Drunk with Power

American Greed Podcast

CNBC

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

With his long beard, ponytail, and ubiquitous advertising, Jamie Balagia — AKA “The DWI Dude” — is well-known in Texas as flamboyant defense attorney who can get drunk driving defendants out of a jam. But when he makes a fraudulent promise, telling the biggest and most dangerous cocaine cartel in Colombia that he can pay off U.S. judges for a cool $1.5 million, making their cases disappear, the FBI is recording with a hidden camera. And “The Dude" is about to go down for money laundering and obstruction. (Original air date 2/21/23)

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0:00.0	This is the American Greet Podcast presented by CNBC.
0:04.0	I'm Stacey Keach.
0:08.0	In this episode of American Greet,
0:11.0	Jamie Bellagia is a Billboard lawyer, Texas style.
0:16.0	Go with a winning team.
0:18.0	He's got cowboy outfits, a silly nickname.
0:22.0	Hi, I'm Jamie Bellagia, the DWID.
0:25.0	And outrageous marketing stunts.
0:27.0	Two and a half swings says I should be drunk.
0:29.0	Sheep died.
0:30.0	You'll never get the jail that way.
0:32.0	Bellagia is well known as the DWID.
0:35.0	Representing clients accused of drunk driving.
0:39.0	He even runs for the Tony General on a pro marijuana platform.
0:43.0	Give me the stoners every day of the week.
0:46.0	But the Fed say this cowboy lawyer is a criminal
0:49.0	who runs a clever con targeting his clients.
0:53.0	The insinuation was people would be paid off,
0:57.0	but a lot of money apparently was needed for these bribes.
1:01.0	Things get dicey when Malaysia targets of all people
1:05.0	international drug cartels.
1:08.0	It tells me he had a set on him.
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