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   1 May 2026 · 21 min

   I'm Still Mad He Put Martha Stewart In Prison

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss the James Comey indictment, this time, purportedly for threatening the president with seashells . They also discuss the criminal complaint against would-be assassin Cole Tomas Allen and Maurene Comey’s lawsuit over her firing for being James Comey’s daughter . That’s this week’s free show. Paying subscribers also get: * Jeanine Pirro’s screw-up that has resulted in Trump getting less influence at the Federal Reserve than he’d probably have if she’d just played it cool. * A…

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   24 Apr 2026 · 21 min

   This Episode Contains No Administrative Procedure Act Coverage

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss several big defamation suits. The Atlantic has reported that Kash Patel is often drunk and derelict in his duties as FBI Director. But Patel says he’s only guilty of working really hard, and he’s suing the Atlantic . He’s got a theory he says is a “slam dunk” — The Atlantic defamed him with actual malice because he denied the accusations against him but they printed him anyway. That theory didn’t work for Trump against The Wall Street Journal and it didn’t work for Patel…

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   18 Apr 2026 · 19 min

   Call the Swalwell Hotline

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss Eric Swallwell and how prosecutors in Manhattan and Los Angeles are looking into sexual assault allegations against the now-former congressman. Meanwhile, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro — who oversees local felony prosecutions in the District of Columbia — has set up a hotline for victims who may have been assaulted by Swalwell there. Besides looking into Swalwell, Pirro sent a couple of her henchpersons to the under-construction Federal Reserve headquarters looking for ……

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   12 Apr 2026 · 22 min

   Welcome Home, Michael

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss updates on three of their favorite characters: Michael Avenatti, Pam Bondi, and Ed Martin. That's for all subscribers. Paying subscribers will also hear their conversations about: * Trump’s emergency motion to lift the stay on construction of the “desperately needed” White House ballroom , and a discussion of why the plaintiffs’ claims to standing are stronger than we gave them credit for last week. * A Clavicular-alligator update. * If you’re going to talk about how you want…

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   5 Apr 2026 · 21 min

   Strictly Prohibited Ballroom

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss Anthropic's big win, the injunction on Trump's ballroom construction, and what to make of the block on Trump's executive order defunding PBS and NPR since Congress has rescinded their funding. That's for all subscribers. Paying subscribers will also hear our conversations about: * Covington & Burling warned its client, ActBlue, that some statements ActBlue made in a 2023 letter to congressional leaders may have been misleading, and that ActBlue’s CEO probably needs her own…

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   20 Mar 2026 · 25 min

   Pound Cake for Everyone

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss the Afroman trial and also look at a rough hearing for AUSAs in New Jersey , as the Trump administration decides it will hire candidates straight out of law school to work in US Attorneys’ offices . That’s for all subscribers. Paying subscribers will also hear our conversations about: * Judge James Boasberg’s order quashing subpoenas to the Federal Reserve , U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s choice to appeal that order, and Boasberg’s other order requiring the disclosure of grand…

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   13 Mar 2026 · 20 min

   You Can't Stop the Computer

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss the Customs Service saying its computers won't let it refund IEEPA tariffs, more situations where courts are telling the Trump Administration it can’t just ignore the need to get officials confirmed by the Senate , and another decision about ICE. That's for all subscribers. Paying subscribers will also hear our conversations about a number of additional lawsuits, including some especially weird ones: * Voting machine maker Smartmatic’s parent company under indictment over…

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   6 Mar 2026 · 19 min

   Actually, I Would Like to File The Opposite Thing, Please

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss how The Trump Administration surprised observers by withdrawing its efforts to appeal its losses against all four law firms that challenged its legal orders against them. Then, it surprised observers again by changing its mind and asking to appeal the cases after all . We discuss why, whether you’re allowed to do that, and what happens to the nine firms that didn’t fight when the other firms win. We also look at a strange letter from the Department of Justice to state bar…

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   26 Feb 2026 · 22 min

   But Are the Wings Wild?

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week Ken and Josh discuss more on tariffs — what awaits litigants like FedEx who seek refunds of payments they made under President Trump’s now-invalidated tariffs, and what courts might do with his efforts to reconstruct the tariffs under non-IEEPA legal authorities that come with their own difficulties . We discuss news that Jeanine Pirro has given up on indicting the Democrats who made the “you must refuse illegal orders” video, and we have an update on Matthew Isihara, the SAUSA who was held in…

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    21 Feb 2026 · 35 min

    IEEPA, You EEPA, We EEPA

    This week Ken and Josh discuss the Supreme Court's ruling in Learning Resources v. Trump , throwing out the massive country-specific tariffs the president purported to impose under the Nixon-era International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The opinion was messy: 6-3, but with the six-justice majority not agreeing on exactly why the tariffs were illegal. Also this week, we look at a contempt order from Judge Laura Provenzino, putting a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in contempt over the government’s failure to return identification documents to a non-citizen released from immigration custody…