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MissTrial

Top GOP Donors Turn Against Trump and Sue Him

MissTrial

MeidasTouch Network

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.9673 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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The legality of Trump’s tariffs gets questioned from all sides as a new lawsuit backed by the Koch brothers asks a Court to declare Trump’s tariffs illegal and Democrats bring up insider trading concerns. Dina Doll reports. Magic Spoon: Save $5 OFF your next order when you go to https://magicspoon.com/MISSTRIAL Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane

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0:00.0

Trump's disastrous trade war is getting pushback from all sides. Not only are Democrats

0:05.9

questioning whether or not what he did amounted to insider trading, top Republican donors,

0:11.3

the Koch brothers, are funding a lawsuit asking the court to stop Trump from imposing tariffs

0:17.6

without congressional approval. My name is Dean Adol with the Midas Touch Network.

0:22.1

Let's break this down.

0:23.3

Now, the Koch brothers funded lawsuit has essentially the same argument as the bipartisan bill that was introduced at the Senate, the one that Senator Chuck Grassley co-sponsored and is gaining more momentum among the senators, that Trump doesn't have the authority under this

0:39.4

act that he's trying to say he does. It's the International Emergency Economics Powers Act of 1977.

0:47.3

He's saying there's an emergency because fentanyl is coming into this country and he's allowed to

0:51.1

impose terrorists under that act because of it. And Grassley's

0:55.4

bill is basically saying, no, Congress has the authority to impose tariffs, not the president.

1:01.1

And this is essentially the same argument that is being made in court. Now, the argument is being

1:06.3

made specifically. The plaintiff is called Simplified. It's a small business located in Pensacola, Florida.

1:12.8

That's where they filed the lawsuit.

1:14.1

And the Coop Brothers are just funding the lawsuit.

1:16.7

The argument by the small business is that you are hurting our business because you're

1:21.3

imposing tariffs on the goods that we are importing from China, and this is going to

1:25.9

harm our business.

1:27.7

And so they're trying to have the court basically step in and tell Trump that what he's doing

1:33.4

is unconstitutional.

1:35.0

And we have seen over and over again, and even just these 70 or so short days that Trump has

1:40.7

been in office, that the courts have done a much better job at stepping in and at

1:45.0

least pausing a lot of Trump's actions. Congress because it's controlled by the Republicans,

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