''Mueller, She Wrote'' is a
political podcast hosted by Allison Gill, a military veteran who worked at the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers a ...
. It mixes comedy, legal commentary and political analysis, from a liberal perspective, and centers on the
Mueller investigation. The original co-hosts were San Diego comedians Jordan Coburn and Jaleesa Johnson; the latter has since left the show due to a pay dispute.
While the podcast is comedic in tone, it has been praised for capturing the minute detail of the Mueller investigation.
Seth Abramson, in an opinion piece for ''
The Guardian
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'' has described it as "an indispensable source of curatorial journalism for many Trump-Russia watchers".
People
The three hosts of the show at its inception were Allison Gill (pseudonymously referred to as "A.G."), Jaleesa Johnson, and Jordan Coburn. Gill's identity was kept confidential to avoid potential violations of the
Hatch Act, due to the political nature of the podcast, as Gill was an employee of the
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers a ...
. Gill maintains that her March 2020 termination for medical unfitness was pretextual and retaliatory for her involvement with the podcast.
Jaleesa Johnson left the podcast in late 2019, while Amanda Reeder and Jordan Coburn both moved on to other projects in 2021. They were replaced by comedian
Dana Goldberg and actress
Aimee Carrero.
Format
The podcast features multiple recurring segments. These include "Just the Facts", in which Gill recaps and discusses news related to the Special Counsel inquiry and Trump-Russia relations;
"Hot Notes", in which Johnson and Coburn do research about Trump and present for discussion their findings;
and "Fantasy Indictment League", in which the hosts and listeners speculate about the people who may be indicted in the investigation.
See also
*
''Lawfare'' (blog)
*
Political podcast
References
External links
* {{official, www.muellershewrote.com
Political podcasts
Law podcasts
2017 podcast debuts
Audio podcasts
Liberal podcasts