The Missing Piece | The Trump Indictment.
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well folks everyone has an opinion about
the Trump indictment lawyers and
non-lawyers alike and I've heard a lot
of the opinions I've read almost every
single op-ed piece on this and I am very
surprised that almost everybody seems to
be missing an extremely obvious and the
most dangerous argument against Donald
Trump I'm going to talk about that after
I quickly summarize where we stand so I
can save you as much time as possible so
we can minimize the amount of time that
we have to talk about Donald Trump and
we could go back to learning how to
build wealth so first where do we stand
and then second what is everybody
missing because there's a very key
argument that everybody is missing Bragg
told us about it and everybody is
missing it he didn't highlight it very
well and that's because quite frankly I
think Bragg doesn't know how to put
together a very good legal case I think
he's throwing spaghetti against the wall
but there's a piece of spaghetti that
might actually stick so first Where Do
We Stand oh here becomes Sean Connery
stand by
all right here we go on the left people
say this is the left okay I'm gonna have
to I'm gonna have to signpost this every
time on the left people say Donald Trump
paid thirty thousand dollars to pay off
the National Enquirer who ended up
paying off a doorman who had a story
alleging that Donald Trump had a child
from an affair that child part of the
story we don't know if it's true or not
the left says that Donald Trump then
paid 150 000 and another 130 000 to
silence two women with whom which he
cheated which of course he denies the
left is arguing that Justice is now
finally being served that no one is
above the law and don't worry even
though Manhattan 76 to 78 of the time
Hillary Biden votes Democratic we are
confident Donald Trump will get a fair
election the left also says that New
York City is the financial capital of
the world so we must prosecute Financial
crimes in fact in a New York Times which
obviously leans left opinion editorial
by the former Chief assistant district
attorney who leans left for Manhattan
and the left-leaning special counsel
which means attorney to the house
Judiciary Committee on the first
impeachment trial against Trump which
means they lean left they just wrote an
op-ed saying hey come on Donald Trump is
the 30th person we are Prosecuting this
year for falsifying documents so don't
worry this is not a political Witch Hunt
this is just what we do that's what the
left is saying okay the the right is
saying the following the statute of
limitations has expired although some
New York state laws have actually
potentially extended those statutes of
limitations then they say this is a
political Witch Hunt and quite frankly
it probably is not a political Witch
Hunt anymore it is now a witch trial
yeah okay so it's a Witch Hunt that has
evolved to do a witch trial others say
the state can't prosecute this Donald
Trump was a federal candidate
some people who are a little bit more
torn like the left-leaning economists
say this is a very weak case not only is
this a weak case but it creates more
divisiveness in America it casts more
doubt on the judicial system by
Republicans and The Economist calling
this a mistake is not even an American
publication they're from England
The Wall Street Journal and they're left
leading the Wall Street Journal a
right-leaning paper calls this a quote
novel interpretation to which of course
the left-leaning opinion editorialists
in the New York Times State this is not
novel this is normal
even CNN says this is super weak thanks
Sean McGuire statement of facts okay
it's important the statement of facts
basically a whole strung together story
about how Donald Trump at least in part
knew that he was paying people off in
fact in a surreptitiously recorded
statement Donald Trump asked if he
should pay a hundred fifty thousand
dollars in cash essentially to pay off
woman number one who is Karen McDougall
she was a Playboy model she was once
deemed number two to Pamela Anderson in
other words she's very attractive good
for her Donald Trump instead of paying
cash ultimately settled for paying in
check because that's what Michael Cohen
who now has turned on Donald Trump
recommended and Michael Cohen has gone
to jail to prison for being convicted of
campaign finance and violations so these
are the arguments we hear we hear the
statement of facts we don't have to
rehash all of this we know this the last
thing I'd like to say uh and then I want
to get into what everybody is missing
the last thing is just a reminder that
this is a an argument being made about
the potential violation of a misdemeanor
or by violating the uh falsifying of
business records that is a misdemeanor
crime but when it is used in a way to
cover up another crime that misdemeanor
elevates to a classy felony the lowest
available felony which Manhattan has a
history of a demoting 50 of their
felonies to misdemeanors and then only
convicting 50 percent of the remaining
felonies which means they only have
about a 25 felony conviction rate with
that said accuse you some good odds for
Donald Trump with that said obviously
the argument is being made that this
case is about hush money payments the
problem is hush money payments are not
necessarily fraudulent in themselves
hush money payments are not against the
law in themselves if an employee leaves
your company and they could potentially
talk crap about you because you make
racist jokes in the locker room then it
is okay to say hey if you agree not to
say anything thing about the company
would you be willing to take ten
thousand dollars and sign an agreement
to that fact that is normal that is what
happens every single day in America
however Mr Bragg makes the argument that
these hush money payments are actually
defrauding voters that is a very
important it is still not though the
argument that everyone is missing that's
because the argument that hush money
payments defraud voters is weak I'm
going to explain why it is weak first it
does not defraud anyone of money or
property that makes it almost a
potential victimless crime now the
argument could be made that no no no
Kevin the voters are the victims the
voters are the victims because Donald
Trump conspired to promote his candidacy
via unlawful means covering up the fact
that he hid disclosures that should have
been made to voters they had a right
like to know about those cover-ups and
they did not had they maybe Donald Trump
would not have become president okay
that's the argument but that argument is
potentially weak it's weak because
Donald Trump could easily say I didn't
cover up those stories because of
politics those stories would have gotten
me more votes prove otherwise I would
have looked like a top G and I would
have gotten more votes had people known
I got to have sex with the number two
Playboy model of the 90s that's an
argument he could make so his defense
could very Simply Be I wanted to cover
up the story because I didn't want my
wife to know about these potential
Affair rumors which I didn't have the
affair but I wouldn't want my wife to
think there was even a chance of them
that is the easiest defense Donald Trump
can have here okay but listen to this
and then we're gonna move back to
talking Finance listen to this this is
the big piece of the puzzle that's
missing Alvin Bragg threw a piece of
spaghetti against the wall that I think
is very strong
he threw a piece of spaghetti against
the wall and there is a weakness to it
but it is strong
he referenced the fact that it is
possible Michael Cohen and Donald Trump
falsified tax filings that folks is a
crime in the state of New York now you
don't even have to worry about federal
law you don't even have to worry that
Donald Trump was not a state candidate
he was a federal candidate you don't
even have to worry about that you just
have to worry about is it possible that
the falsification of business records
helps cover up
phony tax filings that piece of
spaghetti I think is the potential
Achilles heel for Donald Trump now I
still don't think that is very strong
because here's how I would potentially
argue defending that you could make the
argument that listen Donald Trump simply
said I paid Michael Cohen call it three
hundred thousand dollars and if with
that three hundred thousand dollars he
decided he wanted to make a business
expense and pay off Stormy Daniels and
uh Karen McDougall and pay off uh a
doorman then maybe he did that and the
duty of his job that was his decision he
went to jail for that that was not my
decision I did not guide him to do that
that was all him that's Donald Trump's
defense here but Alvin Bragg can take a
jurisdictional argument on the case of
fraud of the tax system that is probably
the strongest piece that Bragg has let
me quickly draw this and then we're
going to end the Trump segment because
people keep telling me Kevin you're a
financial advisor talk finances pitch us
on your courses on building your wealth
link down below or life insurance you
can get in as little as five minutes or
12 free stocks you know give us your
paid promotions don't talk politics
that's what people keep telling me but
I'm going to do it anyway so what do I
have over here because I think I have a
good point
watch this okay if this is Trump's
business right here and Trump hires
employees well employees sit within the
company correct well by definition
independent contractors are not
employees of the business if Michael
Cohen has a business here and Donald
Trump pays for Legal Services
for whatever those Services may be if
those Legal Services go to Michael Cohen
those Legal Services call it what you
want they are Income they are income
Michael Cohen was an independent
contractor though that is income for
Legal Services simple if Michael Cohen
decided then to spend that money on
prostitutes for himself he could do that
if he decided to spend that money on
hush money for Stormy Daniels woman one
woman two uh uh you know uh doorman he
can do that if he thinks that's going to
help do a better job for Donald Trump he
could do that if he thinks buying a
private jet with Donald Trump's money
helps he could do that now Donald Trump
might look and go you're fired because
you're wasting money and you're not
performing
but all of these things would be the
decision of Michael Cohen and that is
the defense that Donald Trump would have
to go with that there is a decisional
barrier here that Donald Trump is
basically saying look you run the show
it's on you whatever decisions you make
as an independent contractor are your
responsibility that's probably the best
defense here because that kills the tax
fraud argument in my opinion
now stand by for the close of this video
look
obviously this whether you are left or
right is a politically motivated uh uh
attack
Democrats are loving this Republicans
are loving this too because Donnie T is
getting more air time and more donations
than ever before Donnie T before this
indictment was sitting in a corner
nobody was paying attention to Donnie T
people were like oh Nikki Haley ooh
Ronnie D oh Gavin Newsom what do you
have now
Donnie everywhere everyone's talking
about Donnie so if you're a Democrat and
you're happy about this indictment
even though this is probably just going
to end up as a stupid misdemeanor even
if Donald Trump gets convicted and he's
gonna get a slap on the wrist fine it's
not going to be made it's gonna be
meaningless if anything is just gonna
Propel him into the presidency not get
him away from the presidency Democrats
I'm sorry you should not be cheering
that this happened Republicans
should probably be the ones sharing that
this has happened because it basically
put Donald Trump back at the top for
them just saying that's just the reality
of it I don't have a horse in this race
I don't really care I just want to
provide Insight in the middle I ran for
governor in California I ran as somebody
who was in the middle 51.49
and we really don't need to go into what
direction that one percent is because it
really just doesn't matter we're so far
in the middle I called myself I'm not
going to say it what I called myself JFK
style that's well I limit it there
anyway okay very very in the middle
I lost I almost had a million votes and
I won San Francisco but I still lost
that's why I'm here still making
wonderful YouTube videos although I
think I would have still made YouTube
videos in office
uh I would have figured it out but
anyway that's my take I hope you enjoyed
my take on Donny T now we got some other
things to talk about thank you very much
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