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LegalEagle

Rule-of-law liberal · legal educator· 4.0M followers · tracked by RisingPolitics

65.2Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #31 of the creators we track

LegalEagle ranks #31 by credibility versus #27 by raw follower count their raw follower total sits ahead of where their audience quality places them.

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Devin Stone is a trial lawyer and adjunct Georgetown Law professor who runs the YouTube channel LegalEagle, one of the most popular legal channels on the platform. He is known for breaking down current legal cases and reviewing the accuracy of law in film and television, aiming to make legal concepts accessible to a broad audience.

Where LegalEagle posts

YouTube3.9M subscribersVisit ↗XLegalEagle · 103K followersVisit ↗

Common questions

Is LegalEagle left or right?
Devin Stone, the trial lawyer behind LegalEagle, sits in the center-left as a rule-of-law commentator rather than a party operative: in a May 2025 video titled "This Channel Is Biased" he described his bias as favoring constitutional principles and the rule of law regardless of political affiliation. In practice his recent output has been sharply critical of Donald Trump — he published an explicit on-camera argument against voting for Trump in October 2024, and in November 2024 filed FOIA lawsuits against the FBI and DOJ to force release of special counsel Jack Smith's findings before the new administration took office. That litigation continued into 2026: a D.C. federal judge dismissed parts of the case in January 2026 while the underlying records requests remained unresolved. He also pursues non-political consumer litigation, including a class action filed in late December 2024 against PayPal's Honey over diverted creator commissions.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is LegalEagle's audience?
LegalEagle scores 65.2 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #31 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
How many followers does LegalEagle have?
LegalEagle has about 4.0M followers combined across YouTube and X.
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