OA1201 - This Rapid Response Friday, Matt and Jenessa play a few rounds of “Can They REALLY Do That?”, with topics including:

1. The legal mechanism and filings behind Trump’s $230 million demand for DOJ having the audacity for investigating him for crimes that he did

2. Arizona’s lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson asking a DC federal court to require him to seat incoming Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva after her election

3. DOJ’s first-ever “Antifa” terrorism indictment

Finally, in today’s footnote Jenessa reports back from her recent experience sitting for the federal patent bar.

1. Donald Trump’s Form 95 seeking damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the FBI’s execution of a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago (filed 8/7/2024)

2. Transcript of former FBI agent Steven D’Antuono’s testimony to the House Judiciary Committee (6/7/2023)

3. Complaint in Arizona v. U.S. House of Representatives (filed 10/21/2025)

4. Martin v. U.S., 605 U.S. _____ (6/12/2025)

5. Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486 (1969)

6. Indictment with additional “Antifa”-related charges against Autumn Hill & Zachary Evetts (10/15/2025)

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