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Shanlon Wu
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Former federal prosecutor | Legal Analyst | Asian-American. Father. Boxer. Providing legal analysis & commentary with clarity, savvy, & humor.

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When the government skips the rules, cases collapse. The Comey prosecution started rotting the moment the court exposed serious problems.

Power without permission is not justice, and the courts finally said it out loud.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbN...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Trump DOJ Tripped Over Its Own Story In Open Court

Told a federal judge the indictment was not shown to the full grand jury. Then tried to pretend that it never happened.

No vote.
No clarity.
No shame.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vk... @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Trump DOJ brought an indictment that said "no bill." A second version showed up. The grand jury never saw it. And the court is supposed to just roll with it.

That’s not procedure. That’s a problem.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...

#TrumpDOJ #GrandJury #Indictment #DOJ @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Trump's DOJ managed to make indictments feel like improv theater. Two versions of the paperwork, missing transcripts, and a grand jury that never actually saw the final version. That is not "clerical," that is chaos.

Full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5J...

#TrumpDOJ #Trump
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Reading great books that seem so timely -
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Reading James Carroll's House of War on November 22 gives fresh appreciation of JFK's growing willingness to push back against military leaders like Curtis LeMay's hunger to use atomic weapons.
Excerpt from James Carroll's House of War about JFK's push back against General Curtis LeMay
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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November 22 always seems a gloomy day in Washington, DC - rest in peace John Fitzgerald Kennedy 35th President of the United States.
JFK assassination anniversary photo of JFK and Jackie arriving in Dallas 63 years ago morning of his assassination.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The files are moving. And DOJ cannot outrun what is coming. Congress pushed. The pressure hit. The truth started cracking through.

https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-files-are-moving-and-trump-cannot?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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A two hour hole in a grand jury transcript and silence in the courtroom when the judge raised it.

Then a next day filing that tries to reframe the issue instead of answering it. That is not how you build confidence in a prosecution.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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A missing two hour chunk in a grand jury transcript is bad.
The silence in court is worse.
The explanation arriving a day later is the real tell.

Full breakdown:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1p...

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November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Epstein didn’t operate alone — he operated inside a system that protected powerful men

Sweetheart deals. Dropped cases. A billion dollars in suspicious activity ignored. That’s not an accident. That’s a DOJ failure.

Full breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...

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November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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"Barely legal" is not a category. It is not a defense. It is rape under the law.
When Megyn Kelly minimizes Epstein by pretending fifteen year olds aren’t "really" victims, she’s running PR for predators. Minors cannot consent.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SXG...
@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Epstein #Trump
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Trump. Redacted Victim. The Question No One Will Ask.

The new Epstein emails reveal a redacted victim who says Trump spent hours in the house with her. That fact alone raises questions no one wants to touch.

Full segment: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...

#Trump #Epstein @legalafmtn.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Power Trips and Legal Whiplash

Epstein files resurfacing. Tariffs crumbling. SNAP flipping the script. DOJ in revenge mode.

Full Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/power-trips-and-legal-whiplash?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Stop What Exactly, Trump? Let’s Talk About the Underage Girls.

The new Epstein emails make this question unavoidable.

Full analysis here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3--b...

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November 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Justice Jackson Played Trump’s DOJ Like a Fiddle
Trump’s DOJ called feeding people "judicial activism." Justice Jackson called it what it was — bad lawyering.

One administrative stay, total control.
Full Legal AF breakdown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...

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November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Trump’s DOJ Just Got Schooled By Justice Jackson

Trump’s lawyers went crying to the Supreme Court because a lower court told them to fund SNAP. Justice Jackson dropped one administrative stay and turned their stunt into a masterclass.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=un58...

@legalafmtn.bsky.social #Trump
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Trump’s DOJ can’t even keep its mouth shut.
Now Trump’s allies are bragging on camera about grand jury details that were never meant to see daylight.

Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...

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November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Trump’s DOJ is chasing ghosts from 2016 like the truth still owes him money. Pam Bondi is leading the revenge tour and somehow the CIA and FBI got front-row seats.

Watch the full Legal AF breakdown here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br__...

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November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Trump’s Tariff Math Makes Zero Sense

Trump keeps bragging that his tariffs make America rich. The truth is he used an emergency powers law meant for national security to invent his own tax system.

I break it down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Trump
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Trump’s Tariff Fantasy Meets the Supreme Court

Trump really thought he could turn emergency powers into a personal ATM. The problem? The law he used never even mentions tariffs.

I break it all down on Legal AF.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sHo...

@legalafmtn.bsky.social #TrumpTariffs #Trump
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The Reckoning Deepens: Truth Fights Back
Voters chose steadiness over spectacle, but the courts told another story.

Read the full breakdown: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/the-reckoning-deepens-truth-fights?r=5dicwe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Trump’s Tariff Brag Just Collapsed.
If you brag about billions in tariff money and then say it is not about revenue, that is not strategy. That is tripping over your own headline.

Politics can sell it. The law cannot save it.
#Trump #Tariffs #NewsNation #ShanWu #USPolitics #LegalAnalysis
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Trump pardoned a guy with 400 bullets.

He showed up in Obama’s neighborhood with guns and hundreds of rounds of ammo after Trump posted Obama’s address online.

Full Legal AF breakdown: youtu.be/HBYTOzkSYzI?...

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November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The quiet revolution underway.

It may be the start of a new kind of politics built on trust, not outrage.
Read the full analysis: https://open.substack.com/pub/shanlonwu/p/what-election-night-wrought

#AmericanPolitics #LeadershipMatters #DemocracyInFocus #TruthInPolitics #PoliticalAnalysis
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM