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Legal AF by MeidasTouch

Trump CAUGHT OFF GUARD Amid Merrick Garland STRATEGY SHIFT

Legal AF by MeidasTouch

Meidas Media Network

News, News Commentary

4.93.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On this special Bonus Edition of Legal AF by Meidas Touch, co-anchor and national trial attorney Michael Popok breaks down all of the recent changed strategy and tactics Merrick Garland and his DOJ has employed to counterpunch Trump and anticipate and counteract his every move. Who says you can’t teach and old Attorney General new tricks? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:05.4

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0:10.8

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0:15.2

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0:20.2

This is Michael Popak from Legal AF. Some analysis concerning Merrick Garland and his

0:26.8

changed positions in a good way to use new strategies and tactics against the shapeshifting that

0:34.1

is Donald Trump. And for those that criticize Merrick Garland, listen closely for this analysis

0:41.0

because over the course of the last year and in the last six months in particular,

0:45.4

we've seen a notable change in tactics, brass knuckle, hardball tactics by Merrick Garland

0:52.5

to fight back, including the appointment of a special counsel. Let's start with that first.

0:59.5

Merrick Garland did not want to give up being the lead prosecutor against Donald Trump.

1:05.8

I know he took a lot of flack for people who said without any support whatsoever that showed a

1:12.3

lack of brass or gravitas or balls by Merrick Garland in not prosecuting himself and bringing it

1:19.9

a special counsel. I think the exact opposite is true. I think that in order for him to accomplish

1:25.5

Merrick Garland, his twin goals of de-politicizing, at least having a veneer of de-politization of

1:34.2

the prosecution. As soon as Donald Trump announced that he was running for office, even if it was a

1:40.9

ruse to give him cover and protection against all these criminal prosecutions, Merrick Garland had

1:47.6

no choice, given that Joe Biden has also announced that he was going to likely run for office as

1:53.7

well. If Joe Biden had announced that he was going to be a one-term president, I think the

1:57.4

calculus would have changed because his direct boss, Merrick Garland, who ultimately reports the

2:03.2

executive branch and its head, the president of the United States, wouldn't be competing for office

2:09.4

against a person who's a target of criminal investigation. All that changed as soon as Donald Trump

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