The MeidasTouch Podcast - Prosecutor FILES EMERGENCY MOTION on Trump’s Conduct

Episode Date: April 1, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the urgent motion filed by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg regarding Donald Trump’s threats in advance of the April 15 trial. Go to https://CozyEarth.com/meidas and enter our promo code MEIDAS at checkout for up to thirty-five percent off! Visit https://meidastouch.com for more! SUPPORT THE SHOW: Shop NEW LEGAL AF Merch at: https://store.meidastouch.com Join us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/meidastouch 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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Defendant, Donald Trump's dangerous, violent, and reprehensible rhetoric fundamentally threatens the integrity of these proceedings and is intended to intimidate witnesses and trial participants alike, including this court. The Manhattan district attorney points out that Donald Trump has consistently, since Justice Juan Merchan entered a gag order on March 26, 2024, Trump has consistently made posts threatening Justice Juan Merchan and also threatening and attacking Justice Juan Merchan's daughter and under false pretext as well. And the message from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office's judge, if you don't take action right now, the message this sends to Donald Trump and his violent followers is that if he's permitted to attack your own daughter, Justice Merchant,

that they are free to attack and threaten and harass other witnesses. One of the posts that is referenced in this supplemental memorandum filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office on the eve of the April 15th, 2024 trial, is this recent post by Donald Trump where he refers to my co-host on Political Beatdown and a host on the Midas Touch Network on the Mayakulpa show. Donald Trump refers to Cohen using the word death. And the Manhattan District Attorney's Office says

Donald Trump has basically threatened death and destruction on witnesses. Donald Trump has made posts stating that if you go after me, I'm coming after you. And the Manhattan DA said, Justice Mershon, you need to make it very clear that your March 26, 2024 gag order includes this conduct and you need to issue what would be just a final warning to Donald Trump that if he engages in any further conduct like this, he should be incarcerated immediately and there needs to be immediate repercussions for his attempt to just completely threaten, intimidate witnesses, and try to derail this April 15 trial with his despicable and violent rhetoric. As you go through this filing

by the Manhattan District Attorney, they explain that there is a factual record that the people have diligently put together and documented since defendant's arraignment one year ago. A record, by the way, that Donald Trump and his lawyers never contested, that this court judicially implemented a series of steps, a step-by-step approach with measures to protect the administrative justice while providing the maximum allowance for defendant Donald Trump's speech. But after a series of statements from defendant Donald Trump that included threatening death and destruction if he was indicted, and then posting a photo of himself wielding a baseball bat at the back of the district attorney's head.

Statements which required an extensive public safety response by multiple law enforcement agencies. This court admonished defendant to refrain from statements likely to incite violence or civil unrest or which jeopardize the rule of law. Defendant refused to refrain from his disruptive and terrifying speech. Then, in response to the People's Motion for Narrow Limits on Extrajudicial Speech, defense counsel swore to this court, Trump's lawyer told you, Justice Mershon, that defendant would self-regulate and you had nothing to worry about him making more violent statements like the ones he was engaged in. But defendant Donald Trump has proved himself totally incapable of self-regulating, going

so far as to refer to one potential trial witness last week as death. With the start of trial imminent and all other less restrictive measures having failed, this court entered a tailored order on March 26, 2024, restricting certain kinds of extrajudicial speech aimed at witnesses, prospective jurors, court staff, prosecutors, and others. So what did defendant Donald Trump do? Well, defendant Donald Trump responded by launching a barrage of attacks, not only on this court, but also on a member of this court's family immediately after the March 26, 2024 order, including posting a photo of your honor of Justice Merchan's family member's daughter. These attacks were based on

transparent falsehoods, such as the claim that the family member had made a post on social media. In fact, the social media account cited by defendant was a fraudulent impersonation, but those facts are beside the point for the defendant. Here's something you probably didn't know. 35% of adults report experiencing poor sleep quality. Better sleep awaits you with Cozy Earth and it's time to discover the secret to better sleep with Cozy Earth's luxurious bedding products. And here's an exclusive offer just for our listeners. Use code MIDAS for 35% off at CozyEarth.com.

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against this court's family based on yet another false claim that the family member is actively supporting adversarial campaign speech by defendants' political opponents, which is not true at all. There is no constitutional right for a criminal defendant to target a family member of this court. Full stop. It doesn't exist, let alone on the blainted falsehoods that have served as the flimsiest pretext for defendant's attacks. Defendant knows what he's doing. Trump knows what he is doing and everyone else does too. And we all know exactly what defendant intends because he has said for decades that it is part of his life philosophy to go after his perceived opponents as viciously and as violently as he can. He has said for decades that he attacks his perceived opponents viciously and violently, both because it is a good feeling for him and because

other people will see you doing it. And he promised very recently that, quote, if you go after me, I'm coming after you. He is carrying out that promise right now. Defendant's conduct since the court issued the March 26th order is all the record that is necessary to justify a further order, making clear that the court's family is off limit. Defendant is awaiting trial on felony charges and has been offered many opportunities to conform his behavior to a minimum standard necessary to allow this trial to proceed without disruption. or expansion of this court's March 26th order restricting extrajudicial speech to protect the court's ability to administer this case, to protect the court's family and this court from harm, and to show all witnesses, prospective jurors, and other trial participants that the judicial system stands ready to protect them too and to preserve the rule of law in the face of defendants' extreme and deliberate provocation.

Defendants' claim of a constitutional right to levy personal attacks on the family members is disturbing as it is wrong. This court has already held that even assuming the highest scrutiny under the First Amendment, narrow restrictions on defendant statements are permissible since his inflammatory extrajudicial statements undoubtedly risk impeding the orderly administration of justice. There is absolutely no reason to reach a different conclusion as to inflammatory attacks on this court's family, or for that matter, attacks on the family members of any other individuals covered by this order. And the

harm to the orderly administration of this proceeding is magnified by the high likelihood that potential witnesses, prospective jurors, and other trial participants will observe defendant's attack and understand that if the court's family is fair game, then so are theirs. And I think that's the most important point to make, which is Justice Mershon, you may feel that you and your family have all of this protection. Maybe you don't, but maybe you feel that, you know, that the police will be able to protect your family, which is great, Judge. However, the message this sends to other witnesses, like my co-host, Michael Cohen, who gets regular death threats because of Trump's conduct, they don't have that security.

And the message is sent that if Trump can get away with this going after your daughter, your daughter, judge, then he can go after other witnesses and there'll be no ramifications or repercussions. And it also invites potentially Trump's violent supporters to say, okay, we can do this to all of these witnesses. And let me just say firsthand that I know as a co-host of Michael Cohen and a good friend of Michael Cohen, and Michael Cohen has a show, I know the death threats that he gets. I know how this actually impacts people's lives and shatters their own security and causes them to live in fear. I speak to Cohen about that on a regular basis.

That's why this is so important for the Manhattan District Attorney to bring this to the attention of the court. We'll see what Justice Juan Merchan does, but I wanted to share this with you here. I'm Ben Micellis. This is the Midas Touch Network. Hit subscribe. Let's get to 3 million subscribers together. And the new Midas Touch documentary called Against All Enemies is now the number one documentary in the world on Apple, and it's number 16 in all genres in the country, which is pretty incredible. Hit subscribe, let's get to 3 million.

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