Bloodbath at the DOJ - Roger Stone Sentenced (Real Law Review)
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Summary from USA Today:
Unhappy with federal prosecutors’ stiff sentencing recommendation for longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone, President Donald Trump took aim at his own Justice Department.
Soon after, the DOJ backtracked.
More than a week later, and after a cascade of disclosures, virtually every corner of the federal criminal justice system has been shaken. Prosecutors, former prosecutors, even judges have expressed concern about the appearance of political intervention in criminal cases.
Nick Ackerman, a former Watergate prosecutor who served under four presidents at the Justice Department, said Trump is undertaking the most concerted effort to politicize the department in at least 50 years.
"It makes Watergate look like child's play," Ackerman said. "I can't think of anything that comes even close."
Attorney General William Barr asserted he changed course on Stone's sentence before Trump's angry tweet, but the public disagreement about the appropriate punishment for a close friend of the president has set off alarms inside and outside the government.
Hours after the Justice Department announced it would rescind the sentencing recommendation, the entire prosecution team quit in protest, sending a shiver from Washington to some of the Justice Department’s most far-flung outposts.
More than 2,000 former Justice officials, whose collective service spans more than five presidents, called for the attorney general’s resignation.
The anxiety has seeped into the traditionally impenetrable chambers of federal judges, some of whom have been called out by Trump for their handling of politically sensitive cases. That includes U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who sentenced Stone on Thursday to just more than three years in prison.
Trump has not let up. He said he has the "legal right" to intervene in cases. Tuesday, he issued pardons and commuted sentences of high-profile people whose crimes are similar to the ones his allies were convicted of. Wednesday, Trump returned to his grievance that the DOJ targeted his presidential campaign.
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⚖️Will Stone get a pardon?
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Yes becouse trump is corrupt and the Republicans are comlacent
Is it only me or anyone else hate this timeline .......Would also really like your opinion on weather this is becoming the start of the American Dictatorship @legalEagle ?
I can feel my fingers rebelling, but based on current observations, news and my pessimistic nature...yes.
It may have escaped your notice but the USA have already lost the Republic. Quite some time ago, in fact. The question for the past two years at least has been, _can you get it back?_
Pasquale Potzo ...no, this is not the start of a dictatorship. We'd have to go through some seriously bad stages of socialism and/or communism to get to that point. The current and two previous Presidents are just proof that the position has been given entirely too much power, which no, I do not believe is the start of a dictatorship, but rather [hopefully] the start of this country's citizens taking some of those powers away. Left, Right, in-between or otherwise, I think it's safe to say we're all sick of the control our government has over every thing we do. All sides need to rebel to some extent and stop pushing this "lesser of two evils" garbage.
So I guess your sponsor for this episode provides you with... law suits?
...I will see myself out...
😽 😽 😽
The Indochino staff will happily SERVE you with their finest suits.
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It took me a second, but I got there. Take my like you punny bastard.
I love it!
"On this episode of 'what-the-crap-is-going-on-with-the-justice department'"
XD
Not Justice Department. Presidency.
@@JindraAG Injustice Department?
Louis Petitjean, disbar Mr. Barr? Someday? There should be consequences, right? Or this will be the new normal.
OK Boomer
We want off this cray boat already.
We inch closer and closer to an actual fascist state small step at a time.
I have a feeling Barr was essentially saying “Trump, stop shining light on my deeds I’m trying to rig things in your favor.”
“My contacts at the DoJ” sounds so badass. I know it’s just a lawyer thing, but keep upholding the law✊
Ah yes! Another 26 minutes where I try to understand what's going on! Thank you Mr. Eagle
Hey, at least you try...
I spent six years studying quantum mechanics and applied mathematics in college, and it takes a lot for me to follow, too.
Barr (translation): "I can't get away with the insane shit that I am pulling if the president keeps drawing public attention to it..."
Exactly. Not sure why Trump has to tweet everything. He could have just *called* Barr to ask for a favor.
@@blahpunk1 Because he wants it to be known that he pulls the strings. Publicly. Because, you know, ego.
Horse poo. It was a con job.
@@maikmeier5032 Specifically because he's a narcissist who thrives off attention. He does this stuff then tweets about it because he knows the media goes nuts and then he can hold a rally about "how unfair it all is woe is me" and get sympathy from his followers. Pardon my being crass here Eagle but, it's one big circle jerk to feed his toxic ego.
Barr complains on Twitter the trump is making his job impossible. Doesn't that mean the Attorney General should resign or recuse? Or, does nothing matter anymore?
This sounds like a vigilante origin story in line with Batman or Daredevil. One of those lawyers that withdrew from the case goes to train with some ninjas and BAM, you have a whole ass comic book series on your hands.
The fact that it's actually real life makes me kinda sad though.
Mr McAwesome truth is stranger than fiction
Wait, what happened after that? o.o
We could use some vigilantes like Batman, or the Punisher. Quite frankly, if the law can't/won't punish people like Stone, then maybe it's time for the people to do the punishing. Though, personally, Stone is just a symptom, not the disease. So I can think of two people that would be a good start.
The important question there is... Will he get his costume from Indochino?
Idk about that man they just seem like really arrogant men.
Roger Stone basically said, "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too. Ya hahahahahahaha"
Actually they are friends and it was a joke. FAKE NEWS!
@@lolerie lmao wow now they don't even bother pretending to not be Russian
@@MrSen4lifE why should I? I never pretend.
@@lolerie lol troll
@@lolerie It's only "fake news" is Stone never said anything substantially the same. If he ever said anything substantially the same then it's real news. Whether he intended it as a joke, if the recipient interprets it as a threat - actual or implied - then it should be considered a real threat. If I'm at the airport and facetiously talk a bout a bomb while waiting for TSA, it can legitimately be taken seriously.
Stone is 100% Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
In that case can someone make a Dredd Vs Doom movie
I knew who the guy was but had never seen a photo and thats exactly what I thought when I saw him too
he is a cartoon mascarading as a human?
Chris Brooke his name makes him sound cooler than he is, Attorney General Barr also sounds cooler than he is too
@@jblue1622 You can't say that Barr isn't a great name for an Attorney General, though. As in, "We Barr the court from all precedent in this case." 🤗
"When you're born into the world, you have a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America: you have front row seats."
George Carlin.
Well said
George Carlin was a moron who thought he was an intellectual and fooled other idiots into believing him.
@@R3fug333 Still, even a moron says something useful every now and then.
@@R3fug333 I've grown to diverge from George Carlin's philosophy on life that I found to be too nihilistic. He appealed to me as a rebellious teenager. However, regardless of how much I disagree with him now, I don't think it's possible or fair to say that he was a moron. I just don't associate myself with his overall negative outlook. Still, some of his quotes remain good, and his comedy is still fantastic.
Still miss him. Wish we could see/hear what he would have to say about America now!
"During his nightly Twitter time" - lol
Bill Maher calls them poop tweets which may be more accurate lol
“We can’t reassure the public that we’re acting with integrity...” because we’re clearly not.
100% he will be pardoned at some point
I predict one week
My prediction: nxt week.
I predict not until Trump is defeated and has nothing to lose.
There is nothing in it for Trump.
He'll continue to dangle it, but won't do it unless Stone threatens to start talking.
nicholas dean If he does pardon him it will set off a court battle over the President’s power to pardon others and when he is out of office himself or his kids. That is option 1, but option 2 is the more likely scenario where Treason Turd does not pardon him and Stone gives all the information about him and their over 40 year history.
I hope so, time to restore some of the constitutional checks and balances against the runaway judiciary. The president needs to take a more active role in both overturning judicial decisions with pardons and refusing to implement judicial decisions a la Andrew Jackson.
How powerful a good lawyer on CZcams is, he knows what he can say without getting the demonetization hammer.
DarkKyugara I didn’t get an ad on this video. I’m on mobile and have no ad blockers.
I imagine he makes a lot more from the Indochino sponsorship than the contextualized ads anyway.
I now randomly whisper “indochino” thanks to you.
Damnit. 😂
😹
Ditto. 🤣 I don’t know why I get such a kick out of it, but I do! Maybe it’s the randomness... it’s the spice of life. 😅
"... can only be described as 'bananas.'
Bananas Republic, maybe.
Banana Republicans
Bananas Republicans
I remember learning about something called “checks and balances” when it came to the three branches. Guess that area might be a big grayer than I thought
You didn't figure that out during the last presidency? Does AJ Eric "I'm Obama's Wingman" Holder ring any bells?
@@FalconOfStorms Whatever you say, Seraph "I toe the party line" Storms.
@@FalconOfStorms Except Eric Holder wasn't a two bit crook.
@@DarthObscurity Ironic.
@ neither was Barr until he did something Democrats didn't like.
A society can’t allow people to try and obstruct justice or lie to investigators or most of all threaten witness with violence
Stiff sentences for this are needed to stop other people from trying it to in the future, 7-9 years seems appropriate
America is rotting badly.
What did he do exactly??
What about Adam Schiff?
He only committed like six felonies to subvert democracy and the rule of law, its not like he did something truly awful deserving of a typical decade sentance like smoke some pot.
@@Xivos Well, just one example: He posted a photo on social media which depicted the judge presiding over his case with a crosshairs over her face. That's literally just one of like half a dozen insane things he did.
I remember wondering how autocracy governments came to be. I think I'm getting a front row seat.
If this is one thing I hate about the current Left (especially on campus) is the proclivity to call people Nazis or fascists. It has cheapened the word.
That said...this is literally how democracy dies. I won’t call Trump a Hitler, that is hyperbole. But this is how it starts. This is the intellectual trap. This is what scares me about the conservative right.
Republicans are rapidly approaching Machiavelli. Voter suppression, McConnell’s destruction of democracy (time and again), etc. Against this they somehow still claim victim hood.
@@johnweb7055 It's only cheapened the word for those who it applies to. For years the right has been slowly chipping away at democracy. It's just now Trump has picked up a sledgehammer.
The last time I was here, the ministry of love was still the department of justice.
underrated comment here
The ministry of truth wasn't established yet either -_-
Ahh, don't tell the Nation of Islam that. They've famously labelled it the Just-Us Department.
Smoothest.
Transition.
Ever.
Almost as smooth as the lines of his suit.
Sorry, that award still goes to the indochino transition on the Jon Oliver Slapp suit piece.
OK Boomer
Honestly though, he's the only one that transitions into the sponsorship so smoothly lol.
@@TheFraggler Simon Whistler over at Bio/Geographics has had a couple.
If ethical, competent prosecutors are resigning because of Trump's political interference in DoJ cases involving the president, what does that make Barr? He admits the interference is blatant and unprecedented, yet he does nothing but whine about it.
Thom Robitaille He’s only whining that what he’s been doing for Trump is public now because The Boss can’t keep his Twitter shut
Guilty!🤔🍊🤡💩⚖️🧐
I have never heard a prosecutor recommend a lighter sentence for felonies. All the times I have been in court they want to punish people to the fullest extent of the law. I thought the scale of justice was blind.
I legitimately want to start using your channel whenever I go to a family gathering and get outnumbered by the trump supporters. I wish I was as elegant with words
Stochastic terrorism! Thank you for bringing more awareness to this term.
Underused term
Everyday that passes there are fewer good lawyers
Everyone felt that
22:55 Holy crap, I thought you wore suits all the time! To work, to go out, to exercise in, to bed, even to take a shower in... I feel somewhat shocked....
also - that's a damn nice jacket...
those pecs tho
Yeah where can I get one of those jackets?
You are annoyingly and ridiculously handsome and frankly, i resent that especially when you are at a conference but look like you are about to pull out some sunglasses and jump into your plane to save a relic from Xanthuzis Cordovas henchmen . . . . . . .
Roger Stone's suits really make him look good :)
@@jlina "The Devil has wiles to assume a pleasing shape." < Something I heard in the Eighties, source unknown.
He speaks legalese as well as Elle Woods, and uses The Princess Bride to convey his concepts.
Marry me.
Stone would probably take that Penguin gig in a heartbeat
A better fit would be commercials for McDonald's.
Roger Stone *is* The Hamburglar.
Only if he gets to actually terrorize the city.
These are the most helpful breakdown of current events I've ever seen. Thank you!
@lelennyfox34 He's blatantly ignoring the true extent of Presidential authority over the executive branch of government, appealing to so-called 'norms' that have no basis in constitutional law and that the president is in no way obliged to respect.
@lelennyfox34 Have you read those books? Or are you just assuming what LegalEagle is saying is the truth? It's fine to watch a video to educate yourself, but try not to force yourself into a corner with what you think you know. I like watching LegalEagle, but I realize he is not impervious to bias, and neither am I.
@@costakeith9048 If we get rid of Trump this election, it may be the start of this Presidential authority being cut back as fast as Congress can pass laws. I don't doubt that technically there is nothing forbidding the President and Barr from taking the actions they did. It is left in because VERY OCCASIONALLY it might be a useful rather than harmful tool. Now that Trump is abusing things, the logical outcome would be new restrictions.
@@kosomolsk Most of these powers are constitutional in nature and cannot be taken away by congress. Congress could roll back the rulemaking powers of the executive branch, essentially eliminating organizations like the FCC, EPA, and FDA and that's something that I'd strongly support. Rulemaking is just legislation by another name and should be the exclusive domain of the congress, they are not the province of executive departments.
But, then again, removing those powers from the executive is probably something Trump would support to, so no need to replace him to get rid of executive branch rulemaking.
@@costakeith9048 Both sides argue and shout about how the other is abusing office when they're not in the White House, but pipe up or even argue for greater Executive authority when they are. And if you legitimately believe Trump willfully exercises restraint with his power than it's pointless for me to continue, you'll likely dismiss my takes as inherent anti-Trump bias.
11:22 Can we all take a moment to appreciate the inclusion of "cocksucker" in a DOJ sentencing memorandum?
I really like the real law reviews. They’re edutainment at its best. Thanks for all the effort you’re putting in all your videos!
Credico saying that he didn’t feel that Stone represented a “direct”, “physical” threat is an incredibly weaselly way of not saying he didn’t feel threatened. Stone made an obviously emotional threat targeted directly at a weak point.
Alternatively, he ran his mouth and nobody took it seriously.
Looks like we got a precedent to every wife beater who “just threatened” his wife but there aren’t marks and “she said he didn’t mean it”. WTF is wrong with America?
@@burtosis It's only precedent if the judge rules in a way that ties that interpretation to the ruling. The DOJ modified recommendation isn't legal precedent, especially with the judge's response in this case.
@Merennulli Objection! First off it’s the same exact principle, so it opens that up to be cited for actual future precedent, hyperbole aside. Second, we’re not going to have a legal system based on anything but trumps mood and how much his cronies can make if trump is still in the WH come February.
@@burtosis That's what happens when you curtail the rights of grand juries, you subject the legal system to the whims of the president. The enforcement of federal law is legally based solely on Trump's whims and will remain as such until the federal grand juries are restored to their proper historical role.
Judge: *Rails on DOJ for tampering*
Also Judge: *Caves and gives tiny sentence for 7 felonies*
Wish us normal citizens could get no fine and 2 months in prison for a felony.
Wow yea! I’d have my first felony lined up and it would save America.
@@burtosis If they'd only give you a day in prison for killing Trump you still wouldn't have the nutsack to do it. Hence why no one has.
@@MrSen4lifE No, it's because the president is heavily guarded.
The Judge is daring the president to pardon Stone.
The political fallout for that will be bad
@@MrSen4lifE yeah I mean it's almost like there's a very large group of people whose job it is to make sure nothing bad happens to the president of the United States
Roger Stone looks like one of the mooks from Batman: The Animated Series brought to life
Carl Scruggs The Clock King
A few of us on campus were just talking about this; and, wondering why we just wasted almost $90,000 on law school, when it would appear that the rule of law is systemically being undermined and would presumably only going to get worse.
Objection, you should say "Thanks to Indochino for keeping Legal Eagle in the air looking fly."
His recommended sentence was toward the light end of the spectrum already - as I recall he could have been sentenced to 50 years in the strictest case.
Wow this was a very well informed video, keep at it man, love the way you get your facts together before saying anything!
1:18 Your Honor, permission to add the Richard Nixon tattoo on Roger Stone's back as further evidence.
Just putting this out there: DAMN that suit you're wearing IS fly.
Cheers!
Black Romulan yep Trump needs Indochino
@@jblue1622 Trump needs a Prison jumpsuit more....
jblue1622 trump's fat gut and enormous grampa ass can only be clothed in the dullest, cheapest looking, size xxxxl suits. He has no style, class, or brains.
Why does Roger Stone always look like he just got off the set for the latest Tim Burton film?
Doctor Dankeston well Trump looks like a cartoon character out of one of Burton’s stop-motion movies
I was forced to LOL!!! 🤣 when you recommended a custom fitted Indochino suit to Roger Stone upon his release from federal prison... 👍
Why should Trump show restraint to any of his actions. He has already been shown that he will not suffer any consequences. There are many willing to cover for any illegal action he takes and accept anything he says.
If a "common" citizen would do what Stone did they would lock him up and throw away the key...
At least a 25 year sentence. It's disgusting how they treat rich people as BETTER that everyone else.
Well, we have a clear look at the guidelines here, so the initial recommendation of 7-9 years is what the common citizen would get.
...Not that there would ever be a common citizen in a position to do what Stone did. It's inherently a privileged position.
Welcome to late stage capitalism folks
Ask any illegal immigrant who got away with murder, DUI, kidnapping and any drug related charges while also getting away with illegally being in the country. How about a man who recently was charged for DUI "not a first time offender btw" who nearly killed but severed the legs of an innocent bystander and is looking at 7 years in prison. This man just lied to congress 5 times, and Adam Schiff has been lying for the past 3 years about dirt on Trump. So much for your opinion. And before you ask, here you go. deadline.com/2020/02/man-charged-with-dui-crash-obi-ndefo-dawsons-creek-stargate-sg-1-actor-legless-1202860731/
@@Merennulli The initial recommendation would have never happened to a common citizen. The common penalty is one year and one day. Hell the whole prosecution would have never happen to a common citizen as it is a political affair first and foremost.
24:25 “And second, he’s going to be wearing an orange jumpsuit for the foreseeable future” oh boy, I can already see the plug
He should not drop the soap
warlord 2080 he has a tattoo of Nixon's face on his back. that's gotta turn even the most hardened criminal soft.
I really enjoyed the time-traveling shenanigans at the end.
Makes me question how people currently in law school can wash their face, and look themselves in the mirror and go "lol yeah, this presidency isn't the most corrupt in history" then go about their day.
Id over ego over superego. It's common among intuitive Trumptards.
This shit literally sounds exactly like the local news here in military-controlled Kingdom of Thailand.
#3rdWorldProblems
That's how the histrionic left wants these rather mundane events to sound. In reality, even if everything lawyerboy here is saying is true -- and a lot of it just seems to be assumptions -- it would be no worse than Obama's AJ saying he was Obama's Wingman.
@Memento Mori way to prove me right. You just agree with anything that confirms your political bias.
@@FalconOfStorms I recommend you take your Seroquel, it seems you've stopped taking it.
@Memento Mori lmafo, Rightardia. Gonna add that to my dictionary.
Just shows to you that humans are the same everywhere
"Lack of criminal history" translation "he wasn't caught before."
Exactly.
and 'personal circumstances' translates to 'friend of the President'
I think we can all see that the days when the DOJ and FBI were impartial have been gone for quite sometime before Trump came into office. Even SCOTUS is politically divided on most issues. Why does each president hurry to appoint “liberal” or “conservative” judges when it’s their turn.
I don't think the necessarily get someone who's Liberal or Conservative, but they do still try to see where they fall on issues that matter to them. The idea being that you want to have something going forward that will allow the country to be shaped in the way you see fit. Obviously, that's a pretty loaded thing, since they're in for life. But the general idea would be that you think something like "allowing people to have access to assisted suicide" would be important, so you would opt for a judge who might find that something they would entertain, vs putting someone on the bench who doesn't represent what you think is best.
Aaron White True but isn’t that the problem? That’s not SCOTUS job. The job of SCOTUS isn’t to be a referee and make judgement and create and make laws, that’s why we have congress and the senate. SCOTUS job is to interpret the articles through the constitution and if no precedence is found they punt it back to congress, SCOTUS has been delegated too much power and that’s why both sides make rockstars out of judges.
Thank you for your honesty and fairness when speaking about these issues. I respect that, especially when you have such a large audience.
"I am the law."
-Judge Dredd, 1995
Correction: "I am the law."
-Judge Dredd, 2012*
'Err em de luuugh.'
-Sylvester Stallone 1995
'Err em de luuugh.'
-Donny Trump 2020
You mean:
"I am the law!"
-Judge Dredd, 2000 AD
_(that "adaption" don't count)_
THE LAWWWWWWWWWWW
Your videos have always been even-handed and objective. The fact that there's no sugar for coating should worry anybody who cares about the rule of law. Thank you for your efforts in making all this stuff understandable. Keep up the good work!
How is he so objective when he's obviously biased against the president based off a pattern he shows in many of his videos, discussing anything having to do with Trump?
@@crymorebro1719 When somebody says something is "biased" based on conclusions and not evidence, I think it says more about them. Ironically, accusations of bias are usually born out of partisanship (bias).
@@JJKebab9 Wait, there's evidence that he's baised based off the videos he makes and the things he says about the president. I'm fine with you using the word conclusions as well, I guess. I've concluded,based off the evidence in his videos, that he is clearly not objective. What's difficult to understand about it?
@@crymorebro1719 Its probably best to understand what "unbiased and objective!" means to a lot of people nowadays. It really just means "I agree with everything you said." Theyve turned into a proclamation like "amen!" or "praise the lord!" in religious services.
Its a mindscrew, and certainly ironic, but language is a weapon.
@@crymorebro1719 OK. Let's assume he's totally biased. So what?
Dismissing things as biased is just lazy non-thinking. So how about addressing his arguments and facts instead of just whining because he doesn't support the same team as you?
So apparently Stone's "contempt for the rule of law" was well founded
How so? It was Stone himself that antagonized the law.
Lets not for get he threatened the judge in his case.
@@blazenwhiper i think the op meant that his contemp was deserved because the system is bs
OP is completely twisted. it's like saying that republicans are right about government being the problem, because government _is_ the problem when republicans are running it, so since they're right we should elect more of them.
couldnt have phrased it any better
@@blazenwhiper yes, and he seems to be getting away with it. If I were a betting man, (I'm not) I'd be betting on a presidential pardon in his very near future.
When the social contract is broken law has no meaning. I feel the contract is not only broken its void
I’m loving that suit dude
Is it Indochino?
Astroturf much ?
It's indochination
@@joostvanrens Pretty sure it is a bib
(whisper) Indochino.
Woah Woah woah! The physical ability of Stone to "take away" a little lapdog is irrelevant to threat, when you realize he's making threats to bully & scare the victim with Stone's power & influence in the administration... Like a mob boss; to pull an example out of thin air. 🙄
That's not a reasonable reason to reduce sentencing.
I have been waiting for this video.. thank you!
Really enjoying these clear-cut explanations for the internal workings of the procedural matters. It really helps to put the situation into focus.
So this is the most “swampy” behavior possible. I assume Trump is basically counting on the fact that this stuff is above the average mid-American voter’s head and so won’t hurt his ability to portray himself as a “regular guy” against political cronyism?
What Trump is counting on is that his supporters, especially the cultic base, won't care. And he's right.
When they used a swat team to bring in Roger Stone from his home where he was sleeping with his wife and news vans waiting outside and him being 80 something years old, I knew that any case against him was based on politics, and if he was a Democrat he wouldn't be charged at all. Looking forward to his acquittal / pardon.
What I love the most about you and your channel is that you fully explain what is going on as soon as possible. Then after I watch your video it takes about 3 to 7 days for the news to even start to touch on what you discuss. I love having the in depth raw unbiased explanations about what is going on in our government. I love being ahead of the curve. But it's still frustrating watching everyone else try and play catch-up.
Keep up the awesome work!
PS. Its nice seeing you in civilian clothes. Always looking sharp!
Thanks so much, this was easier to follow and somehow less depressing than real life.
Good channel, by the way, fun and interesting.
Your videos have very high production quality and are very professional looking. Keep up the good work! Glad your channel is growing, you deserve it.
"Fair and balanced?" Not all sides of an argument are equally worthy.
And I think think Eagle does a great job of doing that! He gives a fair and balanced assessment of the arguments and usually comes down on one side as having greater worth.
thank you for giving this important perspective. messing with the legal system like this is alarming.
man, good episode, please keep these coming!
Thank you for this lengthy clarification and in-depth explanation. Very good and much appreciated.
LegalEagle: Here's something that is freaking out lawyers.
CZcams comments: ohai can u do this movie kthxbye
Bread and circuses.
Morio Murase 2000 years and still nothing has really changed...
Maybe they need to read Article II of the constitution? Nobody gives a damn what executive department employees think, all executive power is vested in the president, they need to tow the line or find another job.
@@costakeith9048 Forgive if I'm misremebering, but didn't they US founding fathers deliberatly want to avoid giving any one man too much power?
With thanks from the UK...we have a long history of giving one person all the power with no oversight...we learnt it doesnt go well...
@@dwavenminer The president's power was modeled on the theoretical extent of the power of the 18th century British monarchy, but you are correct that this power was curtailed in some areas. Specifically, the power to declare war was taken away from the executive and given to the legislature, the requirement for the advice and consent of the Senate was introduced for certain appointments (though he can still unilaterally dismiss people), the president can only make treaties with the consent of the Senate (but, again, can unilaterally abrogate them), the president doesn't have an absolute veto like the Queen has, but his veto can be overridden by a 2/3rds vote in both houses of congress, and, of course, the biggest change was that the president was subjected to the impeachment process, unlike the king.
So, yes, he has fewer powers than the Queen, but still far more than many really want to admit.
@@costakeith9048 Yet Trump is allowed to strike Iranian generals leaving hundreds of our troops injured in retaliation. With ZERO legislative approval. Almost like starting a war is now his power as well. Reality is some of us are not arguing Trump's powers, we are upset with the obvious misuse of said powers.
Good luck in Nov.
Have you considered reviewing "The Trial of Tim Heidecker"? It's almost five hours long but had me rolling with laughter. It seemed to be the closest representation of actual courtroom proceedings that I've ever seen.
I'd love to see a breakdown of 'the china connection'.
YES!
I have never heard of this, so I looked it up. Upon seeing the defendant, within the first minute, reach back for a low-key high-five after the judge says his name I knew... This is comedic gold waiting to be dug from the earth. Looks like I just found tonights movie of the week, thank you very much.
@@wirelesmike73 I'm so glad you found this magnificent world known as On Cinema at the Cinema. The thing is, there's about 8 years of build up to this trial. It's the culmination of 8 years of a series called On Cinema at the Cinema hosted by Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington. Every episode is on youtube and I would almost consider it essential viewing if you want to understand the trial. It's hilarious, if you do choose to watch it you won't regret it...
Yes yes yes
Thank you for the update!
Your marketing transition was so smooth I am actually considering checking IndoChino out.
Hey Legal Eagle,
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Any chance of a cross over video going more into how this works and possible consequences for the company? 😀😀😀
"Imagine if you spent months of work on a project for work and your boss gives the thumbs up on the results, but then one day the big boss pays a visit and is like 'Nope, don't like it. Fix it or you're fired.'"
Having worked in a very diverse amount of careers I can say first hand that this is exactly how things work. 😆😆😆
Love your videos Legal Eagle, keep them coming. 😀
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Yep
yeah, but in this case, there should be check and balance and the "big boss" is forbidden to interfere in your decision
@@tamhuy10 why just in this case
@@ricn5494 i meant in the case of the president and a lawyer in the DOJ, I dont know about some other structures or companies like Windows or other, if Bill Gates go to a programmer and tells him to change things, it is not forbidden but in a government with check and balance the president should not have authority over a lawyer inside the DOJ in a case where the defendent is someone he knows. Also ont judges, lawyers, prosecutors have to recuse themselves in the case where they know ppl that are in the trial ? The justice system should have independence and the least personal feelings possible
Cool jacket at the end! This was a great video.
Thanks for explaining all of this charade in detail!
"Bill Bar (sp) has made a campaign to undermine the Department of Justice."
Oh but Susan Collins said that Trump had learned his lesson from being impeached.
Apparently being Acquitted went to his head.
... And here I was considering voting for him in 2020. Just as a way to vote AGAINST all the recent lunacy on the Democrat side of the aisle.
Now I'm unsure of who to vote for. I am also extremely frustrated with politics in general.
Oh, he learned a lesson. Just not the laughable one Collins put forward.
@@eleksitia dont vote to teach a lesson
@@eleksitia Vote Yang! He is already out of the running, but you would be avoiding voting for ether side of degeneracy. Also Yang stands on an actual moral high ground.
LiamborninDC, at this point, he will only learn his lesson at the Ballot Box. Same with Sen Collins.
Thank you for speaking up so candidly
I love how you integrate your sponsor content.
At this point, I feel a good chunk of Americans would want a monarchy has long as it's a monarchy on their side
That's what got us here.
The president is given most the power of a constitutional monarch under Article II of the constitution, with the exception of the power to declare war and needing the advice and consent of the senate for a few appointments. We don't need a monarchy, we just need to throw all the 'norms' established throughout the 20th century and for the president to start exercising his full executive power once again.
@randomer1432 Celebrities entertain aristocrats. Big difference.
@Colin Cleveland Whatever happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
It sounds a lot like the original 4 were severely threatened. To what length? I don't know, but must have been enough to make the one even resign. They could have also stepped down and the one resigned due to disgust with current practices, that is a valid option too.
Aby K.R. No, they are Democrats that set this up, intentionally picking a 9 year recommendation for “process crimes” when 1-2 years would have been appropriate if any time at all. These charges on Stone are from a bogus “investigation” that was proven to be rife with problems, including FBI agents that were clearly politically motivated. The charges should have been dropped to start with once we learned that the FISA warrants were invalid, and when we learned the agents and prosecutors involved were targeting people based on their politics, not the “trail of evidence” required by policy and law. There most assuredly were no threats. These people are trying desperately to create a scandal where there isn’t one.
jcnash02 “process crimes” against our democracy SHOULD be severely punished
@@jcnash02 You just gobbled up everything Trump said didn't you.
@@jcnash02 Witness intimidation is punishable by up to 20 years. So, anything below that 20 year sentence is fair game.
Well done as always sir!
It's hard for me to accept that all this is going on. Thanks for keeping us updated.
Lying to Congress is betraying 330 million Americans. Stone should have received 20 years.
Is it still lying if more than half of the Senate knows that you are lying and approved of your lie?
@@marccolten9801 Yes, it is.
Always good to see a new LegalEagle upload, would like to see him react to Daredevil S3 and the struggles of Foggy & Matt trying to get a testimony that would not get turned by Fisk and stuff on a dying declaration
Since I recently passed my professional licensing exam and will actually be in the area of an Indochino showroom in two weeks, I will probably make use of your link.
Also, I hope to whatever god will listen that the insanity will stop soon.
I reallllly liked that transition to the sponsor! Very classy sir, but i would expect nothing less of LegalEagle seeing how diligent and professional you are in these videos!
How are there no laws pertaining to this? Im just a regular citizen, but it seems to me there should be obvious laws that prevent any of this current presidencies pentiant for meddling where it shouldnt.
We didn't need laws because we relied too much on tradition, protocol, and presumed rules of behavior. Now we've learned that anyone who tests the boundaries of acceptable behavior can run riot over the established system, and is therefore immune from censure or rebuke.
The legal term is "high crimes and misdemeanors" and according to the United States Constitution and traditions they are prosecuted under different rules: there are no due process guarantees, they may be criminalized ex post facto, and the limit of punishment is removal from office (including a permanent ban) plus becoming exposed to normal criminal liability.
The precedents are the impeachment of Nixon (cover-up of illegal spying on political opponents, Nixon chose to resign rather than defending himself) and Johnson (Congress told him to not fire any Executive-branch appointees, he did anyway, he defended himself and escaped conviction by only one vote).
The Johnson case is particularly interesting because Congress was controlled by a *very* aggressive early generation of the GOP. It was just after the Civil War and Congressional Republicans kicked out the representatives sent by the former rebel states. That's right: a party in Congress undid the democratic elections of opposition members and bluntly ejected them from office as soon as they arrived in Washington. Johnson was in line for office because *Lincoln ran with a member of his opposition* in the general election - Lincoln was assassinated, Republicans freaked out over having a Democrat in the White House, told him he had to keep Lincolns cabinet, refused to seat Democrats who had been duly elected.
(*Well, somewhat democratic elections.) There was a lot of voter suppression against newly freed black voters - the 14th and 15th Amendments hadn't been pushed through yet. Just because the Civil War was over did not mean the Constitutional crisis was over.
Checks and balances are supposed to exist. Though thanks to the RNC and most importantly McConnell's willingness to turn a blind eye, Congress didn't even care to impeach him for a blatantly obvious crime. Thanks to Barr, the DOJ isn't doing much at all to perform it's 'check', either...
So... basically, the system had protections. ... but all it took was corrupting three branches instead of one.
@@mountainhun Another thing is, people expect that a president should have some leeway in how he operates, because its impossible to fully legislate actions without shackling the president. I don't think they ever imagined that the president would be someone who operates 100% on bad faith principles though
Dude. Make Roger stone the penguin in the next Batman movie part of his sentence. We can at least make that compromise, right? 😁😁😁
That roll has been filled by Jerry Nadler, he's got the waddle down to perfection
I'm very late but I commend you for delivering the breaking news at the club in club attire. That's true CZcams Channel dedication.
awesome video i love your channel . you should have your own tv talk show id watch it
Can you answer a law related question for me, we all know that it’s illegal for an employer to withhold your paycheck and make you work without pay, so what happens to the employer if this actually happens ?
$20 Stone is on the beach by July 1st - looking like Pengu with a *hit eating grin . edit: Barr has a lot of gall talking about something he hasn't . Integrity .
There is more shit on Stone... Get him back on an IRS charge.
dude, your sponsor transitions are on point lol
Thank you very much for making law and politics easy to understand and not speak over my head, or be condescending. I appreciate your videos that you take the time to give to us, and may I also compliment your suit! I cannot recall the last time I've seen a man wear a waistcoat (outside steampunk, of course, lol)!
Give “A Very Stable Genius” a read. I cannot recommend it enough. It was written by at least one Pulitzer winner. After reading that book, I’m am not shocked by anything he does. It’s practically a horror novel and it’s just about his first three years in office.
Edit: A lot of the book deals with the legal issues and the bullets dodged during the Mueller investigation. He should have subpoenaed him. If he had, history might have been a lot different. Perjury comes to mind. Great video as always
Even if he committed perjury, nothing can happen to him while he's in office.
I bought the audio book, but exchanged it when I realized it was information I'd already learned from following the news. It's a great read and/or listen for anyone who hasn't consistently followed Trump news closely, though.
Topher S Yeah I can understand that. That’s actually how I absorbed it too for lack of a better word. You can’t “read” audio. However, there are things in the book that were not in the news. And more importantly, it stream lines everything from when he was president elect asking when he got to meet Putin to basically current day. It sort of skims over the impeachment. Which I understand. Book deadlines and the fact a book isn’t cnn.com
QUESTION: When you have Trump conflicts of pardon/commute, Barr overstepping his bounds, etc., who is the oversight? When bad actors are at the top and you have the DOJ run by someone with abnormal behavior, how would the DOJ even be able to go after the bad actors, without having the case shut down? It feels like the top has been infiltrated, and I think a video on the challenges of the Court of Appeals appointees, William Barr and Trump would be very informative.
There is no oversight. The House could try to come up with subpoenas and impeachments but we all know the GOP senate wont convict and in the US, the house alone cant do shit, the senate is the part where conviction could take place but well, theyre all corrupt. Except for Romney, surprisingly.
Tho Pelosi actually helps Trump as she could easily file all the impeachment charges and then once the senate is flipped, sent them there and guarantee conviction.
The only check on the executive office we have left is to try to vote Trump out.
And even that's iffy.
The oversight is supposed to be congress. The founding fathers gave these powers to congress because they would have never imagined a single party would group together and willingly hand their power away.
@Bane exactly. the oversight itself, the congress and mostly the senate, is so compromised and in bed with the executive that the whole system is now irreparably corrupt and useless, basically. The whole republican party is complicit in this travesty of justice by enabling and bowing to their lord.
@@TonesBalones The founding fathers werent the sharpest group of men...and a 2 party system is inherently prone to single party dominance.
In germany you have multiple parties in all layers of government so partisanship is near impossible to achieve.
Tho its a shame in germany there too is the electoral college like rule of politicians deciding who gets actual votes.
I personally hope that Warren goes up against Trump, i see her with the best chance of beating him. She did a dry run on Bloomberg and won easily.
Thank you Legal Eagle, as always an excellent clarifying video.... but it has to be raised..."Looking fly in your Indochino... *whisper* Indochino..." lol. Fantastic injection of 80s / 90s marketing and I love it! lol..