Professor John Yoo: Trump Charges Are “Weaker Than We Thought”
The Rich Zeoli Show
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4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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John Yoo— the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley & a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss former President Donald Trump being charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. After reading the unsealed indictment, Professor Yoo concludes that the Manhattan District Attorney’s charges against Trump are “weaker than we thought.” Will the case be dismissed before a trial even begins?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the only show on your schedule from Talk Radio 1210WPHT in the Free Odyssey app. |
| 0:07.6 | There is no one, and I mean no one, I would rather have on the show right now. |
| 0:13.6 | To talk about the events yesterday in our criminal justice system, |
| 0:18.6 | then this man, and I'm talking about Philly's own John U, the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law, |
| 0:25.0 | at the University of California, Berkeley, and visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, |
| 0:32.0 | Professor, how are you today? |
| 0:35.0 | Oh great, great to be back on like last time. |
| 0:38.0 | Now I unfortunately had to leave Philadelphia. |
| 0:40.0 | I've been exiled back to California for my sins. |
| 0:43.0 | Well, I've seen you on Fox News. |
| 0:45.0 | I think you were on there 24 hours in a row, like a telephone yesterday. |
| 0:51.0 | Well, you know, I missed out on OJ, so I thought I should do, you know, play by play commentary |
| 0:56.0 | for another motorcade followed by helicopters up there in New York City. |
| 1:00.0 | I said, I said that on the area, sir. |
| 1:02.0 | I said, not since OJ have we seen this much coverage of cars driving on the road. |
| 1:07.0 | I know it was amazing. |
| 1:09.0 | It's interesting to finally see New York shut down for somebody. |
| 1:13.0 | Oh, it's great to have you back on the show. |
| 1:19.0 | You know, you were the first one, I think, who really articulated the point that these are federal charges here |
| 1:24.0 | and the judge is out of his jurisdiction. |
| 1:26.0 | But now that you've had a chance to unpack everything that happened yesterday to see the 34 counts, |
| 1:31.0 | give me your thoughts here. |
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