'You Ready?': Trump Rattles Off Quotes From Legal Scholars And Pundits In His Defense

In remarks outside his NYC hush money trial, former President Trump read quotes of people defending him.
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Short version: THIS IS BULLSHIT

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LOL he has a lady following him with "good news" and then telling him what a good boy he is. Nice gig lady, hope he pays you up front!

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

The bright lesson is: Thou shalt not commit adultery

[@cherylfitch3183]

But in this case it IS “thou shalt NOT bear false witness”……..

[@Thecherokee4x4]

United States for Trump

[@Johhny_McMerica]

We voted him out (for many good reasons).

[@LuciaMilan8368]

@@Johhny_McMericaThose 2:00 am ballots the early morning after the election voted him out.

[@georgewilson4245]

@@LuciaMilan8368 NIXON: A President that became a crook. TRUMP: A crook that became President.

[@baldilocks1914]

@@LuciaMilan8368still crying 😂. Trumps own election expert said there way no fraud 😂😂😂 do better ❄️

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@@baldilocks1914 experts were brought out by radical liberal activists like George soros

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I will vote for you this time iam sick of the news

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[@cristianlara0612]

Imagine going to court and the only thing you have it’s quotes

[@marytate6637]

I'm writing that Joe Biden says teleprompter instructions out loud. he's done that three different times. one time he said the words, make it clear, that was a teleprompter instruction. one time said he said the words, repeat the line, this was a teleprompter instruction, then he repeated what he said before. one time he said the words, four more years pause, pause was a teleprompter instruction. he also made another gaffe when he was giving a speech and he said these words. I don't know why everybody is surprised by Trump. how many times does he have to prove we can't be trusted. I'm also writing that on Saturday May 11, 2024 at a Trump rally in New Jersey there was 100,000 people that showed up to support him.

[@kingxdavis]

Testify

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Hahahaha. Sure he will. 🤪

[@hokekeller14]

Did he quote Stormy

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Just clock how many lies he says .

[@JackHaveman52]

Name one. People like to call him a liar but you have to beg them for specifics. So name ONE lie in this video.

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You should be a comedian, president trump

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You have some sins you don't want anybody to know...

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Forbes, seriously, you sound a bit bias

[@reboottherobot1964]

They're on the side of truth here. If even Forbes can see what's going on here, it may be time for you to also examine why you believe what you believe in the face of blatant truth that opposes your belief.

[@Johhny_McMerica]

Well, he sort of spews things his supporters say, so that's a little different, huh?

[@steve20118]

Someone get that poor man a blankie! It's an ice box in that court room!

[@georgewilson4245]

I would prefer a gas mask over a blankie from his farting.

[@ekay9783]

And a pacifier?

[@ernestt5703]

Hey may have a gag order but he sure as hell can read what other people are saying about this joke of a trial 😂😂😂

[@johnsonunit]

He’s borderline illiterate, so just barely. 😂

[@ronniejames6225]

@@johnsonunitHe’s not threatening the jury and such

[@roberthill5549]

​@@johnsonunit At least he's not in the middle stages of dementia and crapping his adult diapers. Like the former Vice President.

[@johnsonunit]

@@ronniejames6225 the hell he isn’t!

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Trump has about 100 words that he uses

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America is over. Has been ever since BO 'won' in 2008.

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Ok racist. 🙄

[@markdamon4039]

This real life persecution of Trump is almost exactly spot on with a Twilight Zone episode called the obsolete Man. In that episode, Burgess Meredith is being persecuted for being a librarian. In Trump's real life case it's because of his political beliefs. In both cases, fiction and reality, there is no crime, Just State Persecution. Rod Serling sums it all up for that episode in the ending narrative, and apparently for real life, when he said in part: "Any State, any entity, any ideology, which fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man...that State is obsolete". What is really scary, is that this is not the only way the Twilight Zone is reflecting the reality we are now living in.

[@skiball2000]

Most of the nation is behind you President Trump and your support is growing by the hour.

[@johnsonunit]

Not hardly. Just ignorant red states. Lowest education in the country.

[@ronniejames6225]

He’s pathetic. I almost feel sorry for the monster

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

What sins are you hiding?

[@ronniejames6225]

@@lowlightevangelist9431 None. My life is an open book. I’m just selective on who to read it too.

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

@@ronniejames6225 Revelation 21:7-8 (KJV) He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

[@renemartin5729]

Pity that all these pro-Trump 'pundits' are not in the jury that will decide is Trump is guilty or not 😂😂😂😂

[@reboottherobot1964]

SCOTUS will overturn any conviction in this trial.

[@sarasdaman69]

Я ДАВНО ГОТОВ...И КЛЯНУСЬ СОЗДАТЕЛЕМ Я ВАС МИРОВУЮ ЭЛИТУ ОТПРАВЛЮ ЗА РЕШЕТКИ...

[@georgewilson4245]

Long live NATO.

[@deathfrogg]

HahHahahahaaaaa…. Fat Donny is going to prison.

[@JustBreathe116]

Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime! This is where we are …..shameful!!!

[@johnsonunit]

He’s shown us 88 felonies. 😂

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Trump the last hope for the usa.

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You're going to prison, Donnie

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wtf???

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Trump 2024

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After he sent his goons to beat up hundreds of capitol policemen? What kind of a blue brother are you?

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Trump does command P on the whole fox news home page. High school dropouts for trump!

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[@ChrisDeWine]

*Trump using a prepared script as a teleprompter so he can stay out of jail since his mouth is his own worst enemy... 😂 🤣 😂*

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Trond says hi . 😁

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And your own worst enemy is your inability to understand his genius. He has adjusted his game to accommodate the democrats inability to have integrity.

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[@LuciaMilan8368]

What?! You are seething because he found a brilliant work around to corrupt Merchan’s unconstitutional gag order 😆

[@JackHaveman52]

His mouth does cause him trouble but it's in his delivery not in substance. He's using a prepared script because he wants to be accurate in his quotes. When he speaks for himself, he doesn't use a script. When he's quoting he goes to the script so he gets it right. He does it in this video. He reads the quotes and then he looks up and adds his own take which isn't in the script. Watch the entire video. He really doesn't care if someone takes umbrage to his off the cuff remarks. According to the gag order, he shouldn't even be commenting from a script. He could go to jail for that but he won't. He has every right to defend himself, in court and in public and the judge knows it. Everyone does.....including YOU.

[@Grunchy005]

Quote from Grand Jury: Trump to be indicted on 34 felony counts. True story, I promise it happened! 😄

[@puppetcorruption2357]

Show me your evidence.

[@Johhny_McMerica]

He is indicted in this case on 34 felony counts -- they have 34 falsified business documents he used to cover up a crime (using campaign funds for the hush money payoff). That's 34 charges.

[@LuciaMilan8368]

@@Johhny_McMerica😂 A grand jury would indict a ham sandwich, as the saying goes. The FEC, the federal department over campaigns, has already investigated and made a ruling: The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) has closed its investigation into whether former President Trump illegally made hush money payments to women prior to the 2016 election. The FEC voted 4-1 to close the inquiry after failing to find that Trump or his campaign "knowingly and willfully" violated campaign finance law…

[@roberthill5549]

​@@Johhny_McMerica Are you quite certain about that? The prosecution still hasn't informed the Court or the jury, or President Trump himself, what the alleged "second crime" is that makes these counts a felony.

[@puppetcorruption2357]

@Johhny_McMerica, proof your evidence.

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Where is Little Marco and Lyin Ted?

[@Johhny_McMerica]

With Miss Lindsey baking cookies.

[@ronsmith1429]

De Niro compares Trump to Hitler, Mussolini: Voters not taking the threat ‘seriously’

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Blah blah blah

[@ekay9783]

One more week, you will probably be fined. Trump is far above the law to go to jail...