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Trump EXPLODES Over SCOTUS Saying "Release His Taxes"
After years of legal battles, the Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump’s taxes can be released to prosecutors investigating potential financial crimes committed by the 45th president. SCOTUS ruled that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance will be able to get access to Trump’s tax returns for the purposes of looking into hush money payments, fraud, and other possible crimes. This could be a major step forward into making Trump’s tax returns publicly available, however as of now, they will remain shielded from public disclosure. It’s likely they would only become public if/when the former president is indicted. There are no more appeals for the Trump legal team, with the Supreme Court’s ruling being final.
Donald Trump is unsurprisingly furious with the ruling and the potential criminal exposure and embarrassment that could come along with his taxes being investigated. The office of the former president released a statement that read in part, “this investigation is a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our Country.” He went on to say, “the Supreme Court never should have let this ‘fishing expedition’ happen, but they did.” In reality, Trump was treated with special privileges during the entire legal process as he was immune from prosecution during his four years as president. This could potentially be the beginning of a downward spiral that leads to the former president serving prison time, but we are still a long ways away from that.
MyPillow CEO SUED for Bogus Election Fraud Claims
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion over his ludicrous claims that the company’s voting machines tipped the 2020 election from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Lindell has been at the forefront of the “big lie” since its conception and encouraged Trump to fight to the very end even if it meant using martial law. Lindell even released a two-hour documentary highlighting supposed examples of voter fraud. On multiple occasions, he has gone after Dominion by name and he has so far not been cowed into silence by their legal threats. This lawsuit claims that Lindell “exploited” false claims about election fraud to support his company’s sales. This is a sign that all that money Lindell and MyPillow made off the election lies could be going right into Dominion’s pocket.
In an interview with The New York Times last month, Lindell said he would “welcome” a lawsuit from Dominion. Yesterday, he spoke again to the Times via phone and said, “I’m very happy that they’ve done this. I’m ready to go to court. I have all the evidence that anyone would ever want to see.” So far, every indication is that Lindell wants to fight the defamation lawsuit by arguing that what he said was indeed true. This approach would be a dubious one, since dozens of courts across the country have thrown out Trump campaign lawsuits about the election being stolen. Perhaps Lindell will take the “right” legal advice to apologize and settle with Dominion, rather than continue to make a fool out of himself in court and bankrupt his entire company.
From yesterday’s show:
Newsmax RABIDLY ATTACKS Joe Biden's "Junkyard" Dog
In a scandal reminiscent of the Obama tan suit fiasco, Newsmax has gone after Joe Biden’s dog for looking “rough” and needing “a bath, a comb, and all kinds of love and care.” The far-right TV network had an entire segment about the Bidens’ senior German Shepherd “Champ” and host Greg Kelly along with a panel of guests criticized the dog for not looking “presidential” enough. In contrast, Donald Trump didn’t have a dog and didn’t seem to even know how to interact with them. But of course, Newsmax left Trump alone on that and instead they attack Biden for this shallowest of reasons. Right-wing media is desperate to come up with hit pieces on the new president but so far they are falling flat. Stations like Newsmax are left having to “report” on petty and grotesque hit pieces about the pets who live at the White House.
--More on the show:
--Chris Smalls, former Amazon employee who has become a leader of the e-commerce labor rights movement, joins David to discuss his activism, time working at Amazon, and much more
--Vaccine alarmism from those in favor of vaccines is counterproductive and holding down interest in receiving vaccinations, and it should stop right away
--Republicans, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz, continue to blame the Green New Deal, which hasn't been passed or made law, for the power outage disaster that hit Texas
--The Supreme Court has allowed the release of Donald Trump's tax returns to New York prosecutors, leaving Trump no further appeals to make
--CPAC speaker Young Pharaoh is removed from the upcoming speaking schedule after anti-Semitic comments about "thieving" Jews who "lie" come to light
--Voicemail caller says his doctor parents have threatened to stop talking to him if he gets the COVID vaccine because they wrongly believe it is dangerous
--On the Bonus Show: CA legislators approve $7.6 billion COVID relief package, Republicans deliver blow to Neera Tanden's nomination, Janet Yellen sounds alarm about Bitcoin, much more...
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