Legal AF by MeidasTouch - Trump Arrest of Dem Quickly Backfires

Episode Date: June 19, 2025

Trump is arresting his Democratic political rivals in a show of excessive force and repression unheard of in American history. Add NYC Mayor candidate and Comptroller Brad Lander to the list who was arrested by masked ICE agents for exercising his civic duty and rights to observe a Trump immigration court process. Michael Popok explains how Lander may have just obtained the bona fides all democratic leaders need — fierce resistance, even if it means arrest and indictment, for standing up to Trump. Miracle Made: Upgrade your sleep with Miracle Made! Go to https://TryMiracle.com/LEGALAF and use the code LEGALAF to claim your FREE 3 PIECE TOWEL SET and SAVE over 40% OFF. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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in federal court, immigration court. And is his crime, besides being a Democrat, besides being a rival of Donald Trump, is that he accompanied an immigrant to a hearing for observational purposes. This is the world we now live in. Add to that list, and we'll continue to talk about them. United States Senator and senior senator from California, Alex Padilla, arrested, taken down at least, put in cuffs, let out of a room while he was asking questions of a federal official.

Mayor Baraka of Newark, arrested. And then he had his indictment tossed by Alina Habba. A US representative, McIver of New Jersey, indicted, joining Judge Hannah Dugan, a trial court judge in Milwaukee, who was perp walked by this administration. And now we got Brad Lander. What in the world is going on? If the Democrats arrested their political rivals,

they'd be run out on a rail. That's exactly what we need to do come the midterms. going on, if the Democrats arrested their political rivals, they'd be run out of a rail. That's exactly what we need to do come the midterms. Let me break it down for you right here on the MidasTouch Network and on Legal AF, I'm Michael Popak. Might not have heard of Brad Lander, but now he joins my hall of fame.

I think it is imperative for people who are opposing Donald Trump to either be arrested, be detained, be indicted, or be threatened with all three of those things like somebody like Gavin Newsom in order to have your bona fides to be in the party to be a leader. Let's turn it on its head. I don't see it as a badge of dishonor. I see it as the bona fides in resistance. So Brad Lander, I don't know where you were exactly in the polls, I think you were running third or fourth in the polls to be the mayor of New York,

maybe just above Mayor Adams and just below everybody else. But you, at least for today, deserve our respect. He's been going down, he talked about it during the debate just a couple of days ago, he's been going down on a regular basis to the Federal Immigration Court in New York to accompany immigrants, make sure everything goes smoothly,

as an observer and as a lawyer, as a citizen. Remember, even though they wanna take this away from us, there is no more powerful person or stakeholder in our democracy than to be a citizen. To have a C in front of your name is the most important thing. Don't let Donald Trump fool you. Don't let him take away your patriotism

or your stakeholder position as a citizen. And that's what Lander was doing. Now, if it was a one-off situation, I'd say, all right, well, maybe there was a misunderstanding and a scuffle in the hallway. But when all he asked for was to see the warrant, let me see the warrant. They not only refused, they said he was obstructing arrest

and they took him away. He may be out, I'm not even sure yet. But let's roll the clip and then we'll put this in the context for this hot take. Let's roll the clip. You have a judicial warrant. in the context for this hot take. Let's roll the clip. You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens. You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens. Please say that again. Say that again. You don't have the...

I'm not obstructing. I'm standing right here in the hallway. I asked to see the judicial warrant. You're arresting the judicial warrant. By asking for a judicial warrant? Say that again. You don't have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant. Please say that again.

Say that again. We go too. Sorry. No, wait. I'm safe. I can't believe you're arresting... Where are you taking him? Hello? I want the warrant. Where's the 10,000? No! This number one's going to go with him, right?

Hang on, who is number one? Hold on, hold on, hold on. I want the warrant. Where's the warrant? Show me the warrant. They're not talking to him. It's obvious that they were instructed by Homeland Security and Christie Noem by way of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller,

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There was a scenario that was raised during the immunity decision oral argument at the United States Supreme Court a couple of years ago about whether Donald Trump could take out his political rivals using SEAL Team 6 and I don't mean for dinner. And they had this very polite academic discussion and debate about and I was I was crawling out of my skin. I was about to jump out of my skin. You're talking about whether it is okay. The fact that we can even form that question tells you on the Trump and Magistrate, we

are lost. We are lost as a society if we could ask that in polite company. And so Brad Lander had the right to be in that courtroom, in that court, in that hallway, but now look at what has been happening over the last 60 days. You've got to know in reverse order, Gavin Newsom threatened with arrest by Donald Trump and by Tom Homan as his borders are. The governor of the great state of California, a sovereign state, threatened with arrest for exercising his first amendment rights and for making sure that states rights were being protected. Alex Padilla in California, they crossed the red line, wherever

that was. We crossed it a long time ago in the first 200 days of the Trump administration. The senior senator federal, United States Senator from California, Alex Padilla, basically hogtied, taken down. We can all debate the niceties of, was he taken down? Did they bring him down? I mean, I saw some people in a chat about one of my hot takes. Well, they didn't really push him to the ground.

No, he just fell to the ground and then they got on top of him. Senior Senator, I think you're missing the point, the Senator from California was effectively dragged out of her room and detained by federal officers because he had the temerity to try to interrupt or ask a question of Kristi Noem, who let it all happen instead of saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, that's Senator Padilla. And all Donald Trump had to say about it was, well, he looked like an

immigrant, you know, he's a tall brown man. Or words to that effect. Senators under attack. Controllers and mayoral candidates, Democrat under attack. Let's keep going. United States representative, congresswoman, MacGyver of New Jersey, great state of New Jersey, where I'm from, along with Mayor Baraka, political rivals of Donald Trump, what do they have in common? Indicted, arrested, indicted.

Baraka got his indictment dismissed because it was bullshit from the beginning and now he's suing Alina Jaba directly for defamation and false arrest. He's a political rival. He's a leading candidate to run for office in America for the presidency in 2028. Donald Trump knows that, has him arrested.

Phony charges, the arrest is on the front page. The dismissal of the indictment is on page 38. That's what Donald Trump wants. MacGyver, indicted. Why? What was her crime? Trying to observe peacefully as a member of Congress, giving oversight to an immigration facility run by a private company

that's lined Donald Trump's pockets with donations, she was arrested. No resisting arrest, just observations. A Milwaukee, Wisconsin trial court judge who got arrested and perp walked in a photograph that was released by the Trump administration in violation of the Department of Justice policies in order to have a chilling effect over all the judiciary to stay in their box, stay in their lane, don't challenge this administration. Certainly not in your court release.

And each time a press release, a social media post by the Trump administration, they were bad. They did bad things, these people. They resisted arrest. They're criminals. Nobody will be spared. Nobody but Donald Trump, the only person that's been spared in America

for criminal liability, there's two groups, criminal liability and exposure. Well, I guess three groups. Donald Trump, the Jan six insurrectionists and the couple of thousand people who have been pardoned by Donald Trump, including the Jan six insurrectionists.

They got away. They, right? Crime doesn't pay. It did for that group of people. And now add to it Brad Lander, yeah. But I'm gonna tell you, he should wear that proudly as a tattoo. He should literally get a tattoo on his arm or whatever, a henna paint job.

That says, with pride, in defense of democracy, I was arrested by the Trump administration. I'd get one if I had to. That's what I love about Gavin Newsom. His response was, bring it, bring it. You want to arrest me, the governor of this California? Please, it's a gift, bring it. And this against the backdrop of not only no Kings Day,

but somebody who went hunting to assassinate elected officials and their families and was successful. And all the Republicans respond on that on cue. All they have to do to respond to that is, well, basically Democrats had it coming. Mike Lee, yep. Nightmare on Wall Street. Oh, let me take that down. That seems cruel, you know? But only because Amy Klobuchar,

the Minnesota Senator, challenged him and said, it's no joke. It's one of my best friends. I had dinner with her the night she was killed, that elected official. But instantly Republicans try to politicize it. Oh, the Democrats. It looked like the killer was a Democrat.

Killer was obviously a crazed gunman who can operate in the seething cauldron of hatred environment generated by Donald Trump. But I didn't politicize it. My first angle was not, the Republicans did it, but you be the judge. I'm gonna continue to follow it all right here on Midas Touch.

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