Trump's Lawyers in Growing Legal Jeopardy
The David Pakman Show - September 2, 2022
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They're Back to "The FBI Planted the Evidence"
Ronny Jackson, Texas Congressman and former White House doctor, is apparently unaware that the Republican talking points about the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago have changed in recent weeks. Jackson made the claim on Fox News that the FBI must have planted evidence during its search of Trump’s home and resort. Ronny said, “no one trusts the FBI or the DOJ anymore. I don't trust them any further that I can throw that entire building. . . . Who knows what they got out of there. I don't trust these people at all. They came in. They spent nine hours in there. They walked in with backpacks. They kicked out the president's lawyers, the Secret Service agents. Who knows? In my opinion. I'm just going to say, if they told me that they found something I wouldn't know that they actually found it there or if they just said they found it there.” If Jackson had gotten any recent memos about how to talk about the raid, he would have known to argue that it was unnecessary, that Trump was being responsible with the documents, or that violating the Espionage Act isn’t a big deal. But the “FBI planted evidence” excuse is weeks old at this point and most other right-wingers have moved on from it.
LAST GASPS: Trump's Truth Social Banned from Google Play Store
The troubles continue for Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform with the latest being it has been barred from Google Play over content moderation concerns. The Android version of the app was “ready and waiting” according to Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes. But then a spokesperson for Google said, “on August 19 we notified Truth Social of several violations of standard policies in their current app submission and reiterated that having effective systems for moderating user-generated content is a condition of our terms of service for any app to go live on Google Play.” Truth Social has marketed itself as the free speech alternative to sites like Twitter and Facebook, which was never actually true because they can moderate content that’s critical of Trump and the website itself. But now it turns out that whatever little content moderation they have isn’t enough to get them on one of the two major app stores.
From yesterday’s show:
REPORT: DOJ Will Wait to Charge Trump Until AFTER Election
A report from Bloomberg says that if the Department of Justice is going to charge Donald Trump over his alleged mishandling of government documents, it will wait to do so until after the midterm elections. Such a decision would be in keeping with the DOJ’s practice of avoiding making any prosecutorial decisions of politicians within three months of an election in order to steer clear of appearing to act in a political manner. Ironically, the Justice Department deliberately waiting until after an election to charge people is a political act as well and can only serve to help the people who are under investigation. Furthermore, Trump isn’t even on the ballot in 2022 so it doesn’t make sense that such a policy would extend to him. Ultimately, these considerations may end up being moot since it takes a long time to collect evidence on a case, particularly for one that’s as high profile as one pertaining to a former president. Even if an election wasn’t around the corner, it still would likely take several more months before the DOJ was ready to press charges.
From yesterday’s show:
WHOA: Democrats' 2022 Chances Climbing in House AND Senate
The midterm outlook for Democrats continues to improve with Dems now having a 68% chance of winning the Senate and a 24% chance of holding the House of Representatives, according to FiveThirtyEight. A few months ago, the Senate was much more of a toss-up with there being virtually no possibility of Democrats keeping control of the lower chamber. But a number of factors have gone in the left’s direction over the past few months, making it plausible that President Biden could get two more years with total control of Congress. The overturning of Roe vs. Wade and Republicans’ draconian stance on the abortion issue has moved voters back in the Democratic direction. President Biden has had a number of recent accomplishments, including signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law and wiping out a portion of student loan debt. And also the figurehead of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, being investigated by the FBI and having his home searched is not doing the right any favors. There are still two months to go before the midterms, but if this trajectory keeps up, Democrats could pull off some major upsets.
More on the show:
-- Donald Trump's lawyers will soon need lawyers as they continue to incriminate themselves, appear to be lying regularly, and place themselves at the scene of the possible crime
-- Caller talks Argentinian politics
-- Caller asks if Trump supporters care about the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
-- Caller wonders if Biden can beat Trump again
-- Caller asks what will happen if Republicans win the House of Representatives
-- Caller is a progressive Christian
-- Caller is a soldier in Denmark
-- Caller asks about Americans' view of progressive policies
-- David responds to viewer emails and social media messages
-- On the Bonus Show: Biden's democracy speech, Trump mad DeSantis copying his style, legalizing cannabis increases its use, and much more..
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