Enjoying the podcast. Wonder why the judge isn’t sentencing Citizen Trump to community service for his failure to abide by the gag order? 100 hours of serving at an urban community food shelf facility or a homeless center night shift seems more effective than a $10k fine or jail.
Has anyone mentioned on the air the irony of the former "Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the United States" denigrating and insulting the legal system? Donald is running for President again. Some pundit should observe that his words and behavior are unbecoming of someone who aspires to the the Chief Executive again. A bad example for young people who look up to their elder leaders for consistent guidance. "Why should I abide by the laws when the top cop in the country flaunts them?"
Thanks George & Sarah, this has become my favorite podcast and I fervently hope that Trump's passage through the justice system continues to provide fodder for your discussions. The trailer song gets my spirits up every time and I wonder when George is going to finally tell us all about the "emoluments and the Russian ties".
I have a question for George; apologies if it's already been asked and I missed the answer. Getting to guilty seems to be based on deciding that Trump made the payment to help with the election. Do I need to believe that's the only reason he did it? Like, say I'm a juror and I walk into the deliberation room thinking "y'know, I think he did that both to keep it away from his wife *and* to help with his campaign." Would I vote to convict, nullification notwithstanding?
There is a contrast between Mr. Conway's optimism and the more cautious reports from observers in the courtroom. On next week's podcast, could you two comment on that please?
Trump "will" be convicted? Some of us are old enough to remember when OJ got acquitted. Trump is guilty as sin, of course. But he also has unbelievable luck (no cameras to document his sleeping through the trial, for example), and while he may be a moron, he possesses a low animal cunning that makes him very hard to pin down. Like OJ, he also has money and can afford good attorneys.
Sarah, when you say,"We are going to do it live!" you have to do it with anger and conviction like Bill O'Reilly famously did on Inside Edition so many years ago. (after He screwed up)
That Merchan hesitates to incarcerate DJT for blatant gag order violations clearly shows (whether he even knows it) he is playing into Trump's narrative. No cojones. Too afraid to be unpopular in his own courtroom equals cowardice.
I’m not sure either. The bulwark was a refreshing change from boring pro trump reporting on all the cable news channels including cnn and msnbc back in 2018. But honestly after stoddard started claiming Biden is too old, I lost interest. I quit the discord channel and tend to only do other podcasts like Olbermann or Tiedrich. I guess dropping my monthly payment is the final step. Occasionally I do enjoy Tim Miller. He’s the smartest guy at the Bulwark.
Alvin Bragg has certainly been the recipient of a lot of criticism about his "lightweight, unimportant" case. It sounds to me like he is hitting the ball out of the park, with probably the only criminal proceeding Trump will face before November, so all his critics should chew on that. However, no matter how confident George the Lawyer is, and I absolutely respect his expertise, all it takes is one single solitary person to believe the trope that Trump signs lots of checks without thinking about them, and bingo, Trump goes scot-free and gets to plead witch hunt with an enormous boost amongst his cult followers. BTW George is brave to wear a red cap.
Question: Why did Hope Hicks recount the 2018 conversation with Trump about the effect on the election? No tape, documentation, or witness. Why would she tell prosecutor something damaging to Trump? I haven’t heard that discussed anywhere.
I read something yesterday that indicated that she first gave testimony relating to this in the NY grand jury, so I'm assuming the DA's office had other information about this and pushed her in the grand jury. From what I read yesterday, the prosecution seemed to be having trouble getting her to admit this again at trial on Friday, and eventually brought up her grand jury testimony to either refresh her recollection, possible impeach her on any sudden "vagueness" she was having on this issue, or both.
I believe there is at least one stealth juror whose mind was made up, regardless of all that is said and done. I pray not. We do not need that lunatiic to be president.
Listen to Keith. He’s much better than any Bulwark pod. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/id1633301179?i=1000654761624
Enjoying the podcast. Wonder why the judge isn’t sentencing Citizen Trump to community service for his failure to abide by the gag order? 100 hours of serving at an urban community food shelf facility or a homeless center night shift seems more effective than a $10k fine or jail.
Stop interrupting Sarah, George. She can barely get out a complete sentence before you cut her off.
Has anyone mentioned on the air the irony of the former "Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the United States" denigrating and insulting the legal system? Donald is running for President again. Some pundit should observe that his words and behavior are unbecoming of someone who aspires to the the Chief Executive again. A bad example for young people who look up to their elder leaders for consistent guidance. "Why should I abide by the laws when the top cop in the country flaunts them?"
Thanks George & Sarah, this has become my favorite podcast and I fervently hope that Trump's passage through the justice system continues to provide fodder for your discussions. The trailer song gets my spirits up every time and I wonder when George is going to finally tell us all about the "emoluments and the Russian ties".
George, I ordered the Psycho hat. Clever! Thanks. Here’s a simple hat slogan alternative. Feel free to use if you like it -
Pro America
Anti MAGA
It’s a “Pro Anti” hat!
I have a question for George; apologies if it's already been asked and I missed the answer. Getting to guilty seems to be based on deciding that Trump made the payment to help with the election. Do I need to believe that's the only reason he did it? Like, say I'm a juror and I walk into the deliberation room thinking "y'know, I think he did that both to keep it away from his wife *and* to help with his campaign." Would I vote to convict, nullification notwithstanding?
There is a contrast between Mr. Conway's optimism and the more cautious reports from observers in the courtroom. On next week's podcast, could you two comment on that please?
Trump "will" be convicted? Some of us are old enough to remember when OJ got acquitted. Trump is guilty as sin, of course. But he also has unbelievable luck (no cameras to document his sleeping through the trial, for example), and while he may be a moron, he possesses a low animal cunning that makes him very hard to pin down. Like OJ, he also has money and can afford good attorneys.
OJ had much better attorneys and, apparently, he listened to them and let them win his case.
i hope you're right but i expect a hung jury.
Sarah, when you say,"We are going to do it live!" you have to do it with anger and conviction like Bill O'Reilly famously did on Inside Edition so many years ago. (after He screwed up)
That Merchan hesitates to incarcerate DJT for blatant gag order violations clearly shows (whether he even knows it) he is playing into Trump's narrative. No cojones. Too afraid to be unpopular in his own courtroom equals cowardice.
Trump has never been convicted of anything and his cult worships him. The USA is fucked and the Bulwark is a noise additive, not a reducer.
Sounds like you are ready to flip to the dark side. Not sure why you continue with Bulwark.
I’m not sure either. The bulwark was a refreshing change from boring pro trump reporting on all the cable news channels including cnn and msnbc back in 2018. But honestly after stoddard started claiming Biden is too old, I lost interest. I quit the discord channel and tend to only do other podcasts like Olbermann or Tiedrich. I guess dropping my monthly payment is the final step. Occasionally I do enjoy Tim Miller. He’s the smartest guy at the Bulwark.
Alvin Bragg has certainly been the recipient of a lot of criticism about his "lightweight, unimportant" case. It sounds to me like he is hitting the ball out of the park, with probably the only criminal proceeding Trump will face before November, so all his critics should chew on that. However, no matter how confident George the Lawyer is, and I absolutely respect his expertise, all it takes is one single solitary person to believe the trope that Trump signs lots of checks without thinking about them, and bingo, Trump goes scot-free and gets to plead witch hunt with an enormous boost amongst his cult followers. BTW George is brave to wear a red cap.
Question: Why did Hope Hicks recount the 2018 conversation with Trump about the effect on the election? No tape, documentation, or witness. Why would she tell prosecutor something damaging to Trump? I haven’t heard that discussed anywhere.
I read something yesterday that indicated that she first gave testimony relating to this in the NY grand jury, so I'm assuming the DA's office had other information about this and pushed her in the grand jury. From what I read yesterday, the prosecution seemed to be having trouble getting her to admit this again at trial on Friday, and eventually brought up her grand jury testimony to either refresh her recollection, possible impeach her on any sudden "vagueness" she was having on this issue, or both.
Thanks….I figure there must be some corroborating info.
corrupt trump lets see if we can get this to trend
I believe there is at least one stealth juror whose mind was made up, regardless of all that is said and done. I pray not. We do not need that lunatiic to be president.