Weekend Law: Meet the Trump Jury & Jan 6 Obst...

June Grasso talks to top legal experts about the biggest stories of the week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Elections law expert Richard Briffault, a professor at Columbia Law School, discusses federal judges blocking Alabama’s US House map due to intentional racial discrimination. Then administrative law expert Cary Coglianese a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law Sc ...  Show more

After deliberating for more than nine hours over two days, a jury found Jussie Smollett guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was a victim of a hate crime in January 2019. Paul Callan is a criminal defense attorney and joins AC360 ...  Show more

The judge in the former president's criminal hush money trial case has issued the final jury instructions to the prosecution and defense teams. The instructions are not expected to be released publicly before closing arguments, which are scheduled for Tuesday. Former federal pros ...  Show more

Former President Trump has asked Judge Tanya Chutkan to recuse herself from the federal 2020 election subversion case. In a new court filing, Trump pointed to Chutkan’s previous comments made in cases involving January 6 rioters. Former federal judge Nancy Gertner tells Anderson ...  Show more

The New York Times reports federal agents seized the phones of two top Trump advisers as part of the January 6 probe. That, as the investigation continues to ramp up with the DOJ subpoenaing more than 30 people in Trump’s orbit. The panel discusses Britain’s new Prime Minister ca ...  Show more