Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has begun firing dozens of intelligence officials as he installs an election denier as his Chief of Staff. The Justice Department accidentally sent three copies of Volume II of Jack Smith's final report to the defense attorneys of the woman they charged with emailing herself Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report. Kash Patel has sent over 250 FBI personnel to Atlanta to assist in an investigation into the 2020 election in Georgia. Former CIA Chief John Brennan has sued the government to preserve records regarding the grand conspiracy investigation into him and others in the Southern District of Florida. Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT?

A federal judge throws out Justice Department subpoenas of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey calling them “blatantly unlawful.” The full DC Circuit Court of Appeals panel will hear arguments over Judge Boasberg’s contempt inquiry into CECOT deportations. Former IRS officials call for a Miami judge to scrutinize Trump's “breathtakingly improper” immunity from tax audits as part of the Justice Department’s anti-weaponization slush fund settlement. The Director of National Intelligence commissioned two reports on voting machine accuracy that show no votes were flipped in 2020 but the White House is blocking their release. Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT?

FBI Director Kash Patel may be operating a secret slush fund of taxpayer dollars to pay loyalist agents. Trump urges Republicans to postpone Jay Clayton confirmation hearings as leverage to pass his voter suppression bill The Trump Administration weighed suspending habeas corpus and invoking the Insurrection Act after being frustrated by the courts. Fifteen protestors in Minnesota have been charged with conspiracy to impede ICE officers during Operation Metro Surge. Plus listener questions and HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT?

A federal judge has indefinitely blocked the $1.776B slush fund and has given Todd Blanche and the Treasury Secretary one week to rescind the fund in writing Todd Blanche petitioned the courts to release Epstein grand jury material as a diversion tactic after meeting with White House officials in the Situation Room to discuss how to protect Donald Trump. President Trump has nominated Jay Clayton, a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, to be the next Director of National Intelligence. Newly released transcripts reveal improprieties during the Broadview Six grand jury proceedings. Plus listener questions.

President Trump says he’ll nominate Todd Blanche as Attorney General, and has named Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence. A federal judge has re-opened the case that led to the slush fund settlement to investigate possible collusion and a fraud on the court as Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies he’ll drop the fund but not the Trump family tax immunity. John Bolton takes a plea deal for one felony count of mishandling national defense information. Amid personnel changes at the Justice Department and the Pentagon, 2020 Election Denier Kurt Olsen joins the US Attorneys Office in the Southern District of Florida. The lead prosecutor in the seashells case leaves. A January 6th rioter gets a sensitive counterterrorism job. Plus listener questions.

The justice department is defending the fact that it deleted January 6th press releases from its website. The Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a motion to dismiss its fraud charges on vindictive prosecution grounds. President Biden is suing the Department of Justice over audio recordings from his memoir project. The US Attorney in DC quietly shutters the autopen investigation into the former president. The DoJ has opened a criminal investigation into a non profit tied to writer E. Jean Carroll.

The Department of Justice has established a $1.8B “anti-weaponization fund” after Trump dropped his lawsuit against the IRS. A former federal prosecutor has been indicted for sending herself copies of Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report. A federal judge has dismissed the charges against Kilmar Ábrego García on vindictive and selective prosecution grounds. The Justice Department has dropped all remaining charges against the Broadview 6 after a grand jury transcript showed gross misconduct. Plus listener questions.

On Wednesday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia Bar over its efforts to discipline Trump Administration lawyers. Kash Patel was caught falsifying Bureau statistics to boost his record of arrests in the face of congressional criticism for his alleged drinking habit. New York’s Attorney Grievance Committee found “sufficient basis for a finding of professional misconduct” against disqualified US Attorney John Sarcone III. A Trump appointed judge has accused the Justice Department of appalling and unsettling behavior in a case over subpoenas for patient information regarding gender affirming care. Plus listener questions. Do you have questions for the pod or something for HITMEINTHEHEADWITHABAT?

The FBI is investigating the Atlantic reporter who wrote a detailed story of Director Kash Patel’s alleged heavy drinking and erratic behavior. Patel even ordered polygraphs for nearly two dozen staff members looking for leaks. A second federal judge has blocked the Department of Justice from accessing data seized from Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith spoke at a private event last month saying Trump has corrupted the Justice Department, and that it’s become difficult to track the number of times judges have accused DOJ officials of dishonesty or lack of candor. A federal judge rules that the government can keep the ballots seized from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia.

Two government watchdogs are suing the Justice Department over its Office of Legal Counsel memo that declares the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. The US Attorney in the Eastern District of North Carolina has filed charges against James Comey for sharing a photo of seashells that spell out 8647. The Government Accountability Office and the Office of the Inspector General are investigating the Department of Justice's compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was not designated a National Special Security Event by the US Secret Service. Plus listener questions.