Contempt for Trump ft. Liz Dye
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@@yttrxstein4192You're right. You should go buy 10 of his bibles to help his legal fund. Better yet, empty your savings and buy as much DJT stock as you can!
For those of you watching 15+ years in the future for your history/legal exam. Hello. Yes, we know it doesn’t make sense. Yes, we hate it too. We’re sorry.
Aren't you the optimist!
@@AHDBificationApril 18th, 2087 12:32 PM CST
@@AHDBificationThis one doesn't know that the internet is a portal to other dimensions yet.
Oops.
If you want people 15+ years from now to read this, you're gonna have to print it out and maybe chisel it in stone.
Our apologies future child. This is not the world we meant to leave for you.
"My attacks against the jury have prejudiced them against me!"
Unalived ☠️
Hey, it worked in Microsoft v Jackson.
That's chutzpah!
LoL! 😂
Pretty much. Though after his attacks on the judge, his people, their families, witnesses, the families of witnesses, persecutors and their families, i am not surprised at the idiocc of going after jurors and their families.
"Your honor I object!"
"And why is that, Mr. Trump?"
"Because it's devastating to my case!"
“Overruled.”
Trump couldn't put together a sentence including "devastating" without speech writers and a teleprompter and even then he'd sound it out.
That didn't age well, did it?
He'd have been up the creek without a paddle in certain European countries where any fine imposed by the courts is determined by the persons ability to pay the fine so the rich citizens pay more in court fines.
to be fair he also has a lot less money than he says he does
Once again, Europe demonstrates wisdom that America lacks. I'm so tired of watching our garbage political parties (primarily republican) pander to big business and screw over citizens while the EU actually takes a stand and reminds corporations that they are NOT the overlords of the population they seem to think they are. The EU just needs to get their heads out of their asses with regard to end-to-end encryption. Trying to force back doors into all tech is a recipe for disaster.
@@IsaacMayerCreativeWorks We know this but the problem would be Trumps own words claims and misplaced pride he's hardly going to have wiggle room with a court and his voting base if he was saying he's rich to the tune of X to the public and then claim to the courts he isn't as rich as he said he was, his world would crash around him. It's one small matter to tell lies to the public but telling lies to a court doesn't ever go well and his public statements would be used against himself.
@@ricci8497He's been doing exactly that over the valuation of Mar-A-Largo, claiming it's worth a huge amount in New York for credit purposes and much less in Florida for tax purposes. There is literally no legal, semi-legal or outright farcical strategy brought to a courtroom that Trump hasn't tried, often failed at and yet received no actual consequences for.
I am hopeful that NY State will uphold the civil suits against him. It will then be interesting to see how many mortgages he has against his various properties.
I hate that we could, theoretically, have a president who's not allowed to own a firearm be handed our nuclear launch codes. And that frightens me.
I hate the fact the 2 options for president are the 2 worst choice in history of elections.
@@Tex_actual - just one is the worst choice in history. Biden may not be great but he also isn't that bad.
@@Tex_actualBiden isn't great but he's kept stuff mostly business as usual. He's no Andrew Jackson.
@@adambright2841 Tell that to Palestinian Americans.
Before Palestinians murderered 1200 Jews or after? @@mediocrespiderlad9078
If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class
Fine and or jail
Aymeric? :)
At least some smarter-than-US countries recognized this and do progressive fines based on income/ability to pay.
I bet they didn't even check his prison wallet.
wow, it took a whole two hours for this cliche to get posted 5 times. How thought provoking...
Hearing people call someone, anyone, "Mr. President" when they are not in office, really bothers me.
You're not alone on that front. It basically reads like those in his employ trying to assert that once you're President, the status of it never wears off even as a private citizen...or considering the upcoming election as a done deal in his favor. For all I know, one of DT's major requirements for his lawyers or any other staff is their unflinching commitment to referring to him as "President" despite him not currently holding that office and the idea of such an address going against a fair chunk of our founding democratic ideals and prior precedent.
It's an unfortunate tradition that is much older than any of us, but I don't think the Founders ever intended for us to give the President that much respect, that office was never meant to be more powerful than Congress.
He doesn't even deserve the Mr. honorific, just Trump.
Why
@robertclarahan2766 It feels like they are lying to themselves. That they are so nostalgic for this former president that they refuse to let it go. People who kept referring to Bush and Obama as president long after they're terms had ended, didn't want them gone; now we are seeing an unhealthy obsession over these former heads of state. It just doesn't feel right.
I get, logically, the argument that giving him tiny fine after tiny fine rather than jail time is meant to demonstrate the court's lack of bias against him and remove any conceivable grounds for appeal, but it doesn't make me any less furious that he's able to keep doing this.
Donald can only pay this through fraud, so those fines aren't as tiny as we seem to believe. He probably is trying to resist selling his properties because they're leveraged beyond reason.
I'd be fine with the $10k fine, if it doubled every time.
The irony is that when you ignore appearances and look at the objective facts, this soft-handed approach is bias in FAVOR of Trump. He's genuinely receiving unprecedented leniency, and he still has the gall to call it the most biased sham of a trial in history. The man's going to rile up his base no matter how you treat him, so can we at least follow the rule of law?
Mostly it seems like Merchan's been doing well. Since he has no options other than a meaningless fine or jail time, slapping him on the wrist a few times is probably a pretty good call. I've seen far worse from others, and they're the ones I'm mostly griping about.
Yeah. I feel you. Every other U.S. Citizen would be in the Cell already.
I can't fathom why fines aren't based on income in the US. In Sweden you get fined a *quantity* of fines called day-fines ("dagsböter") and the amount for each is dependant on your income. So you might get 40 day-fines, and the amount to pay for each can be in the range of tens of dollars up to potentially hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Well let's see if the judge has the fortitude to jail Trump when he violates the gag order again.
He already has, so let’s see what happens.
He probably won't for fear of all his cultists sending threats to him & his family.
@@bhart3321wouldn't it be plausible that it is more effective for the jurors to have more sympathy for trump if he ends up in jail, but they might be more sick of him getting away with junk, if he evades the consequences again?
@@bhart3321
I'm sure that won't be a consideration, more likely holding his hand to prevent Trump from whining about vitctimhood.
@@bhart3321 He already has to worry about that.
...sometimes i have to remind myself we live in a reality where this guy is still in the running for US President, and none of this is expected to seriously hurt his chances. Wild.
It's only wild if you still believe we live in a democracy. This wretched country has been methodically gerrymandered to the point that the oligarchy decides who shall rule.
@@imveryangryitsnotbutter It's always been like that. Nature of capitalism.
Welcome to Weimar America.
Never underestimate a pro-birther’s hate.
@@ericlipps9459 "Weimerica" -- where you can be Chancellor on your first day in office!
My client should only be fined $1000, he started to violate the gag order only once and hasn’t stopped since.
LOL
LOL
17:00 “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class” ~ Final Fantasy Tactics, 1997 (attributed)
Edit: To stem the tide of "that's not actually in the game" comments I've edited to reflect that this quote is *attributed* to FF Tactics.
What scene, when they started using the upgraded law cards?
Hehehe I love tactics. They never say that in FFT. Although, Trump does remind me of Algus. And the game is about class warfare so it’s pretty apt to bring it up
“It's about time you learned about 'difference'! Different birth, totally different life! It's fate!”
“From the minute you were born you had to obey us. From the second you were born you were our animals.“
-Algus
Unless that fine is proportional to their income
That was an edit, the game never said that. ... it's an accurate assessment though
Claiming that the gag order prevents him from testifying in his own defense should be a violation of the gag order.
Yeah, that's like using the gag order as a weapon against the court. This monster wants to destroy justice.
I wish there was a Bar standard about lawyers misrepresenting the law publicly. Blanche nodding along to that should lead to professional consequences
@@neilbiggs1353 definitely. Their defense thus far has been BANG THE TABLE! Make so much noise that adults can't even think clearly.
@@jamesturner2126 It's something that bothers me about Alina Habba misrepresenting the Mar-A-Lardo documents case by trying to talk about the Presidential Records Act and having Fox talking heads just parrot that, and the same problem is all over the cases about the supposed election fraud, but how many people in the general public would know they are lying unless they follow legal CZcams channels?
I get presenting a 'novel' legal theory, but there reaches a point where it is so blatantly dishonest that there should be some punishment
"It's like 16 gag order violations!" -- 'Mr.Pool', paraphrased. No, I can't put the comic book character's name here apparently because CZcams has conniptions about it.
If I violated a gag order 9+ times, I'd be in jail. SMH he should be wearing orange right now
If you violated the gag order ONCE you'd be in jail. Only Trump can get away with threatening prosecution and jury by publicly saying "If you come after me, I'll come after you."
This his secret, Cap.
...he's always orange.
But money lol
In a country that divides and evaluates his population, by how much money one has...that's the norm.
Capitalism, ho!
Two tiered system, ho!
One law for them, another law for the rest, ho!!!
They wouldn't know where his face and neck ends and where the jumpsuit begins.
In many countries here in Europe we are tired of the rich just speeding down the road and paying the little money a fine is to the richest among us and does not deter the bad behaviour it should.
Now many laws state a fine should for example be either a set amount or 10% or your monthly income, whichever is the larger, so that even a bugatti speeder will feel the pinch of endangering other motorists.
The legislators in New York and other states should consider that approach in many aspects of behavioral penalization - for instance with contempt of court.
The first hurdle will be an 8th Amendment challenge by some conservative organization. The 8th Amendment states that the government shall not issue "excessive fines", and it's then up to legal precedent to see if a percentage of income counts as "excessive".
Also you can bet that every corporation will try to keep the law from becoming reality, because 10% of earnings is a huge hit to any of them.
In Switzerland it's based on both income _and_ speed. There was a case where someone was caught doing 186 mph and was fined the equivalent of $800,000. (And lost the car, which was worth $200,000.)
@@MMuraseofSandvich and that's why you don't make corporations people.
Your Honor, the jury is biased against my client because of all the crimes he committed. You see, they think he is a criminal crimeboi - we can't have that !
Throw him in jail already, enough with this nickle and diming BS.
No. Think about the eyes of the person that would have to strip search him. The horror.
@@jamesturner2126 Mother of god
I think the judge told him that, by now, he has fined him with the highest possible fee already - next step after this will be jail.
He should go to jail over the classified documents, or over the election interference in GA. Sending him to jail for a few hours over a few tweets will do nothing to correct his behavior. Plus, now that secret service has confirmed that agents will have to go with him.... There's like zero chance he sees real jail time. Just put him under house arrest and take away his internet access. That's the best we can hope for at this point, I think.
Nickle and dime? Yikes thats a lot, Engoron might have to lower that by a few hundred million.
Wouldn’t being found in criminal contempt be a violation of his conditions of release for his other trials?
No. Criminal contempt is not actually a criminal act (which would be a violation of his conditions of release). If it were a criminal act he'd need to be convicted of it in trial with the right to a jury. It is instead a punishment from the court itself, and is called 'criminal' because it occurs in a criminal trial, not because it is a felonious act.
@themorebeer3072 Since the conditions of his release are to not commit *ANY* local, state, or federal crimes and his contempt is either a class A misdemeanor or a class E felony and both of those are classified as "crimes" in the eyes of the court, your answer doesn't make since.
Perhaps I'm missing something, but that's how the lawyers I talked to (I have 2 in my family) explained it to me.
Yes, it would. I think Glenn Kirschner covered this and Devon may have, also.
@@themorebeer3072 "Criminal contempt is not actually a criminal act".
That helps to explain how I've gotten tickets for moving violations in a non-moving vehicle and vice versa!
Law is complicated but in this case of the law cited...no.
"At that point I had the right to remain silent, but I did not have the ability." - Ron "Tater Salad" White
👍 love Ron White, a few times I didn't have the ability lol
I do wanna say Devin (I think that’s how it’s spelled) I like that you’re expanding the show to include other lawyers that may have expertise you aren’t a master in, shining a light on things like military law. It adds a lot to the show being able to explore much more diverse legal topics
Devin
@@janehenderson1156 thank you for correcting me
@@lanibentz9976 happy to help. I have a son with that name. Celtic origin, means a poet (according to the book of baby names!)
Objection! Anyone other than Trump, a former President, would have faced IMMEDIATE jail time for 9 counts of contempt. Possibly extended prison time. Why did he get off so easy?
He's effectively under arrest 24/7 thanks to the secret service
They are mandated to assist with enforcing warrants against him, and are not allowed to leave him alone for any reason.
Therefore he is not a flight risk at all.
@@lck0ut348thats true but the reason you get put in jail for contempt of court is not ONLY because of flight risk.
That's a paradox: If he got jailed, it's persecution!
If he got free, he IS an innocent man!
@@antoniofernandesmarchetti1097 Trump: "I'm totally innocent like nobody's ever seen before." Reality: the evidence is piling up that he's guilty as sin.
It isn't because he is a former President, it is because he is a current Presidential candidate.
The courts tend to be very cautious about actively doing anything that looks like interfering in an ongoing election without a very clear cut rationale. If any judge did try to put him in prison (when a fine was an option for that offence), they would have to have ironclad reasoning why they chose a punishment that undermined the democratic political process, when an option that didn't do so was available.
I was the first post here in this video. It was the best post. The greatest post. They say “no there were posts before yours” but these are lies from some not so nice people. I am the most trustworthy person here. This is a terrible lie from a terrible judge that is trying to keep you from the truth. Ok people. Buy my golden shoes. America!
Sounds legit.
Haha! 😂
@@ArDeeMee "If the shoes are legit, you must acquit!"
You selling bibles too?
Excellent
Can this now be cited as precedent for letting all suspects remain free for eight years and not fining anyone more than one millionth of their self-declared assets?
It has to! Also, Jury intimidation gets you a "talking to". I guess anyone can do anything now.
TBF indigent persons often don't pay full court fines either. They'll scale it.
what are you talking about Only a few people in history have been jailed for a gag order violation.
@@AL-lh2ht Has anyone been free to be able to violate a gag order this many times? Honestly, if you were on trial and constantly ignored a gag order, is there any chance you're not in jail after maybe one chance?
@@AL-lh2ht How does Trump get a fair trial if he and his people are freely able to intimidate the jury?
Found in contempt 9 times, never sees the inside of a jail cell, meanwhile a single found in contempt for many others and they get 30 days in jail...
Trump's final act is to show us the 2 tiered legal system.
wrrog. Only a few people in history have been jailed for a gag order violation.
@@AL-lh2htthat’s because the vast majority are held in pretrial detention regardless. How many people charged under the espionage act have not been held pending trial?
"Trump whisperer" is one hell of a title
I just like the implication that he's a dog (or some other animal that's not nearly as cute.) Like a leach.
Damn you've gotta try pretty hard to find yourself in Contempt of Court 9 times!
Unless you're Donald Trump lol It's par for the course.
Not if you never get punished for it
It’s only 9 times that could be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Not all instances possible.
Actually, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience!
@@marvinvargas4988 haha Nicely played
"9 times" and the courts did...... nothing. And eventually fined him 1k. Which is the equivalent of fining the average person a whole penny.
There is clearly a two-tier justice system.
1k per account is the max ad Only a few people in history have been jailed for a gag order violation.
@@AL-lh2ht *Sigh* I know..... just not happy about. Still feel that most people would be put in jail for identical crimes.
This was his 'first offence' (even though it was actually 9 first offences), he got the maximum fine possible, so blame the lawmakers who set the maximum.
Why isn't jail necessary and appropriate? This "buying your justice" illustrates exactly how the US Judical System favors people of means. This really has to change.
If the fines aren't sufficient to alter Donald's behavior, he wouldn't have taken down defamatory social media posts (he complied for once).
And he's not as wealthy as he claims. Not even close to a billionaire. As frustrating as it is to us, he's basically paper-cut bleeding himself over the dumbest display of spite.
I think the court made the right move. For a high profile case, a strong warning is merited.
Missed opportunity to use "9 times" line from ferris builders day off.
Except Ferris was supposed to be funny.
I don’t know how I missed that, too. Well done.
Or the most recent episode of X-Men '97.
Wolverine (bearing his claws): "Lady, I got 6 reasons!"
Nightcrawler (teleporting in with a sword in each hand and one held by his tail): "No, mein friend. Nine!"
Always remember: A coward dies a thousand deaths; a scaredy-cat only nine...
30 days in jail would be a massive blow to him politically this close (relatively) to the start of hardcore campaigning time. No interviews or "truth" for a month?!
Do you seriously think he wouldn't find ways of rallying from jail? They would just hold the trump rally on the front lawn of the jail.
@@jeffdroog No rallys so far despite his direct calls for them at the courthouse. If he was found to be communicating with the outside through an intermediary, say a lawyer or family member to stage events he and they would be in deep shit.
It needs to be 90 days or more in Jail as the fist 30 days would be protests by his base outside the Jail, if they are not actively trying to break him out... once you get beyond 30 days his base would actually have to start feeling the pinch of losing money from not working, and once you get past those first 30 days, the base will start dropping off.
people can wait 30 days, but 90 or more days with nothing "oh squirrel!" distractions will take over and his base would drop off super fast.
But the reality is same as in other contempt cases 30 days in jail and then within a day you can apologize to the judge and be let out.
Don't be surprised if putting Trump in jail causes his poll numbers to go up. Part of me suspects that he is wanting to be jailed so that he can come out and cry martyr. I bet it would work too.
He'd be doing it on Fox News from a prison phone.
"He's cloaked in innocence."
How could any lawyer think that would work in describing trump?!
The lawyer has to say something that won't instantly enrage a client who loses his shit whenever his employees say something even slightly less than complimentary of him. Normal clients with an ounce of sense would let their lawyers say whatever it takes to get them out of legal trouble, even if it makes them feel shame or admit to some sort of wrongdoing, but Trump won't take any hits to his ego in order to get out of trouble.
Its an interesting choice of words, because it makes it sound like Trump is falsely wearing the concept of innocence like some sort of disguise... which is exactly what hes trying to do.
@@paolovantassel1989 I've been saying, Donald needs to be charged with practicing law without a license, he's clearly running the legal team, not his attorneys.
@@MMuraseofSandvich I have no idea how one would charge that as a crime, mostly because the only person he's deceiving is himself, but if he's being his own attorney behind the scenes, and given the circus his trial's becoming, odds are good he's gonna wind up like Ted Bundy who made the same set of mistakes; with the worst possible outcome.
"He's cloaked in innocence"
"And you are cloaked in stupidity and lies"
How are there still people who support this man.
It's still so wild to me he was ever elected, watching the whole right wing go farther and farther off the deep end over the last decade has been crazy. Not that they were good before that, but they maintained a veneer of "normal"... Ever since a (half!) black man was president though, more and more of the quiet part has been said out loud.
The media is to blame.
He was elected in the first place due in part to an organized and highly-complex campaign of election interference by Russia, ordered directly by Vladimir Putin.
@@AL-lh2ht Not entirely, the GOP had plenty of opportunities to come out and clamp down hard on friendly outlets like Fox, but doing so would have primaried many of them out of their careers (e.g. Ted Cruz). Plus they _wanted_ the rabid loyalty Donald commanded at the time, and they are cowards, not leaders.
James Comey could have just not resurrected the buttery males thing. He tried to get ahead in his career by chasing the cameras (absolutely unacceptable for an FBI Director), and it ruined his career and his reputation.
And everyone could have spoken up much harder against trying to punish the Democrats by voting for Stein, who was known for rubbing elbows with Vladimir Putin and pandering to anti-vaxxers.
It's true that people like Les Moonves made things much worse by giving Donald wall-to-wall free publicity (they're still doing it). But they weren't the only ones responsible.
@@AL-lh2htI know! How dare News outlets report what people say verbatim, that's clear and unadulterated bias!
They should just make things up wholesale instead of reporting the blunt reality of things, so that it doesn't hurt my wittle feewings.
Trump didn't come to power on the "change things" ticket. He got there by attacking every opponent and fueling negative emotions against any governmental power or person.
He rode the Hate ticket. Never vote for the guy using Hate to acquire power.
Thank you for your articulate and clever reporting on this historic court case, Legal Eagle 🦅 I have nothing but respect for you and the Team.
Yes, best report I have heard
I really hope we get these updates on the trial on the regular. I try to keep informed, but as Liz's recap showed me, there is a lot of detail and nuance that I am still missing. More of these, weekly if possible!
Thats why I try to listen to sources like Legal Eagle. Most news these days is Biased. Which us literally the opposite of what reporting is supposed to be. But thats the 21st century I guess
I like that yall highlight other lawyers with expertise on subjects. It's cool. I dig the collaborations.
If that had been any of us we'd be in prison for all those contempt charges. As always, everyone just lets it slide.
fact changes when you learn Only a few people in history have been jailed for a gag order violation.
@@AL-lh2ht mate, we'd have all been in prison long before even reaching this trial. And the absurd amount of contempt charges would definitely have consequences for most people. Point still stands.
Soo.. Not too familiar with your courts, but this would be a 2 tier justice system would it not ? I find it hard to believe that ordinary people would be allowed to break a judges rulings 9 times with next to no consequences..
Yes. Rich people rarely face meaningful punishment even when blatantly violating the law or judge's order
America 🦅✨
Of course, it's a two-tiered justice system. We've known that for decades. This is just the latest and most blatant example.
Don't forget: the US is, and has always been, a plutocracy, despite propaganda to the contrary. It was founded by a cabal of wealthy white men, many of them slaveowners, and, like it or not, that has been the most privileged and protected class ever since. Remember the Golden Rule: Those who have the gold make the rules.
They're being extra cautious to not give him any ammunition to use on appeal. Ultimately it's more important for him to be convicted in a court of law and for that conviction to be upheld on appeal than it is for them to try to hit back.
yOU KIDDING? hE WAS FINED 9000 DOLLARS!
He keeps getting gagged for running his mouth. I suppose that means he's a running gag.
I'll see myself out.
I'm so confused. Why is it unconstitutional for the prosecution to expect somebody to stay in the room where he'd being tried?
If everything goes their way, he's ultimately going to have to stay in a different room for a lot longer, so maybe he better stop crying about the courtroom. Probably a lot cozier than a cell.
If someone who could only afford a public defender tried a quarter of this BS, then they would be rotting in a cell right now.
Not convinced he doesn't have one. Because who would want HIM as a client?
@@denverarnold6210 lots of lawyers, wym? Think of the minor celebrity status they attain just by being associated with him
He's not struggled to find a new lawyer or lawyer team at any turn
@@renatatostada3318 i mean he's not only a nightmare of a client, but also infamous for stiffing his previous lawyers, and many other services, come to think of it.
@@denverarnold6210 Crooked trashy lawyers who want a nice powerful position in government later on.
@@renatatostada3318 He actually *has* funny enough - the quality of the lawyers Trump has had access to has diminished *massively* from 2016 to now. During the height of his popularity when he was first bursting onto the scene and his numerous failings as an employer weren't as widely known, he could pull some of the biggest names he wanted with ease. Things *have* changed - he was eventually forced to downgrade, and downgrade, and downgrade as more and more lawyers simply couldn't deal with him as a client either because he was insufferable or because he made it impossible to win cases and then got angry when those cases were lost.
So TLDR - Trump *has* actually burned a *lot* of legal representative bridges and is currently working with bottom-of-the-barrel legal teams compared to the high quality he could once call to back him up.
9 times every time you said that I kept thinking about the scene in ferris bullers day off when the principal tells his mum he was sick 9 times.
Niiiine tiimes?
Niiine tiimes.
Ed Rooney : So far this trial he has been held in contempt nine times.
Katie Bueller : Nine times?
Ed Rooney : Nine times.
Katie Bueller : I don't remember him being held in contempt nine times.
Ed Rooney : That's probably because he wasn't being held in contempt. He was committing treason. Wake up and smell the coffee, Mrs. Bueller. It's a fool's paradise. He is just leading you down the primrose path.
Katie Bueller : I can't believe it.
Ed Rooney : I've got it right here in front of me. He has been held in contempt nine times...
[His computer screen begins counting up from nine to forty-seven. Rudy Giuliani is at home looking at the same screen]
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Oh, I'm absolutely certain that it's a direct reference to the movie. The first line of the video matches Ed Rooney's pronunciation perfectly.
Asked for a car, got a computer 😂
Imagine being a Secret services agent and having to protect a former president in jail.-..
I've read so many of your articles and it's great to see you (kinda) in person
9 times contempt, 0 days in jail. The identity and safety of the jurors should be paramount to Trump's ability to stay out of jail and continue to wrack up contempt orders.
you know Only a few people in history have been jailed for a gag order violation.
@@AL-lh2ht People do get jailed for contempt of court, however. Violating a gag order is one way to commit contempt of court.
-daily press conference, social media and television complaining about his trial
-claims the jurors are too much influenced by outside the courtroom stuff
I love his tactic/strategy in this
Mainstream Media has no idea that this is how the Trial should be covered. This was superb...brilliant.
I'm not a lawyer, but also, spending a lifetime making everyone in New York hate you, and then arguing that you can't get a fair trial there because everyone hates you, that doesn't seem like a good bit of logic for a court to indulge.
That he is able to even try this means he can try literally any dumb strategy until the end of time and still not face consequences for it.
@@EleventhFloorBelfry Pretty sure there was a previous episode of this channel where one of the guys talked about how spamming as many possible dumb strategies in the same complaint was a common, viable tactic, just because various judges had differing interests and opinions on various legal minutiae. So not only can he 'not face consequences for it', it's a normal part of the game(?), unlike the whole effort to disparage court officials, witnesses, and jurors in the press and on social media. =/
Stormy said his package is as small as a mushroom and he’s a Minute Man 😂😂
To be fair she said it was average size, but that it was shaped like that mushroom character. 🍄
Please don't make me think of his junk every again.
Toadstool*
I mean if she said anything else basically no one would've bought the book...
Well thanks a lot, I had forgotten that,... that's 6 months of therapy wasted
30 second man is more accurate.
Liz is awesome, can't wait for more videos featuring her.
Why would anyone, besides Trump, call Dershowitz a Constitutional Scholar??
That's an insult to citizens, the legal profession, & the actual Constitutional Scholars.
Perhaps trump should go to jail for repeatedly telling his fans these things against the court's order
I can do it. I can do it nine times
have a trophy
Sometimes I think I’m the only one who remembers strong bad, but here you are, another brave soul daring to remember.
@@haldosprime3896 Thank you Trinity from Warframe with the hat that increases her power duration
To continue with that Strong Bad quote's line, which is incredibly appropriate... "No, please, I'm old, and rich, and fat, and cool!"
@@haldosprime3896 No probalo
Wowzers. I somehow forgot some of the sheer… Greed, narcissism, and incompetence of the events that led to this trial…
Trump has a reverse Midas touch for everyone he gets involved with.
Even the lawyers
no law firm wants the trump stain
Am I understanding this right? He paid a man to lie on the stand and then is now using those lies as a way to discredit that man .
This trial is just absurd!!!!!
The insane stepford wife act you have with the sarcasm is *chef's kiss* perfect Liz. You say the insanest shit with a straight face and yet still come off as sarcastic. It's wonderful and I don't know how you do it
Murican law just shows how it is made to protect the rich and powerful.
law exists for the lower class only, and the upper class can skirt the laws as much as they want without consequence.
I like her, she's a great fit for this show. Bring her back if you can.
Please, and thank you.
Didn’t mention that his criminal contempt of court ruling violates his multiple terms of release in all the other cases.
9:40 In all fairness to Blanche, I'm not sure ANY lawyer has the client management skills to shut this guy up.
this is a great example of why all fines absolutely need to be a percentage of income.
Thank you so much for the coverage, Eagle. It keeps me up to date.
She’s great. Keep her as a guest on Legal Eagle.
It is quite amazing that $1000 equals 30 days in jail (up to $1000 or up to 30 days in jail). We can count jail time with money.
This dude said he paid women 250k to STOP lying about having an affair with him.
Missed opportunity for Ferris Bueler's "NINE TIMES" quote. Great video nonetheless. Love your channel
They’ve got to stop calling it a “gag order”. It should be a “Stop threatening people order”… ok, there’s probably a better way to say that. 😂
This gal is great! She presents in a really fun / informative way!!!
And this is why fines should be proportional to income. $1000 might have been enough like 60 years ago for an average person but with inflation and the fact that not everyone is the average person it just doesn't work.
Ironically the billionaires pointless nine thousand dollars fine would pay off almost all of my debt...
"We just paid the bills because we trusted Cohen" from the man who is notorious for not paying bills.
It's a bit ironic that the trial of a rich man shows how biased the system is to the rich.
Couldn't help but think of Ed Rooney's "Nine times" line from Ferris Bueller in that opening :)
Always interesting, thank you.
One thing I would like to know is if the judge is getting orders not to lock him up or he's afraid to?
Anyone else would be in solitary confinement by now.
can you imagine being on trumps secret service team, and having to plan out a strategy of protecting him in jail.
i wanna hear the "this is not what i signed up for" quote from that room
"So if we find ourselves back here again," 'If', she says.
EXCELLENT delivery and simplified for the laymen.
On Blanche... Im a fan of golden girls so every time that lawyer is mentioned my brain is conjurin up an idea of an entirely diff person with an all too similar name xD
Fines aren’t a deterrent for Trump because he doesn’t pay them, he just gets his followers to cover the bill for him.
Trump needs jail time. It’s the only way to be sure that he actually has to deal with the consequences for his actions.
Still love this channel, which knows when to say "allegedly" instead of before or after every other statement.
Not having a Ferris Bueller's Day Off clip at the beginning of this is an absolute travesty.
Yay, more break downs with Liz. You have a great supporting cast!
LegalEagle is becoming my favorite lawyer Anime.
Objection! When you led with Trump violating court orders 9 times, you missed a clear opportunity to include a short snippet from Ferris Bueller's Day Off of the mother saying "Nine times?" in disbelief while on the phone.
Great discussion. Thank you both for your ongoing efforts
That Ferris Bueller reference at the start was fantastic, @LegalEagle!
If I had done what the traitor did, I would be in jail. Why does the fascist get special treatment?
I'm starting to think courts and the judicial system in general were not made with the rich or the wealthy in mind....
Oh, no, that’s where you’re mistaken. They absolutely were made with the wealthy in mind.
Probably because the people of America were not rich at the time it was created (late 1700s early 1800s).
@@EmilyS-gk3st Some people were very rich, and many of them wrote the laws!
On the contrary - I think there is an unspoken premise underlying all law that only poor people commit crimes. And wealthy people can afford the best lawyers.
In a horrifying sort of way this is kind of fascinating. We've seen circus trials before (a certain recently deceased person who is not, legally speaking, a murderer comes to mind), but I don't think there has ever been a case where trial strategy was actually chosen in service of pageantry rather than the other way round. I think it's pretty clear that his goal in all of these trials is not to win the trial by convincing jurors there is a reasonable doubt of his guilt or liability, but to drag the process out as much as possible and cause himself every possible legal misfortune in order to convince his supporters (who don't particularly understand the details of the judicial process and are willing to take his word for it) that he is the victim of a partisan witch hunt. If he wins the election, we'll find out if the Supreme Court really does have the spine to stop him if he tries to abuse presidential authority to pardon his own crimes, but frankly I don't think the odds are in favor of the rule of law at this point. Hopefully he loses the election and doesn't manage to drag things out for another 4 years.
Sheagle Eagle's back, rulin' the roost 👏⚖🦅
I live in South Africa and have been bombarded with online media coverage of Trump.
At what point does the disregard for gag orders and judge's instructions become sufficient to enter a default judgement?
Been wondering that myself! These judges are so worried about a ruling being overturned, they don't dare adjudicate the way they usually do. It's appalling.
Honestly I think, "The people of NY are biased against me because they voted against me" is a really weak argument from the get-go. A vote doesn't mean you hate the opponent or that you can't be impartial in court, they're measuring entirely different mental processes.
Your legal team interruptions are my favorite 😍
Throw him in jail. This special treatment has gotta end. We'd be thrown in prison immediately. It's ridiculous and cowardly. Side note, anyone who gets their news or is swayed by the "national inquirer" should not be allowed to vote.
Liz is so good in explaining all this utter chaos into something a normal human being can actually understand.
Question: if trump is given time off to go to his son's graduation and then doesn't go, does that mean he'd be lying to the court? And what are possible penalties for that?