It's Complicated Renato Mariotti & Asha Rangappa
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Join former federal prosecutor and CNN Legal Analyst Renato Mariotti and former Special Agent at the FBI and Legal Analyst Asha Rangappa as they dive deeper into complicated issues in the news with a blatant pro-democracy bias.
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Episode 72 - Trump on Trial; Gag Violation; Taylor Swift
The People of the State of New York against Donald J. Trump has begun. Asha and Renato break down the first couple of days of the trial–– from opening statements to jury selection, The People’s first witness, and Trump’s continued violation of Judge Merchan’s gag order.
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Episode 71 - Trump’s Jury; FISA; Hair & Makeup*
*The original upload of this episode had some sync issues. Those issues are fixed in this version.
Jury selection and seating in Trump’s election interference trial in Manhattan; people are confused about FISA– Asha will straighten them out.
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Episode 70 - Cannon’s Chaos; Sun God Trump; Operation Game Night
Jack Smith responded to Judge Cannon’s jury instruction request as the Mar-a-Lago case continues to go off the rails; Trump is still arguing that he has immunity before, during, and after his presidency; plus, maybe Asha should have been a doctor.
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Episode 69 - Pump and Dump? Re-Gagged; and HOA Issues
This week: Truth Social hit the NASDAQ and its share price seems untethered from its financials; Trump gets gagged by the judge in the hush money case; plus Asha has an HOA issue.
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Episode 68 - Markdown; Mifepristone, and Mathletics
This week: Trump catches a break and gets his bond reduced by almost 70%. Hears arguments on the mifepristone injunction that came from Judge Kacsmaryk in Texas. The Judicial Conference puts an end to judge shopping.
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Episode 67 - Obtuse Cannon; Unbondable Trump; Sneaky Asha
This week: Judge Cannon is over-complicating issues in the documents case; Trump can’t get bonded; plus Asha did some sneaky stuff back in the day.
Customer Reviews
Valuable, measured analysis
Asha tees the issues up for Renato, whose analysis is realistic and an excellent antidote to the drumbeat of wishcasting one hears on so many broadcasts. Things are more complicated than we may want them to be.
Out of date
They really need to do something about the timing here. The Friday, April 19 episode was recorded on Monday, April 15. It’s about NYC trial jury selection … As I’m listening the final 5 alternates are about to be chosen. What a waste of time. And Renato obviously knows little about NYC jury selection and hasn’t bothered to do any research before he talks about it. Someone help the pompous man down off his pedestal. Now Asha is talking about FISA and I’m riveted. ❤️
Confusing audio
This would’ve been a 5⭐️but the audio was confusing when both people were talking at the same time. I hope that tech glitch can be corrected. Otherwise great content!