At midnight on January 13, 2025, after extensive litigation by Donald Trump in an attempt to prevent it, the US Department of Justice released Volume I of the report by Special Counsel Jack Smith, which describes the Special Counsel's work to investigate and prosecute Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The report comprises six sections and an appendix.

This episode is a audio reading of the Part II, "The Law". This section details exactly what laws Trump is alleged to have violated and their history, as well as how the Special Counsel's Office planned to address any potential defenses Trump might raise at trial.

For the sake of clarity, footnotes are omitted and most legal citations are omitted or simplified. The original document is available at the following link:

https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025.pdf

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At midnight on January 13, 2025, after extensive litigation by Donald Trump in an attempt to prevent it, the US Department of Justice released Volume I of the report by Special Counsel Jack Smith, which describes the Special Counsel's work to investigate and prosecute Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The report comprises six sections and an appendix.

This episode is a audio reading of

• Letter of Introduction
• Part I, "The Results of the Investigation"

For the sake of clarity, footnotes are omitted and most legal citations are omitted or simplified.

You can also read the original report online at this link.

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In December 2024, the Committee on Ethics of the US House of Representatives released a report on its investigation of former Congressman Matt Gaetz, looking into allegation of sexual misconduct, drug use, statutory rape, and violations of House Rules, as well as other allegations.

This is an audio presentation of that committee report. Because the full duration of the recording is around 90 mintutes, it has been broken up into four episodes, each one being a recording of one major section of the report. All four episodes were published together.

This episode is a recording of Section V, Findings, Section VI, Conclusion, Section VII, Statement Under House Rules, and Section VIII, Views of the Dissenting Committee Members.

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In December 2024, the Committee on Ethics of the US House of Representatives released a report on its investigation of former Congressman Matt Gaetz, looking into allegation of sexual misconduct, drug use, statutory rape, and violations of House Rules, as well as other allegations.

This is an audio presentation of that committee report. Because the full duration of the recording is around 90 mintutes, it has been broken up into four episodes, each one being a recording of one major section of the report. All four episodes were published together.

This episode is a recording of Section IV, Factual Background.

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In December 2024, the Committee on Ethics of the US House of Representatives released a report on its investigation of former Congressman Matt Gaetz, looking into allegation of sexual misconduct, drug use, statutory rape, and violations of House Rules, as well as other allegations.

This is an audio presentation of that committee report. Because the full duration of the recording is around 90 mintutes, it has been broken up into four episodes, each one being a recording of one major section of the report. All four episodes were published together.

This episode is a recording of Section III, Relevant Laws, Rules and Other Applicable Standards of Conduct.

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In December 2024, the Committee on Ethics of the US House of Representatives released a report on its investigation of former Congressman Matt Gaetz, looking into allegation of sexual misconduct, drug use, statutory rape, and violations of House Rules, as well as other allegations.

This is an audio presentation of that committee report. Because the full duration of the recording is around 90 mintutes, it has been broken up into four episodes, each one being a recording of one major section of the report. All four episodes were published together.

This episode is a recording of Section I, Introduction and Section II, Procedural History.

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On December 30, 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith filed an opening brief with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, responding to Donald Trump's appeal of his motion to dismiss being denied by the DC District Court. Trump's motion to dismiss asserted that he was immune from criminal prosecution for acts committed as President.

Smith's briefing addresses the arguments Trump brought in both the original motion to dismiss and his appeal, and serves as an opening briefing to the oral arguments currently scheduled for January 9, 2024.

This episode is an audio narration of the briefing. Please note that most citations are omitted or simplified for the sake of listenability.

A link to the full document: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415/gov.uscourts.cadc.40415.1208583920.0_1.pdf

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On December 28, 2023, the Maine Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, issued a decision in a case of a challenge to Donald Trump's qualifications to hold the office of the President. Several challenges were mounted by different Maine voters. The Secretary of State determined that Donald Trump did engaeg in insurreciton under the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, and therefore was not qualified to hold the office of the Presidency, and therefore that his statement that he was qualified was false, meaning Trump would be barred from the Maine Presidential primary for the 2024 election.

This episode is an audio narration of the decision. Please note that most citations are omitted or simplified for the sake of listenability. 

A link to the full decision: 

https://www.maine.gov/sos/news/2023/Decision%20in%20Challenge%20to%20Trump%20Presidential%20Primary%20Petitions.pdf

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