Comedian of Law Joel Oster, Comedian of Law

Trump Trial week 3 didn’t disappoint. From threatening President Trump with jail to putting a porn star under oath to talk about details, it was a surreal courtroom experience. Plus Joel covers a crazy case where a lawyer's parents actually caught on fire. Some jokes just write themselves.

It’s week 2 of the Trump Trial, and this made-for-reality TV courtroom drama did not disappoint. The judge fined Trump $9,000 for violating his gag order to not speak about witnesses or judicial staff. To which Trump responded – “that’s the best $9,000 worth of air-time I have ever spent!” While Trump was fined for speaking about the prosecution’s witnesses, mainly Michael Cohen, Cohen was busy on TikTok blasting Trump, and making money while doing it. People were worried that this would hurt Cohen’s credibility until they realized he had none to begin with. We go back through our annuls to highlight the time Constanza sued Jerry Seinfeld. Not George. But Michael Constanza. Think about that. Under penalty of perjury, Michael Constanza told the court that he was the inspiration for the balding, overweight, ultimate loser, can’t-keep-a-job, and can’t-keep-a-date George Constanza. The things we will do for $200,000,000. Finally, the Supreme Court heard argument in the presidential immunity case. Turns out, the justices have been listening to our podcast as they asked questions dove-tailing with our pre-argument analysis. The issue will be whether Trump was acting in his personal or presidential capacity. But both Chris and Joel are in agreement that the Court’s ruling will likely push any trial over the January 6th matter past the election date.

Week one of Trump's trial didn’t disappoint. First, the court held a hearing on whether Trump should be sanctioned for violating the gag order. But the maximum fine is 1,000 per violation. Even if Trump has to pay the maximum, that’s some great ROI for his Marketing efforts.
Former National Enquirer took the stand to testify about the catch-and-kill approach with Trump stories. Somewhere Elvis and Marilyn Monroe are spinning on their graves. They could have killed their Martian love child story if they had just ponied up!

The Juice has passed away, so let the jokes begin. Good taste? Bad taste? If he committed double murder, who cares? Chris and Joel take this opportunity to remember one of the biggest trials in history.
And at the same time, a trial that could trump the OJ trial just began. I think we can all agree that if a trial ends up imprisoning a former president of the United States and the leader in the polls to be the next president, that will go down in history. Hold on to your seats.

As this is Easter week, we explore one of the most significant trials in history – the trial of Jesus. And aside of the theological implications of this trial, this trial has impacted our legal systems today. From our concept of cruel and unusual punishment, to due process, to separation of church and state issues, this case has a lot of current appllications.
 
And Trump is back in court. Or  - is it that he has never been out of court? But a NY appellate court gave Trump some reprieve by reducing the amount he has to post as bond to appeal the verdict.
 
And finally, gambling is back in baseball. From the black sox scandal to Pete Rose, there is a long storied tradition of betting and American’s former national pastime. Shohei Otani’s betting scandal is just getting started.

Ruby Franke and her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt were sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for child abuse. The actual time she will spend behind bars will be determined by the Utah Parole Board. Chris unpacks what that actually means.
 
Fani Willis is in big trouble. Joel is convinced she perjured herself on the stand. If she were married and did what she did, no partner would buy her story. You don't go over to someone's house at midnight, stay until the morning, and then claim to be working on a file. That doesn't pass anyone's smell test. If she was willing to perjure herself on the stand to prosecute Trump, then what does this say about her objectivity?
Finally, in our true crime series, we focus on the trial of Jesus. With Easter week approaching, Chris and Joel dig in to one of the most talked about, consequential trial on the millennia. This will be a two part series. In Part 1, we discuss the political climate for this trial as well as the dual legal systems that brought the matter to court.