The MeidasTouch Podcast - Prosecutor DEMANDS INVESTIGATION into Trump COVER-UP

Episode Date: April 10, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the letter sent by New York AG Letitia James to Justice Engoron into the potential cover-up by Donald Trump and his lawyers of the criminal perjury committee by former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg. Get up to 60% OFF your subscription at https://Babbel.com/MEIDAS Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! 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 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 Lights On with Jessica Denson: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/lights-on-with-jessica-denson On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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and you have the right to investigate if Donald Trump and other co-defendants of Allen Weisselberg were complicit in Allen Weisselberg's commission of felony perjury during the New York Attorney General civil fraud proceedings. Now, you'll recall a few months back at this point, a $464 million judgment against Donald Trump being entered by Justice in Goran based on Donald Trump, the Trump organizations, Don Jr., Erics, and others, persistent and systematic fraud. As part of that order, it also allowed for the appointment of, or the continuation of the appointment of the independent monitor, retired federal judge Barbara Jones, and actually expanded the powers of retired federal judge Barbara Jones to investigate the finances of the Trump organization. She was previously

appointed back in November of 2022. One of the things that Donald Trump was arguing, and this is one of the reasons New York Attorney General Letitia James sent this letter, is Trump's like, the case is over. Nothing you can do about us now. $464 million judgment's been entered. We're posting a bond, maybe, and there's nothing you can do about us. Case closed. And New York Attorney General Letitia James is like, I don't know what you're talking about. There's continuing jurisdiction over you that Justice Ngoran has and that the independent monitor has. And the court shouldn't blind its eyes or look away from the fact that there's ongoing systemic fraud still taking place. In other words, Justice N'Goran still has jurisdiction.

Let's take a look at this letter that New York Attorney General Letitia James just sent. It says, Dear Justice N'G Goran, on behalf of the Office of Attorney General, we write to very briefly respond to the letter submitted by defendants, Donald Trump and others. Spanning more than 10 single-spaced pages, defendants' argument boils down to the proposition that the court is powerless to determine if a fraud was committed upon it during the course of two separate proceedings because discovery is now closed. In essence, defendants contend that once a note of issue is filed, it is improper to examine the course of discovery even when a named

defendant admits to having committed perjury during the discovery process and subsequent trial. Pause right there. So what New York Attorney General Letitia James is saying is that Donald Trump is arguing that once an order issues, Donald Trump claims that you, your honor and the court cannot examine if a felony was committed in this courthouse, even when one of the key witnesses, Allen Weisselberg, pled guilty to committing a felony. Just go take a look at the footnote here, because one of the things that's pointed out is that in the letter submitted by Donald Trump, they don't even admit or concede that Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump organization,

pled guilty. Trump and his co-defendants and the lawyers are whining and basically saying that Weisselberg didn't really plead guilty. He was forced to do it. And here the attorney general's office said, look, judge, these people are crooked. They can't be held accountable at all. They can't be held accountable at all. They can't be transparent. They're incapable of being transparent with the court.

It says, here's footnote one. Of course, defendants, referring to Trump and others, fail to even acknowledge the basic fact. Instead, counsel for defendants, including counsel for Mr. Weisselberg, argue they, quote, have no knowledge that Mr. Weisselberg, argue they, quote, have no knowledge that Mr. Weisselberg made false statements during the trial. To the contrary, many believe that Mr. Weisselberg only made such admission because he was being threatened with life in prison. Then the New York Attorney General's office says, it is clear that defendants and their counsel are completely incapable of independently disclosing any impropriety outside certification and outside certification is the only means to get the truth. Helen Weisselberg pled guilty to

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merely ensuring compliance with the ethical canons. The court has broad authority over the actions of counsel in the conduct of matters before it. As the first department referring to the appellate division noted, the principle that attorneys are subject in the first instance to the power and control of the courts is also firmly embedded in New York jurisprudence as an inherent power recognized by our Constitution, as well as a statutory power reflected in the regulations by which attorneys are disciplined. So that's New York Attorney General Letitia James taking a shot directly at Alina Habba there and Trump's other lawyers for their behavior and their aiding and abetting potentially of Weisselberg's conduct or covering up the felony perjury committed by one of their clients, Weisselberg, in this case. So beware, Alina Haber, right there. New York Attorney General saying inaccurately so that, and Goran, you should impose, you have the right to impose discipline and sanctions on the lawyers before you. It goes on to say,

Mr. Weisselberg has admitted that he has perjured himself during discovery and the trial in this action. The court is well within its authority to determine if defendants and their counsel facilitated that perjury by withholding incriminating documents. internal controls, compliance functions, and record keeping, the potential failure to properly produce documents in a legal proceeding relevant to the valuation of Mr. Trump's triplex plainly falls within the ambit of her authority, referring to the independent monitor, and certainly within the power of this court to safeguard the integrity of its own proceedings. And there's a footnote here that says, it also goes without saying that modifying the monitorship order would not require a modification of the judgment as defendants contend. And even if defendants myriad of complaints had merit as to the court's ability

to modify the monitor's duties or advance an inquiry after trial, the investigation matter remains open and the court has authority to appoint a special referee to conduct an inquiry. In other words, judge, you need to investigate what and when Trump and Trump's co-defendants knew about crimes committed in this courtroom, and we want you to order that that take place forthwith. Remember, at the same time this is going on, what else is going on in the background here? Well, there is that big hearing coming up in a few weeks before Justice Ingoron about Donald Trump's bond, right? Trump hired Knight Specialty Insurance Company, a buddy of Trump's named Don Henke, purportedly posted this bond. But as you dig deeper beneath the surface, it appears that Knight Specialty Insurance does not have adequate amount of reserves

in order for it to post a $175 million bond. Indeed, $175 million, which as you know, the appellate division reduced the bond obligation. The judgment's still $464 million plus post-judgment interest, equaling more than $500 million. But the appellate division allowed the bond to be reduced from $464 million to $175 million. Knight Specialty Insurance doesn't even have $175 million in its reserves. It has about $130 million. And so it doesn't even have the qualifications to be a surety to post the bond on Donald Trump's behalf. And now there's going to be a big hearing on April 22nd to deal with that, where you're going to have a lot of witnesses come in and we'll see if there was any impropriety, unlawful conduct, misconduct there. And if that bond is rejected, then I think you can get to the situation again where the prosecutors can seize Donald Trump's assets. Nothing Donald Trump does is above board.

And I like that New York Attorney General Letitia James is not letting him get away with it. She's holding Trump and Trump's co-defendants and Trump's lawyers feet to the fire. You saw the letter there. I read the letter to you. Tell me what you think in the comments below. Hit subscribe.

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