Brian Bouffard

Defense attorney and former Navy JAG, co-counsel to Patrick McLean

Brian Bouffard (Defense attorney and former Navy JAG, co-counsel to Patrick McLean) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Prairieland Detention Center shooting, Material support for terrorism (18 U.S.C. § 2339A), United States Department of Justice.

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Prairieland Detention Center shooting

  • Brian Bouffard said the jury got the verdict wrong by not properly applying reasonable doubt.

    “I think they got it wrong. I think that they, uh... did not parse through reasonable doubt the way that the law would have them do it”

    This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:03:17

  • Brian Bouffard said midway through the trial that the government and its witnesses had made many mistakes.

    “my feeling is the government has made a lot of mistakes. Their witnesses have made a lot of mistakes”

    This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 29:08

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Material support for terrorism (18 U.S.C. § 2339A)

  • Brian Bouffard warned that the material support convictions would embolden the government to use the law this way against others.

    “it means the government is going to be emboldened to continue to use the law in this way, which is a danger to everybody”

    This American Life: 891: The Test Case (Jul 13, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:01

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United States Department of Justice

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Appearances

  • 891: The Test Case

    This American Life · Jul 13, 2026 · 1 h 11 min

    Zoe Chace reports on the federal trial over the July 4 Prairieland Detention Center shooting, where the government tried to prove an Antifa terror cell existed.

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