Opening Arguments

OA788: All My Conflicts: A Discussion of Trump's Lawyers & More (feat. Mitchell Epner)

Liz and Andrew welcome back to the show Mitchell Epner, who helps break down today's arraignment of Donald Trump in DC, with a particular focus on the conflicts of interest surrounding Stan Woodward (in Florida) and Todd Blanche (in DC). Notes US v. Trump (DC) docket <a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656604/united-states-v-trump/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656604/united-states-v-trump/</a>   Blanche PHV <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.7.0.pdf"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.7.0.pdf</a> US v. Trump (SDFL) Garcia motion <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654.97.0.pdf"> https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654/gov.uscourts.flsd.648654.97.0.pdf</a> US v. Garcia, 517 F.2d 272 (1975) <a href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2468718350509973831">https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2468718350509973831</a> Liz's Wonkette on “Free Speech” defense <a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/no-shut-up-new-york-times-the-first">https://www.wonkette.com/p/no-shut-up-new-york-times-the-first</a>  -Support us on Patreon at: <a data-rich-text-format-boundary="true" href="http://patreon.com/law">patreon.com/law</a> -Follow us on Twitter:  <a href="https://twitter.com/openargs">@Openargs</a>   -Facebook:  <a href="https://www.facebook.com/openargs/">https://www.facebook.com/openargs/</a>   -For show-related questions, check out the <a href="http://openargswiki.wikidot.com/">Opening Arguments Wiki</a>, which now has its own Twitter feed!  <a href="http://twitter.com/oawiki">@oawiki</a>   -And finally, remember that you can email us at <a href="mailto:openarguments@gmail.com">openarguments@gmail.com</a>

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