The MeidasTouch Podcast - Trump THROWS TANTRUM at Jurors on DAY OFF

Episode Date: April 18, 2024

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s tantrum during his day off from the Manhattan criminal trial. Go to https://magicspoon.com/MEIDAS to grab a variety pack and try it today! And be sure to use our promo code MEIDAS at checkout to save five dollars off your order! 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If a juror harbors actual bias and can't be fair or impartial, they can be removed for cause. Each side has an unlimited amount of for cause challenges to prospective jurors to remove them to make sure they don't get on the final jury panel that will actually be hearing this case. However, the parties only have 10 peremptory challenges each, which means that they can get rid of prospective jurors for any reason at all, provided that it is not discriminatory in nature. You can try to remove prospective jurors on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity. That's what's called a peremptory challenge. This is in New York law. This is the same thing in every single case that is a felony

of this degree. But Donald Trump is whining about that. Here's what Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform. So he did this, and then he starts whining about Jimmy Kimmel this morning. Here's what Donald Trump writes. He goes, I thought strikes were supposed to be unlimited when we were picking our jury, question mark. I was then told we only had 10, not nearly enough when we were purposely given the second worst venue in the country. Don't worry, we have the first worst also as the witch hunt continues,

election interference, as Molly Cray Newman wrote. Trump says he's unhappy with the jury selection process in his hush money case. In a new Truth Social post this morning, saying he should have unlimited peremptory strikes. He actually has four left. His lawyers used six of the 10 peremptory challenges. The court, just to remind you, is dark on Wednesday. There is no trial on Wednesday. Trial will resume and jury selection will resume on Thursday. As Adam Klassfeld points out, in fact, Trump's lawyers either knew or should have known there

were 10 strikes since the time of his indictment. The number is baked into New York criminal law by the type of felony charge. And here's the New York statute and it says, each party must be allowed the following number of peremptory challenges. C, 10 for the regular jurors in all other cases, and two for each alternate juror to be selected. So it's right there in New York law, yet Donald Trump continues to whine about it. Now, one of the things I want to reflect about, though, is do you remember during the New York Attorney General's civil fraud case where Alina Haba forgot to check the box, although she claims

it wasn't an issue about forgetting to check the box. And there was no jury in that case. Do you remember that? And it was just Justice N'Goran who ultimately made the decision. Remember what Donald Trump would say every day in addition to lying that Justice N'Goran valued Mar-a-Lago at $18 million, when indeed it was Donald Trump who devalued Mar-a-Lago at around $18 million so Trump could pay less taxes and then inflated the valuation separately when he wanted to get loans. Remember the other thing he would say? Donald Trump would say, if we had a jury, we would win this case. If we had a jury, if we just had a jury, we'd be the winners, right? Well, now you have a jury. If we just had a jury, we'd be the winners, right? Well, now you have a jury. Donald Trump

has a jury in the Manhattan District Attorney criminal case against him. I don't call it the hush money case the way Molly Newman describes it. I call it the Molly Cray Newman. I call it the, it's an interference with the 2016 election by falsifying business records case. But you have a jury. So what does Donald Trump do now? He whines and he goes, the jury selection process is unfair. So first of all, I didn't get a jury.

It was unfair. The jury selection process is unfair. The county is unfair. The venue is unfair. This is unfair. That is unfair. The county is unfair. The venue is unfair. This is unfair. That is unfair. Here is Donald Trump, just to remind you, at the New York Attorney General civil fraud case where he said, if we just had a jury, we'd win. Play this clip. But if I had a jury, we'd win this case very easily. But I don't have a jury. And you see what's happening. This is a railroad. And it's the beginning of communism in our country.

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Thank you, Magic Spoon, for sponsoring this episode. Well, of course, Donald, now you have a jury. Also, you had a jury in the previous criminal case against the Trump Organization, where the Trump Organization was convicted of over a dozen felonies for tax fraud. We shouldn't forget that, folks, that over 18 months ago or so, the Trump Organization was in a criminal trial. They were charged with tax fraud the same way Allen Weisselberg pled guilty back then. Allen Weisselberg also pled guilty again recently.

That's Trump's former CFO. He pled guilty recently to felony perjury. But more than a year ago, two years ago or so, Weisselberg pled guilty to tax fraud in connection with his role at the Trump Organization. There was a criminal trial, remember, against the Trump Organization. There was a jury trial. And the jury unanimously, because it has to be unanimous, found that the Trump Organization engaged in dozens of felonies. And now Trump has a jury again, and here he goes whining. It's the, I thought we had unlimited strikes. Well, you have unlimited strikes when it comes to for-cause challenges where jurors can't be fair and impartial. When it comes to peremptory

challenge to disqualify jurors for any reason at all other than discriminatory reasons. It's 10. That's what it says in the law. Here's what Donald Trump is also writing. But first, let me show you Peter Henlein's reaction to it. Peter Henlein's a DeSantis supporter, and he's responding to Donald Trump's post about Jimmy Kimmel and the Oscars this morning. And Henlein writes, the Oscars were 38 days ago. He isn't fit to be president. He isn't fit to be president. Here's what Donald Trump writes. Stupid Jimmy Kimmel, who still hasn't recovered from his horrendous performance and big ratings drop as host of the Academy Awards, especially when he showed he suffered from TDS, commonly known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, to the entire world by

reading on air My Truth about how bad a job he was doing that night right before he stumbled through announcing the biggest award of all picture of the year. It was a classic choke, one of the biggest ever in show business. And to top it off, he forgot to say the famous mandatory line. And the winner is instead he stammered around as he opened the envelope. Supposedly his wife and even management begged him not to do it. Don't read his truth, Jimmy, please don't do this. They said he was made to look like a fool, which he is, and at the same time go down in television history as the worst host ever of the once vaunted Academy Awards. Let me

just read what Peter Henline says again. The Oscars were 38 days ago. He isn't fit to be president. So true. Speaking of which, I really like this post right here from Elijah's final semester at Edward Versailles. And he goes, Elijah goes, teaching my first history course this semester has been rewarding, but I don't know what to do with this student. And he grades the student an F and the student's Donald Trump. And it's a paper on the Battle of Gettysburg. Folks, these are the exact words that Donald Trump actually used at a speech that he gave, what I call a traveling fascist circus

event over this past weekend. This is what Donald Trump said. Our union was saved by the immortal heroes at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg. What an unbelievable. I mean, it was so much and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways. It's represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg. Wow. I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to look and to watch.

And the statement of Robert E. Lee, who's no longer in favor. Did you ever notice that? No longer in favor. Never fight uphill, me boys. Never fight uphill. They were fighting uphill. He said, wow, that was a big mistake. He lost his great general and they were fighting. Never fight uphill, me boys. But it was too late. This man iswell this man is it's not a political thing as i always said this isn't democrats and republicans and independents and this this man is unwell what is he even talking about let me just share with you though just so you know okay ben he didn't really say that this was from this past weekend play this clip theirs was much worse it's where the army weathered its brutal winter

at Valley Forge, where General George Washington led his men on a daring mission across the Delaware and where our union was saved by the immortal heroes at Gettysburg. Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. The Battle of Gettysburg. What an unbelievable. I mean, it was so much and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg. Wow. I go to get it. Well, there you have it, folks. Tell me what you think. Hit subscribe. We're on our way to three million subscribers. Thanks to your support and have a wonderful day.