UnJustified Alito’s Worst Nightmare
Sep 7, 2025
The ACLU is pushing back against a contempt ruling, igniting legal drama. Pam Bondi's shakeup leads to mass resignations from the Sanctuary Cities Working Group. Investigations stall as D.C. grand juries hesitate on charges, raising eyebrows among legal experts. Tensions flare as Tulsi Gabbard clashes with CIA Director over a covert officer's identity. The hosts also tackle listener questions, mixing in personal stories for a lighter touch amidst the serious discussions.
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High-Level Counterintelligence Corruption
- Charles McGonigal, a former FBI counterintelligence official, engaged in wide-ranging illegal conduct while heading NY counterintelligence work.
- The DOJ IG report shows he shared investigation details with targets and obstructed justice, damaging trust in the agency.
Sanctuary Cities Group Was A Personnel Shakeup
- Pam Bondi reassigned top career DOJ attorneys to a Sanctuary Cities working group and most later quit.
- The transfers appeared designed to sideline career staff and replace them with politically loyal personnel.
Rubber-Room Tasks At Agencies
- Allison Gill described being assigned trivial "rubber room" tasks after her podcast was publicly known.
- She spent 60 hours compiling a spreadsheet of 1,800 nursing homes as an example of meaningless reassignment.
