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A CIA whistleblower alleges President Trump abused his office to get dirt on his main political rival.
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I think we will all remember this week for a long time to come. What started as a rumor that there was an intelligence community complaint that the White House was trying to quash snowballed into a scandal that may dwarf Watergate.
Early this week we learned that the whistleblower’s complaint deal with the President directly. Most assumed it related to the July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky.
When the White House released the transcript of the call with Zelensky, we learned that the two leaders discussed military aid, and then discussed two “favors” that President Trump wanted from Ukraine: 1) he wanted Ukraine to look into “servers” and Crowdstrike and 2) he wanted Ukraine to restart an investigation into Trump’s main political rival Joe Biden.
The next day the full Whistleblower complaint was released. The full complaint recapitulated all of the information in the read-out of the phone call and also dropped the bombshells that the White House had been attempting to coverup the phone call (and potentially others) but hiding it in a computer system designed only for the most secure communications.
House Democrats have already voted to start an impeachment inquiry.
Things are moving fast.
This is big.
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[@LegalEagle]

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[@HallowedHero]

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[@radar9561]

Well played.

[@edwardmarlowe7926]

No worries mate, thanks for your work on this!

[@revdr13]

Nice plug

[@tomorowsnobodys]

Smooth

[@LegalEagle]

THE STRUGGLE IS REAL: Just in the time between finalizing the edit of this video and uploading it the following news has come out: --Volker resigned --Leaks confirm conversations with MBS and Putin were improperly added to code-word level security system --Trump told Russians in 2017 that he was worried about their hacking --NRA may have illegally offered to pay defense fees for pro-gun policies

[@Pinkietona]

LegalEagle dang, seems like you just can’t catch a break with this one! 😂😂 Maybe a part two is in order??? 😉😁

[@jayvbspdx]

See? If you just delayed the video AGAIN you could've incorporated this! I mean, OBJECTION: incomplete video! If you had just waited mere hours you could have added this info to the video! (am I doing it right?)

[@cydneyhosey]

Good lord

[@mementomori771]

Please cover the trial of Raymond reddington from the new season of the blacklist

[@Libra8410]

Good grief! Great video, maybe make a part 2? Or a series by the looks of things...

[@Colopty]

And here we see a lawyer slowly go insane over 40 minutes.

[@AsylumEscapade]

I don't think he read the transcript.

[@StarPlatinum3000]

So is this a 70s movie legal drama movie, then?

[@kieralinn]

@@StarPlatinum3000 Nah, 70's news drama like All the Presidents Men, definitely.

[@dragon1011dk]

LOL

[@Neimonster]

Just wait until the whole case blows open

[@jackswild]

Watching these videos today is absolutely mindboggling. Did you ever imagine a world where this did just......... disappear? Because... in effect..... it did.

[@christopheralthouse6378]

I would sayyyy...ehhhh...yes and no... Looking over the results of the 2020 election and I would say that a rather significant part of the US population *likely* had the impeachment firmly in mind as they went out to vote...not to mention all of the *cough* covid *cough* issues going on...and the protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Brionna Taylor and other unarmed and not dangerous black people...and the president's response...or lack thereof...and the copy/paste "is this 2016 again?" re-election campaign... Needless to say, while Senate Republicans provided significant cover fire to shield President Trump from impeachment...he arguably was found guilty by a much tougher court, that of the Court of Public Opinion. Which then responded with ITS official impeachment verdict on 03NOV2020... A verdict of guilty... With orders to remove President Trump along with his entire administration at 1200 on 20JAN2021 WITHOUT FAIL OR DELAY... In effect...he's toast... With butter... And Grape Jam... 😣😣😣😣 Now I'm hungry...😅😅😅😅😵😵😵😵

[@Crass_Honey_Badger]

@@christopheralthouse6378 problem is, he's not gone for good, which impeachment would have settled.

[@ChipInDip]

Bro this video has aged wildly

[@evolyn403]

and now the USA under Biden is fighting a proxy war against Russia.... through the Ukraine. Can't believe more people aren't making these connections, but i guess thats what happens when something goes against the mainstream media narrative...

[@swandive46]

Unfortunately, AG Garland refused and continues to refuse to do his job, so Trump's crimes relating to Ukraine will never be punished. Complicity is a bitch.

[@jaiclary8423]

Objection! The line, "This doesn't happen every day."...hasn't aged well.

[@niceguyeddie5036]

"I did not have transnational relations with that man, Mr. Zelensky."

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

God damn it...this made me laugh...

[@MrUshiikun]

You, sir, win one internets for the day!

[@TheRibottoStudios]

haha i get it

[@gunzakimbo]

"It depends upon what the meaning of the word is is......."

[@CodeXCDM]

Apparently the joke now is referring to him as Monica Zelenskky.

[@Cy_Guy]

"FML, the transcript was just released." I don't think I've laughed that hard in months.

[@Papathunda]

I love that line I had to pause it. Never expected him to cuss.

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

His life is *allegedly* F'd...

[@gdwnet]

@@Papathunda same but it just goes to show how fluid this whole situation is

[@DrakeValos]

11:50 if anyone wants to relive it

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

That's not a problem. That's bonus content.

[@pomamoba]

I’m kinda late to the party, but as a Ukrainian, I wanna correct you on some points. -Yanukovich wasn’t ousted for conspiracy with Russia simply because Russian interference occurred after he was ousted. He was ousted for incredible corruption, abuse of power and getting 100 protesters killed. Whole thing started as a protest to get into EU, but that’s a long story. -Nobody is fighting in Crimea. Yes, we do have an armed conflict with Russia(who claim to do nothing with it and call it civil war), but not in Crimea. Crimea is under occupation, but the fighting is in the eastern regions. -Zelenskiy isn’t a prime minister, he is a president. Thought you make this mistake only once, so it seems to be a typo.

[@MadnessIncVP]

How’s your town doing, nowadays?

[@psycojosho]

The second point is not true anymore, BTW

[@SylviaRustyFae]

@@psycojosho Tbf, theres been a few changes on the warfront since 2021 :P

[@kingpest13]

Best wishes my friend

[@cl8804]

poor people tend to live in clusters

[@jrenema]

Back in the good old days when the world knew zelensky just for this trump scandal...

[@thehoodedteddy1335]

Political stuff aside, the framing of getting phone alerts and being annoyed about the story constantly changing is entertaining

[@Colonel_Overkill]

This episode was indeed worth a chuckle. Even gallows humor gets a laugh.

[@synecdoche8783]

trump is a media plant every single thing he does is news material, they can just make thousands of pieces about his lying ass instead of tackling real american issues like corruption and shady laws

[@hunterwilk]

It was a good bit

[@gibbcharron3469]

@@synecdoche8783 One can hope that we can use Trump's lying ass and those of his associates as, at least, a springboard towards those larger issues.

[@patricknez7258]

Adam hell ya that was funny!

[@jayharyu927]

“Ahh, it’s fun to joke while Rome is... burning.” I’ve never felt a statement more

[@adambartlett114]

Yup, it's the statement that's blistering my skin & boiling the water in my body away... Damn statements! Just ignore the Aurora borealis? At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Located entirely within your kitchen? Can I see it? No! Oh well, at least you make good steamed hams... Adam

[@brianstevens7241]

@@adambartlett114 Did not understand Jay Haryu, sought comments to make sense of this. No sense to be found.

[@tbranscom1]

some of us want to watch the world burn.. im here for ir

[@falleithani5411]

@@brianstevens7241 Timestamp for the quote is 39:08.

[@brianstevens7241]

@@tbranscom1 ok, i can respect that, didn;t know where you were coming ftom

[@dustinjames9743]

I'm not going to lie that is probably the funniest ad segway I've ever heard. " At skillshare you can learn how to bribe and blackmail without being impeached" hilarious, also due to the subject matter that it is parodying deeply concerning. As always this guy does great work and I always walk away with a better understanding of the legal intricacies at play.

[@mikedepue]

*segue

[@joffrecordan]

Oh, young Devin. So young, so innocent since then. I remember when this was shocking, too. And now it's practically a footnote to the insanity.

[@TheGerm24]

"This is breaking news... F my life, the whole transcript has been released." - Cracked me up. Thanks for working so hard to attempt to synthesize the news for us.

[@Awestefeld6612]

Actually he was patronizing people whom he believes can't read or think independently.

[@dunuth]

Yeah, but it's not okay that he qualifies legitimate hypotheses as "crackpot". Just abstain and you'll look smarter in a few years.

[@ryansplace2009]

11:45 timestamp

[@Krawurxus]

That's probably the exact same thing Trump said to his underlings at the exact same time.

[@GoddoDoggo]

@@dunuth It's not a "legitimate hypothesis" though. That's like saying the flat-earthers have a "legitimate hypothesis."

[@jackcarlson4358]

This is like the lawyer equivalent of a weatherman reporting live from the center of a hurricane. Keeping the people informed!

[@casbyness]

Yeah, a biased weatherman who claims a clear blue sky is actually a hail storm. The Dems are walking into a trap, this investigation will guarantee Trump now wins 2020.

[@wea1117]

@casbyness So what in this 40 minute video did he say that was wrong?

[@tadstrange1465]

casbyness The "transcript" literally shows that Trump offered military aid to Ukraine for dirt on Biden.

[@44MagnumNA]

@@casbyness in other words, bias equals unfavorable reporting for your preferred cult of personality. Keep telling yourself that the political sky is clear during impeachment proceedings, it may help you sleep better at night.

[@grendelum]

As someone who lives in the land frequented by hurricanes, I frelling *_hate_* the cat’s standing out in the storms...

[@liamdanielhadcock4381]

"This is not going to go away" Coronavirus: "no one expects the Spanish inquisition"

[@Stanco1919]

With Giuliani as defense lawyer, there is no need to have a prosecutor.

[@toddr2265]

@Dan Drummond God willing he will

[@plo8monster113]

Prosecutors usually make the best criminals ...but not in Rudy's case. Rudy also believed he was about to be a hero again. He said it on the news. Now he could be a hero if he just told the truth. Prosecutors make the best snitches also. They turn on one another like junkies. Power junkies.

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@plo8monster113 he seems to be a pretty bad snitch and embarrassing criminal for someone who spent so long on prosecution

[@ohwowitsthatguy9154]

“Ah, it’s fun to joke when Rome is burning.” That line is nothing short of Shakespearean.

[@michaelhall5429]

Fiddlesticks.

[@haroldthaf]

Oh good sir, i'm none but a simple barbarian. Not with any temple you could stoke the fires of my voracity and vanity. For i that i'm not ashamed of my wild heart, untouched by the bribery of the consul and vicar alike. So let the forest be my grave as it lights the night sky, when bats fly away and the young go astray. - Is that Referential? Meta? Meh, at least i tried.

[@macanaeh]

*Nero liked this*

[@archstanton9073]

I dunno. The economy is doing well. There's no major foreign war going on right now. If "Rome" is burning right now, it's a very slow burn.

[@andrewmartin2321]

Arch Stanton I love how the wars just aren’t important enough

[@kellyactormosgoog]

Dude, the fact that you just linked skillshare to "how to be better at corruption" is the most stereotypically lawyer thing you've ever done and it was hilarious.

[@larryteslaspacexboringlawr739]

lol

[@plo8monster113]

No thanks skillshare I took that course at Trump University.

[@RaphaelRavenwing]

If there's anything I've learned from this channel: As long as your lawyer can make a nice sounding speech you're innocent of all charges.

[@astralminstrel]

This video showed up in my recommendations today. Mixed feelings regarding how hazy this event feels in my memory. Along with every scandal from 2016-20. I can only hope and pray that the American people won’t forget by 2024. As I’m apparently starting to.

[@Redsky973]

Ah yeah, cant wait till the American people get to pick between an exploitative, corrupt racist and an exploitative corrupt racist that is also a nazi

[@ChrisMorray]

Well of course the scandals from 2016-2020 are hazy. They were a non-stop barrage of the most powerful man on earth incoherently stomping around like a bull in a China shop. I'm pretty sure the only reason he's stayed in office after impeachment is because Trump and his lawyers caused a constant sensory overload. I mean... Politico has been overworked trying to figure out every nonsensical tweet from him. I imagine they praised the day Twitter banned him.

[@youngscarface4456]

Well, since then, the entire phone call has been scoured over by mostly every person in government and the interested public. Ultimately, there was nothing there. On the other hand, these claims of dirt on the Bidens have become apparently truthful in the eyes of mostly the entire government and the interested public, along with anyone who has looked over the mounting whistle-blower evidence coming from FBI, DOJ, and the IRS. It seems like Trump wasn't lying. Biden was lying, and people were lying for Biden, and it has continued until this very day.

[@CormacMor]

"Breaking news...and f*** my life!" I feel this moment so much.

[@MohamedTarikRochdi]

I felt it too and I am not American.

[@Thessalin]

Double same.

[@Jianju69]

We've all had moments like that, especially when we're down to the wire, pushing for a deadline.

[@texknight67]

Shame that

[@danf2]

Just wait till Trump wins, got my lib tears mug ready.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

"Incredibly damaging and very, very worrisome.". I believe that's the lawyerly equivalent to a panic attack.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

Also, the single funniest SkillShare ad that I've seen!

[@pete3011]

Apparently, this fool believed the "muh Russia" narrative, so I wouldn't be too worried if I were you.

[@pete3011]

@@thehylian6984 I looked over parts when it came out. I also looked over the laughably absurd steele Dossier when it came out. If you were gullible enough to actually consider that a credible document- even without knowing the circumstances around it- than I have a bridge in Russia to sell you... and hidden in one of the bridge's keystones is the final proof that will take orange man down, hidden there by Vlad himself!

[@ClannerJake]

@@thehylian6984 i like how the dems aren't crackpots for not having anything legal eagle had and making toxic speeches containing all sorts of damning accusations, but anyone else is get the 'did you read the report?' spiel.

[@Turamwdd]

@@thehylian6984 Yep, it took about 3 weeks for me to get through it all. Did you read it?

[@deoyx]

New title: lawyer slowly loses it over the stupidity in our news

[@miksausitis]

deoyx the groypers are rising!

[@toddr2265]

@Dave May So a left biased lawyer is someone who uses facts and logic then? Got it.

[@slobaru7094]

I mostly watch the blaze and crowder so im feeling pretty sane rn.

[@djstringsmusic2994]

@Dave May So basically you guys watch some of the most right biased alt news, so when you come across someone who is in the center. You can't tell. Everyone who's in the center looks far left when you're an idiot. I'm center right and you guys (far left and right) are just a wrong and bothered by people who are a whole lot smarter than you sitting in the center with degrees, tons of college and schooling who actually understand the concept of unbiased. Listening to idiots like crowder who thinks the louder he talks the more right he'll be, don't help you in the pursuit of objectivity.

[@stephj9378]

@@toddr2265 At times, yes.

[@Ian_sothejokeworks]

Wow. It's so weird to look 1 month back in time.

[@kristiemccaslin4926]

yeah it just keeps getting more and more clear. and now trump's saying, rudy who? lol just like Michael Cohen

[@nurv999]

Kristie Mccaslin no he’s not ... you guys are ridiculous

[@kristiemccaslin4926]

@@nurv999 trump said he didn't know what Rudy was doing in Ukraine and the reporters should ask rudy. and when asked if rudy was still his lawyer trump said "i don't kno" and that Rudy has other clients other than him and maybe thats what he was doing in Ukraine. thats how it started with Cohen if u remember. now he wants him to testify in his impeachment trial! lol, Rudy will not be good for trump's trial because he says he's working for trump for free so who's paying Rudy? who pays for all those trips for Rudy to go to Europe? is his actually trump's lawyer? the fact that u blindly support trump after he was clearly trying to cheat AGAIN is whats ridiculous. u should be watching ufc fights tonight instead of talking sh!t to me!

[@picklethepepper]

Even better now. Go Trump 👊👊👊

[@AaBb-zj2ld]

@@picklethepepper lolol

[@georgeweidner3425]

The constant phone updates followed by the “OH F’’’’ ME” is such a nice touch. Also you did a better job explaining this then any news outlet has. Love the plug at the end

[@anthonyschlessman1848]

Not really

[@StellarMonstrosity]

@madshark 1369 What did he lie about?

[@noneofyerbisness8702]

@madshark 1369 "Just another left-wing hack, spreading lies< to protect his Messiah, X Resident Shitstain." Would you like some ranch dressing with that word salad? To quote you, "Your inability to compose English negates anything you say."

[@danp1471]

madshark 1369 So sorry that the Grammer in the KZbin comments isn't up to your standards. Your English is so impeccable you had to edit every comment you made. If you want to argue someone with facts cool, however if you think someone who uses the wrong "than" negates anything they have to say then how can you take anything Trump says seriously. If you want to point out my bad Grammer I don't give a shit seeing how this is a simple KZbin comment & you are not worth the time to proof read it.

[@RyanMan767]

@madshark 1369 just for the record, hating America is neither left or right wing. you are hated and ridiculed by the rest of the world equally. if *youre* supposed to be the advocate for your country, and this blatant shitshow of a government, then you're doing a bad job. and your seventh-grade run on sentences dont make you look as intelligent as you think. now answer the question, what are you implying was fabricated in this video? anything? ...no? thought so.

[@delbomb3131]

Holy hell if you charged us lawer fees for the amount of time you put into this video you'd be able to retire

[@BLasherman]

He would charge us for the full hour, even though it only 40 minutes. LOL

[@delbomb3131]

@@BLasherman that's just what we see tho, imagine all the edits, reshoots, research, organization time, then consider 25k people viewed it so far. Even just 1 hour of time at lawyer rates.... Yikes

[@Hal-md7qw]

@@BLasherman you never had a lawyer, have you ?

[@apap4997]

@@BLasherman That's for massages. Lawyers charge in 6-minute units where I'm from, lol.

[@fenhen]

He’s getting it pretty good from the sponsors.

[@JBC352]

That audible shake in his breath before he continues reading after “I would like you to do us a favor, though” summarizes my emotional turbulence after my first time reading that sentence in the transcript.

[@petercarioscia9189]

Oh shut up. This transcript was banal and boring. There was no evidence of quid pro quo. Listen to the recording of Bidens call with Ukraine officials to hear what ACTUALLY quid pro quo looks and sounds like.

[@QuikVidGuy]

​@@petercarioscia9189 and the grass is red and water is dry

[@PointsofData]

​@petercarioscia9189 "I'd like you to do us a favor" coupled with Ukraine's military aid suddenly being in jeopardy when they were in a war with Russia (there was no invasion but there was still fighting) isn't implicit quid pro quo? Do you think all criminal cases involving quid pro quo literally need to have the plaintiff say "do this or I'll break your kneecaps"?

[@cailinanne]

2020 Devin on trump impeachment: “This doesn’t happen everyday.” 2021 me: “I’ve go some news for you...”

[@jjkusaf]

Loved those phone prompts for comedic effect...also your analysis of this.

[@abaque24]

It does evokes how fast the train is going of the rails XD

[@HistoryNerd808]

As he said, "it's fun to joke while Rome is burning." Need some comedy to keep me sane in this. I'm glad everything is getting out but all of this coming out in the span of a week is making it hard to keep up with this crazy scandal.

[@barbh1]

Brilliant!

[@TheBrothergreen]

It's probably not just for comedic effect. It gives him an excuse to cut in new footage without breaking immersion, and/or explains any factual errors he might make due to being rushed.

[@blinkin304]

not entirely convinced those weren't real. it may have been theatrics, but there is at least a hint of truth. making videos and doing research like he does takes time and the rate at which information has been coming out over the past couple of days has been insane. it is very likely that these things were popping up while he was in the process of filming and/or editing this video.

[@FancyGeeks]

I can't believe you tried to summarize this so early on, you poor brave man.

[@TimBaoht]

This X infinity!!!!!!!!

[@epoc162]

Fancy Teeth as long as it’s done objectively then it’s totally fine. It’s only when you show a clear political bias that it becomes an issue. 5is was done very well and without showing any bias. It stuck to the law and facts and made what was speculation clear.

[@alex0589]

@@epoc162 Being pro-justice is now political bias, though, somehow. Sadly.

[@DanielCastillo-qn5jb]

@@alex0589 not having all the facts and jumping into conclusions are political bias, in fact that's the best definition of it.

[@mojojoji5493]

Daniel Castillo also whataboutism when you deflect to another person

[@Videosaurus_Wrex]

sept. 27th, 2019 "this is going to be week we remember for a long time to come" March 2020: hold on to your journal

[@owenr-m4619]

I completely forgot about this shit. This presidency might have to be an entire project in of itself when taught in schools

[@pineapplepower9912]

January 6th:

[@brittanyh.3108]

January 2021 hold my beer

[@draxiss1577]

I know it's not really the focus of this video, but this really exposes a fundamental problem with whistleblowing laws: the 'proper channels' you're supposed to go through are often the same channels that covered up the stuff you're blowing the whistle on. It was a fight to get as much information as we *did* get about what's going on in this case. See: Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, etc.

[@johoney5458]

I did find out that the whistleblower had no first hand info and that Schiff knew about it in late August but did not bring it out until middle of September.

[@johoney5458]

@Truth Serum well maybe, but Pelosi came out and declared an impeachment inquiry, then the transcript was released, and then they started the secret closed door questioning. I have lost track of the sequences.

[@johoney5458]

@Truth Serum weren't the whistleblower laws revised either a few months or a year ago to provide that whistleblowers need not have 1st hand knowledge of the problem they were reporting on. If so anyone can tie up the courts with gossip and spreading rumors. that makes no sense. that change came about by the dems and was not known by repubs. until the report was actually made so at first it was assumed that a leaker from the actual call was responsible for the report which is treason and they could be shot as such. at least I think that is the way that law stands. and yes the republicans were included in the meetings but then only shifty Schiff came out and reported on the meetings. all others could not speak out by law or rules, I think. And I have seen him lie like a dog with a straight face. So what are we to do as Americans?

[@johoney5458]

@Truth Serum thanks for your input.

[@brookeceron8091]

johoney54 you're right on the money, your other advisor is not. The people who are testifying at the kangaroo court are not elected, but long term state officials. Schiff helped set this up. I'm hoping they are dumb enough to send it to the Senate. If you want to pay 70% tax for programs the government has no business taking over, vote left in 2020. If you want Trump to continue rooting out corruption, if you want opportunities to increase for all of us, vote Trump in 2020.

[@jasonhogan1614]

The pacing of this week is almost as fast as a fictional lawsuit.

[@HistoryNerd808]

I wish it would slow down some. I can barely keep up

[@BigDaddyWes]

I just finished watching all of Better Call Saul and I've been thinking the same thing. I'd also love it if they were to do more episodes on that show here on this channel.

[@PlanetParasite]

It basically is a fictional lawsuit

[@conniethesconnie]

I know. Doesn't he always tell us that it takes months for all this discovery to take place?

[@zachplummer625]

Hell it seems faster.

[@alenaababon1523]

I love this format of "updates" as more info came out. I can tell how much work you put into this and I cannot thank you enough. Like thank you thank you, thank you, you break down these lengthy hard to understand concepts into understandable explanations. And you keep us up to date with all the information that has come out because it's overwhelming the amount that comes every day

[@1dirkmanchest]

Is the whistleblower supposed to have some direct knowledge of the events he reports or is hearsay okay?

[@jaycantrell4394]

@@1dirkmanchest It depends. Hearsay is defined as information one cannot adequately substantiate; it's literally repeating information from another source without any further action. It's likely that the person that is the whistle blower was in a position of authority over those persons who did things like transcribe the call, handle aspects of the military aid to Ukraine including the unexplained hold and perhaps the cited password secure information system that was allegedly misused. So, though the whistle blower himself did not listen to the call, handle the aid to Ukraine or put transcripts into a secure computer system people who report to him did. That is quite a bit different than hearsay.

[@eschelar]

@monokhem some of his sources are just watching the mainstream media news. He was not privy to those conversations. He listened to a few people who don't like Trump who work there and got a distortion of the facts because of a bias. None of the facts that he presented were correct or have stood the test of time - not even a few days. None were researched seriously by the people reporting about it. The few reporters that did research found out very quickly that claims made about those people were patently false. The idea that this was taken seriously is absolutely mindblowing.

[@warmlycalculated390]

@@eschelar You're literally spouting Fake News and worst of all, you know you are. People like you are the cancer that is killing discourse in America. I hope you'll engage in some enlightened self reflection ASAP.

[@warmlycalculated390]

@mrs0019 The whistleblower is a part of the intelligence community. He conducted an internal investigation, and presented information as close to the truth as possible and the AIG determined his complaint was credible and had merit. If the complaint was riddled with lies, why doesn't the Trump administration publish all exonerating documents, including an unedited recording of the call with Zelensky? I really hope this sinks Biden too, though it looks like he's doing that all be himself anyway.

[@bluebear6198]

Thank you LegalEagle. Thank you for all of your hard work. You are a real gift and blessing to us all. I'd rather watch your well researched and clearly presented videos than a traditional news media outlet any day. More comprehensive, more unbiased, more contextual background, more educational, and a lot more fun and entertaining. Again, thank you! We appreciate it.

[@Gavoh3]

I didn’t know that Ryan Reynolds and John Krasinski had a kid

[@AmberAmber]

Right!? Sooo Apt!♡

[@AmberAmber]

@donereally Ha!! Also apt!

[@eroraf8637]

Rarely have I seen an iPhone with such superb comedic timing.

[@cbalan777]

It's called editing. The guy is an actor as well as a lawyer.

[@GoatZilla]

@@cbalan777 It's called a joke.

[@fakecubed]

@@cbalan777 The way he threw the word "guilty" around a lot without a jury having its say makes me wonder if he's a lawyer at all. He's a good actor, but he needs to learn words like "allegedly" and learn what innocent until proven guilty means, if he wants to convince us he's a lawyer. He might also want to read the US Constitution, so he can find out that presidents are in charge of foreign policy and they are the chief law enforcement officer in the United States. Carrying out the constitutionally-assigned powers of the office of the presidency, such as investigating corruption and setting foreign policy contingent on foreign cooperation, cannot be impeachable offenses.

[@pialichatterjee3106]

@@fakecubed Hahaha

[@ccvcharger]

@@fakecubed except, as he mentioned, there are legal channels for conducting investigations with the cooperation of foreign agencies, which brings up the question, why was Rudy Giuliani involved? He isn't an official member of the government, nor is he an official ambassador, but somehow he's been granted access to a matter that should be handled by the DoJ and DoS, assuming there is legitimate cause for investigation in the first place.

[@johnsteiner3417]

I know you'd much prefer to review law in fiction, and this video was too much like your day job, so I want to thank you for your excellent and- to date, most thorough and objective breakdown I've seen on this.

[@planegoesnyoooooom]

this comment didn't seem to age well XD

[@Fridge_Duck]

*Default iPhone notification sound* Me: oh god it's happening

[@vaevictus4637]

"Things are going to get bigger before they get smaller." - Legal Eagle, 2019

[@johnathanhughes9881]

He was right about that. . . .

[@RobertJulianSmith]

From a History Degree ™ standpoint I can agree with the technically correct term of "bonkers."

[@theman4884]

With a history degree you are qualified to make $50,000 a month sitting on the board of an oil company.

[@_Abjuranax_]

@@HistoryNerd808 The verdict comes at the end of a trial, not the beginning. Or are you already changing the text to suit your narrative?

[@HistoryNerd808]

@@_Abjuranax_ Did you read what I said? "Of the future." I was giving an opinion of what I think might happen. Reading comprehension, it's important.

[@awesomesauce_3516]

Michael Hill What is he talking about?

[@seangarner2687]

Are you allowed to trademark a degree?

[@draconicepic4124]

Skillshare: We give courses to help with what?

[@brannontirin]

This was, however, the best sponsorship ad I think I’ve ever seen on YT

[@huydinh7506]

@Mitchell Bupp How does boot taste?

[@jeckjeck3119]

@Mitchell Bupp Your mum? Sun doesn't shine there at all.

[@warlordofvideogameglitches]

Skillshare can allow you to learn to be a shady person and hide information from everyone.

[@Chuckakhan]

impeachment.

[@dapperlittlewren1722]

37:24 anyone else catch him say "draw jopping?" Thanks for this video, it's very informative even at this point (after the impeachment proceedings). I thought I was reasonably educated on the topic but I guess I wasn't, really

[@whisperingsims]

Hahaha I'm watched this in 2022 because I just found the channel. Hello people of the past. It got so much worst.

[@Laufbursche4u]

Phone: "Dingle-Ling!" Me: lol Who had thought that legal advise could be so funny?

[@ollieb9875]

Even, advice!

[@chrisp7044]

@@ollieb9875 Advice, even, even!

[@potatos_4_free]

@@chrisp7044 Even advice, even.

[@holographicbunny3297]

Analysis, rather.

[@frank_fick]

That was the funniest ad I've ever seen. "If you ever need classes on being corrupt, here's a link!"

[@MegaChickenfish]

"You'll learn how to bribe and blackmail _without getting impeached!_ " Best sponsor ever.

[@kardaschow6482]

@Jyygylag If you copypaste comments you obviously get flagged as Spam and put on a list of frequent Spam-posters, to be checked for bots. Dont be surprised if the Spam check works .....

[@wraith.ferron]

Went back to watch this in November to feel nostalgia about when this issue was simple

[@thomasgauthier5691]

It's not still simple? I'm first seeing this now and there doesn't seem to be much extra that we didn't know back then... Just more details showing how bad it was.

[@wraith.ferron]

@@thomasgauthier5691 Sondland changed his story twice, but now seems to be telling the truth. Republicans are belittling armed forces members. Nunes has jumped on the conspiracy train. The GOP keeps trying to sideline the story in conservative news. I didn't say that the fact that it's damning as hell has changed, just all the extra information and commentary was getting a bit much.

[@Xander_the_Lander]

Tom Gauthier I went to Big Sky HS with you and your brothers Dan and Scott! I agree. I can’t believe all the bs we’re putting up with on what seems like an open and shut case. I just hope the Senate acts like the impartial jury they are supposed to be once this reaches them.

[@Xander_the_Lander]

Tom Gauthier I went to Big Sky HS with you and your brothers Dan and Scott! I agree. I can’t believe all the bs we’re putting up with on what seems like an open and shut case. I just hope the Senate acts like the impartial jury they are supposed to be once this reaches them.

[@edwardcardona717]

Alex Kemner An impartial senate...youre such an optimistic person. I miss optimism

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

Legal Eagle: "But I have to emphasize that there may be additional context that makes things better" Narrator: _It was then they learned of the additional context, which made things worse_

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

Not really this is the mueller report 2.0.

[@Levixne]

@@thunberbolttwo3953 someone didn't watch the video lol

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

@@Levixne Nice pointless comment.

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

@@Levixne Yet i am not wrong this is the muellor repirt 2.0.Just another attempt to nullify the 2016 election.

[@infinit888]

@Ghost Yuki thunderbolt two is a partisan actor using a spurious right wing talking point. Don't expect to have a candid conversation with him. He's made up his mind and he'll try to find whatever argument he can to support it no matter how wrong.

[@dylanogden9337]

OBJECTION: This reluctant ad pivot was your best so far, and the only one to have made me laugh. Absolutely draw-jopping

[@RundliiGaming]

@Cat Egorical Way to not argue why what he says was incorrect and rather bash his character. It says more about you than Devin to be honest.

[@TheFeltbegone]

This was an excellent video, but that was the best Skillshare ad ever. "If you need to pressure a foreign power...." Tears😂😂😂

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

And do it while making perfect calls

[@delbomb3131]

It's right up there with the dollops therapy ad reads

[@chrs-wltrs]

"This is not just going to go away." Oh Devon, if your fan base is rabid enough, anything can be swept under the rug 🙃

[@TheAres1999]

Instead of dealing with a scandal, just cause another one to get people to stop talking about the first one.

[@3rdand105]

In my opinion, this is the best video you've ever made (even though I haven't seen all of them as of yet). The segue from the subject matter to the sponsored ad at the end was pure genius, it put a smile on my face, being witness to your intelligence and creativity. I would hate to face you in court, I'm almost certain you generally win your cases. Keep up the good work!

[@Abderian]

I choose to imagine all the lawyers in court shimmying their shoulders when they talk, too.

[@RichardBaran]

Ok so I'm not going crazy.

[@G0ZERIAN]

Its far more exaggerated if you watch on 1.5x speed! Like Michael J Fox status

[@AroAceGamer]

Objection! If Chewbacca lives on Endor then we must aquit!

[@robertnett9793]

I think the only thing that may save Trump at this rate is the SPACE FORCE! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWK2omSEp5prnq8

[@antifableach]

Hahahaha South Park

[@dreamshooter90]

Moon of Endor as Endor is inhospitable.

[@AetherHuntrax3036]

Luckily, he doesn't.

[@drmayeda1930]

@@AetherHuntrax3036 He visited there.

[@westernbrumby]

Wonder how the war in Ukraine would have turned out if the aid wasn't frozen unneccessarily.

[@allenoka8641]

this proves that it is absolutely impossible to sound intelligent quoting Trump

[@GeorgeDolbier]

I nominate you for the most hilarious segue into advertising message.

[@lauramiller1793]

I second that nomination.

[@anamariaramirez9341]

@@lauramiller1793 So do I

[@PrivateCritter]

it is Absolute Gold.

[@musashi-avi284]

Hold on. Segue?

[@Wrest2165]

1000% yes!

[@Buxt8224]

I really appreciate your dedication to getting this out while it's relevant. Keep up the good work

[@joshuaspector8182]

You, hands down, are the absolute best at plugging your sponsors. Probbly on all of youtube! :D

[@GeekboyDigital]

I have enjoyed what I feel is the best summary of this whole whistleblower case. It's clear, concise, unbiased, and truthful. This is amazing and thank you, sir for having stitched it together as best you could. I now really get the ramifications of this whole case. All your other videos are really interesting as well, my favorites being this and the My Cousin Vinnie videos! No one needs to watch the damn news anymore, just your channel, if they really want the answers they are looking for on this topic. Thanks for being one of the people trying to do a service to this country. There needs to be more people like you in our government.

[@zachplummer625]

Something you never want to hear a lawyer say. "This is bad."

[@immaculatesquid]

Jesse Schoedel its either trump and biden or neither. so both sides are being pure hypocrites because both are accused of basically the same crime. If you hate trump, you will ignore biden, and go for impeachment. If you like Trump you will ignore him and go after Biden. Problem is, how you interpret the call is 100% determined by what you thought before the transcript. Will it influence you that Ukraine Prez brought up giuliani, barr, and also im pretty sure he also addressed the prosecutor issue before trump asked. The original attack was Quid Pro Quo, except Ukraine Prez says he didnt interpret a threat. Go to your kitchen, take a hamburger bun, seperate the bottom from the top, and then proceed to place them back in form and eat this Ukraine Bribery nothing burger

[@GannerRhysode]

Jesse Schoedel lets not pretend democrats haven’t already shot their wad trying to find any kind of dirt on trump in order to impeach. But Teflon don cant seem to stick. This is just another attempt to impeach of lawfully elected president.

[@immaculatesquid]

GannerRhysode Innocent until proven guilty, yet the ones claiming guilty before any investigation are the level headed ones apparently

[@casbyness]

I wonder if we'll ever hear anything more about the Russia hoax, now that the Dems have a Ukrainian hoax to focus on instead.

[@TheFallinhalo]

@@GannerRhysode doesn't matter if he was elected legally. just because you were elected legally doesn't excuse you from crime you commit after the fact. there is now incriminating evidence that trump has committed severe crimes and thus needs to be impeached. Biden also need to face consequence.

[@amystillwell2110]

Soooo....I randomly stumbled upon this post after typing "Ukraine Transcript " into the search bar. Wow! This guy is awesome. Super thorough. And amazing verbal breakdown for us who may not completely understand the wordings and legal terminology. I subscribed about 10 minutes into this video. Amazing breakdown!

[@susanhillwig5784]

Just wait until you watch one of his videos that focuses on fictional legal cases (My Cousin Vinny, The Simpsons, Harvey Birdman, etc.). Much more fun!

[@dawnmasters3246]

And typically partisan.

[@PassGoGames]

Wait until you watch his lawyer reactions to courtroom movies. Highly recommend My Cousin Vinny.

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Dawn Masters, his videos aren’t typically partisan. If anything he does his best to avoid that to draw in more viewers. You can see some of his personal politics creep in but he’ll quickly counter that with an opposing interpretation of the law to try to keep it balanced. His Twitter feed may be another story.

[@jerrodshack7610]

@@dawnmasters3246 Hard not to be when one side is wrong 99% of the time

[@davsan3570]

Draw Jopping. I like this. I'm gonna use this. Thank you for your work here brother. edit: Most of the media i spend my precious time with these days endorse Skillshare but your ad was definitely my favorite. Oh and also watch Some More News , please everyone (reminded by skillshare here)

[@venom_snake1984]

You know, people say all sorts of bad things about lawyers, but you've changed my perception of lawyers in general. You guys are great and underrated. Keep up the good work!

[@nicholasiverson9784]

Your skillshare plug in this episode has to be my favorite sponsor mention of all time, bumping down wayne's world to number 2.

[@cdreid99999]

Seriously best plug ever

[@Shaddow-sama]

I know your channel is centered around lawyers and what they are legally permitted to do in a court of law, but, if you did this kind of stuff regularly like reporting on scandals and politics, I would really enjoy that. You break things down in a way that make the situation easier to understand and keep track of. I really liked this video.

[@iSnortRadium]

U enjoy fake leftist propaganda sad

[@seanoreilly632]

Listening to trump speak, or even just a transcript of his conversations is painful. It's like trying to hear the ramblings of a kindergartener because sometimes he says the same thing once at the beginning of a sentence, once at the end, and a third time at the begging of the next statement. It's an English teacher's worst nightmare

[@markherbert4723]

Thank you so much for making these videos. Living outside the US, this is by far the best explanation of the goings on that I can actually get my head round. Great work. I wish there was someone like you looking at Boris Johnson in the UK and his shenanigans.

[@angreeee]

thank God, for Boris Johnson 💪

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Everybody gangsta till the whistles start blowing

[@RobertJohnson-cq8hh]

LOLOLOLOLOL

[@this_is_patrick]

For real, shit's getting wild these days bruh.

[@itsprivate3061]

you mean the snitch

[@DeathTheKid6778]

@@itsprivate3061 You snitch on a homie, you whistle blow on the government.

[@Rundatbul]

Word to Too Short!

[@Tonyblack261]

My late wife was a trainee lawyer at Georgetown during the Nixon scandal. She said that it was a very interesting time to be studying law. I don't know what she'd make of all this.

[@skotmatthews8940]

I'm a firm believer 10 years from now when trumps administration can be looked at objectively it will be viewed as the most corrupt administration in history.

[@stevetimmer8460]

I was in law school during Watergate, too. It was the best time to be in law school in the history of law school. Well, until now, that is.

[@drmayeda1930]

@@skotmatthews8940 more like 20 years after various crimes Trump has committed and the ban on prosecuting a sitting president has expired

[@TheCampdragon]

@@skotmatthews8940 Be hard to beat the Clintons.

[@DB-de2ht]

Sorry about your wife. These are interesting times for sure.

[@stromnightstrider9048]

I actually like this guy, he is very fun as well as factual regarding to thinking like a lawyer I look forward to his videos

[@Moose92411]

The complete lack of pithy quips illustrates how serious this was from the very beginning, for the people who actually care about legality and morality.

[@brandondavidson4085]

"Both are just bonkers" is the best thing a lawyer could say.

[@HedelTorres]

The whole administration is bonkers... Between Juliani and the Donald, when you think it can't get any more bonkers, it does.

[@ZOB4]

5:31 "The conversation I had was largely congratulatory, was largely corruption"

[@DarkCurow]

Well he told the truth. He just didn't say it was his corruption. lol

[@katherinemorelle7115]

All the corruption, in fact. Nice that he admits it, I guess.

[@vituperation]

Without context, this could almost be a Freudian slip.

[@jaihayes9647]

and we don't want biden "creating to the corruption already in ukraine" ofc, whatever that means

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Jai Hayes, it means words. He has the best words. Everyone agrees.

[@MrDuane-lr8dm]

Your usual transition from reviewing to promoting the sponsor is always clever. This one was just hilarious. I am considering creating another account, so I can give it 2 thumbs up.

[@g.waits4gainz205]

man, you really pull back the curtains for me sometimes nad show me just how deep and knoted alot of things can be when the legal is mixed with the corrupt. especialy if theres somethings that are just impossible to expose or investigate because someone seems too powerful. great video

[@gretahaffandhawf]

Legal Eagle: "This is insane." Well, yes.

[@ArlanKels]

It sums up the entire Trump tenure. Everyone who is protecting Trump right now keep saying stuff like "There's no smoking gun" Yet due to youtubers like LegalEagle I have learned that most criminal cases nowadays are handled involving primarily circumstantial evidence, that there is rarely an actual "smoking gun". Sometimes I feel like I learn more thanks to youtube than from my time in school. :\

[@mojojoji5493]

ArlanKels KZbin is my parents :,)

[@jemesmemes9026]

stanley oleyte Son… your KZbin mother and I have been meaning to tell you - well - you’re adopted

[@mojojoji5493]

JamesConQueso :(

[@mattfrank5314]

@@ArlanKels how can it be the "smoking gun" if it's not still smoking when it reaches the courtroom? who want to bet that'll be the rep. response soon?

[@SCEzeric]

This feels like an entire season of a soap opera in 30 minutes, but the narrator is amazing.

[@SCEzeric]

@Yama Kazoo uhh, I don't think I understand the context of your comment

[@squigglychris8396]

@Yama Kazoo Disagrees with truth of the events being laid out, therefore must be charlatan. *eyeroll* Get over yourself.

[@warmlycalculated390]

@Yama Kazoo We got a live one here, boys!

[@StrilanGaming]

Look, son...A Trumpet. ^

[@StrilanGaming]

@Yama Kazoo so cute.

[@myideas8548]

Thank you very much for putting things into context. This was very clear and informative.. far more than any (mindless) news channel.. - subscribed

[@thedeadlyginger3880]

Thanks for breaking this situation down in terms I can understand

[@guyranting]

I applaud you for the level of effort that went into this video. I know it's not easy.

[@OGPatriot03]

Too bad it has an EXTREME radical leftist slant and makes automatic assumptions because he doesn't like the Bad Orange man. Just 1 example is how he assumes that this has anything at all to do with personal gain when the interest lies within the American people wanting to investigate CORRUPTION, or even that Ukraine new aid was withheld temporarily which according to the New York times Ukraine didn't even know there was a delay until months after the phone call.

[@zacharygilmore1075]

@@OGPatriot03 Trump literally said in the transcript right after the Ukrainian president talked about buying Javelins from the U.S., "I would like you to do us a favor, though." How is that not quid pro quo?

[@OGPatriot03]

@@zacharygilmore1075 In addition to my comment above, isn't it interesting how the media downplays a Vice President pressuring a Foreign Government to NOT investigate corruption, yet they're trying to impeach Trump for supposedly pressuring that same government to INVESTIGATE the corruption in accordance with the law? Nothing wrong with wanting an investigation when it appears a serious crime was committed, but to demand a government NOT investigate certain people? Wow that's BAD.

[@troubledsole9104]

Patriot 03 Extreme? What part did you not understand?

[@stevenwang5148]

@@OGPatriot03 If Biden committed a crime, then it is the business of the proper authorities to investigate him. However what he has done has no bearing on what the president has done. This is the equivalent of saying "I broke into a robber's house to rob him of the stuff he stole." This entire investigation is on whether or not it was an abuse of power, no matter how justified it may seem, abuse is abuse.

[@davidrich27]

“Ah, it’s fun to joke while Rome is burning” SkillShare have any violin courses?

[@thenotsodemocraticrepublic7731]

I’m sorry when what is burning!?

[@TrashDeviant]

@Aria Rashidzadeh I never thought that was meant to be literal. I always assumed that was just a metaphor saying that Nero was useless.

[@mcfearson1391]

@@TrashDeviant nah. Most historical accounts actually have him playing the lyre or writing poetry as he watched the city burn from the rooftops

[@megabyte01]

I know you were joking with your question, but I decided to answer it seriously :). www.skillshare.com/classes/Beginner-Violin-Class-VIOLIN-MASTERY-FROM-THE-BEGINNING-Beginner-Violin-Lessons/384313525/lessons

[@Kavafy]

@Aria Rashidzadeh ummm... the lyre is a string instrument

[@jenconvertibles]

5:33 To quote trump, “The conversation I had was largely congratulatory, it was largely corruption” Freudian slip?

[@vwspeedracer]

Possibly the best Skillshare ad I've ever seen.

[@voodoochild1975az]

Short version: Me: "I'm not a lawyer but this looks really, really bad" Legal Eagle: 'I am a lawyer, and this looks really, really bad'

[@Contevent]

That's a pretty good summary xD Latest development I heard of: Trump ordered his people not to testify, which is also illegal and impeachable no matter how you look at it.

[@brandenreece]

id like to see his response now that the transcript has been released... and the Ukrainian president corroborating Trump. also the fact that the "whistleblower" is a former employee of joe biden.... alot has changed in the facts since sept 27....

[@Phatnaru0002]

Important to know that, shortly after this video was made, it was uncovered that Ukrainian officials didn't even know that aid was being withheld at the time of the phone call. Right-wing source: dailycaller.com/2019/09/27/ukraine-government-trump-aid-freeze-phone-call/ Left-wing source: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/ukraine-unaware-aid-holdup-month-after-trump-call

[@brandenreece]

@@Contevent a house committee is not the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES . only the HOUSE votes on impeachment, then the SENATE.... also i should remind you, of the 3 times Impeachment has come up in our country not a single president has been over thrown.....

[@Contevent]

@@brandenreece Yup, this time may be different.

[@donder172]

"This doesn't happen ever day." Is it me or does it feel like this is exactly what happens every day.

[@remyjones9146]

I mean there is perception and then there is the actual event of what’s happening here. Which is wildly unusual, though not unexpected.

[@firepuppies4086]

It shouldn't, but... Trump kinda causes it

[@sebsignat8286]

The media and conservatives work 'extra' to confuse, confound and make everyone not care

[@tajayfoot1]

Sebs Ignat honestly they’re doing good job at brain washing the average viewer

[@Thoralmir]

@@tajayfoot1 Brainwashing _how?_ The overwhelming majority of mainstream news media is against Trump, the educational system is explicitly left-leaning, and KZbin demonotizes and/or bans virtually every content creator that says anything about Trump or the Republicans that isn't scathing damnation. The conservatives aren't in a position to brainwash people, unless you believe they have some sort of psychic mind powers.

[@kwilnc]

Quality summary. Very informative. Thanks for what I'm sure was a lot of hard work and research to make this video. And 38:30 made me spit out my coffee, so that was a nice bonus.

[@TheRichmaster24]

Looking bac on thiss, the constant updates were hilarious to see

[@jonathanmatthews4774]

Yes. I have been waiting all week since the news broke for this. Time to pop some popcorn.

[@AFMountaineer2000]

Me too

[@jackjackson7537]

Objection: we dont get enough 40 minute episodes. This one was fantastic. A lot of info. I'm gonna need to rewatch this a few times

[@josephgoulet8981]

I’m watching this mid January 2020, and it hasn’t gotten any better.

[@jackswild]

I just had to add - your skillshare ad, made me LOL.

[@jcbdigger4945]

OBJECTION: I want that transcript stricken from the record as its incredibly damaging to my case!!!!!

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Overruled, Mr Hutz. Now put your pants back on and sit down.

[@stankfanger1366]

Psst... dumbass. Trump's the one that rushed the release of the transcript. The best this moron's got is "implied quid pro quo".

[@BlizzardofOze]

@@stankfanger1366 Supported by a great deal of strong circumstantial evidence. Which actually is enough to build a solid case on. But yeah, we'll have to let it play out and see what happens.

[@TheGroovyJones]

@@BlizzardofOze Asking a foreign power to investigate a political rival is a crime. Full stop. No quid pro quo needed to become a crime.

[@RorRiiZzLE]

Kudos man. You probably have a day job and you still found time to make a 40 minute video about what’s currently happening in our democracy and actually explain it all in a smooth fashion. Too many people don’t know what’s going on, or think they do and then watch a video like yours and their jaw drops.

[@MattAlbie]

"probably have a day job." Heh. I see what you did there.

[@mctaylor0307]

We're a Republic btw

[@dr.floridamanphd]

Marshall Taylor, from the dictionary. “Republic: a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.” You can’t have a republican form of government without democratically elected officials.

[@mctaylor0307]

@@dr.floridamanphd yes but a ton of people always only call us a democracy. I just want people to acknowledge we are a Republic.

[@MattAlbie]

@@mctaylor0307 We can't be a Republic, because then the Sith will topple us.

[@jasonkaze2685]

Such a good video. Truly appreciate the breakdown. You are becoming legendary in my life and in my circle regarding your talent for cutting through the layers and presenting something complex in an easy to understand manner. Respect.

[@Soundwave218]

Lmao, that tie in to your sponsor was great. Excellent video.

[@skrepon13]

You're videos usually have a lighthearted overtone. You are clearly stressed in this video though. The concerns you have are clearly troubling. Thank you for taking the time to digest this information for us.

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

*your You're= you are

[@DrummerDucky]

Acting, a foreign concept.

[@rvanzo925]

He is stressed because he realize the nothing burger is going nowhere.

[@SolarArmadillo]

R Vanzo and the desperation grows.

[@travisbewley7084]

And the far right cockroaches decend in the comments, latching onto replies because their own ideas would never make it near the top. Pathetic

[@0meat]

Objection, we have no evidence that you are actually wearing pants in this video.

[@shimusume1486]

No one claimed he is!

[@dsmx85]

Hmm, Mr Hutz are you aware you're not wearing any pants?

[@scottwilliam3470]

00meat Plays overruled

[@briangichari5278]

Nice one

[@CODomingo]

You know I am beginning to suspect that people who wears a suit in KZbin don't wear pants. I mean I won't. I like wearing shorts when I am at home. They're comfy and easy to wear.

[@SilverKnight16]

Man, remember when things were simple, like they were in 2019?