Trump's Attorney Says He Only "TECHNICALLY" Violated the Constitution
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump's lawyer, John Lauro, is going on TV trying to undermine the public's confidence in the January 6th election interference case by discrediting the judge, the prosecutors, and the courts. Glenn reminds us: Judge Chutkan don't play. During a TV interview on NBC - Lauro claimed Trump only made a technical violation of the constitution but didn't actually commit a crime. Constitutional Law Scholar Congressman Jamie Raskin says it's still a violation. Glenn says "Don't buy into the propaganda of Donald Trump".
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters, with former Federal Prosecutor and MSNBC analyst, |
| 0:05.0 | Planned Cursioner. |
| 0:15.7 | Donald Trump's lawyer, John Loro, is trying to undermine the public's confidence in the |
| 0:19.7 | election interference case by slamming the judge, the prosecutors, and the courts. |
| 0:24.2 | Glenn says it's not going to work. |
| 0:27.1 | So friends, there he goes again. |
| 0:30.2 | Donald Trump knows he's about to lose this time in court. So he's trying to mislead the American |
| 0:38.2 | people. He's trying to undermine public confidence in the courts, in the judge, in the prosecutors, |
| 0:46.1 | in the jurors. He's basically trying to pedal the same old line, the same old lie that he |
| 0:53.8 | peddled in 2020, right? In 2020, it was the election. If I lose, it's because the election |
| 1:02.4 | was rigged. And of course, we all know the 2020 election was not rigged. And now in 2023, |
| 1:11.3 | if I lose in court, if I lose in this trial, it's because the trial is rigged. |
| 1:18.4 | And of course, we all know that the trial will not be rigged. |
| 1:23.9 | Let's look at some of the new reporting, this from Politico headline. Trump says he will seek |
| 1:30.8 | a recusal venue change in January 6 case. And that article begins. Donald Trump will ask for the |
| 1:39.4 | federal judge overseeing the case involving his attempt to subvert the 2020 presidential election |
| 1:46.6 | to recuse herself. And we'll seek a venue change. He wrote in a post on social media Sunday. |
| 1:55.1 | Quote, there is no way I can get a fair trial with the judge assigned to the ridiculous |
| 2:02.6 | freedom of speech fair elections case. Everybody knows it. And so does she. Trump wrote in all caps |
| 2:10.8 | on truth social. Quote, we will be immediately asking for recusal of this judge on very powerful |
| 2:19.2 | grounds. And likewise for venue change out of DC, DC district judge Tanya Chutkin, who was appointed |
| 2:27.6 | by former president Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate on a 95 to zero vote, has delivered some |
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