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The Politics Guys

Trump’s Legal Troubles, Putin’s Nuclear Threat

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.4783 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Mike & Jay open the show with a discussion of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that District Judge Aileen Cannon abused her discretion in denying the Department of Justice use of the roughly 100 classified documents they seized in their Mar-a-Lago raid until a special master reviewed them. Jay doesn’t entirely agree with the 11th Circuit, arguing that Judge Cannon acted reasonably given the history of deception by the FBI and the more general perception that the government is out to get Donald Trump. Mike agrees that this is a perception, but only on the right, and that one can acknowledge unlawful behavior by some people in law enforcement without believing that this requires that judges create a more lenient set of standards for Donald Trump. Next is a look at the civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Donald Trump and three of his children for misrepresentation of assets. Mike surprises Jay by coming out against the lawsuit – not because Mike thinks Donald Trump didn’t overvalue assets, but because he sees it as a largely victimless offense (those who lent to Trump seemed willing to accept his valuations without independent confirmation) and nearly impossible to prove, making it not only a questionable use of government resources, but also something that might actually strengthen Trump’s “they’re out to get me” narrative. They close by considering Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s announcement of sham elections in four Russian controlled Ukrainian areas, and Putin’s threat to use any means necessary to defend “Russian territory” from attack. Mike expects that the West won’t be willing to risk escalation over a low-yield Russian nuclear strike and that in the end, Putin will come away from this in control of at least part of Ukraine. Jay is more optimistic about the potential for Ukrainians to reclaim much of their territory as well as the willingness of not only the West, but China to punish Russia for using nuclear weapons. The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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An ice cold beer.

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What's different?

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It's Budweiser.

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Like no other.

0:20.0

Cheers to that. Budweiser, like no other.

0:22.3

Cheers to that.

0:25.3

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0:26.7

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0:28.6

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1:11.6

Atheists, agnostics, long-haired widows, short-haired widows, van roared. Love the government, hug the government, love, the government, hug the government, love, the government. Welcome to the the politics guys, a place for bipartisan, rational and civil debate on American politics and policy.

1:17.6

I'm Michael Barronowski, Professor of Political Science at Northern Kentucky University.

1:21.6

I'm joined today by my conservative counterpart, Cleveland area attorney and defender of freedom, Jay Carson.

1:28.4

Hey, good morning, Mike.

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