9/3/25: Trump hit with legal defeat as resignation scandal explodes

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

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-- On the Show: -- Judge Charles Breyer rules that Donald Trump illegally used the U.S. military as a domestic police force and sets a precedent against future deployments -- Trump pressures Republicans to block a near-successful bipartisan push by Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna to force the release of hidden Jeffrey Epstein files -- David pushes back on accusations of selling out while rejecting claims he is adopting right-wing beliefs and criticizing purity-test leftists -- Trump lashes out on Truth Social with jealous posts as Xi Jinping Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un meet without him -- Trump gives a chaotic press conference filled with false claims rants about crime and boasts of exaggerated achievements -- Trump denies a video of garbage bags leaving White House windows calling it AI despite confirmation it was real contractor work -- Donald Trump tries to shift attention from visible health decline with a political move to relocate U.S. Space Command to Alabama -- Fox News medical contributor Marc Siegel defends Trump's health at age 79 while ignoring past criticism of Joe Biden -- Trump is heard rasping and frail in new audio raising fresh concerns about COVID or other serious health issues -- On the Bonus Show: Epstein victims compiling their own client list, PragerU creates an AI Founding Fathers museum exhibit, CEO snatches a player's hat from a boy at a tennis match, and much more... 🌞 Sponsored by BetterHelp: Get 10% off your 1st month at https://betterhelp.com/pakmanshow ☕ Trade Coffee: Get 50% off a 1-month trial at https://drinktrade.com/pakman 🥐 Wildgrain: Use code PAKMAN for $30 off & free baked goods at https://wildgrain.com/pakman 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman 🍷 Naked Wines: Use code PAKMAN to get 6 bottles for $39.99 at https://nakedwines.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow 00:00 — Judge rules Trump illegally used military at home 07:15 — Trump pressures GOP to block Epstein files release 17:15 — David rejects sellout claims and purity-test critics 23:00 — Trump rants as Xi, Putin, Kim meet without him 30:13 — Chaotic Trump press conference with false claims 39:23 — Trump denies real White House garbage bag video 45:41 — Trump shifts focus with Space Command move 50:02 — Fox doctor defends Trump's health at 79 53:39 — New frail Trump audio sparks health concerns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We start today with legal news.
0:09.3	A federal judge has handed down what could be the most devastating legal ruling of Donald
0:14.3	Trump's post-2020 political career.
0:17.0	This has nothing to do with documents.
0:19.7	It's not about hush money.
0:21.0	It's not about the insurrection.
0:22.8	This is about something that Donald Trump just plainly thought he could get away with,
0:26.8	which is using the U.S. military, the National Guard, federal law enforcement, like his own police force.
0:33.2	At the start of this, when we started with Los Angeles, subsequently went into D.C., now threats
0:38.5	of Chicago and other cities, at the very beginning of this, I mentioned to you, it's not clear
0:43.7	that this is legal.
0:44.9	There may be a legal problem here.
0:47.1	And indeed, Judge Charles Breyer, this is not a radical, called it what we we suspected it was, which is against the law.
0:57.1	It's not questionable.
0:58.4	It's not about it's controversial.
1:01.2	It's just illegal.
1:03.1	There's a 52 page ruling, which I encourage you to look at.
1:07.6	You could also use, you know, a tool that will summarize it for you in the in the
1:12.8	in the 52 page ruling briar just obliterates the legal foundation that donald trump used to
1:20.3	send the national guard and even marines to los angeles and he doesn't he doesn't mince words the judge makes it very clear that the goal here is to create a national police force with the president as its chief that is a
1:37.8	authoritarian nightmare it is mini fascism for lack of a better term. And so the ruling is not vague. It says
1:48.2	there are specific acts here that are not okay. Pentagon led troops arresting people and doing
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