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On Topic with Renato Mariotti

Renato Mariotti

Join former federal prosecutor and CNN Legal Analyst Renato Mariotti as he breaks down the news in depth with WGN Radio host and comedian Patti Vasquez and a weekly guest.

Episodes

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Episode 172 | Trump BEGS DOJ to SAVE HIM as He RUNS SCARED

In breaking news, the DOJ, led by Todd Blanche who was Trump's lawyer in the E Jean Carroll civil sex abuse and defamation case, is now inve...

58:40May 29, 2026

Episode 171 | Trump SLUSH FUND Instantly UNDERMINED by CONSTITUTION!!!

This week, the Justice Department announced the shocking creation of a $1.776 billion slush fund as part of a controversial settlement of Pr...

35:44May 22, 2026

Episode 168 | Trump DOJ Perp Walk Plot Exposed with Grand Jury Indictment

This week, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche unveiled a criminal indictment against former FBI Director James Comey over a May 2025 Insta...

50:08May 1, 2026

Episode 167 | Trump Indictment Falls Apart Instantly?!?!

This week, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche unveiled a federal indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, a storied civil right...

51:03Apr 24, 2026

Episode 166 | Trump Goes Nuts as His Term Crashes

This week, Trump published some of his most inflammatory social posts ever, threatening that a “whole civilization will die” in Iran and pro...

38:39Apr 10, 2026

Episode 165 | Trump DOJ Falls Apart as Supreme Court Crushes Trump

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the legality of President Trump’s 2025 executive order, which aims to eliminate birthri...

53:28Apr 3, 2026

Episode 164 | Explosive Week at Supreme Court with Major Cases on the Line

This week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee, in a dispute over mail-in ballot deadlines. The GOP...

48:10Mar 27, 2026

Episode 163 | Trump DOJ Freaks Out as Judge Delivers Fatal Blow to Investigation

This week, a federal judge temporarily blocked HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule and his app...

45:27Mar 20, 2026

Episode 162 | Trump DOJ Makes Desperate Move as Lawyers’ Licenses Are Threatened

After the Pentagon designated AI company Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” jeopardizing a huge part of its business, the company hit back wit...

53:10Mar 13, 2026

Episode 161 | Trump’s War Powers Tested in Congress as Conflict Spirals

Americans woke up on Saturday morning to news that Trump and Israel had bombed Iran, killing Ayatollah Khamenei along with top Iranian milit...

42:48Mar 6, 2026

Episode 160 | Supreme Court Finally Turns on Trump

In one of the biggest decisions of the term, the Supreme Court delivered a stinging defeat to President Trump, ruling he cannot institute ta...

40:19Feb 28, 2026

Episode 159 | Trump DOJ Launches Investigation into ICE After Video Leaks

In a rare admission of misconduct under his watch, Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons announced that two ICE agents are being investigated for l...

53:28Feb 20, 2026

Episode 158 | Shock Ruling on Trump Deportation Plot + Debunked Election Warrant?!?

In a controversial decision, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling last week that meant millions of people in the U.S. can now be...

55:02Feb 13, 2026

Episode 157 | Trump Admin Torpedoes Their Own Cases in Court

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was served another loss in court this week, as a federal district judge prevented her from removing Temporary Prot...

54:37Feb 9, 2026

Episode 156 | Trump DOJ Gambles with Constitutional Misconduct

As the nation absorbed the shock of Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis, the state of Minnesota argued in federal court that the Trump admi...

46:52Feb 2, 2026

Episode 155 | Trump CRUMBLES on WORLD STAGE as BLOWS UP WORLD ORDER

Shortly after Trump made tariff and military threats against European allies over Greenland, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a...

57:57Jan 24, 2026

Episode 154 | MASS Resignations at DOJ as ICE Shooting UPENDS DOJ

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 The nation was stunned last week when an ICE officer shot and killed Renee...

55:57Jan 16, 2026

Episode 153 | Trump’s Maduro Raid Traced to a Secret Legal Memo

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 In a shock to the world, the Trump administration launched a military oper...

49:36Jan 8, 2026

Episode 152 | Trump's DOJ Gets DISSECTED as They BLOW PAST DEADLINE

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LegalAFMTN?sub_confirmation=1 In late December, the Department of Justice missed the federally mandated...

64:59Jan 5, 2026

Episode 151 | Trump Admin PANICS as Congress OPENS New PROBE | It's Complicated

After a bombshell report that the U.S. military targeted and killed shipwrecked survivors of a Venezuelan boat strike, Congressional lawmake...

50:05Dec 5, 2025