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Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg News White House reporter, discusses the role of Jane Raskin in President Trump's legal defense. While lead lawyer Rudy Giuliani has become the public figurehead for President Trump in the Mueller investigation, but Raskin has become the lead negotiator in talks between President Trump's team and Robert Mueller's team. She speaks with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Iain Wilson, managing partner at Brett Wilson, discusses why Google is continuing its court fight over the European Union's "right to be forgotten" rules, which forces the search engine to remove links to information about a person on request if it’s outdated or irrelevant. Plus, Erik Larson, Bloomberg News legal reporter, discusses why President Trump might not be able to just walk away from a $130,000 hush money deal that was paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels to stay quiet about a 2006 sexual encounter she says she had with Trump. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

William Banks, a professor at Syracuse University Law School, discusses President Trump’s Friday comments aboard Air Force One, where he said that he would be open to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller “under the right conditions.” Plus, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses the final day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Timothy Jost, a professor at Washington and Lee School of Law, discusses why the Trump administration is siding with the state of Texas in a challenge to key parts of the Affordable Care Act. The administration took the unusual step of siding with a state against a federal government policy as President Trump continues efforts to dismantle Obamacare. Plus, Steve Sanders, a professor at the University of Indiana Maurer School of Law, discusses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's second day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neil Kinkopf, a professor at Georgia State University College of Law, discusses the second day of Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearings. Plus, Justin Reed Walker, a professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law and former clerk for Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Anthony Kennedy, discusses Kavanaugh’s answers to Senate questioning and his experiences clerking for him. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Justin Driver, professor at the University of Chicago Law School and author of "The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind," discusses the first day of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Plus, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter Greg Stohr discusses how Democrats tried to delay or derail the Kavanaugh hearings before they began. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Supreme Court reporter for Bloomberg Law, discusses whether several U.S. courts will allow the Trump administration to go forward with plans to put a question about citizenship on the 2020 census. Plus, Robert Mintz, a partner at McCarter and English, discusses whether prosecutors will decide to retry Paul Manafort on the ten counts against him where a Virginia jury failed to return any verdict. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brad Moss, a partner at Mark Zaid Plc., discusses why the judge overseeing Paul Manafort’s Washington D.C. money-laundering trial has agreed to push back the start date for the trial until September 24th. Plus, Barry McDonald, a professor at Pepperdine University Law School, discusses why a U.S. judge has extended a ban on publishing blueprints for 3-D printed guns online, a victory for gun-control advocates and several states that sued to prevent the plans from being posted. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Henning, a professor at Wayne State University Law School, discusses the continuing legal woes for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who said he was considering taking the electric car-maker private earlier in August, drawing regulatory scrutiny from U.S. authorities. Plus, Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig, special counsel at Lowenstein Sandler, discusses President Trump’s latest attacks on attorney general Jeff Sessions, who he has frequently criticized for recusing himself in the Mueller investigation. They speak with Bloomberg's June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken Doyle, senior editor for money and politics at Bloomberg Government, discusses President Trump’s recent comments on Fox News, where he said that almost anyone who runs for office in the United States has campaign finance violations. Plus, a look at the recent guilty plea by former Trump personal lawyer Michael Cohen. Plus, Charles Franklin, professor of law and public policy and director of the Marquette Law School Poll, discusses the latest data on the Wisconsin midterm elections, where Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin is maintaining a slim lead over Republican challenger Leah Vukmir. They speak with Bloomberg's Peter Barnes and June Grasso. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.