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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.

It's Complicated Renato Mariotti & Asha Rangappa

    • News
    • 4.7 • 955 Ratings

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.

    Episode 66 - Charges Get Dropped; Congress Hears a Hur; Trump Hints at an Advice of Counsel Defense; Plus a Startling Admission

    Episode 66 - Charges Get Dropped; Congress Hears a Hur; Trump Hints at an Advice of Counsel Defense; Plus a Startling Admission

    This week: Judge McAfee ordered several charges in the Fulton County case dismissed for lack of specificity in the indictment; Hur issued his report and testified to Congress; Trump hints that he may use an advice-of-counsel defense; and Asha is busy doing admissions at Yale.

    • 44 min
    Episode 65 - SCOTUS Nullifies Section 3 of the 14th Amendment; Allen Weisselberg Lied Under Oath; Game Shows

    Episode 65 - SCOTUS Nullifies Section 3 of the 14th Amendment; Allen Weisselberg Lied Under Oath; Game Shows

    This week: The Supreme Court reverses Colorado’s Supreme Court and tells them they can’t keep Trump off of the ballot; Allen Weisselberg, Trump Org’s CFO, pleads guilty to perjury.

    Plus Bob Barker is still alive!

    • 42 min
    Episode 64 - Love Triangle; Prosecution Potpourri; Drinkin’ ‘Round the World

    Episode 64 - Love Triangle; Prosecution Potpourri; Drinkin’ ‘Round the World

    In Fulton County, Fani Willis’ and Nathan Wade’s cell phone location data show a lot of contact between the two; exactly when their relationship began is still in question.Trump files motions in limine in the the Manhattan DA (hush money) case.Smirnov is re-arrested.Plus Asha went to Disney World.

    • 49 min
    Episode 63 - Liquid Trump; Fulton County Episode; Cereal Drama

    Episode 63 - Liquid Trump; Fulton County Episode; Cereal Drama

    This week, Judge Engoron hands down a massive verdict in Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York; Fani Willis takes the stand in a hearing about alleged conflict of interest; plus, our hosts talk about their favorite breakfast cereals.

    • 43 min
    Episode 62 - Trump’s Court Case Cheat Sheet; Trump vs NATO; the PsyOp Bowl

    Episode 62 - Trump’s Court Case Cheat Sheet; Trump vs NATO; the PsyOp Bowl

    This week, with Trump’s hush money trial about to start, it’s a good time to recap the status of all of his criminal trials; Trump views NATO as a protection racket; plus the PSyOp Bowl.

    • 37 min
    Episode 61 - Colorado Ballot; Robert Hur; Immunity; and Valentine’s Day

    Episode 61 - Colorado Ballot; Robert Hur; Immunity; and Valentine’s Day

    This week, Colorado argues in front of the Supreme Court to keep Trump off the ballot; Special Counsel Robert Hur finds no prosecutable crimes and issues his report in the Biden classified documents investigation; DC Circuit issues its ruling against Trump’s immunity claim; plus Valentine’s Day.

    Correction: Robert Hur was appointed as Special Counsel on January 13, 2023, to investigate Biden’s handling of classified material.

    Jack Smith was appointed Special Counsel on November 18, 2022, to investigate Trump’s retention of classified documents and the events around January 6, 2001.

    • 1 hr 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
955 Ratings

955 Ratings

goodvsevil ,

Renato,

Do people confuse you with Mathew Fox (Jack Shephard)? "If we can't live together, we're gonna die alone."

Treebyleaf ,

Amazing

This podcast has become one of my very favorites. It’s like if your best friends happened to be top legal experts and they’re over at your house drinking coffee with you. I always feel more informed AND more calm after listening. Have recommended it to everyone I know!

sfncar ,

So tired

This is the third pod I’ve tried to listen to today and the third time I’ve given up in disgust at the oh so righteous white folks condemning the black lady. Gag! I’m a white woman in my 70s and I’m sick of it. Molly should know better — an apology is needed!

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