The Trump Indictment

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[@LegalEagle]

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[@doctorpanigrahi9975]

I like Donald Trump because he makes Americans uncomfortable.

[@ryani4741]

It would be cool to see examples of people defending themselves court and kicking butt if it exists (with an obvious warning that NO you should NOT defend yourself in court). Or, music / content law you may have even learned about in real time while putting yourself out there as a creator on top of "not being our lawyer and not giving us direct legal advice."

[@zakariaabdalmomen8729]

ICC arrest warrants and territorial jurisdiction. I would even help with that.

[@zakariaabdalmomen8729]

@@ryani4741 “One who represents themselves has a fool for a client.”

[@greywar777]

Trumps lawyers having to file by midnight (so now), and Jack Smith having to respond by...6 AM. theres something wild and explosive there. thats...wild.

[@Valdagast]

It's nice to know that there is no legal situation that can't be made worse by Rudi Giuliani.

[@inesfi66166]

Yet. By georgia court.

[@Sally4th_]

I was going to like this comment but given the subject of the vid I'll let the count stand at 69

[@johnladuke6475]

How would he make death row worse for his client? Expedite the execution?

[@hanster.gun.3438]

@@johnladuke6475 embarrassing them before. Btw I have no clue who your talking about

[@hawkeye5955]

​@@johnladuke6475 : Well, he could make it worse by prolonging the pain if it's lethal injection.

[@christinaify]

Not sure why Trump would even want Daniels to stay quiet...she was basically the only person he ever hired that was qualified for the job.

[@ilexevergreen5405]

& who *actually got paid!*

[@jessthesiren4353]

😂 I can't breatheeee🤣☠️

[@Krushak8888]

Wow... lol

[@dr.floridamanphd]

@@ilexevergreen5405truth!

[@mpperfidy]

I don't completely agree with the premise, but that punch line kicks ass.

[@sleadaddy]

I love how not understanding the law is only a defense for the rich

[@econojon]

What's crazier is if you called the DOJ and asked if something was a crime, they wouldn't tell you because it's a hypothetical. Same for judges.

[@RRonco]

​@@econojon dang, I want so much for that phone on devin's desk to ring!

[@gj8683]

They don't bother to understand it because they don't think it applies to them.

[@danielchoritz1903]

or the police

[@Real_MisterSir]

Not having money to pay off the people who do understand the law, is the real issue. The law is made for the wealthy by default, and chops the large majority instead. Rather, money and connections are the oars you use to navigate the river of "justice".

[@Lulu-vi4wb]

My director once instructed me to do background checks on volunteers who belonged to another organization. She told me to delete the tread of emails regarding that matter. I didn’t. I kept all the correspondence until the day I retired. Are you kidding me? I ain’t be the fall guy for anyone.

[@eveakane6563]

That sounds like they wanted to play multiple organizations for more cash

[@CharlesGriswold]

"I'm too stupid to understand the law" is certainly an interesting legal defense. The fact that someone who was President actually has a shot at successfully using that defense should terrify us.

[@DefgirRZawa]

Good point. "Yeah, I can definitely run this country! What is a law?"

[@privilegedchromosome]

“Brodnebroneo obscene j bsinebdicnwbtocb!” -Joe Biden

[@lilymarinovic1644]

​@@privilegedchromosome "covfefe" - Donald J Trump

[@Real_MisterSir]

The literal multi-billionaire businessman running President; "didn't understand the law about campaign financing". Yeah, no way that one sticks 😂

[@pamaladalrymple9748]

Even Perry Mason said, " Ignorance of the Law is no excuse." I learned this before I learned the alphabet.

[@vehx9316]

Lesson learned here : Never be the fall guy for your boss. Or better yet, always keep dirt on your employee if he wants you to do something illegal.

[@cerebrumexcrement]

or better yet, dont throw ur most loyal employee under the bus and roll over him several times because he might end up being the star witness when ur indicted.

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@cerebrumexcrement Also, pay your lawyers.

[@alphatauri5736]

@@cerebrumexcrement but all his other cronies who kept their mouths got pardoned. Cohen doesn't know omerta

[@VomitPinata]

Or better yet, don't get involved with Trump. He hasn't made a legal business dealing since the early... Well... Ever!

[@nomanejane5766]

​@@alphatauri5736 Paul manafort still went to jail. Being pardoned is nice, but im sure he would've proffered to not have gotten jail time

[@MrSverigesstolthet]

This whole story reminds me of Al Capone - who despite being the most notorious criminal of Chicago only went to jail for tax fraud

[@robotbutterflies]

I was thinking the same thing the whole time. You nailed it.

[@arcycatten]

I thought he was in Chicago? Your point still stands, though.

[@Sanodi21]

I remember hearing a lot of other people bring up Al Capone. To bring down someone that's effectively untouchable in other but legal ways.

[@l.tc.5032]

Chicago not NYC

[@TheCanadianCricket]

And then died of Syphilis

[@bentoth9555]

"If Trump is arrested..." At this point we've been hearing that it's "coming soon" for so long that I won't believe it till I see the damn mugshot.

[@eiyukabe]

I'll assume it's AI generated.

[@seand.g423]

​@eiyukabe I'm waiting to _stop_ seeing the damn body.

[@learnhowto_click1334]

The wait is over

[@raymondandsweetheart7150]

well the wait is over.

[@yetekt6953]

This is going to back fire massively

[@jeffdeprey6279]

The thing that always gets me is that with these white collar crimes there is always a millions loop holes and ways to not get charged at all even when everyone knows you did it. With most blue collar crimes it is a open and shut case and the person is in jail. I think this is all by design, because in both cases we can all see the person did it or not, but in the white collar crime they just have a million loopholes and ways to get away with it all. It is depressing.

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

Put simply, if you have money, you are pretty much immune to being in jail.

[@J-manli]

"Rules for thee and not for me," and all that BS.

[@joshwondra9821]

What gets me is that this comparatively minor thing is the only crime he's ever been charged with. A savvy businesswoman got one over on him, was paid for her work, was paid again to not talk about it, sued him and won in order to be able to talk about it anyways, and became even more wealthy and famous in the process. That's the landscape of this crime. But when he defruads working class people, defruads banks, assaults people, foments an insurrection, defruads the government, none of that was even worth a fine, let alone an indictment. Several of his companies are officially criminal, but that's nothing to do with him, apparently.

[@Aresenal1739]

Belfort spent 3 years in prison and got out with 100 million dollars

[@wta1518]

It's just that with white collar crimes the criminals can afford a good lawyer.

[@PpP-dr1od]

It's a pretty bad sign when you hear "the former president was indicted" and the response isn't "for what crime", it's "for *which* crime".

[@Sanodi21]

Is it time to edit Jack Horner's 'what did I do specifically?' scene from Puss in Boots with Trump?

[@anondecepticon]

How many criminal indictments are we up to now? Fifteen? Twenty?

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

Or "which president"? Every one of them besides Carter should be in prison right now.

[@bunzeebear2973]

It is kept in Trump English or his level of understanding

[@Letsplay222]

@@anondecepticon 0

[@MindZye]

It's mind-boggling to imagine that people would sell their story to the National Enquirer, let alone actually read it.

[@bararobberbaron859]

I mean, plenty of people regret a relationship they had in the past, to get paid 6 figures to not bring it up? That's a pretty sweet deal. As to who reads the NE, no clue tbh.

[@arcturionblade1077]

I think you're missing the bigger point here. These stories were bought up in a catch-and-kill scheme with the oligarch owner of these publications (who was buddy-buddy with Trump) deliberately squashing these stories so they never see the light of day (ie. censoring any bad press regarding Trump and his alleged affair with a pR0n star and hush money payments to keep her quiet).

[@joshwondra9821]

I mean, they're paying you to not say things they already weren't saying. It's free money.

[@jeffmcgowan132]

dems and their drama.. they suck at pining crimes..lol..watch blues clues

[@pokerusfreak8194]

@@joshwondra9821 thats not free, thats quite the price to pay for your money indeed

[@kevindaniel1337]

You can tell he's a lawyer because he can say "Pecker" repeatedly without even cracking a smile.

[@julietfischer5056]

We haven't seen the blooper reel.

[@kevindaniel1337]

@@julietfischer5056 Devon should absolutely include blooper reels!

[@shevek2954]

I was expecting a dry "Yes, that's his actual name. " aside.

[@Kris2005isMine]

I really want to know how many takes it took.

[@rebeccacummings6697]

Pecker is some strange slang...

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Never thought the Stormy Daniels debacle would make a comeback 😂

[@Bethgael]

There's a pun here somewhere....

[@richardhinshaw2116]

I think it just underscores the fact that the most non-negative description of him is 'carnival barker', and all he has ever been able to offer this country is drama. Of course the Stormy thing is coming around again. The only talent he's ever shown is the ability to drag other people down to his level.

[@VomitPinata]

Neither did numbnuts Diaper Donnie! Lol!!

[@rodicow3491]

You know, honestly, same. And of all the lamest things to catch him on, paying off an adult actress is so low on the list of his actual crimes it's borderline disappointing.

[@Kumorini]

@@rodicow3491 “His actual crimes” I wonder what those actual crimes are.

[@joshyoung1440]

Devin calling Michael Cohen "supposedly a lawyer" and "ostensibly a lawyer"... I didn't know disdain could be elevated to an art form 😂

[@tribalypredisposed]

Clearly we need a law explicitly stating that if someone is deemed to not be subject to prosecution for a crime for a period of time due to the office they hold, the statute of limitations does not continue to run during that time. Otherwise we have a system where someone can commit crimes with impunity if they are going to be President soon.

[@dragonbuster1174]

It's fine. They could just be impeached and kicked out of office. 🥲

[@ArDeeMee]

That’s literally how Berlusconi managed to avoid his tax fraud trial for DECADES.

[@Zraknul]

​@DragonBuster117 hypothetically, as long as they don't have political allies who are wiling to ignore it and an electorate who won't hold those allies accountable.

[@TooLateForIeago]

@@dragonbuster1174 "Mr. Trump is morally and materially responsible," said Mitch McConnell, shortly before voting to acquit Trump at his second impeachment.

[@kyallokytty]

​@@Zraknul with only 2 parties, chances are high they do have those friends

[@andrej8861]

How do you avoid going to prison when your lawyer is in prison for following your requests? Asking for a friend.

[@bethanyscarbrough3416]

@@mogalixir If I ask you to kill someone, and you do it, we both go to jail. Goes with pretty much any other serious crime as well. Especially if the person telling you to break the law is your employer, or holds some other form of authority over you.

[@Lewtable]

@@mogalixir Pretty sure whoever made the request or the lawyer himself would be considered an accessory in the crime (or something like that), though.

[@ws8061]

@@bethanyscarbrough3416 tax law is a little less black and white than murder genius and mens rea is a pretty important concept on the law. If you pay an accountant to do your taxes and they break the law saving you money then you should go to jail?

[@ws8061]

@@Lewtable Don't entertain these idiots, Trump is far from sin free and there's plenty to attack him for but the only people championing this indictment at this point (more info could come out when we learn more about the actual indictment but I seriously doubt it) are low IQ authoritarian partisans who can't think for themselves.

[@bethanyscarbrough3416]

@@ws8061 did you tell them to break the law? If so, yes.

[@owlegrad]

“He was ostensibly a lawyer” - viscous. I love it.

[@candice_ecidnac]

Viscous means thick like honey. You mean vicious (mean).

[@thatonedog819]

I feel like if the crime was known, but they couldn't bring any charges because "you can't indict a sitting president ", the statue of limitations should extend to the same amount of time they were a sitting president

[@GardinerAlan]

That sitting president memo and statutes of limitation in general are ridiculous. But yeah combining the two to say 'well, you didn't indict me at the time bc i was president and now the statute of limitations has run out' has to be challenged and defeated to set precedent.

[@PCDelorian]

​@@GardinerAlan Limitation periods are not stupid and do make sense, the sitting president memo on the other hand is beyond ridiculous, that being said the courts have never said the president cannot be indicted and, therefore, if a court holds you can indict such a president then the Statute would continue to time bar cases.

[@johnladuke6475]

@@GardinerAlan Statutes of limitation save us all from mistakes that are so far in the past that their ripple effects are long gone. Or did you want to spend your 40s looking over your shoulder in case you get a ticket for all the underage drinking in your teen years? Which is also why they usually don't apply to heinous crimes - murder for example is something you can't just forgive and forget.

[@Mangaka-ml6xo]

@@johnladuke6475 Don't worry, the people on Twitter will take over for anything that is way beyond anything the law would accept in term or time.

[@GardinerAlan]

@@johnladuke6475 But some things aren't mistakes, they're an ongoing pattern of behaviour and it's also very arbitrary to draw a line on when the ripple effects of something stop. 5 years is way too short for most things - inc election finance and fraud violations (I know other crimes have longer timeframes). The effects of Trump as President (his actions, policies & pardons, and those of his Supreme Court & other appointees, supporters in Congress & state legislatures, in the street, Jan 6, etc) and financial fraud cases (where family incomes are destroyed) will last for generations. I understand it makes sense for DAs to judge what's in the public interest to prosecute and not go after all older cases but they shouldn't be stopped from going after people because someone drew an imaginary line in a calendar. Especially when evidence often takes a long time to surface. Judges can still give shorter sentences if they feel time has healed some of the wounds, unless of course, if they have Mandatory Minimums - another stupid arbitrary policy.

[@TRquiet]

I’m a television news producer, and the intro to this (preemptive) video gave me a minor heart attack. My show just ended! I thought I’d missed something!

[@TheScotsalan]

Ha ha. If it happens, do you think news will be first or twitter ? Maybe even Trump himself on his truth social ?

[@TheScotsalan]

I only ask, cos when I saw the into, I went ohhhh. Paused the vid, checked BBC, then CNN.. then twitter 😂😂

[@Mirrormn]

This video's intro, at the time it was posted at least, is a lie: Trump was not indicted (yet?). That makes it pretty shameless clickbait, which would be bad enough on its own, but also *because* Trump wasn't indicted at the time of the video being released, Devin *doesn't have any information about what's actually in the indictment*, even if we're reasonably sure one is coming soon. So as soon as Trump *does* get indicted, all of the information in the video is going to be outdated and possibly even incorrect in some parts. So really, this whole video seems like a very poorly-conceived ploy that is so concerned with being the first person on the block with this story that it actually risks misinforming and confusing people. Very disappointing.

[@Josh_2992]

​@@Mirrormn oh please. He was making a silly joke and literally just restating a bunch of already publicly available information in an easier to understand way.

[@route2070]

​@@Mirrormn It was a joke since Trump was the kne said it was going to happen, and I'm guessing that's why the video was held off to late at night, now that we know it isn't happen, at least it isn't happening the day Trump said it would. After he finished the joke, he followed it up by saying the coming indictment...... may not be what we thought, saying both it hasn't happened and that we don't know what would be in it. That said, I do think he should have said something saying it may not come at all.

[@ThisOldSkater]

I pity the jury that has to sit though this.

[@ilexater9556]

Imagine trying to find an unbiased jury. Everyone I know of has a strong opinion on him one way or another.

[@soren3569]

@@ilexater9556 I'm assuming the potential of a single MAGAt being on the jury is factoring into a lot of the decisions to pass on possible prosecutions. Weeding them out for ANY trial is going to be a massively complex undertaking.

[@idocare6538]

I sure hope a misdemeanor just got settled.

[@moddaudio]

I think the jury was made anonymous to protect their safety. Unfortunately the info will be leaked by one of his many supporters one the death threats will ensue. I fear for the life of the jurors.

[@johnthumble5154]

I know imagine wasting another jury's time with another empty attempt at charging him 😂

[@emsleywyatt3400]

You can always count on Rudy to say the stupid part out loud.

[@RyanWehr]

Absolutely

[@tillitsdone]

You get what you pay for.

[@kennysnow7647]

That's any Republican.

[@seand.g423]

​@@kennysnow7647 *any politician who gets a meaningful position in DC

[@timothymclaughlin5253]

Our justice system is a joke....the underling gets penalized and jailed while the politician's crimes are overlooked and ignored

[@bass7100]

Ikr Biden is a war criminal.

[@oostrich]

U.S. moment

[@Orthane]

Not just politicians. OJ is still free after murder because he's rich.

[@brianjensen5661]

yup. Matt Gaetz for example. There's ample amounts of proof he had sex with an underage girl yet the DOJ declined to pursue the case cause he's a sitting congressman. !!!USA!!!USA!!!

[@seand.g423]

​@@oostrich officially... For now...

[@ImNotComet]

I'm losing count of all the investigations trump is in at this point

[@RuSosan]

Such it is with influential and affluent criminals like him.

[@kaimagnus5760]

Honestly, I can't even keep track of who's trying to indite him for what anymore. It's not like he doesn't have the money, power, and influence to pay off and/or Clinton someone if they became too much of an inconvenience. Does anyone really think any of it will go anywhere?

[@Zakuzelo]

At least it's easy to keep track of the ones with actual consequences for him!

[@Vipre-]

Even people who follow it as their job have had to resort to whiteboards to keep everything straight.

[@Adraeth]

And that's still probably not enough to cover all of his crap...

[@cattibingo]

Classic 2 tiered justice system. In one tier courts will pursue everything they could possibly convict you of. In the other tier the courts will look for any reason to drop the charges

[@EmeraldLavigne]

Bragg is only going after Trump because the politicians and corporate media have signaled that he is falling out of power

[@cericat]

No real surprise there, a lot of what you can go to jail for is aimed at people in poverty.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Jail for thee not for me

[@KidVolcano]

The crooked Adams County sheriff's dept, who smashed up Afroman's house in an illegal raid will never face accountability... And now they're suing him for using their likenesses.

[@inventgineer]

"Resolution Consultants LLC" is just about THE most "on-the-nose" name you could call your shady fixer legal business; the name SCREAMs "we can sweep things under the rug really well" lmao 😂😂

[@JohnDoe-jh5yr]

Same with Parnas, Fruman, et al with "Fraud Guarantee"

[@misselanys1219]

Like it never happened. Just like that cleaning company.

[@naverilllang]

Apparently not very well

[@KittyKatty999]

@@misselanys1219 Ah, yes. What was the code word for that guy again? :P

[@cattibingo]

"Resolution consultants LLC has aquired tony's kneecap breaking inc."

[@minetruly]

I really appreciate you explaining this stuff to laymen like me. I know that most media outlets do a terrible job at relaying science news, and I can only guess that they're just as competent at legal news. I always feel like you competently deliver the facts.

[@Zangamarth]

You'd be correct on both. That's what guys like Bill Nye and Neil De Grasse Tyson got famous for - explaining science to laypeople. LegalEagle does that for law, and does it very well. Both are very complicated, and explaining it simply is a talent and a skill.

[@8bitrocketstudios]

"Things go from bad to worse" - a quote that always follows after Rudy gets involved.

[@reachthroughreality]

I'm still lost on how someone can go to jail for facilitating an action when the person that took the action has faced no real repercussions for said action.

[@stephenreed5091]

It's easy to understand. If the someone is Trump, then the Democrats will move heaven and Earth to continously attack him even without evidence or probable cause....they can just manufacture those things. The real question is why Trump is hated so much by the democrats? I think it's because he can't be bought or influenced by the elite. He does whatever he thinks is best for the people, and that terrifies politicians (even some conservatives who have sold out to the DNC). I find it crazy that the DNC is constantly investigating and attacking its political opponent. Isn't that what the Democrats impeached Trump for doing back in 2019? Why can't the people see the double standards? Surely democrats can't all be this dumb.

[@Treblaine]

He is literally the one who did the action, the only proof he did it for others (facilitated it) is his word but the problem is that he has lied so much that his word is worthless in court.

[@basteala525]

Money.

[@cyjanek7818]

@@Treblaine There are recordings showing that he is just doing it for trump, like the one where trump says to pay in cash, than repaid that guy. How could one assume that that lawyer did it for himself and then got money back from trump

[@MrGundawindy]

Two words. Jeffrey Epstein. 🤔

[@evaburnz]

I love how LegalEagle is that committed to donning a suit that he even does so when cooking in the kitchen as evidenced by the advertising segment during the latter stage of this video. The gavel is a palatable complement

[@jamesburk8145]

They're damn nice suits. I would say at least 25% of the reason I watch LegalEagle is because he's a knockout when it comes to style.

[@jordanalexander1592]

​@@jamesburk8145 yikes bro.

[@PsiQ]

..and got his nails done and painted white ;-)

[@3dVisualist]

“…things went from bad to worse when Rudi Giuliani got involved.” There’s a phrase you can bank on!

[@shevek2954]

If Trump relied on Rudy for the payment instead of Cohen, the check would have been made out to "Storm Drains".

[@vsGoliath96]

"Things went from bad to worse when Rudy Giuliani stepped in..." Oh man, if only we could have a nickel for every time that's been said over the last few years.

[@bloodyneptune]

I bet that's what the employee working in the hair dye section of walmart said, too

[@bethanyscarbrough3416]

You'd have enough to pay off a porn star.

[@NaiyaBladesinger]

I wonder how much time Devin spends researching all the different laws in all the different states for each of these videos. The information that he gives and the laws cited in each video is really cool and helps you understand where his thought process came from (which you would expect from a lawyer :D)

[@contortionyx]

In short, a team of researchers. I would not be surprised if one of the requirements to be one of the researchers was some experience as a paralegal

[@candice_ecidnac]

Devin, not Deven.

[@NaiyaBladesinger]

@@candice_ecidnac tnaks for the correction

[@ZedF86]

@@NaiyaBladesinger I'm sad now. :/

[@mnxs]

He's actually bar certified to operate as an attorney in New York, I believe he's mentioned at some point. So that's probably helped in the case of this particular video, although there would of course still have to have been research. But yeah, I imagine there goes quite a lot of reading into his videos.

[@januszkurahenowski2860]

Going to jail for campaign funding violations in the US is like getting a death sentence for jaywalking and Cohen somehow managed to do so

[@lifefindsaway7875]

They got Al Capone for tax evasion.

[@kellymaldia128]

Hubby is Special Agent at IRS. He’s looked at basic info. Plenty of IRS crimes.

[@chemquests]

Get him however possible; he’s done far worse

[@peterkerr4019]

@@chemquests I don't care what they get him for first, as long as they get him for multiple crimes.

[@ArcaJ]

Welcome to being Black in 1960. 😮

[@ultimateskillchain]

Me: a mature and thoughtful adult, watching and learning the newest facts 🤔 Also me: "heh heh heh... his name is Pecker"

[@joedoe7041]

then I would say your hardly a "thoughtful" or "adult" if your taking L.E's statements as facts.

[@DrVictorVasconcelos]

You either can't be indicted for the four to eight years you're in office, or the statute of limitations is five years, it doesn't make sense to be both.

[@vapx0075]

US

[@Dardobul]

Just become president, commit 3 years of crime to bribe/coerce all the voters, then get re elected and be a normal president for the last 5 years of your now assured 2 terms.

[@MiamiMarkYT]

Well no former president has ever been in such legal trouble before so we never really had a need for it

[@FullTimeGaming360]

@@MiamiMarkYT Depends how far you want to go back, some big claims were made against Regan, Eisenhower and FDR but were pushed under the rug via limitations or world issues. In recent years Trump is definetly the most news worthy for personal scandals but his actual policy based dramas were pretty tame just looks worse than it was due to the 24hr news cycle loving Trump for ratings, they got more views complaining about Trump than their entire media coverage of Obama got them.

[@zachbunch8701]

@@MiamiMarkYT that you know of

[@justaduck3615]

To me it’s absurd that you can buy someone’s life story.

[@RuSosan]

Murica, lol.

[@VomitPinata]

Trump's life story is 100% manufactured by his press people anyway so what's the difference?

[@bmanpura]

Capitalism ahoy

[@SilverBullet93GT]

see Peterman vs Kramer circa 1995

[@bane2201]

@@RuSosan So KZbin translates your comment into "Kill me, lol". As an American, mood.

[@idiotluggage]

Have you ever looked into child labor laws in relation to families that use KZbin as their source of income? The closes I can think of is child actor laws, but I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV. My friends daughter watches a few (FV Family, ItsFunneh, Preston) and it got me thinking about this.

[@Thepopcornator]

In that call with Trump about Allen Weisselberg, Cohen sounds like Saul Goodman negotiating with Heisenberg about how to launder the money.

[@kittyspam2146]

I mean they might as well have been

[@VomitPinata]

Nah, Trump's too stupid and weak to be Heisenberg.

[@pantalaemon]

except heisenberg not stoopid

[@Thepopcornator]

@@pantalaemon True, I’d have rather had him as president.

[@KittyKatty999]

Instead of Breaking Bad, it's "Breaking America"

[@SlimThrull]

Time to talk about the RICO case in Georgia now. It's never RICO, unless it is.

[@1cubsfan100]

Ignorance of the law has never been a valid defense until now apparently.

[@Bellick666]

I guess we can now officially use the verb "to trump" as a way to mean "to f*ck up a lousy crime"

[@warlordofbritannia]

He turned trying to get dirt on Biden into an impeachable offense; Trump has a unique ability to make a mistake and then multiply it.

[@billdehappy1]

nope

[@softiegoat]

I get what you're saying, but doesn't really roll off the tongue and conflicts with other definitions of trump

[@naisyjohns]

I guess we can officially use the verb "To Bellick" as a way to mean " accuse someone of being guilty before proven innocent"

[@RuSosan]

​@@naisyjohns LoL. Cope.

[@nathanielgreer2764]

Well thank you for helping me realize how immature I actually am. Every time you called that guy Pecker I laughed out loud.

[@norishimogawa6125]

Same

[@nathanielgreer2764]

@@norishimogawa6125 how could you not?

[@janwoodworth1]

There's Pecker and Pucker ( Carlson)

[@GardinerAlan]

There's a comms law in the UK called 'PECR' (pronounced same way) and it makes me smile every time someone says it

[@waynefiddler3609]

Glad I'm not the only one, I was scrolling through the comments and gettin worried for a minute there

[@namelesssomebody2557]

Indictment does not matter. Only Conviction and jailtime without "time off for good behaviour" does.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Trump? On good behavior? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Thanks for the laugh.

[@tesla-spectre]

Not even that. As I understand, he can even stand for election as president when in prison 🤷‍♂️.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

@@tesla-spectre anyone can as long as they’re a natural born citizen, at least 35 years old, and have lived in the US for at least 7 years before running. Constitution doesn’t say you’re disqualified because you’re in prison. Then again, they expected honorable men would be leading the country.

[@KingBrandonm]

@tesla-spectre Yeah, but even if he won, he'd only be able to pardon himself for the Federal charges. Jack Smith's cases.

[@Mr.White10-65]

Why would a non-American even care though?

[@ShovelChef]

I would feel bad for anyone who was in a coma since... 2015. For the obvious health and social reasons, but also because of this extra crazy world.

[@skinnykid8524]

"Remember the Penis Inspection day meme from 2010? Well that's a thing In Kansas now."

[@TorchbearerOfReach]

Reminds me of a certain saying: "It's not the crime, it's how they covered up the crime."

[@ilexater9556]

It's not the crime, it's the cover-up.

[@stevevernon1978]

That's a Watergate era saying, isn't it?

[@atraxisdarkstar]

Devin got some decent dicing technique. Certainly not a lawyer I would want to run into in a dark alley (unless he was representing me and asked to meet me in a dark alley).

[@evaburnz]

In that case, you're not technically "running into him", as it was already scheduled and mutually agreed upon.

[@MrGundawindy]

​@@evaburnzif it's dark enough you could run into someone you were meant to be meeting. 🤔

[@dyent]

I don't think the defence could get away with arguing that Trump didn't understand campaign finance to show lack of intent, because as soon as they made that argument he'd be online going "Of course I understood! I understand everything!"

[@Real_MisterSir]

Also it should easily be arguable, that the ONE person actually running for presidency, should by default be well versed in the intricacies of campaign finance - the literal thing that stands between anyone and a shot at the presidency seat. It's literally the one thing you gotta know, the baseline. He's a multi-billion dollar businessman, and the defense supposedly is "he didn't understand the finances" is laughable :D

[@toughbastard]

He didn't use campaign money in fact he didn't do it his lawyer did. Good luck proving it. Oh and the Statue of limitations are up

[@dwatts64]

17:22 What a missed opportunity by not referring to the "it wasn't me defense" as the "Shaggy defense." 😂

[@poopyrose8180]

Never too late in night to be caught up in current events 😪

[@odinfromcentr2]

"Pecker kept his antenna up" Well played, sir. 😏

[@AriaMcLaren]

I cannot believe it has taken this long to indict him for something, it's not like he's ever been subtle about his crimes. He shouldn't have been allowed to get this far let alone run a second time.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Tbf, he’s already been indicted before. Twice, actually.

[@RuSosan]

Not surprising that America lets affluent professional criminals get away with their BS. The entire Anerican system is currently made for that. The corruption isn't a bug, it's a core feature.

[@kamtroy2527]

I'm fine with Trump being arrested as long as they also arrest Biden for all his crimes.

[@sharimeline3077]

@@kamtroy2527 Which crimes are those exactly? Where is your proof? I mean, if there is proof I am for it too. But I doubt you can produce anything.

[@Sienisota]

​@@kamtroy2527 You guys keep talking about Biden's crimes, but never elaborate what those crimes are

[@theprecipiceofreason]

'We can't prosecute that he committed fraud to become the president because he's the president now." "Ope! There goes the statute of limitations. Shucks."

[@jasmine7744]

Your editors are stepping it up and it looks great! 🎉

[@Jaryth14]

I admire the resolve required to do this entire ~20 minute video without a single pecker joke.

[@dakat5131]

Wait. That's not a woodpecker. That looks like someone's-

[@leetri]

@@dakat5131 PRIVATES! We have reports of an unidentified flying object. It has a long, smooth shaft, complete with-

[@davidlewis1418]

At one point he said that Pecker kept his antenna up. Felt pretty intentional imo

[@Jaryth14]

@@davidlewis1418 lol. I missed that one.

[@marsdoria189]

I haven't watched any videos about DJT's current legal predicament until after I see your expert analysis, Mr. Legal Eagle. Thank you.

[@jamesgang7605]

That would be your problem.

[@frankcooke1692]

The word is actually spelled "INDICATED". In all caps.

[@Bulldogg6404]

I once again must check the definition of indictment, because my brain _every time it sees the word_ always has 50% doubt tied to the meaning that I think it holds.

[@erikforsell6605]

I would think that they are considering the statute of limitations to have been frozen during Trump's time as president since they DOJ's opinion is that a sitting president cannot be indicted.

[@Just.Kidding]

I think I speak for most everyone when I say this - Thank you for respecting the intelligence of your audience.

[@rockyhankin8679]

I read the title as "The Trump Incident" and I thought "which one?"

[@jaxsterminator8634]

None of them, he hasn’t done anything wrong.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

I just happen to be up at a weird hour, and there's a new legal eagle? I'm almost obligated to watch it.

[@stevenneiman1554]

I sadly doubt this particular case is going to get anywhere, but here's one thing I've been wondering about for a long time: If Trump ever does end up on trial for any of the numerous and varied crimes he has committed, how the HELL are they going to seat a jury for him? I genuinely do not believe that there are twelve legal adults of sound mind who don't have an opinion on the man in the entire country.

[@doclewis8927]

Seriously...these ladies were only selling their stories for $150,000 and $130,000 when he's a self-described "billionaire"? Wow. They really should've just sold their stories to the highest bidder online.

[@photodave219]

Some serious rainmaker stuff here. DJT claims he’s about to be indicted Tuesday and goes on social media rants. I predict that he will claim victory Wednesday because they didnt indict him, saying some bravado about making them back down.

[@kittyspam2146]

and then they arrest him on Thursday. Or even better yet Georgia (who has a much better and more important case) does.

[@jaxsterminator8634]

Because he won’t be indicted for something he didn’t do.

[@photodave219]

@@jaxsterminator8634 Who is he in this situation?

[@jaxsterminator8634]

@@photodave219 The victim of false accusations.

[@photodave219]

@@jaxsterminator8634 What accusations are those?

[@GardinerAlan]

I'll never understand statute of limitations as a thing - especially when the US legal system seems to allow people to run out the clock. Also ignorance of the law should never be a viable defence, just a mitigation in certain circumstances.

[@HeBreaksLate]

"Not the kind of guys who grasps nuance" Pretty well sums up the man.

[@TKUltra971]

Thank god for the Legal Eagle team. Breaking it down in consumable bites.

[@cmakaioz]

Came for the legal analysis...stayed for the amazing transition into the plug for HelloFresh at 17:42

[@wolfrainexxx]

It's been 7 years, and I keep hearing, "Trump is going to jail tomorrow."

[@aziac4448]

True. Too bad it IS actually happening. Tomorrow. His attorneys are asking that they not release his mugshot to the public

[@wolfrainexxx]

@@aziac4448 Too bad I don't give a shit. I posted this 9 days ago, complaining about the last 7 years. Context matters. Clearly it doesn't to you. Also, an Indictment isn't an arrest, and a misdemeanor isn't going to keep him from running again. New York is about to make him a martyr.

[@SneakySteevy]

@@aziac4448🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 reaaally? You literally prove his point…🤟👍✌🏼

[@UnswimmingFishYT]

One of the biggest problems in any Trump-related case is the one most often ignored: Most people that know anything about the man either love him or hate him, so finding people who are completely impartial for legal cases is very difficult to do. This frequently may even be ignored on purpose, because both forms of strong bias regarding Trump can easily result in someone subtly favoring one side or another, and with how strongly most people feel about him, the rare neutral people are easily drowned out by one side that refuses to see error with him and another that will say just about anything to make him look bad.

[@ethribin4188]

I always find it funny how, to conceal an affair, which is not a crime, peoplecommit criminal offenves to conceal the affair....

[@roberteospeedwagon8178]

Last time I was this early, Trump was in Home Alone 2

[@jshimada9669]

Time for Part 2.

[@klutterkicker]

LegalEagle at 12:35 AM? This must be big!

[@eddiejohnson429]

Yeah, he spends 15 minutes desperately trying to frame Trump for a crime only to be forced to admit by the end that there was no crime.

[@eli-bt4he]

I'm guessing he was waiting to publish until after the indictment. And then just published it when (predictably) it never came (and probably never will).

[@nandisaand5287]

Could Trump's arguments about Statute of Limitations produce a court ruling on the long-standing DOJ rule to not prosecute a sitting president? Wouldn't the fact that he was president, and thus criminally untouchable, extend any Statute of Limitations

[@beeble2003]

Not really relevant. The statute of limitations issue is with a New York state crime, the rule about not indicting a sitting president is a Justice Department rule for federal crimes. Furthermore, not indicting a sitting president is just Justice Department policy, not statute law. I would be very strange if statute law had exceptions in it based on somehing else that is not a law. At the end of the day, the law just isn't set up to deal with a president who commits, or appears to commit, crimes.

[@Compucles]

Not unless they're high crimes, in which case impeachment is an option.

[@sallyatticum]

I wonder if they could argue that the statute of limitation was tolled during the presidency per the DOJ memo.....

[@q-tuber7034]

“In 2016, the host of The Apprentice was the Republican nominee for President.” Still so bizarre.

[@judithharley9236]

Thank you! I finally feel I understand this case. Appreciate your expertise and the videos you post! Judith

[@eiyukabe]

It would be weird if his lawyer went to jail for acting illegally under his guidance but he got off scott free...

[@heidismutti]

There's two options: either ALL presidents are above the law, or NO presidents are above the law. The choice belongs to prosecutors. Someone has ALREADY DONE TIME for this crime, which was done at individual one's behest.

[@Krushak8888]

Well Nixon wasn't above the law even tho democrats were bugging republican things. Nixon was the one caught cause if I remember he said that others do it too. The only reason he didn't go to jail, he was pardoned.

[@thisnamesucks1197]

None of them should be above the law, they're all human beings just like us, and they should be punished for committing crimes, just like us.

[@kittyspam2146]

no choice belongs to the constitution which says none are.

[@Vipre-]

Seriously. How anyone can think, let alone suggest, that holding the office of president confers lifetime immunity thereafter from any and all prosecution for criminal activity and not stop in their tracks and say, "Wait, that doesn't sound right," is staggering to consider.

[@Krushak8888]

@@Vipre- because some people are still cupping the balls while choking on the chode.

[@jodinsan]

Good to see that even when in an ad for Hello Fresh, Devin is still representing Indochino.

[@Kris2005isMine]

"Donald Trump has been indicted." This aged well

[@PointsofData]

...it was ten days ago and nothing has really changed, what do you mean?

[@John_Fx]

@@PointsofData He was indicted.

[@BeeHatGuy]

It's happening!!

[@korbell1089]

Any delusional optimist: "I will fall on my sword for you because I KNOW you have my back!" Trump: "New phone..who dis?"

[@mmfraf]

WHERE IS THE UPDATE?!?

[@AkiraNamejin]

And it's happened

[@FunSam]

You wearing a suit while cooking of just the kind of ridiculousness I needed to start my day.

[@cesaralpuche7422]

what is this nocturnal drop

[@leeartlee915]

Wow, this is complicated stuff. Thanks LE for breaking it down.

[@mattguey-lee4845]

It seems like the statute of limitations would be the big hole in the case. When does the timer end, does the case have to indicted or does the conviction have to occur before the timer runs out?

[@beeble2003]

Indictment.

[@st.anselmsfire3547]

I hope this doesn't get demonitized. The video mentions a porn star, Donald Trump, various crimes, and some dude named "Pecker."

[@sweetlorikeet]

There are so many things he could be charged with, it's always interesting to see what people decide to actually go for

[@dhnarcosmash]

Hows that going?

[@whyplaypiano2844]

@@dhnarcosmash Pretty good, actually. Dude got so scared that he bitched and moaned on twitter in all caps.

[@dhnarcosmash]

@@whyplaypiano2844 so the accomplishment to u is....trump pushed a button that makes letters ALL CAPS AND ORANGE MAN ID DEFEATED BC OF THIS...LIBERALISM FIND A CURE...

[@User_yhvz]

I Want To See Him Found Guilty or Innocent In The Epstein Case.

[@DarthZ01]

so of "all the crimes" the worst one they could find was "he might have paid a person to not brag about a hookup, or maybe his lawyer did it, like 6 years ago." wake me up when obama gets indicted for blowing up american teenagers with drones.

[@simmonsjoe]

I love that he's cooking in his suit with an apron over it lol.

[@MariaVosa]

I giggled every time Devin said Pecker I'm a child

[@m.streicher8286]

They got Capone on tax evasion.

[@t3chblog296]

I love his transition into the sponsor. Made me laugh.

[@Ericwvb2]

"Trump Worried About Pecker Leaking" was my favorite fake headline from that era.

[@OuryLN]

The coverup was a worst crime than the original crime

[@RK79KR]

worse

[@CdnTrader1]

Let’s get El Grande Cheeto an orange jump suit, some crocs, and a celly named Bubba.