Did *Certain* Politicians Commit Sedition?

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

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  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle  3 года назад +735

    🇺🇸 Oh great, more coming out about Tuberville just as I release the video...
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    • @benjaminlamothe2093
      @benjaminlamothe2093 3 года назад +3

      Nice reference

    • @ronitkrovidi7156
      @ronitkrovidi7156 3 года назад +28

      @Joseph well there are a few reasons.
      1. Looking better/good
      2. Don't die of fat problems
      3. Exercise improves your mental/intellectual ability. People are more productive, effective , and happy with more exercise as it releases endorphins.
      There are a few more but these are the basics I guess.

    • @swisschoco25
      @swisschoco25 3 года назад +12

      When is the FAQ video coming?? I have SO many questions....1) If ANY of the rioters wanted you to defend them..would you? What legal defense would you provide if you were there lawyer?

    • @benjaminlamothe2093
      @benjaminlamothe2093 3 года назад +9

      @Joseph so that you can live a longer life and enjoy more things

    • @steven7936
      @steven7936 3 года назад +7

      Can you please cover what's going on in the stock market with game stop and AMC stocks.

  • @EricLing64
    @EricLing64 3 года назад +5395

    The desk is obviously to hide the fact that he's not wearing pants.

    • @Mrich775
      @Mrich775 3 года назад +389

      The desk is his pants.

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 3 года назад +147

      Pants are expensive...

    • @justinianthe1st790
      @justinianthe1st790 3 года назад +106

      He's lawyer Kyle Kulinski. He has no legs.

    • @lgilbert720
      @lgilbert720 3 года назад +67

      What are pants?

    • @Nevertoleave
      @Nevertoleave 3 года назад +144

      He’s probably wearing pants, this isn’t a very BRIEF case

  • @AnelorGalor
    @AnelorGalor 3 года назад +1386

    Things we love when looking for an answer:
    A) It depends
    B) Its complicated

    • @nathanbrown8196
      @nathanbrown8196 3 года назад +32

      i mean...
      i dont know about you, but i usually look for yes/no...
      or yes but actually no and vice versa...

    • @ivandafoe5451
      @ivandafoe5451 3 года назад +23

      Maybe the lawmakers back then weren't all that much better than the ones we have now.

    • @keyissues1027
      @keyissues1027 3 года назад +19

      It becomes complicated when people keep adding confusion, myths, conspiracies, lies, and inaccuracies to the message, however, it would be more complicated if you add quantum physics.

    • @Nika-cp9np
      @Nika-cp9np 3 года назад +27

      @@nathanbrown8196 I mean, "It depends" is also the number one answer you get when asking an overly broad question to a scientist or an engineer also

    • @MyChannel773
      @MyChannel773 3 года назад +2

      @@nathanbrown8196 that was the point lol (14:20)

  • @than217
    @than217 3 года назад +1295

    Basically if you plan to commit sedition or treason just be REAL vague, never explicit.

    • @sh1927
      @sh1927 3 года назад +50

      Trump's never done anything perfect in his life. He doesn't know more about the military than the generals do. His healthcare plan, always almost ready to introduce, isn't beautiful or even in existence. But he was truly a president who was unlike anything anyone's ever seen before.

    • @yanivrubin4166
      @yanivrubin4166 3 года назад +90

      Oh like the mafia
      "Hey lets take Penns, to a little swim"
      "Oh yeah boss, we can send Biden too!
      "Yeah I'm sure they'll get along with the fish"
      *courtroom recording turned off*
      "Trump clearly wanted to kill them"
      "Objection your honor, I was mearly planning a birthday party"

    • @Cynsham
      @Cynsham 3 года назад +49

      @@sh1927 yeah he will forever be another stain on the american presidential resume.

    • @than217
      @than217 3 года назад +10

      @@sh1927 Without question. lol

    • @seankrkovich2869
      @seankrkovich2869 3 года назад +25

      Yeah, if you're planning seditions say regular rhetoric while supporting the same views as the seditionists while condemning them and telling people to be peaceful.

  • @Ash3s_97
    @Ash3s_97 2 года назад +262

    I remember when I told people that Trump saying "Stand back, stand-by" was more of an order rather than a call to leave I got so much push back from it. From my VERY limited military experience (I was in military school) there is a big difference from telling military people to "stand-by" and "dismiss". These words are very powerful.

    • @steppenwolf3252
      @steppenwolf3252 2 года назад +1

      That's right, Hippie. And I've seen and heard the Proud Boys asserting that they believe those words were calls to overthrow our Government.

    • @joeybleu66
      @joeybleu66 Год назад +41

      stand by says stay tuned and stay ready.

    • @Enenra138
      @Enenra138 Год назад +42

      Having been IN the military, I fully agree, the wording used for things can, and is, very powerful. It also often goes unnoticed by the vast majority of people in any and all context, from my personal experience. I tend to be specific and careful with how I word things to avoid confusion. 😅

    • @TheSandwichMonster
      @TheSandwichMonster Год назад +2

      Military people putting military terms and understanding on civilians is stupid. We appreciate your service but if you can't figure out that the President isn't required to have done military service and doesn't speak in that way, maybe you need to see things from the other side.

    • @6PathSage
      @6PathSage Год назад

      Agreed

  • @KianaWolf
    @KianaWolf 3 года назад +558

    "The stuff that was on instagram deserves to be in jail."
    That line is fantastic.

    • @PhoenyxAshe
      @PhoenyxAshe 3 года назад +16

      His entire segue into the sponsorship ad was brilliant.

    • @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842
      @donatodiniccolodibettobardi842 3 года назад +4

      They'll get a 'free trial' in jail subscriptions.

    • @arcadeinvader8086
      @arcadeinvader8086 3 года назад

      "And I'm not even talking about the riot related stuff just instagram in general"

  • @tynebaker
    @tynebaker 3 года назад +632

    Wildlife biologist here to ruin the day. Fact check and Objection: That is a Red-tailed hawk call not an eagle. Hollywood foley artists have horribly misled you, eagles have a piping calls closer to some gulls and falcons than Buteo screams you used.

    • @democracybacksliding
      @democracybacksliding 3 года назад +33

      I love little factoids.

    • @nob2243
      @nob2243 3 года назад +54

      _NEEEERDD!_ Nah, just kidding, it's good that there's someone who pays attention to details.

    • @DarkPhaaze
      @DarkPhaaze 3 года назад +15

      Note the belly band and white V along the scapulars.
      I actually don't tend to hear raptors very often so the only one I could definitively recognize by call would be ospreys.

    • @tynebaker
      @tynebaker 3 года назад +25

      @@nob2243 I'm happily a nerd, it pays my bills. ;)

    • @tynebaker
      @tynebaker 3 года назад +14

      @@DarkPhaaze I specialize in eavesdropping on critters, but raptors are tougher for sure.

  • @Next0gen0
    @Next0gen0 3 года назад +338

    "You are advocating for Serfdom"
    That statement is irony on the highest level.

    • @scottthewaterwarrior
      @scottthewaterwarrior 3 года назад +49

      I mean we are kinda heading that direction, but that's not really anything to do with Biden being elected, It's more so the ever increasing wealth of a few at the top at the expense of everyone else (which Trump giving massive tax cuts to has only sped up).

    • @Maxolotl124
      @Maxolotl124 3 года назад +35

      @@scottthewaterwarrior that's the irony

    • @totemictoad4691
      @totemictoad4691 3 года назад +16

      @@Maxolotl124 also those trumpists insisting he proclaim himself king,,,,,,,,,

    • @biocapsule7311
      @biocapsule7311 3 года назад +9

      While technically the irony, is more along the lines of: if anyone is going to bring back serfdom, it would be the GOP leading the charge then simply income inequality.

    • @AzureRook
      @AzureRook 3 года назад +4

      there's no reasoning w/ cultists like that, 😂 at best he's been indoctrinated to believe such nonsense and doesn't know any better...

  • @Durgenheim
    @Durgenheim 2 года назад +143

    The wildest thing is that these traitors gave up the game with every chance they could; it wasn't a secret what they wanted to do and how they wanted to accomplish it. It was entirely transparent, but somehow, as long as they didn't use specific words or phrases, they somehow are able to avoid all legal ramifications - even when their own supporters committed crimes because of their rhetoric.

    • @saltyolbroad2962
      @saltyolbroad2962 2 года назад

      They are not traitors. Did not listen to the video? We don't have thought police!

    • @hesky10
      @hesky10 Год назад +4

      What they said in public and what they've said online etc are two different things, in time they could be on trial for their actions. Evidence may take a while to be gathered and indeed new evidence may be presented in several years time, we don't fully know yet.

    • @noahjones9833
      @noahjones9833 Год назад

      What just gets me is for civilians they would've been shot for far less. Politicians are above the law, id call that treason against the people

    • @debrajonet1497
      @debrajonet1497 10 месяцев назад +1

      It is very sad that We The People are going through this, however we need to save Democracy! Vote Blue!

  • @emmalarson07
    @emmalarson07 3 года назад +131

    Juxtaposing the complicated ways prosecutors dance around treason and sedition with the fact that you can get convicted of drunk driving by sleeping intoxicated in your car with the keys in the center console, and it's pretty clear how the law is anything but objective.

    • @kazansky22
      @kazansky22 2 года назад +7

      My thoughts exactly.

    • @uploadstuff1762
      @uploadstuff1762 2 года назад +29

      I also find it strange how, there are many ways to get caught drunk driving, without even driving, but a domestic abuser could beat the crap out of their family in a crowded Mall and he might just get anger management classes, well being right back at it the next day

    • @joeybleu66
      @joeybleu66 Год назад

      center console not the ignition you sure about that?

    • @emmalarson07
      @emmalarson07 Год назад +1

      @@joeybleu66 Yes, there is precedent, at least in my state. All you need is to be in proximity of the vehicle controls and have "easy access" to the keys. Even sleeping in the backseat, if the keys are in the vehicle, can lead to a DWI charge.

    • @nikkiofthevalley
      @nikkiofthevalley Год назад +1

      @@emmalarson07 That seems a bit ridiculous at first, but I can see why. A drunk person may not have the mental restraint (or enough awareness) to not drive if the controls are within easy access.
      Although, it should be a secondary charge, and _much_ less serious. Maybe even just a ticket.

  • @boxhead6177
    @boxhead6177 3 года назад +1923

    The fact that these politicians are called "law makers", when they are in fact both "law ignorant" and "law breakers" is astounding.

    • @electronicbattlefield2442
      @electronicbattlefield2442 3 года назад +14

      I know right! Dems are crazy!

    • @sasukeuchiha998
      @sasukeuchiha998 3 года назад +5

      @@electronicbattlefield2442 This is why we should let more businessmen take over. At least they can bother to read the laws and understand how to interpret them.

    • @MkeKen67
      @MkeKen67 3 года назад +126

      @@sasukeuchiha998 - Yeah, right. Businessmen try to cut all the corners they can, in order to operate as cheaply as possible. They hire lawyers to see how close they can get to the edge of breaking the law, without actually breaking it. And occasionally they go ahead and break laws, anyway.

    • @sasukeuchiha998
      @sasukeuchiha998 3 года назад +28

      @@MkeKen67 then they'll just ignore any complaints since ppl and the govt tend to just get tired of complaining. Joking aside, wish the politicians we get weren't so slimy.

    • @doom2avatar
      @doom2avatar 3 года назад +2

      @@MkeKen67 most businessmen are upstanding people. Think zuckerberg. They're not trying to screw the country. They just happen to wield substantial power and want to not blow everything up. We need reasonable laws and lawmakers that actually understand how the country works.

  • @MikeJones-qn1gz
    @MikeJones-qn1gz 3 года назад +826

    “So it’s treason then” oh oh look he did the thing 😂

    • @nobodyrogers
      @nobodyrogers 3 года назад +55

      The senate will decide your fate

    • @kyleking3839
      @kyleking3839 3 года назад +35

      @@nobodyrogers I am the senate

    • @nobodyrogers
      @nobodyrogers 3 года назад +24

      @@kyleking3839 Not yet

    • @kyleking3839
      @kyleking3839 3 года назад +27

      @@nobodyrogers it's treason then *ignites lightsaber* raaaaaaaa

    • @munstrumridcully
      @munstrumridcully 3 года назад +27

      Oh wow, wow wow! He did the Thing! Doing the Thing is _tight_ :)

  • @elizabethmead2852
    @elizabethmead2852 2 года назад +64

    I came to this video after the 11 Oath Keepers were charged with seditious conspiracy.
    I watched a short PBS video wherein an attorney who was being interviewed said it's been a very difficult charge to convict in the past because prosecutors failed to prove that the defendants had a "sincere belief" they could genuinely bring their plot to fruition. My question is: why would a "sincere belief" matter?

    • @bluemarlin8138
      @bluemarlin8138 2 года назад

      Two reasons:
      1. Seditious conspiracy is a specific intent crime. The conspirators had to have the specific intent to stop the certification of the electoral college votes. If they didn’t sincerely believe they had a chance of success, then it’s hard to argue that they had the specific intent. An example would be charging someone with attempted murder for stabbing someone with a safety pin. Sure it’s illegal, and they may be guilty of a lesser crime, but they clearly didn’t believe they could kill someone that way. (This is why attempted murder charges can be hard to prove and people are often charged with felony assault instead.) Of course, the law says that intent can be formed in an instant, so even if prosecutors can’t prove the defendants originally believed they had a chance of success, they might be able to show that this changed once they entered the capitol building. But...that might require a showing that they agreed to continue the conspiracy from that point, which would be pretty hard to prove in all that chaos.
      2. The defense contended that the conspirators sincerely believed that they were stopping an illegal act by preventing the certification of an election they believed was stolen. Even though this belief was false, and probably not objectively reasonable with the data at hand at the time, they still sincerely believed it because that’s what they had been told by people they trusted. So how do you prove someone intended to prevent a lawful government function if they sincerely believed that the function was unlawful? Mistake of fact is a defense in a lot of cases. I’d have to read some case law to be sure, but I don’t even think the mistake has to be reasonable in this case.
      But again, this doesn’t mean these people aren’t guilty of other crimes. It just means this particular crime is very specific and often hard to prove.

    • @Listening_Books12345
      @Listening_Books12345 2 года назад +8

      It's even more interesting, considering recently the judge in the Whitmer kidnapping retrial explicitly instructed the jury that their consideration of whether the men involved are guilty of charges should not be affected by whether their kidnap plan would have actually worked. It only matters that they materially assisted in creating the plan and were willing to commit to said plan.

    • @tedjob21
      @tedjob21 2 года назад +1

      PBS, there's a good news source.

    • @elizabethmead2852
      @elizabethmead2852 2 года назад +2

      @@tedjob21 but my question is, why does the belief need to be sincere?

    • @Lewtable
      @Lewtable 2 года назад +4

      @@elizabethmead2852 Probably because the sincerity expresses intention. If there isn't a requirement of some sorts that ensures only individuals that are serious about their intentions can be convicted then practically anyone that as much as jokes about the idea can be convicted. I'd imagine the need for sincerity effectively is to act as a filter to keep most citizens from being struck by it. These types of reasons is largely why we generally can't arrest or convict someone based on thought crimes and have to wait for the individual to act upon it; otherwise the scope of potential law-breakers is practically every individual in society.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад +97

    1:10 - Chapter 1 - What is treason ?
    2:45 - Chapter 2 - Aaron Burr in The Room where the treason happened ?
    6:10 - Chapter 3 - Trump treason
    7:15 - Chapter 4 - What is sedition ?
    10:50 - Chapter 5 - What trump said ?
    11:40 - Chapter 6 - Militias
    14:15 - Chapter 7 - Members of congress & trump inner cicle ?
    29:15 - Chapter 8 - Expulsion
    30:40 - Chapter 9 - Insurrection or rebellion
    31:50 - End roll ads

  • @kainthedestroyer
    @kainthedestroyer 3 года назад +291

    Let's be honest: "It depends," and "it's complicated" are the only answers that thrill me.

    • @surferdude4487
      @surferdude4487 3 года назад +6

      Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.
      To my knowledge, when a murder is committed while in the act of committing another crime, it is murder in the first degree. Check.
      Also if a police officer is murdered while performing his duty it is murder in the first degree. Check.
      This means that every single person that participated in the murder of that police officer, whether it was part of their plan or not, is on the hook for a life sentence or the death penalty if it exists in D.C.
      Sorry, I do not know if the death penalty applies in D.C.
      But, this is one very good reason to avoid killing or assaulting a police officer. Even with this protection, their jobs are difficult, dirty and dangerous enough.
      But, to apply this standard equally, any police officer that abuses his authority to commit murder should be likewise guilty of first degree murder. This is because as law officers, they should know better and because they are permitted to carry side-arms, wear body armor and are well trained in multiple techniques of using force to subdue or kill. That's a lot of responsibility.
      Anyway, I'm not a lawyer and the law is more often than not an ass.

    • @Plexiux
      @Plexiux 3 года назад +2

      @@surferdude4487 That is the kind of charge that gets tacked on to other charges to get people to plead guilty in exchange for it being dropped. While you are technically probably correct, its more of a fluff charge because a even semi-decent defense lawyer could get a jury to not convict on it but it sounds very intimidating.

    • @kainthedestroyer
      @kainthedestroyer 3 года назад +1

      @@surferdude4487
      Challenge #1: Prove that the act meets the definition of murder.
      Challenge #2: Prove which actors were specifically involved in the death, which is presumably homicide.
      Challenge #3: Prove the identity of the actors within evidence matches the identity of the accused.
      Could you make the accusation of murder against the rioters whose actions resulted in assault on and/or death of a police officer? Maybe. Would you get a conviction on those charges in front of a presumed-to-be unbiased jury? It depends. These things are complicated.

    • @TheBusyJane
      @TheBusyJane 3 года назад

      They fill me with fear, which I suppose is a type of thrill. It makes it sound like everyone with power is going to get away with this and bring more of their own up. If they do everything just right, they can keep getting away with it until the last minute.
      When they started arresting people and then there was the video how some of the initial charges are not necessarily all the charges and there will probably be more as the FBI put the cases together I really started to believe there would be consequences discouraging enough to put the whole thing down over the next year or so. But if the government employees get away with this, then everyone arrested was just fodder and they can keep waiting for their day.

    • @karsaorlong666
      @karsaorlong666 3 года назад

      Its complicated but it depends on what the complications are. Lol

  • @pdxcorgidad
    @pdxcorgidad 3 года назад +272

    "Burr wasn't willing to wait for it."
    *Leslie Odom Jr intensifies*

    • @calebfisher7345
      @calebfisher7345 3 года назад +6

      I was hoping when he started talking about burr there would be some hamilton lyric puns

    • @sukumykaja
      @sukumykaja 3 года назад +5

      LIFE DOESNT DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THE SINNERS AND THE SAINTS

    • @elizavetakadochnikova6988
      @elizavetakadochnikova6988 3 года назад

      @@sukumykaja It takes, and it takes, and it takes ....

  • @mickelodiansurname9578
    @mickelodiansurname9578 2 года назад +12

    Here in Ireland we have the 'Offences against the state act' which is in fact a result and governed by our constitution. What it says is that even discussing the illegal overthrow of the state or doing anything to harm it, or raising any form of armed group other than the legal police force or armed forced of the state, is treason. So you cannot form any sort of militia. You aren't even allowed to discuss the overthrow of the government by any means other than the ballot box.
    Now you could say that for example a gun club, of which there are a few in Ireland, would be 'forming a militia', guys who like shooting guns on the weekend are all of one mind and this constitutes an armed force in the country right? But to get any sort of a license in Ireland to own a weapon, you have to explicitly state that you are not a member of any outlawed group or unknown group that stands apart from the Irish armed forces or police force. Even members of the armed forces and even police officers (who are unarmed in Ireland anyway) have to sign this. It reminds them that their club is not a militia and if they think it is they can be tried for treason.
    Our constitution prohibits any armed force, full stop, that is not paid for and operated by the Irish state. In fact ONE person, who is not an Irish citizen, with a gun, could be legally interpreted as a foreign force. Hence the recent and ongoing argument that as a neutral nation, with this law, we cannot allow US deliveries of weapons to Ukraine from landing at Shannon airport since those weapons are owned and operated by a foreign government.
    Regardless of how friendly that foreign government might be, our constitution prohibits a foreign army operating on our territory. The only way to circumvent that is to rewrite the constitution, and the only way that would happen is for the Irish population to remove our neutrality clause by a referendum, and 95% of the population will not do that! We've been a neutral nation since the foundation of the state, through every war in the 209th century and every war in the 21st including the current one n Ukraine. Although we did impose sanctions on Russia becasue we are also in the EU.
    A legal way around this is for the US to 'donate' these weapons to Ireland, including the aircraft that delivered them, and we would then immediately pass them on to the UK as some ort of 'gift' and the UK would then deliver them to Ukraine. Bizarre right? However other laws prevent Ireland from transiting, dealing or delivering arms, so that's sort of screwed, but at least its just a law and not a constitutional requirement.
    This might seem like its is complete state control of a right to bear arms... and yes, that is exactly what it is. However you can still own a weapon in ireland... Its just that not a lot of people can be bothered.
    Americans often cite the constitutional right to carry arms in case King George V comes back and invades the US. However Ireland has, and had, more reason to fear an invasion by the British needing us to have guns than the US will ever have. We are after all the only nation that borders with the UK. Yet we manage not to run about in the woods dressed up like an idiot playing cowboys!

    • @zubetp
      @zubetp 9 месяцев назад

      i'm not generally in the market of absolving american citizens of idiocy. however, i will say this about gun control: if americans are zealously committed to something that by every account is dangerous, there's another reason it's happening.
      by every metric except one, guns and SUVs are dangerous and should be heavily restricted. they're killing us every single day. the numbers don't lie. they prove that.
      weapons manufacturers and the NRA lobby relentlessly against gun regulation.
      car manufacturers aggressively advertise SUVs and larger pickup trucks as ideal vehicles to skirt regulations that are placed on other types of vehicles. they also lobby against changes to those regulations, so that they can continue to exploit this loophole.
      what's the one metric that doesn't support tighter regulation? money. it's always money. politicians are _directly incentivized_ to advocate for their patrons' causes.

  • @274pacific
    @274pacific 3 года назад +244

    When a RUclipsr gives a more informed and researched take on current events than the entirety of the corporate media landscape.

    • @rogerwadell8784
      @rogerwadell8784 2 года назад

      Please remember over 70% of the corporate media is owned by large corporations or extremely wealthy people. It is in their best interest not to inform the general public of the truth. You will always get a part of the truth never the complete it’s just like a lie which contains at times a little bit of truth.

    • @PointsofData
      @PointsofData Год назад +11

      ...the youtuber is a lawyer though my dude

    • @fett713akamandodragon5
      @fett713akamandodragon5 Год назад

      @@PointsofData corporate media has plenty of legal experts on who are lawyers, and yeah they usually just waffle about and say nothing and provide no details

    • @ggundercover3681
      @ggundercover3681 Год назад +1

      ​@@PointsofDataand how is lawyer suddenly media?

    • @shadowninja6689
      @shadowninja6689 Год назад +1

      This is why I stopped watching the news for ages. Most of the places I get news from these days focus on news in a specific niche sector/industry.

  • @simonhallin8909
    @simonhallin8909 3 года назад +689

    Did Rudy advocate for violence?
    Rudy: Trial by Combat

    • @greggrobinson5116
      @greggrobinson5116 3 года назад +41

      Devil's Advocate: "No, no. Rudy was just suggesting Trump & Biden go mano a mano with knives and wrists tied together in the Gypsy fashion!"

    • @donaldfschiff1229
      @donaldfschiff1229 3 года назад +11

      Panty wrestling for world peace!

    • @Kannot2023
      @Kannot2023 3 года назад +31

      Probably he has dementia, and he forgot the laws, and only was left was medieval jurisprudence

    • @Optimistprime.
      @Optimistprime. 3 года назад +22

      Yep. I think the republican party has found a way to legally terrorize their own country. Insane!

    • @aztecwarrior7373
      @aztecwarrior7373 3 года назад

      Probably not because he supports trump

  • @robinisomaa
    @robinisomaa 3 года назад +965

    "There's not a first amendment right to stop the government from functioning"
    Someone should tell the Senate...

    • @hodeyfu7617
      @hodeyfu7617 3 года назад +17

      Hmmm. They didn’t get that memo in Seattle.

    • @Rebecca-oh5yh
      @Rebecca-oh5yh 3 года назад +12

      I cannot like this comment enough.

    • @Lilpenguino1028
      @Lilpenguino1028 3 года назад +1

      I don't understand. Could someone spell it out for me a little?

    • @BrianLocke
      @BrianLocke 3 года назад +64

      @@Lilpenguino1028 The republican lead Senate literally shut down the government a couple of times when the couldn't get their way.

    • @HardBall-be1fe
      @HardBall-be1fe 3 года назад +18

      There is also no first amendment right to burn businesses and destroy property, whether government or citizen owned.

  • @gryyphyn8639
    @gryyphyn8639 2 года назад +18

    Holy crap. THANK YOU for pointing out that initial American leadership was guilty of treason against the crown. That context is so incredibly important to what is happening right now.

  • @GlitchCrunch
    @GlitchCrunch 3 года назад +511

    "After Burr killed hamilton, the political class basically shunned Burr. and because he wasnt willing to wait for it" Just couldnt resist putting a Hamilton reference in there huh?

    • @IceHax
      @IceHax 3 года назад +3

      Care to explain?

    • @marievemacgregor4624
      @marievemacgregor4624 3 года назад +38

      @@IceHax Wait For It is one of the songs Burr sings in the musical Hamilton. It's a nod to the lyrics in the show.

    • @hobochili92
      @hobochili92 3 года назад +23

      @@IceHax give in and check out Hamilton I promise it’s worth it

    • @KatieLHall-fy1hw
      @KatieLHall-fy1hw 3 года назад +9

      Was looking for a comment about that 😂

    • @angelshot9264
      @angelshot9264 3 года назад +4

      @@IceHax one of us one of us

  • @joshualanhan9267
    @joshualanhan9267 3 года назад +380

    Burr’s “Talk less, smile more” defense helped him escape treason charges.

  • @acemstudio
    @acemstudio 3 года назад +1594

    Legal Eagle: *throws away lightsaber*
    *random guy:* MY LEG!

    • @Johnny-rx4hs
      @Johnny-rx4hs 3 года назад +39

      Cut to the arm on the floor in A New Hope

    • @kyleking3839
      @kyleking3839 3 года назад +18

      @@Johnny-rx4hs or lukes hand in Empire Strikes Back

    • @singletona082
      @singletona082 3 года назад +45

      Would legal eagle then be guilty of reckless endangerment?

    • @tiberiusbrain
      @tiberiusbrain 3 года назад +29

      I was expecting a wilhelm scream at that moment.

    • @michaeloliver5892
      @michaeloliver5892 3 года назад +7

      *Please*.
      Lightsabers only cut off hands.

  • @Bored_Overthinker
    @Bored_Overthinker Год назад +171

    As a Texan, I formally apologize for Ted Cruz’s existence.

    • @quillofthewolf5728
      @quillofthewolf5728 Год назад +9

      As a Texan, I also formally apologize.

    • @adammiller9029
      @adammiller9029 Год назад +6

      @@quillofthewolf5728 itd be better if you... did something about it.

    • @alikazerani
      @alikazerani Год назад +11

      As a Canadian, I too am sorry.

    • @Bored_Overthinker
      @Bored_Overthinker Год назад +3

      @@adammiller9029 how do you know they haven’t? How about you not be a jerk to people who are on the same side as you.

    • @XXMatt0040XX
      @XXMatt0040XX Год назад

      ​@@Bored_Overthinker Because he's been a tumor since the 2016 cycle. A meme spawned of him being the *Zodiac Killer.* There's no excuses when it comes to elections, if you don't chastise the *entire* state, then you chastise no one.
      His own daughter *recoiled* from him when he tried to hug her. We all saw it. I was 15 then... I'm 23 now. *He is still a cog in the government.* Texas in particular needs to be reminded of their actual place in North America. They are a micro-nation that's jammed between two countries, one below that absolutely doesn't like them, and one above that is a key player in the world. Sometimes you need to put someone in their place. And Texas, and by proxy those who live there must put in their place every once in a while.
      All signs indicate that they're complacent, content, unable, or unwilling to make changes. You can say the same things about people who live in the Northeast. We're all pricks here.
      The fact they have a power grid constitutes them being a micro-nation, as far as I'm concerned.

  • @racheltrammell7843
    @racheltrammell7843 3 года назад +878

    Most of the politicians are lawyers. They know exactly what they're doing, and they hope that we're so ignorant that we won't notice.

    • @WilsonMagna
      @WilsonMagna 3 года назад +31

      They know how to tow the line, and also have the charisma to win elections, a dangerous combo.

    • @WatcherofVids
      @WatcherofVids 3 года назад +35

      exactly. divide and conquer. keep us arguing over minor issues and not the big one, our freedom.

    • @saltytruffelbutter5284
      @saltytruffelbutter5284 3 года назад +2

      @@WatcherofVids you said it perfectly. 💯👍👏👏

    • @sheckyfeinstein
      @sheckyfeinstein 3 года назад +1

      Probably true.

    • @clocked0
      @clocked0 3 года назад +17

      @@WatcherofVids This. We're tearing each other apart over gender pronouns instead of denouncing 1984-esque mass surveillance conducted by the NSA, and advocating for laws to prevent this. Also the right to repair laws that allow consumers the freedom to repair the products they buy, thus killing planned obsolescence.. They seem like a pipe dream

  • @sirjuly2791
    @sirjuly2791 3 года назад +2309

    Does that “Christian” militia group in Michigan remind anyone of a jihadist training group in Afghanistan??

    • @iwantsomecookies08
      @iwantsomecookies08 3 года назад +414

      Yeah, they look and sound like an american-flavoured Taliban.
      U.S. law officially labels that as “fishy”.

    • @WaladilScion
      @WaladilScion 3 года назад +150

      In the same way that red reminds me of scarlet, yes.

    • @w2hostile486
      @w2hostile486 3 года назад +174

      Indeed. They are one and the same. Cut from two different cloths yet serving the same purpose...Hate!! The circumstances are irrelevant.

    • @calebandrews7563
      @calebandrews7563 3 года назад +29

      I as a Christian republican would like to say that were are not all like that. I would pull a Rittenhouse and help protect my neighbor's property. I would never try to stop a democratic process unless the election was CLEARLY UNDISPUTABLY STOLEN.

    • @DodderingOldMan
      @DodderingOldMan 3 года назад +122

      Oh, absolutely. There's a reason why the phrase 'American Taliban' has been increasingly popular in recent decades.

  • @KThyme
    @KThyme 3 года назад +702

    Enjoyed the Hamilton jokes. Also the history lesson on Burr.

    • @QemeH
      @QemeH 3 года назад +13

      Alan Burr, Sir.

    • @johnjones947
      @johnjones947 3 года назад +19

      not sure if anyone on here is old enough to remember the old "got milk" commercial about Hamilton and Burr

    • @CarrieJamrogowicz
      @CarrieJamrogowicz 3 года назад

      @@johnjones947 lol I was in high school 😬

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 3 года назад

      @@QemeH So, not Bill Burr? Good. The world needs his anger.

    • @Noromdiputs
      @Noromdiputs 3 года назад +10

      haha history lesson go Burr.

  • @royce6485
    @royce6485 3 года назад +78

    This didn’t age poorly. It aged sadly.

    • @tski3458
      @tski3458 2 года назад +3

      It's getting hot on Wednesday. All those who texted meadows are not having a good weekend because they are about to outted.

    • @idalily3810
      @idalily3810 Год назад +1

      @@tski3458 Any day now, right? LOL.

    • @DjeauxSheaux
      @DjeauxSheaux Год назад +1

      ​@@tski3458 I don't think anybody other than the rioters themselves are going to face real consequences over this.

    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht Год назад

      @@DjeauxSheauxyea trump is sadly going to jail in the other hundred crimes has has committed.

    • @Balingy
      @Balingy 9 месяцев назад

      Oop

  • @tfodthogtmfof7644
    @tfodthogtmfof7644 3 года назад +567

    I had to hit the like button 3 times just for the 7% more gravitas.

    • @Sahdirah
      @Sahdirah 3 года назад +7

      +

    • @77mcmarine
      @77mcmarine 3 года назад +11

      Objection!
      You should've hit the button 7times

    • @tfodthogtmfof7644
      @tfodthogtmfof7644 3 года назад +10

      @@77mcmarine oh! So right you are. I have now hit it an additional 4 times for a total of 7.

    • @imaner76
      @imaner76 3 года назад +3

      @@77mcmarine overruled, once is enough exuberance does not make for a compelling argument the act is enough.

    • @crbulldog5638
      @crbulldog5638 3 года назад +1

      Should have it on repeat for an hour.

  • @kiyahforever
    @kiyahforever 3 года назад +171

    "Now with 7% more gravitas." I need a desk specifically for parenting.

  • @bookbwitched466
    @bookbwitched466 3 года назад +86

    The 7% gravitas is astonishingly impressive. Good on you. Such a relief!

  • @notme2day
    @notme2day 2 года назад +4

    The best thing about your analysis is you don't give me false hope.
    All the other legal eagles (especially on MSM) say such and such broke the law without the benefit of everything else you provide.
    Thank you for that... I can stop holding my breath in anticipation.

  • @krisinsaigon
    @krisinsaigon 3 года назад +252

    Stephen Colbert called Ali Alexander “Sammy Davis Hitler” 🤣

    • @jgunther3398
      @jgunther3398 3 года назад +3

      I hope minorities will learn who their real allies are. It's shameful the way you treat them.

    • @GuacJohnson
      @GuacJohnson 3 года назад +12

      @@jgunther3398 right? Biden literally made a joke about how black people have no choice but to vote for him thanks to Repubs being so obviously racist and it went over sooooo many peoples heads

    • @someguy_namingly
      @someguy_namingly 3 года назад +6

      @@jgunther3398 Wow, you think the joke OP mentioned was racist? You must be so confused

    • @goddrikhyde4990
      @goddrikhyde4990 3 года назад +9

      I have no idea what side any of y'all on... You need to get better at conveying your opinion.

    • @krisinsaigon
      @krisinsaigon 3 года назад +22

      @@goddrikhyde4990 I am against people trying to overthrow democracy, and pro comedy

  • @archdeaconslag805
    @archdeaconslag805 3 года назад +172

    Considering everything that's been revealed about this in the last week, it might be time for a follow-up video for this

    • @emilygordbort7300
      @emilygordbort7300 2 года назад +2

      Tell me I wanna know
      Anyone I can watch who'll talk about it?

    • @leorkoubi4626
      @leorkoubi4626 2 года назад

      @@emilygordbort7300 yes please

    • @AlmeaCulpa
      @AlmeaCulpa 2 года назад +2

      Sorry what's been revealed? I've no idea what to look up

    • @kevintamu98
      @kevintamu98 2 года назад

      @@AlmeaCulpa nothing just a bunch of one sided nonsense. In a mok hearing.

  • @MichiCommander
    @MichiCommander 3 года назад +39

    "He wasn't willing to wait for it" I see what you did there good sir.

  • @cjtramm8
    @cjtramm8 2 года назад +4

    My dad was a defense attorney, he would have loved listening to you. I do think he would have debated many point but he love to do that. Great job.

  • @biogopher
    @biogopher 3 года назад +68

    "he wasnt willing to wait for it" legal eagle spitting some lines

  • @paytonborland2327
    @paytonborland2327 3 года назад +63

    "So, it's treason then"
    *HUZZAH, A MAN OF QUALITY!*

  • @4077Disc
    @4077Disc 3 года назад +234

    Brooks: "Louder"
    Script Writer: *facepalm* He's reading the stage directions again...

    • @joedonnelly387
      @joedonnelly387 3 года назад +11

      Had me howling when he said louder, otherwise he was doing an alright job of motivating idiots

    • @jaycievictory8461
      @jaycievictory8461 3 года назад +7

      Oh my gosh, I thought you were joking. He literally did! 😂😭🙈

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn 3 года назад +10

      @@joedonnelly387 don't you mean alt-right job of motivating idiots. lol

    • @pshaw8406
      @pshaw8406 3 года назад

      He'll read anything you put in front of him.

  • @ridgebhouse
    @ridgebhouse 2 года назад +4

    you have a great talent for taking complex topics making them easier to understand while adding a little humor. Good job!😉

  • @dapperghastmeowregard
    @dapperghastmeowregard 3 года назад +446

    I love how every one of these is basically
    "Did they do the thing?"
    "Well yes, but legally no."
    :P

    • @pcarrierorange
      @pcarrierorange 3 года назад +33

      Which is much better for the people than “Well no, but legally yes”.

    • @fiddley
      @fiddley 3 года назад +8

      @@pcarrierorange Having criminals remain at large, is that better for all the "No, but legally no" people?

    • @pcarrierorange
      @pcarrierorange 3 года назад +27

      @@fiddley Yes! That's the principle behind innocent until proven guilty - it is better for 100 guilty men to go free than 1 innocent man be punished.
      How would you feel if you, your family, and your friends were imprisoned for treason, or tax avoidance, or fraud, because you criticised the government? Alexei Navalny would like to speak with you.

    • @fiddley
      @fiddley 3 года назад +14

      @@pcarrierorange The bar is too high. All the people mentioned in the video need to face accountability. If we can't do it legally then Biden should be placing an order for some polonium ASAP.

    • @sfitzmd
      @sfitzmd 3 года назад +31

      It's almost like lawmakers wrote the laws to insulate themselves and their actions while coming down hard on anyone not them. :P

  • @CristopherElie
    @CristopherElie 3 года назад +100

    I do not appreciate those high definition close-ups of Burr and Sessions' faces

  • @GummeeHater01
    @GummeeHater01 3 года назад +812

    "Stop the steal" is a pretty ironic slogan for a mob that proceeded to ransack the capitol

    • @trappenweisseguy27
      @trappenweisseguy27 3 года назад +26

      It’s also very unusual that it was set up two years BEFORE the election 🧐.

    • @sce2aux464
      @sce2aux464 3 года назад +7

      I suspect a large percentage of that mob considers itself to be anti-fascist...and proves it by beating up conservatives.

    • @GummeeHater01
      @GummeeHater01 3 года назад +38

      @@sce2aux464 you're not about to start going on about antifa attendance are you?

    • @SkibaDeBop86
      @SkibaDeBop86 3 года назад +9

      @@GummeeHater01 Well they have already identified multiple Antifa that were there bashing in windows. And what about the Multiple cops letting the nonviolent protestors through? Please get informed before you spread your liberal filth.

    • @deviousxen
      @deviousxen 3 года назад +3

      Any three words chanted together that aren't 'BLM' Or something all are now etched into my brain as an early warning system to just start evading other humans.
      Worst rhythm ever. They ruined a rhythm.
      And the Trump Rambo Flag ruined flags worse than the Kekistan one appearing at the Capitol Siege thing.
      *wonders how someone could ruin something as nice and neat as a flag*
      *twitches* *a spark comes out of my head*
      *oh wait that's easy to ruin too lmao*

  • @debrajonet1497
    @debrajonet1497 10 месяцев назад +2

    This is disturbing and I know it is a older show, but it is shocking. Ty for making people aware. You always have truths to tell.

  • @pspicer777
    @pspicer777 3 года назад +202

    It's like pornography - hard to define, but you know it when you see it.

    • @Warriormon87
      @Warriormon87 3 года назад +1

      I think its more like cubist pornography. Slightly easier to define, but much harder to actually judge when you are seeing it.

  • @StraveTube
    @StraveTube 3 года назад +513

    "If only these darn QAnon people would start taking _Skillshare_ courses" was NOT a take that I was ever expecting, but I'll allow it.

    • @frickin_robin
      @frickin_robin 3 года назад +4

      why did i read this in dean pelton from community's voice...

    • @StraveTube
      @StraveTube 3 года назад +3

      @@frickin_robin *Even his shadow!!*

    • @frickin_robin
      @frickin_robin 3 года назад +2

      @@StraveTube OH GOD

    • @jondeare
      @jondeare 2 года назад

      Crooks in the White House. No Security. They just went into the White House.

    • @steviesevieria1868
      @steviesevieria1868 2 года назад +8

      Q anon requires an incredibly low level of intelligence and education. So any education is people can get would be a plus.

  • @sheckyfeinstein
    @sheckyfeinstein 3 года назад +223

    “We love you”...”you are special”....”now let’s take a little walk down to the Capitol; I’ll be with you.” [maybe]

    • @elroy8272
      @elroy8272 3 года назад +12

      Or. I'll watch on tv with family...cheering you on.

    • @aidanmargarson8910
      @aidanmargarson8910 3 года назад +13

      It does raise the question of if he physically could have walked from there to the capitol? he actually use a golf cart after all

    • @MrRamziaB
      @MrRamziaB 3 года назад +7

      "peacefully and patriotically March and make your voices heard."
      Yup. Sounds like he was encouraging a riot. /s

    • @patriciajones474
      @patriciajones474 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏾👍🏾

    • @patriciajones474
      @patriciajones474 3 года назад +1

      @@elroy8272 👍🏾👍🏾

  • @JordonBeal
    @JordonBeal 2 года назад +5

    Rabid nationalism is absolutely terrifying to witness.

  • @cryofpaine
    @cryofpaine 3 года назад +49

    Could his comments about how much he loved the terrorists that were at the time committing crimes against the government be considered "providing comfort to our enemies"? And could his refusal to send the National Guard be considered "aid"? Specifically given the difference in response to a BLM protest last year?

    • @angelaj8958
      @angelaj8958 3 года назад +1

      the President does not have authority over the Guard, only the Governors do. Both Muriel Bowser and the head of the Capitol Police refused them when offered. In OR, the governor refused to send them in during siege of the federal buildings, so Trump offered active duty troops.

    • @cryofpaine
      @cryofpaine 3 года назад +2

      @@angelaj8958 in all states, you are correct. But DC is not a state, and has no governor. The National Guard in DC is under the direct command of the President.

  • @TheTravelerww
    @TheTravelerww 3 года назад +329

    The Irony is that if most of the rotors wore face masks it would be a lot harder to prosecute them

    • @Fjaloeat1
      @Fjaloeat1 3 года назад +47

      You're so right. People protesting in Hong Kong have been wearing masks since way before Covid for that very reason.

    • @alertedcoyote7892
      @alertedcoyote7892 3 года назад +31

      Thank god for idiots

    • @hucasluffman
      @hucasluffman 3 года назад +5

      @@alertedcoyote7892 you could say that again

    • @msjkramey
      @msjkramey 3 года назад +39

      My bf and I have been saying this over and over. Like, this is one of the *few* times where you could get away with hiding your identity without looking suspicious, but these conspiracy nuts are so damn hard about COVID being fake and masks being a violation of free speech that they didn't even cover their faces out of obstinace. Like, they could have even worn Trump masks or ironic masks that say dumb shit like "this mask does nothing." But they didn't because they're priorities are so ass-backwards. I hope they all get caught and I hope they didn't spread the virus through their ignorance

    • @tamarrajames3590
      @tamarrajames3590 3 года назад +33

      Except for the fact they were all so pleased with themselves that they splashed it all over their social media...stupid is as stupid does, or as my Granther used to say, Stupidity should hurt.”🖤🇨🇦

  • @doubtful_seer
    @doubtful_seer 3 года назад +67

    So, basically, if you’re politically powerful or have allies who are, you can get away with anything.

    • @mennograafmans1595
      @mennograafmans1595 3 года назад +13

      Welcome to reality. Where laws made by rich folk with political power will always protect said rich folk with political power.

    • @doubtful_seer
      @doubtful_seer 3 года назад +4

      @@mennograafmans1595 oh, I know reality. Been a little too familiar with it ever since I tried pressing charges against my father for r api n g and ab u si n g me for 17 years and the police wouldn’t even let me do so much as file a report.
      Then the times I was in the ER on the floor in my own vomit and screaming because my brain was swelling and the nurses were laughing and saying I was faking for pain medicine.
      Plus section 8 applications being closed in my area for over 6 years and only avoiding homelessness for the second time by the skin of my teeth because I’m on SSDI (which only pays $8,000 per year because of course a permanently disabled person who can’t leave their house can live in that) and all the apartments in my area have rent that is more than I get in a month and they require income to be rent x3.
      Yeah, reality is kinda on my shit list.

    • @marisadallavalle393
      @marisadallavalle393 3 года назад

      @Nicole Wren. Yup. And a raise.

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan 3 года назад +3

      @@doubtful_seer Holy shit yikes you have my deepest sympathies. :o

    • @jeffreyscarbrough5321
      @jeffreyscarbrough5321 3 года назад

      Like Democrats

  • @lynnmillard1666
    @lynnmillard1666 9 месяцев назад

    Informative and entertaining. You’re delivery is precious.

  • @kimandmiked
    @kimandmiked 3 года назад +97

    I know this 10 months old, but I want to see an updated special of this once the house report or DOJ court filings are made public

  • @queenpagan
    @queenpagan 3 года назад +27

    As a legal specialities student I can’t help but notice how these videos are formatted very similar to IRAC. I’m here for it.

  • @jenchan4817
    @jenchan4817 3 года назад +378

    Wouldn’t delaying the national guard’s response count as an overt act as part of the conspiracy?

    • @jayit6851
      @jayit6851 3 года назад +60

      Only if you can prove that it was withheld intentionally to aid the riot. Incompetence is not the same as an overt act.

    • @Unyubaby
      @Unyubaby 3 года назад +51

      @@jayit6851 With the new document appearing signed by Christopher Miller showing that they purposely withheld or restricted the DCNG from acting against the rioters, could we then point to the overt act?

    • @BeardedDragonMan1997
      @BeardedDragonMan1997 3 года назад +1

      @@Unyubaby no

    • @Hideyoshi1991
      @Hideyoshi1991 3 года назад +8

      @@Unyubaby maybe they didn't want to escalate things like they did earlier in the year, perhaps some thought the situation was under control, etc...

    • @russianhackers53
      @russianhackers53 3 года назад +2

      @Hudson Donald it's okay to cheer people on though. Look I will show you:
      "I support the Capitol Riots."
      That's a true statement. I do. If the FBI "investigates" me and wastes their time and resources and someone else ends up getting away with a crime, that is neither my fault nor my problem. I don't care, nor do I have to. It's perfectly legal for me not to care at all.

  • @gloomyblackfur399
    @gloomyblackfur399 Год назад +2

    Our country is ridiculous and foolish. That sending an armed mob to the capitol to resist the government, its laws, and the peaceful transfer of power is not treason is plainly pathetic. I can literally think of nothing more treasonous than that.

  • @bjkjr12
    @bjkjr12 3 года назад +58

    I’ve forgotten how much this new set just screams “I’m a lawyer”
    Though for the record I love both you and the new set I’m just making an observation

  • @gabriellagace1325
    @gabriellagace1325 3 года назад +47

    His look of confusion before throwing the lightsaber away implies that he has multiple, and grabbed the wrong one.

    • @jaycievictory8461
      @jaycievictory8461 3 года назад +4

      Canon accepted! 🤺

    • @TheGoodOne1998
      @TheGoodOne1998 3 года назад +3

      He did use Anakin lightsaber when the 'Its treason meme' it's Palpatine lightsaber.

    • @squibble311
      @squibble311 3 года назад +2

      and yours would probably make a nice addition to his collection

  • @seran-nei227
    @seran-nei227 3 года назад +30

    My old Polisci teacher once said "the line between a protest and a riot is a brick"

    • @ontos9981
      @ontos9981 3 года назад +1

      But no longer. It is now whatever the media decides it is.

  • @TheWispiestKitty
    @TheWispiestKitty 5 месяцев назад

    THANK YOU! I have been trying to explain the difference between treason and sedition for years.

  • @lucassena3455
    @lucassena3455 3 года назад +173

    This man has the kind of personality that makes you want to learn about law

    • @causeeffect7624
      @causeeffect7624 3 года назад +2

      Yes, hiw to use it to support your personal pov however wrong or right. Much like religion and religious documents.

    • @VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA
      @VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA 3 года назад

      Oh bull crap.

    • @robertopics
      @robertopics 3 года назад +4

      @@causeeffect7624 ???

    • @cyninbend
      @cyninbend 2 года назад +1

      You'd love law school!

    • @Human_Enthusiast
      @Human_Enthusiast 2 года назад

      I think he directly inspired my brother to start perusing law!! That’s so crazy for me.

  • @joshnabours9102
    @joshnabours9102 3 года назад +118

    The fact that they booked a parking lot of a lawn service shop for their speech because it had the same name as the 4 seasons hotel is still a mind buggering wtf for me.......

    • @nerd1000ify
      @nerd1000ify 3 года назад +21

      I suspect they screwed up. Someone Google searched "4 seasons phone number" when making the booking, and clicked on the first link without reading it. The lawn shop owner (probably feeling very bemused by the request) agreed to host the speech without actually mentioning that they were a lawn shop... and by the time Guliani's staff realised their error it was too late to cancel and book the actual hotel they'd intended to use.

    • @WolfgangDoW
      @WolfgangDoW 3 года назад +16

      It shows how much fact checking and actual research they do

    • @Ajehy
      @Ajehy 3 года назад +12

      @@nerd1000ify - my suspicion is that they sent out that tweet before they actually got the booking, the hotel said “no you don’t!” And trump, as always, refused to back down & admit he was wrong.

    • @gregsvideos3411
      @gregsvideos3411 3 года назад +10

      @@nerd1000ify The garden center probably thought it was a prank and just played along. The funny thing is that no one would admit to the screw up, because conservative doctrine doesn't allow for one admitting they could ever be wrong on anything.

    • @katyungodly
      @katyungodly 3 года назад +4

      @@gregsvideos3411 “it’s not manly to admit I made a mistake!”

  • @carouselofagony3276
    @carouselofagony3276 3 года назад +265

    Imagine if he succeeded. The precedent of violence when you don't like the outcome of democracy should be squashed without mercy. Politically motivated (edit: violent) crimes should be federally considered hate crimes like it is in D.C.

    • @johnhogan8327
      @johnhogan8327 3 года назад +3

      Such are the woes of democracy, society, etc. they’re imperfect. Force, unfortunately for your carousel, is not a suitable method of solving these problems.

    • @tristansherman9611
      @tristansherman9611 3 года назад +19

      I agree with the notion that these specific rioters are in the wrong and should be prosecuted, remember how easily a common-sense notion like yours (swiftly and mercilessly crush violent opposition to the workings of our government) turns into oppression.

    • @derp195
      @derp195 3 года назад +14

      @@tristansherman9611 that’s what I was going to say. That law would immediately be used to do things like taking a graffiti artist with a political message and giving them life in prison.

    • @Melesniannon
      @Melesniannon 3 года назад +13

      @@derp195 Remember that you can write laws to be specific and Carousel of Agony's comment should be taken in context; you can't just ignore the second sentence and only focus on the third, or cherrypick the part of any sentence to refute. Taken in the context of the second sentence the phrase "politically motivated crimes" refers to "violence when you don't like the outcome of democracy", a definition to which graffiti is inapplicable. Graffiti is not violence, it is vandalism, and the only thing those really have in common is that it starts with "v" and contain similar vowels.

    • @brain_tonic
      @brain_tonic 3 года назад +6

      @@derp195 OP said violence specifically... Things like political speech and art don't count, even if the art is vandalism, then it would just be charged as vandalism...

  • @afreezaphorogiancossack2194
    @afreezaphorogiancossack2194 9 месяцев назад

    Devin you are great, you and your pals give really concise explanations off what's going on. And I gotta say, your segues into commercials always make me laugh, bigly.

  • @tylertran522
    @tylertran522 3 года назад +306

    I have no idea why I watch so many of these videos. I’m not even American lol

    • @Zach-h2l
      @Zach-h2l 3 года назад +29

      good content is good content

    • @yehat17
      @yehat17 3 года назад +36

      I think the trend is: Once America does it, everyone else thinks it's okay to do now. eg Bolsanero, Duterte and Boris Johnson.

    • @frostyskeletons8950
      @frostyskeletons8950 3 года назад +37

      @@yehat17 Ugh, I wish that weren’t the case. We Americans are terrible role models. The world should be watching New Zealand or something instead

    • @idalarsen2540
      @idalarsen2540 3 года назад +15

      @@Minesofmoria__ That's great! WAY too few people are doing that in the US. That's really common for people in smaller countries to do. I'm from Norway, and we always learned a lot about other countries in school. We also show a lot of international news. I think it's really important to do so. Get out of your own bubble, basically. Learning is always good. Love from Oslo, Norway! ♡

    • @toysruskid5074
      @toysruskid5074 3 года назад +7

      I pledge my appreciation to the flag of the United States of America and to the ideals for which it stands. One nation of many lands. Wishing liberty and justice to all.

  • @Clevercomback
    @Clevercomback 3 года назад +54

    "It always depends, and it's always complicated."
    Legal Eagle, 2021

    • @DJRY360
      @DJRY360 3 года назад

      I'll take one in medium

  • @rpgaholic8202
    @rpgaholic8202 3 года назад +19

    "The stuff that was on Instagram deserves to be in jail" Damn... never thought I'd hear a lawyer throwing THAT level of shade.

  • @laxeystu8096
    @laxeystu8096 10 месяцев назад

    These legal summaries are brilliant

  • @delphidelion
    @delphidelion 3 года назад +57

    "Unless you live in Michigan"
    Me: Stares sadly at all the snow out the window.

  • @claynorwood9723
    @claynorwood9723 3 года назад +57

    The more history I learn (and relearn) from this channel, the more I realize that in many ways absolutely nothing has changed in this country from the beginning.

    • @JoeyMarx
      @JoeyMarx 3 года назад +3

      Well of course. The US was built upon certain principles and opinions. When it comes to those, only their labels have changed.

    • @christinebenson518
      @christinebenson518 3 года назад +13

      To be fair woman and people of color have the right to vote in many of the states. I won't say all since the south is repeatedly trying to suppress the black vote and try to take away woman's rights.

    • @intense79nick
      @intense79nick 3 года назад +5

      I'm continuously surprised at how much we rely on previous rulings to make current ones. Every situation is unique and while yes there can be comparisons made I wouldn't want to be bound by how we decided to write or rule something 300 years ago in today's society. Makes no sense to me.

    • @JoeyMarx
      @JoeyMarx 3 года назад +3

      @@intense79nick That's how the law is expected to function. Stare decisis dictates that, in law, the legal precedent is always used to dictate how it will be ruled in the present and simply for the fact that if it wasn't that way, you could constantly change the interpretation of the law and no one could there would be zero consistency. For instance, take a state that doesn't have stand your ground laws: one judge might rule that someone shooting an intruder is perfectly legal and they don't deserve murder while another judge who happens to be extremely pacifist might say that the same thing is illegal. A part of it is just to make sure that there is equal application of law. It just happens to be that a lot of people believe that there is never a reason to change how a law is ruled, especially in a modern society, and that causes a lot of problems.

    • @intense79nick
      @intense79nick 3 года назад +5

      @@JoeyMarx I can understand how equal application would encourage this precedent but I feel we have unequal application in other ways across our justice system due to discrimination and biases. In your example who's to say the first judge was correct in their ruling but because they got the chance to rule on it first they set the example that now all other judges will have to abide by it and I don't agree that we should be locked into something because a sole judge ruled that way, especially when it was over a hundred years ago. It feels like a "in a perfect society" rule in an imperfect and ever changing society. Perhaps after a certain amount of time the weight of a ruling can be lessened, especially if an argument can be made in the specific case in question has variables that differentiate it based on the climate of today's times vs when the original ruling was made. I'm not someone who knows much about law though, just a laymen who ponders on these things and writes youtube comments so I'm probably way wrong in being this concerned with it. lol

  • @juliehenderson1672
    @juliehenderson1672 3 года назад +182

    Why were the senators involved with the incitement allowed to participate as jury in this Impeachment trial?

    • @gindymartin8979
      @gindymartin8979 3 года назад +4

      You can’t explain what you can’t explain!!!

    • @jdatlas4668
      @jdatlas4668 3 года назад +17

      Because impeachment isn’t actually a normal trial and basically none of the usual rules apply. They make their own rules, historically under guidance from the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. There’s no such thing as being obviously incapable of making an impartial ruling, unless the senate itself decides they want such a rule.

    • @mahande88
      @mahande88 3 года назад +2

      @@jdatlas4668 Also because there is absolutely zero evidence of any involvement from any senator.

    • @fjellfinn4618
      @fjellfinn4618 3 года назад

      @@mahande88 isnt that in line with the FBI's investigation?

    • @rachelgarber1423
      @rachelgarber1423 3 года назад +6

      Liz Cheney and Adam Kinsinger were not involved with the incitement on 1/6

  • @loriomyoreo8224
    @loriomyoreo8224 2 года назад

    I must say your channel has been utterly delightful and enlightening! Thank you so much!

  • @davivignola5895
    @davivignola5895 3 года назад +7

    My gods, your patience and legal prowess in keeping your sanity through all this is beautiful to behold.

  • @akeustis
    @akeustis 3 года назад +65

    "[Giuliani] had pressed his claims in court, in ad hoc meetings with rogue legislators around the country ... and at a lawn care company in Philadelphia."
    Oh man, that delivery was just... outstanding.

    • @greggrobinson5116
      @greggrobinson5116 3 года назад +3

      A pic from that presser MUST appear in every history of this period ever to be written.

  • @indoor_vaping
    @indoor_vaping 3 года назад +117

    POV: you’re talking to your new white-shoe attorney you had to hire to defend yourself against seditious conspiracy charges

    • @Delightfully_Witchy
      @Delightfully_Witchy 3 года назад +2

      Okay I gotta ask: What does "white shoe attorney" mean?

    • @jfarrar19
      @jfarrar19 3 года назад +2

      @@Delightfully_Witchy not a lawyer, nor in the legal field, but from context it sounds like it means "new"

    • @indoor_vaping
      @indoor_vaping 3 года назад +10

      “White shoe” actually means prominent and prestigious.

    • @Jartran72
      @Jartran72 3 года назад +17

      @@Delightfully_Witchy It means well connected in the world of money and politics. Those are the best lawyers who can argue for release of people who should not be releaded. The people who get clearly guilty people minimal sentences. The reason why people hate the lawyers that the rich and morally bankrupt people can afford.

    • @jfarrar19
      @jfarrar19 3 года назад

      @@indoor_vaping Ah. I get it. Thank you.

  • @jeffcarver8193
    @jeffcarver8193 2 года назад +1

    Very informative, I'm learning tons about our Legal Processes.

  • @Yattatt
    @Yattatt 3 года назад +83

    "So it's treason then" is not something I expected Legal Eagle to say ever.

  • @CorpusCallosum0
    @CorpusCallosum0 3 года назад +259

    "Its treason then"
    *Ignites lightsaber*
    1 second in and you have my like. Good day.

  • @billstewart5421
    @billstewart5421 3 года назад +47

    Please keep doing what you’re doing!!! As we’re waist deep in this political -- storm a voice of hope and optimism comes shining through. And with a humerus edge that helps us deal with the insanity that’s all around us. It’s hard to have faith in leaders that turn out to be nothing more than CORRUPT LIARS and CON-MEN. Spouting their foney patriotism and religious hippocracy.

    • @tski3458
      @tski3458 2 года назад

      You said it. Things are getting real for the orange turd bag.

  • @carnivaltym
    @carnivaltym 3 года назад

    I like these longer videos - they provide more depth and background. Top stuff!

  • @gus.smedstad
    @gus.smedstad 3 года назад +68

    Worth noting that Trump regularly called just about any act contrary to his interests "treason. "

    • @user-fe8gx3ie5v
      @user-fe8gx3ie5v 2 года назад

      Because his interests were also those of the people, generally speaking.

    • @stevekight1955
      @stevekight1955 2 года назад

      trump's interests were only of interest to less than half the people.

    • @user-fe8gx3ie5v
      @user-fe8gx3ie5v 2 года назад

      @@stevekight1955 More around 90% of the people's interest.

    • @stevekight1955
      @stevekight1955 2 года назад

      Less than half the country voted for him, so...less than 1/2 the people were interested in what the buffoon said.

    • @user-fe8gx3ie5v
      @user-fe8gx3ie5v 2 года назад

      @@stevekight1955 Elections in the U.S. are always very close, with presidents being of the opposing party when another president is elected, and majority voting isn't necessary in the U.S.

  • @johnkerpan7735
    @johnkerpan7735 3 года назад +40

    Unlike Flynn, no one knew about Wilkenson's treachery at the time. *oof*

    • @AalbertTorsius
      @AalbertTorsius 3 года назад +6

      So much shade thrown, it'll be dark for days.

  • @juliehenderson1672
    @juliehenderson1672 3 года назад +28

    When Gosar was speaking 1.6.21- someone yelled, "Its all because of you!" As they were all moved to security as the rioters attacked the Congressional floor.

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano 2 года назад +1

      Entertaining would be to see a subpoena served to "someone".
      I'll refrain from being in proximity to judge's chambers, largely out of concern for retaining what little hearing that remains.

    • @AYtoSEE
      @AYtoSEE 2 года назад

      Like when Cheney rebuffed Gym Jordan's offer to give her a hand as they were leaving chambers.

  • @SweetJimmyNetwork
    @SweetJimmyNetwork 3 года назад +1

    Big fan you really are good at making the complicated understandable

  • @MistsMagic
    @MistsMagic 3 года назад +51

    The Star Wars joke at the beginning is worth every like.

    • @darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832
      @darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832 3 года назад +1

      Says the line wrong and pulls out the wrong lightsaber color.

    • @Dashes69
      @Dashes69 3 года назад +2

      @@darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832 Probably because he isn't a Sith Lord posing as a politician, he's one of the good ones.

    • @justinianthe1st790
      @justinianthe1st790 3 года назад +1

      @@darthjarjarbinkstherealsit6832 I think the joke is that its blue. The jedi color. Meaning he's in the right for actually saying that.

  • @MrsOdie2
    @MrsOdie2 3 года назад +59

    Rudy wanted more time to pursue the strategy of calling up people like they did Raffenberger in order to get them to say the "recalculated" and send Trump electors instead. There is no point in "delay" unless they intend to do something with that time.

    • @robertdickerson8195
      @robertdickerson8195 3 года назад +11

      Actually, if the rioters had taken out a significant number of politicians, including Pelosi, Pence and Schumer, then Trump could have declared martial law and remained in power, which was the point of inciting the masses in the first place.

    • @hakancarlsson2881
      @hakancarlsson2881 3 года назад +3

      @@robertdickerson8195 But he wouldn't remain in power anyway... He would be out on the 20th nomatter what...

    • @frederickschwarz3883
      @frederickschwarz3883 3 года назад +7

      He’d need the military and he’s a FRAUDULENT draft dodger [the Podiatrist that “diagnosed” Trump’s bone spurs was RENTING OFFICE SPACE from Fred Trump and did it as a favor to his landlord - TWICE!]
      Cadet Bone Spurs calls veterans “suckers” & “losers” Top Brass must hate him!!! Remember how he treated McCain?

    • @frederickschwarz3883
      @frederickschwarz3883 3 года назад +1

      You’re absolutely right Carrie V - NO respect for our sacred, apparently delicate experiment in a truly democratic, rights for all oriented Republic.

    • @macmcleod1188
      @macmcleod1188 3 года назад +1

      @@hakancarlsson2881 legally yes but practically no. Every successful coup is illegal but successful.

  • @JimPea
    @JimPea 3 года назад +108

    I can't believe some of these people could've been that stupid, that loud and that angry and not have somehow incriminated themselves.

    • @Draeckon
      @Draeckon 3 года назад +17

      It's less about did they incriminate themselves and more about whether or not other Republicans will actually vote to charge them and expel them. Which... I find unlikely, unfortunately.

    • @ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641
      @ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 3 года назад +12

      I mean, how stupid is a system that gives the exact people who are on trial complete control of whether or not they're found guilty? There should be some sort of override to put them on trial without the jury being their buddies and tribe.

    • @northernmetalworker
      @northernmetalworker 3 года назад

      Assuming you are referring to the capital storming. I think it really comes down to how directly coordinated the actions were to commit violence against the congress in session. If they were there, armed with rifles, invading the capital, and shooting officers, directly heading towards the congress hall, because trump told them to stop the vote by force, that is the truest definition of an insurrection that I can think of. But it most certainly was not that. In fact I haven't heard a news story of any of them being armed in the capital.

    • @northernmetalworker
      @northernmetalworker 3 года назад

      @@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 it would be important to look at where that would lead, would we want a president impeached every time they lose their majorities in house and senate? That seems to ovveride the will of the public to elect the president and delegate it to the strongest party in congress at the time.

    • @ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641
      @ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641 3 года назад +1

      @@northernmetalworker there's no integrity left in these people, so they can't be trusted to uphold the laws of this country completely unchecked anymore. It has to stop. Men were different in the time of our founding fathers, so there was a certain amount of duty and integrity that was implicit in every leader, and our system relies on that to an extent. They couldn't plan on a corrupt majority, because that was unimaginable. Corrupt individuals would be expelled from office by both parties, because duty came before tribalism. That integrity clearly doesn't exist anymore, so the system has to change.

  • @Traincal007
    @Traincal007 3 года назад +8

    To many loopholes in the law to aid those of power get out of whatever illegal acts they commit... they need to rewrite laws and close all the loopholes ASAP.

    • @DjeauxSheaux
      @DjeauxSheaux Год назад +2

      Why do you think those loopholes are there to begin with?

  • @bobskewer1874
    @bobskewer1874 3 года назад +32

    The 7% more gravitas is what earned my subscription today.

  • @cthulhutheendless1587
    @cthulhutheendless1587 3 года назад +77

    “He wasn’t willing to wait for it.”
    😉 I see what you did there

  • @709mash
    @709mash 3 года назад +86

    Should have been a red lightsaber.
    Sorry, I'll put my nerd away....

    • @wizardtim8573
      @wizardtim8573 3 года назад +6

      Nope, when order 66 went out, Jedi were effectively illegal and any attempts they made against the recognized army of the Republic was treason.
      Jedi were never made official members of the armies.

    • @allanolley4874
      @allanolley4874 3 года назад +3

      You should have started your post with "Objection!".

    • @SimonBuchanNz
      @SimonBuchanNz 3 года назад +3

      @@wizardtim8573 "so it's treason" is quoting Palpatine, who has a red saber. A nit, but an accurate nit.

    • @709mash
      @709mash 3 года назад

      @@wizardtim8573 nah, I ment that because he quoted Palps and he drew a red lighsaber when he said it. Then he killed Kit Fisto :(

  • @eugenestandingbear6516
    @eugenestandingbear6516 2 года назад

    Very digestible, clear, and strangely funny. Good job young man. Excellent.

  • @mikenorman4001
    @mikenorman4001 3 года назад +62

    Me: hits pause, literally gets up to make popcorn

    • @russellzauner
      @russellzauner 3 года назад +1

      i almost did this lol

    • @peggyesterhuizen4207
      @peggyesterhuizen4207 3 года назад +1

      Yes! One requires food for mental energy- these videos always makes me think

    • @rengsn4655
      @rengsn4655 3 года назад

      I hit pause to get breakfast

  • @mrcarrino
    @mrcarrino 3 года назад +17

    The major TV/Cable networks are fools not to be knocking at your door to give you a segment on daily news casts. In short, you give us faith in what the law should be and very nicely explain why things are as they are. You are my law degree after I realized the folly of Law and Order or Boston Legal. Keep up the great work, sir.
    Someday,, a full review of everything Denny Crane did would be cool, too.

  • @DeadDancers
    @DeadDancers 3 года назад +201

    TLDR: it’s not treason when you have enough conspirators in congress to acquit you.

    • @billbradley4878
      @billbradley4878 3 года назад +7

      Treason would be a criminal trial in a criminal court, Congress would not be the jury. It is not like an impeachment trial.

    • @johndoe-ek1qs
      @johndoe-ek1qs 3 года назад +1

      It is but...

    • @pfzht
      @pfzht 3 года назад +2

      It's still treason.

    • @AirQuotes
      @AirQuotes 3 года назад +1

      Boo 👎

    • @dorianr4770
      @dorianr4770 3 года назад

      seems about right. There's hope for expulsion... but then you'd never get 2/3rds of Congress. So yeah, sure seems like Congressmen can do whatever, so long as there's enough of them to prevent a 2/3rds vote.

  • @catmanjones5881
    @catmanjones5881 3 года назад +5

    A fascinating discussion even almost a year after the events. Do you have a follow-up video addressing sedition/treason/insurrection charges with all of the new facts that have come out?

  • @JohanWinqvistTesseract
    @JohanWinqvistTesseract 3 года назад +47

    Would like anyway, but pushed the button at "7% more gravitas."

  • @AngelofYugo
    @AngelofYugo 3 года назад +37

    Objection, you have provided no evidence to the court that the addition of the paper movement equals 7% more gravitas, that’s conjecture.

    • @Robert_McGarry_Poems
      @Robert_McGarry_Poems 3 года назад +12

      It is well established, enough as to be considered common understanding. The arbitrary 7% is well inside of the understood limit of gravitas added. I am ashamed that you don't know this!

    • @ultimategotea
      @ultimategotea 3 года назад +2

      @@Robert_McGarry_Poems As an expert witness, I object to say that gravitas is always introduced in increments of 4.5%, so the gentleman from DC is claiming 2 new pieces of gravitas (as defined in 15 USC § 4576) and 2 new pieces are present: the papers and the desk+lamp combo both count as individual pieces of gravitas, and are thus subject to the defined 4.5% increase per piece.

    • @maximsavage
      @maximsavage 3 года назад +2

      @@ultimategotea Objection, there is no such thing as 15 USC § 4576! I call into question the witness' expertise!

    • @arcadeinvader8086
      @arcadeinvader8086 3 года назад

      The amplitude of Gravitas waves has been measured to increase by 6.98789999% when at least 11 pages are shuffled near the Gravitas detector.

  • @ImperfectXIII
    @ImperfectXIII 3 года назад +26

    "LEGAL EAGLE: NOW WITH 7% MORE GRAVITAS"
    lol I love this channel