria and toilet seats that’s it. The ads don’t have to be disgusting. And if you think all publicity is good- I will never buy Miracle made sheets as long as I live even if they are good bc the only thing I would be able to think about all night long would be filthy toilet seats. Please stop
  • Putin_Sucks
    Legal documents to back opinions
    I’ve been a YouTuber subscriber to this show for several years now. Michael Popok, Karen, and Ben are all respected lawyers in different areas of expertise; and they always bring data and legal filings to back their podcaster/YouTuber viewpoints. The show’s motto is, “we don’t blow smoke or sunshine”, and is a source that I trust because of their transparency and honesty.
  • makeupmyname
    Not a good look.
    Is co-host Karen Agnifilo the law partner of Marc Agnifilo, the lead lawyer defending Sean Combs who’s charged with sex trafficking? Not a good look. Rightly, Trump’s lawyers are routinely disparaged on this podcast. But how is a lawyer defending “Puff Daddy” any better than Trump’s lawyers? The “trove of evidence” of violence toward women against Combs makes Trump’s crimes look like child’s play.
  • todd denier
    Truth
    I follow because of the TRUTH you speak. Thanks is not enuf The Federalist Society, ALEC, Super Pacs, & the Heritage Foundation will ruin this country I think theyve set causation for Class Action against them. You’ve shined a klegg lite on this & I follow you because of the spotlight you’ve created After listening for ove the past years I admit; I still don’t know what the ‘A & F’ are. I feel like an idiot but 💯 I’m not the only one. Thank You for the straight scoop about our laws, the impact, the historic & future of said laws.
  • Kathy in Austin Tx
    Always Informative
    This where I go for thd intersection between law and politics.
  • JulieD3
    Educational and entertaining!
    Love this podcast so much. It’s been interesting to hear actual legal professionals go through the ins and outs of the hush money trial. Very interesting and I’ve learned a lot! Really appreciate all of the Meidas Touch productions. Gives me hope in these bleak trumpian times. Edit: disregard the bad reviews by the trump toadies! 🙄
  • Climbing Credit
    A refreshing drink of truths and facts.
    Thank you. Just, thank you for bringing the truth that are backed with cold, hard facts. The amount of misinformation being pushed in corporate media should be paired with prison time. How is that load of dung legal? Thank you and please keep fighting the good fight!
  • Alec Leamas
    Topics intriguing, delivery tedious (see Karen Friedman Agnifilo)
    There’s an old Monty Python joke that goes as follows: “well, as a conservative candidate I just drone on and on and on until I start to froth at the mouth and fall over backwards.” That’s Karen Friedman Agnifilo in a nutshell. The only problem is, she never froths at the mouth and falls over backwards. Let’s be plain. Let’s be clear. The entertainment value of this content is amazingly high, Michael Popok (when Ben finally throws to him) is spot on, clear and concise, and furthermore extremely informative. I’m not saying Karen Friedman Agnifilo needs to drop off the face of the Earth and take her sorry delivery with her… I’m just asking she get her sinuses checked out.
  • Fk nickname requirement
    Pronunciation
    Please please please pronounce KAMALA consistently correct. Thank you
  • MarkG342!
    Best legal Podcast by Far
    If you want to understand the workings of the American Legal System and it’s impacts on politics and everyday folks lives - then you MUST listen to this podcast. Entertaining and Educational at the same time - it brings it all together for non lawyers. An absolute must listen to !!!
  • Coloradoorbust18!
    Thinking persons legal analysis
    So impressed by the depth of expertise & commentary. If you follow the news, but want a truly informed analysis of ongoing legal stories, this is the podcast for you. All my lawyer friends are listening! Love the show HOWEVER .. please get rid of this Dena person - awful
  • Ma_2356
    Love the podcast
    As a legal professional - 11/10!!
  • goodvsevil
    Can Beyoncé
    Go after Trump Campaign for using her music?? And if so, how much? $100M?
  • Wizeowl
    Michael you restoreth my soul
    This podcast is my daily lifeline. It provides essential information delivered with intelligence and honesty. Thanks to you and the Meidas brothers for creating this network and for the mission you are all committed to.
  • tmccaffr
    8/11
    Thank you Ben and Popok. I appreciate your analysis and depth of knowledge.
  • beselice
    So Informative.
    Mr. Popok, I so appreciate your informative insight. This particular podcast is so to the point, it’s scary….and should be.
  • Sh@wn123
    Are you forgetting your listeners?
    I’m a day one Meidas Touch and LegalAF podcast listener. I was so disappointed to have to hear 3 videos of dead air today. What’s up with that, even MT is playing lots of videos with no audio? Really?
  • Nickelbaggafunk
    Popok!!
    Listen to them all during my DoorDash shifts! Helping us all save democracy!! Gen X here for all of it!!’💙💙💙
  • There here everywhere
    Informative
    Enjoy ALL MTN podcasts. Get REAL news and insight from you all.
  • Taralainee
    💜💙
    Love Michael Popok.
  • Cynthia St James
    Subject Matter Experts
    I love this show. The analyses are based on facts and the legal expertise is from top notch prosecutors.
  • lilsal42
    Unhinged in the highest form
    Holy cow, there’s something seriously wrong with you people. You are deranged
  • Sully's Stache
    Would be 5 Stars without Popok’s Performance on 7/4/24
    Popok’s analysis of the presidential immunity opinion is unbelievably naive. Yes, with a normal Court, his predicted outcome is probable. But he completely ignores the facts on the ground with this Court despite everything we’ve seen over the past few years. It’s obvious that the Court will have every opportunity to manipulate their incredibly vague rule and analysis. That was the whole point of the evidentiary discussion in the opinion. And the majority has already telegraphed that admittedly criminal conduct does not change the analysis for core powers conduct (i.e. taking a bribe for a pardon). As bad as that analysis was, Popok was even more naive, maybe willfully ignorant, with his discussion of Biden’s faculties and ability to win in November. “People are voting for an administration, not a single candidate.” What?! Could you be any more wrong? Presidential elections are a pure popularity contest for the vast majority of voters. Should it work differently? Sure, but it doesn’t, and every pollster and political scientist would tell you as much. Just a staggeringly ignorant take. And to double down on the take, Popok says that Biden has earned the right to stay in the race even if he can’t win. And if the American people punish Biden and the Democrats for that, so be it. Again, WHAT?! It’s almost like Michael has forgotten the consequences of a Trump presidency despite analyzing the Trump Court and district judge appointees on a weekly basis. It felt like Popok just went out of his way to take the opposite position of Karen so he could try to prove how much smarter he was than her. He also decided to walk all over her in the process, telling her to stop talking so he could finish his point, and then interrupting and stopping her from making her point literally 30 seconds later (and other points throughout the episode). I know Popok loves to hear himself talk and is probably used to bullying opponents, but he should focus on being more of a podcast host and less of a lawyer on this show.
  • aircav2nd ACR
    Question
    I love watching there shows but what the show needs is a Q&A segment
  • A UK fan
    Thought we listened to your Saturday show live
    But apparently it is pre recorded - very disappointed.
  • HDH-D is for democrat
    Hate to say it but
    Love this show but Popok has become too dismissive and disrespectful to Karen! Do better or I am out!
  • HigherEdAlicia
    A Must Listen
    A beacon of light in a sea of legal and moral storms. Rely on Karen and Michael to break down complex legal matters in a very approachable and reliable format. I love that they don't always agree in their interpretations of the law but they always demonstrate their experience and knowledge.
  • Walks talks and sews
    MP- let Karen TALK uninterrupted !
    You are dominating Karen , STOP IT! I am so irritated by MP today, I can hardly listen to the whole podcast. I’m listening bc of Karen .
  • aunpam79
    Keep it up
    Keep informing the public of the truth. (Tell Michael Popok we want to see his baby )
  • Appanuis
    Favorite podcast
    Look forward to new episodes each week! Always interesting and informative. Fun to listen to the expert hosts and guests! So thankful for all your hard work to make legal issues easier to understand. Also congrats on the new baby to you and your wife!🌻
  • 19541945
    Ms
    Love the show ? Since trump is a convicted felon, according to his probation rules isn’t he supposed to stay away from other felons, if so how is it right for him to have felons join him on stage at his rally’s
  • martinschroman21
    Great podcast!
    Great argument about the Supreme Court not in the original constitution
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