Trump's Alleged Crimes at NAR-A-LAGO

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  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle  Рік тому +737

    👮‍♂ Do you think Trump will go to jail over this?
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    • @HaloThanR
      @HaloThanR Рік тому +15

      Hello

    • @michaelmayhem350
      @michaelmayhem350 Рік тому +52

      I have this deal just for nebula. Wanted to point at that offer is hugely misleading as curiousity stream is capped at 720p at that price. If you want to watch in a modern resolution the price is far higher than any other streaming service.

    • @caiden5855
      @caiden5855 Рік тому +43

      No

    • @SteveAngelis
      @SteveAngelis Рік тому +220

      Should he? Probably. Will he? No.

    • @Thanos1908
      @Thanos1908 Рік тому

      One can only hope. The man is a tumour to Humanity.

  • @lowca3717
    @lowca3717 Рік тому +3761

    I was in the military. If I took classified documents home, I would have been promptly court-marshalled and I'd still be sitting in Ft. Leavenworth. Potentially tried for espionage. Funny (and sad) to see the law applied differently across socio-economic lines. Wealth and power buy you access to a whole different level of society.

    • @RealDieselMeister
      @RealDieselMeister Рік тому +115

      Yes, that's because you were never comander in chief, weren't you?

    • @ryanp.7348
      @ryanp.7348 Рік тому +180

      Yup, if this were an 18 year old Crypto who'd accidentally brought a doc home and was discovered, it'd be the brig and a new example for OPSEC training sessions.

    • @invalid_420
      @invalid_420 Рік тому +683

      @@RealDieselMeister you say that like it means anything, former presidents should still be held accountable just like anyone else

    • @mottski1
      @mottski1 Рік тому +167

      lmao yeah, as a former intel person this is absolutely wild to watch unfold haha

    • @derekeastman7771
      @derekeastman7771 Рік тому +17

      @@invalid_420 except the president can pretty much do whatever he likes with classified documents.

  • @IAmNumber4000
    @IAmNumber4000 Рік тому +1983

    If Trump really goes to jail because of a law he passed, and an FBI director he appointed, I will never stop making fun of conservatives who think this is a deep-state conspiracy against Trump 😂

    • @ErebosGR
      @ErebosGR Рік тому

      Easy. They'll claim that Trump was being manipulated or mind-controlled when he signed that law or when he appointed the FBI director.

    • @HDTech22
      @HDTech22 Рік тому +191

      As a republican, I support him going to jail if he truly did break the law. And let’s be honest…. He is a billionaire, they live by different rules. Of course he’s broken some laws. Now it’s can they prove it.

    • @SloppypapiBeefboi
      @SloppypapiBeefboi Рік тому +37

      There’s no chance he goes to jail bruh. Not a fan, but don’t be surprised when it’s him v Hillary round 2 in ‘24

    • @MagnetDzn
      @MagnetDzn Рік тому +5

      PREACH

    • @a_angry_bunny
      @a_angry_bunny Рік тому +23

      @@SloppypapiBeefboi
      It will be the first time I vote Libertarian if that happens.

  • @eristic1281
    @eristic1281 Рік тому +1328

    It takes a stable genius to increase the severity of a crime prior to committing it.

    • @ab-cj3up
      @ab-cj3up Рік тому +25

      a very stable genius indeed ;>

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l Рік тому +24

      This is really cheering me up. What did he set the minimum prison time, 10 years?

    • @ab-cj3up
      @ab-cj3up Рік тому +16

      @@user-lv7ph7hs7l 5 years

    • @rambi1072
      @rambi1072 Рік тому +39

      I like the trend of referring to Trump as intelligent, because it's just such s bizzare thing to say about him that even a supporter of his would realise it's sarcasm, without even having to give any other indication

    • @ccricers
      @ccricers Рік тому +11

      Donald J Trump, stable genius
      Have brain, will travel

  • @singingway
    @singingway Рік тому +261

    To be fair, he DID wave his plastic Harry Potter wand over the documents and shouted "declassifio !"

    • @adorablecreature79
      @adorablecreature79 Рік тому +4

      That just made my month 😆

    • @shefchenko111
      @shefchenko111 Рік тому +2

      And Hunter waved underage girls in the clips.

    • @shefchenko111
      @shefchenko111 Рік тому +1

      @@fredfreddy8684 No. I guess you are living in a bubble, or a cult.

    • @civilwarwasaninsidejob7405
      @civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 Рік тому +9

      @@shefchenko111 no one is living under a rock. We just don't get our news from Facebook memes like you do buster.

    • @shefchenko111
      @shefchenko111 Рік тому +1

      @@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 So from cnn or nbc? Where the laptop story was not ignored? :D :D

  • @Ucfahmad
    @Ucfahmad Рік тому +5368

    LegalEagle is going to be a busy youtube lawyer for the next year. I don’t expect many more “Lawyer reacts to SpongeBob trial episode “ style videos.

    • @EugeneGM1
      @EugeneGM1 Рік тому +112

      :(

    • @DrVVVinK
      @DrVVVinK Рік тому +323

      Though he really should do the Better Call Saul finally

    • @camwyn256
      @camwyn256 Рік тому +76

      @@DrVVVinK I do believe he did do that, on Curiosity Stream

    • @theexaustedslime
      @theexaustedslime Рік тому +52

      We should get at least a couple to get through the inevitable wave of shit.

    • @ALCRAN2010
      @ALCRAN2010 Рік тому +13

      SBSP = DJT,
      both famous red tie TV characters.
      So, expect many more.

  • @chaoticcranium
    @chaoticcranium Рік тому +1600

    19:05 Trump "declassifying" documents the same way Michael Scott declares bankruptcy is 100% something I would expect from him.

    • @juancarlosvelasquez9172
      @juancarlosvelasquez9172 Рік тому +35

      I thought exactly the same

    • @Matthew_0506
      @Matthew_0506 Рік тому +9

      Not the first time a politically affiliated candidate did this.
      Nor will it probably be the last.

    • @jayrock2288
      @jayrock2288 Рік тому +2

      Lol awesome bro

    • @Restilia_ch
      @Restilia_ch Рік тому +70

      the same way Trump "changed" where a hurricane was going to go by doodling on a map with a sharpie.

    • @jordinagel1184
      @jordinagel1184 Рік тому +19

      @@Matthew_0506 but is it the first time someone did so with nuclear documents?

  • @guywithcowonhead2066
    @guywithcowonhead2066 Рік тому +411

    I have talked to lawyers in the past and asked them the same question and always got the same answer. My question: What if someone doesn't realize that they committed a crime? Their answer: Ignorance is no excuse.

    • @brazilnut8898
      @brazilnut8898 Рік тому +50

      Ignorance of the law can be a valid defence for some crimes. They are considered "specific intent" laws, which require the prosecution to prove that the defendant both: intended to commit an unlawful act, and. specifically intended to violate the law.

    • @TheGuruStud
      @TheGuruStud Рік тому

      You mean like wiping their secret server with a cloth and smashing all of their phones with a hammer?

    • @poppachoppa8956
      @poppachoppa8956 Рік тому +7

      @@brazilnut8898 You love trump so much XD. Get a new idol, this is such a bad example for you.

    • @justz00t48
      @justz00t48 Рік тому +3

      It's ignorance of the law it's the lack mens rea if the documents ended up in his possession because someone else put them there without his direct knowledge.

    • @brazilnut8898
      @brazilnut8898 Рік тому +15

      @@justz00t48 the FBI and his lawyers told him the documents were there months ago

  • @heatherwindsor9921
    @heatherwindsor9921 Рік тому +36

    Former librarian here. Couldn't help but notice the Farside, Get Fuzzy, Spice & Wolf, Trigun, JRR Tolkien, and the STACK of Forgotten Realms books (and various others) on the shelf behind your lawyer. I trust him implicitly. 👍

  • @medusagorgo5146
    @medusagorgo5146 Рік тому +883

    There was a soldier stationed in Alaska who tried to sell training manuals to the FBI. You can get training manuals online nowadays but the issue was that he intended to sell information. He’s still in prison.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 Рік тому +15

      that's interesting. never heard that story - do you have a link?

    • @duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa
      @duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa Рік тому +6

      Ooo, link please, if you can.

    • @op3129
      @op3129 Рік тому +2

      @@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa same (please)

    • @attackhelicopter5154
      @attackhelicopter5154 Рік тому +3

      Link

    • @crackbabydog
      @crackbabydog Рік тому +61

      Guys you cant post links in comments… most channels have them blocked. I tried but jus search it up…

  • @shadowskill111
    @shadowskill111 Рік тому +1291

    I used to have a side gig as a Comsec custodian in the Army and my main job was dealing with secret or higher material. I can only imagine the hammer that would have come down on my head if I were to just take a folder or device home with me and stick it in my closet or attic for any reason at all. There would certainly not be any nice meetings between the FBI and my lawyer asking to please return them on my own first.

    • @rodneybray5827
      @rodneybray5827 Рік тому

      Lots of stories like yours. Tell me, what makes you think the potus would have the same restrictions as you? Do any of you supposed topic secret dudes really think your clearance would ever be used like potus clearance does? POTUS gets high level info in briefings DAILY! Y’all are schmucks.

    • @RandallJennings
      @RandallJennings Рік тому +49

      See: Reality Winner

    • @grogery1570
      @grogery1570 Рік тому +135

      I met a nuclear physicist who had worked for the government and he told me that at one point every thing he wrote was classified. The example he gave me was writing a note asking another employee if he would like to have lunch with him and trying to send it via internal communication. He was told, in no uncertain terms that it was classified information and would need to be delivered by armed guard! He was also denied a passport because he wanted to visit Poland (this was the cold war)

    • @stevengoldsworthy2079
      @stevengoldsworthy2079 Рік тому +13

      Funny, Trump's lawyer were working with the FBI to find out what documents he might have had

    • @Mr.McWatson
      @Mr.McWatson Рік тому +24

      I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume you didn't have another side gig as POTUS

  • @emc2990
    @emc2990 Рік тому +70

    5:24 can we all take a minute to appreciate our man Kel McClanahan has not just a bunch of collegiate reading behind him... but some X-Men, Far Side, Poe, Trigun, and Tolkien. Bravo sir, bravo.

  • @novamationmedia
    @novamationmedia Рік тому +44

    Lawyers never do video segments in front of a fiction book collection. If those are Kel's actual personal library, Kel is one of the coolest lawyers on the planet.

  • @Ducati121
    @Ducati121 Рік тому +263

    I had an TS/SCI clearance while in the Army many moons ago. Only one time did I ever need access to that level of info in that 8 years. The skiff I went into was probably the most secure part of the base, even more than ordinance storage. It included MPs with rifles, multiple heavy steel doors and a week of phone calls and paperwork just to step foot inside. The fact that these documents were stored in boxes, in a closet, secured by a padlock blows my mind.

    • @Asemodeous
      @Asemodeous Рік тому +64

      The rooms that TS/SCI documents are stored inside are also required to follow supremely strict building codes. These rooms are constantly inspected and torn apart to make sure compliance is being followed and there is no bugs hiding in the duct work and what have you. Inspectors will rip off doors just to measure the width of the frame.
      So yes, the idea that these documents were being stored in a rat motel with a 5 dollar padlock is completely bonkers.

    • @backupplan6058
      @backupplan6058 Рік тому +37

      Not to forget that the padlock was a late addition only after they were told the documents must be secured.

    • @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
      @oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 Рік тому

      Realistically though: who'd break into a former president's home and get away with it?

    • @tonis5140
      @tonis5140 Рік тому +40

      @@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 To be fair, Mar-a-Lago isn't his house, it's a resort that has a history of its security being easily breached.

    • @Ducati121
      @Ducati121 Рік тому +25

      @@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368 The issue isn't that someone would break in(though they did catch a Chinese agent trying to enter MAL) the issue is the mishandling of the documents, who had access to them, were copies made and distributed, what was the reason for holding onto these documents, etc? Its not a secret that the Trump admin had serious disregard for information security.

  • @t3hp0larbear
    @t3hp0larbear Рік тому +872

    I work for a defense contractor, and occasionally have to handle classified materials. It's been drilled into our heads repeatedly year after year that willful mishandling of classified materials can lead to criminal prosecution depending on the impact and severity. Top Secret is a classification reserved for information that could be a grave danger to national security in the hands of an adversary. And as you said, there are so many rules and requirements for the storage of classified information that there's no way that his basement met those strict requirements.

    • @dirtydish6642
      @dirtydish6642 Рік тому +63

      That picture of the padlock says so much about the man.

    • @dfmrcv862
      @dfmrcv862 Рік тому

      He was the president. He declassified them before taking them home. Unless there's proof he didn't, I don't see why that point is being brought up at all.

    • @MakeMeMakeup1980
      @MakeMeMakeup1980 Рік тому

      Whew good thing Trump doesn't have well known contacts with and fawning opinions of several of the nation's adversaries.

    • @gbprime2353
      @gbprime2353 Рік тому +106

      Indeed. I once worked on the computers that could access such things. while I had the clearance to be in the room, I did _not_ have permission to look at any of the things, nor should I. There are simply things an IT guy doesn't need to know, and the nice man with the sidearm is always there to remind you of this!
      So I don't care if the former president upgraded the room with a sign on the door reading "Beware of the leopard", he should not have been keeping documents there!

    • @m0stdoPeDUDE12099
      @m0stdoPeDUDE12099 Рік тому

      I’d be screwed if I was you, I’d tell someone by accident knowing me😂😂😂

  • @alexharman9001
    @alexharman9001 Рік тому +73

    I love Kel's bookcase. Whether those simply happen to be the books he's collected that were behind the spot where he recorded that part of the video, or the shelves were curated as a backdrop to make a statement about who he is via what he likes to read, he's clearly a man after my own heart.

    • @oldworldpatriot8920
      @oldworldpatriot8920 Рік тому +8

      Old white guy who looks and talks like he’s all business and no nonsense also reads manga is pretty awesome.

    • @robdeskrd
      @robdeskrd Рік тому +7

      I just seen his bookshelf and it is legit, I bet he even has Calvin & Hobbes in there somewhere too

    • @davyt0247
      @davyt0247 Рік тому +1

      @@oldworldpatriot8920 got all of the Lord of the Rings books in there too on his left, Edgar Allen Poe too.

  • @SithLadyDarhVamp
    @SithLadyDarhVamp Рік тому +56

    The scariest thing isn't even how he did this, but the fact that despite the evidence proving it people will say it's a hoax and he didn't do it at all.

    • @pantalaemon
      @pantalaemon Рік тому +19

      it used to be "he didn't do it" and "ok he did it but here's why it's okay" were two separate steps in the fascist denial machine -- nowadays it's all gotten so schizophrenic that they can happen at the same time lol.

    • @user-eq9xs5fz9u
      @user-eq9xs5fz9u Рік тому +2

      And somehow someone still donated to him

    • @khazoury
      @khazoury Рік тому

      Yeah, like the Russian collusion wasn't really a hoax.

    • @pantalaemon
      @pantalaemon Рік тому

      @@khazoury the russian collusion he alluded to openly and frequently?
      lmao

    • @khazoury
      @khazoury Рік тому +2

      @@pantalaemon Yeah, that one! Since no one else could prove it!

  • @solitarelee6200
    @solitarelee6200 Рік тому +299

    While I obviously can't give out the details, my father spent his entire life dealing with classified military information. That part of his life was completely closed off to us, and still is even now that he's retired. These laws DO NOT joke around. Having worked at government archives before, I'm more familiar with these laws than the average Joe, and it's very surreal to see this, of all things, becoming the central discourse of the country. The average person probably never had any idea about how classified information works before now. I'm very glad you're spending so much time and bringing in experts to cover this, as I've seen A LOT of misinformation and misunderstanding of how government information (ESP defense documents) work. People don't quite realize how much effort and very very serious law goes into protecting this information.

    • @shesaknitter
      @shesaknitter Рік тому +7

      I just wonder which of those documents that he stole were sold by him, and to whom. I also wonder if his seeming immunity to our laws will change.

    • @Danny_On_Wheels44
      @Danny_On_Wheels44 Рік тому

      But he was not a President so, not the same thing.

    • @ebonkrieg
      @ebonkrieg Рік тому

      REAL AMERICANS hate Trump and MAGAS.
      What happens next is up the DOJ.
      US will see.

    • @malcolmberke4862
      @malcolmberke4862 Рік тому +1

      The Obama Executive Order that sets forth procedures for declassifying information also give the president and Commander in Chief absolute authority over declassification and is EXEMPT from those procedures. The Espionage Act requires one to transfer or attempt to transfer classified information. There is no indication of transfer of documents that were declassified. What the intelligence community may deem sensitive information was not deemed by their boss the commander in chief. This is actually insubordination. There are no classified documents and no attempt or intent to share them with enemies. There is no probable cause so this warrant is not justified. Further, the judge who signed the warrant Reinhart is a heavy financial supporter of the left. He even took a leave of absence to defend Jeffrey Epstein. He has been to Epstein Island many times according to the flight logs. He once recused himself of a Hilary Clinton case because of bias and should have done the same here. His absolute hatred forcTruno is well known. This judge is obviously compromised and not dispensing Justice fairly or equally. This warrant is illegal. Further The FBI, according ti the inventory, took attorney client privileged documents which were not in the scope of the warrant. Seizing passports is a serious Federal crime. Further precedent was set when Hillary Clinton who had ACTUAL classified documents on her server which foreign governments had access to, was not prosecuted. Even still, the Biden VP records are still sealed in the University of Delaware despite FOIA requests concerning the Ukraine after a video surfaced of him bribing the then president of the Ukraine. This is a failure of the DOJ to investigate a crime that was on tape. Further, the DIJ/FBI refused to investigate the Hunter Biden laptop stating that they didn’t want to interfere with the election and yet this is what they are doing with Trump. The DOJ/FBI have lied and perjured themselves under oath so many times that they have lost all credibility. They lied to spy on the Trump campaign. They lied about Russiagate. They lied about General Flynn. They illegally hacked into the White House. They continue to lie about Jan 6th, withholding exculpatory evidence. Their operative Ray Epps was videoed inciting riot at the Capitol. The DOJ/FBI have failed time and time again to be truthful when it comes to Trump and the right. They have applied the law unequally which is unconstitutional and treasonous. Whenever I hear the terms “sensitive information” or “ National Security” I realize that it is a code for information that will expose our crimes. Probably the true reason for the illegal search. But who prosecutes the corrupt prosecutors? Politically Weaponizing the DOJ/FBI is high treason and no different than the Gestapo.

    • @Quagthistle
      @Quagthistle Рік тому +1

      But that's exactly what Trump is banking on, just like he did with the election conspiracy nonsense. There's a simple method for making a conspiracy theory to mislead the ignorant. All you do is take some normal process that's been in place for long before your name was plastered in headlines, a process few average Americans understand, and then ask questions that would seem like a "Gotcha!" to the uneducated but anyone who knows anything about the topic would laugh hysterically at the utter stupidity of your questions. (That reaction furthers the divide between the ignorant and the informed and increases the Dunning-Kruger effect.) Then, when you inevitably lose, you summon your mindless troll minions to riot and use this to convince your followers that something untoward has happened (see: Confirmation Bias). Then, you sit back and watch them get long jail sentences while acting like you had nothing to do with it and, at the same time, condemning anyone who tries to enforce the law. This is how you create your own group of cultish followers, whether you're a politician trying to save face, an MLM "consultant" who wants a profitable downline, or a televangelist who wants to buy a personal jet with the widow's mites collected from his followers. It's all the same recipe: obfuscation and exploitation.
      On a personal note, the fact that so many Americans seem to equate the President of the US with a dictator who can "do whatever he wants" is kinda sad. Even the President has laws he must obey, and yes, that includes laws about classified documents. Do you think Obama could just do whatever he liked with documents? Nope, he had to go through a lengthy declassification process (which took over a year) to get the files he wanted. Trump didn't do that, and he can't do it now because he's no longer the President and no longer has any "Executive Privilege", though the DOJ clearly wore kid gloves with Trump and gave him LOTS of time to comply. When he didn't, they proceeded to raid his estate to take back the files he'd lied about having. This is a crime, even if you USED to be the President. I shouldn't even have to explain such an obvious concept. Being a former President does NOT make you God.

  • @Alisterplayz
    @Alisterplayz Рік тому +1510

    Thank you for not just covering the documents themselves but the procedural aspects of this topic. So many news and "news" organizations have focused on the "Classified" part of this situation while leaving out the requirements and expectations around the declassification of material or the limitations on the president's authority. This is so incredibly material to understanding how tremendously Trump really f'd up here. Having worked in the defense industry, I'm personally in awe of how flagrant and dangerous what we know happened at Mar De Lago was.

    • @veganvvarrior
      @veganvvarrior Рік тому

      I have seen people talking about the procedure to declassify documents on both cnn and msnbc. Doubt fox news will say anything.

    • @seantaggart7382
      @seantaggart7382 Рік тому +19

      Indeed
      Would this be worse than nixon and Buchanan?
      Only time will tell

    • @forever-fm1rw
      @forever-fm1rw Рік тому +3

      Lol ok let’s see if you’re right

    • @dougsholly9323
      @dougsholly9323 Рік тому

      We don't know anything. We don't have the affidavit. We don't know what they were really looking for beyond what was in the search warrant, which was just generally described as 'classified documents'. We don't even know what documents were taken. There is speculation, as usual by an 'unnamed source' that they were looking for classified nuclear information, but there is no way anyone can confirm that. I am curious, did Trump really eff up with the Russian collusion? You knw the one where evidence now shows was all completely fabricated? People want this so bad to be the 'kill shot', but it is far more likely this is just more BS as has been since he was sworn in.

    • @kathleenaustin327
      @kathleenaustin327 Рік тому

      What did he do while in office with his merry band of crooks?!! Who else took information?!! Flynn or Jared for the Saudis?!! The Saudis we're just there!!!

  • @alicemerray
    @alicemerray Рік тому +59

    The section at about 20 minutes in, about there being actual PROCEDURES that have to be followed to declassify something, really does blow that claim of the Trump apologists out of the water. Let them produce the evidence, if they can.
    It is blindingly obvious that declassifying something would have to have a procedure. Otherwise, how would people who were then allowed to know whatever it is KNOW that this was now OK?! If someone stuck a document under your nose that said Classified all over it, and said "It's OK you can read it" you'd have to be an idiot (or in a bad spy movie) to just take them at their word.

    • @jeffreyquinn3820
      @jeffreyquinn3820 Рік тому +5

      The procedures are how the wishes of the president become known to everyone relevant. I'm thinking of an example where the president just said a document was declassified and had an aide take the document elsewhere for whatever reason. On the way there, the relevant authorities discovered the aide with the document, assumed it was still classified because there were no markings to say otherwise, and arrested the aide. It may be tedious, time consuming and frequently annoying, but formal bureaucracy exists because we're not all omniscient.

    • @alicemerray
      @alicemerray Рік тому +2

      @@jeffreyquinn3820 Exactly the sort of scenario I had in mind.

    • @mardigammon4061
      @mardigammon4061 Рік тому

      How is this any different to Michael Scott's 'I declare bankruptcy'?

    • @whitegelfling
      @whitegelfling Рік тому

      No, its blindly obviouse that the US has so many laws and ways to do things that its imposible to be fully on top of them, Im pretty sure even LE himself did a video where he points out every level of govemrnt has lost count of the number of laws.. you cant go and get every law in books, or in a download, or even a list its just not there. Hell you woudl praobly die of old age jsut reading the last ten years of federal laws. The issue here is Trump though he could do something, but there were exclusions, but the exclusions are in differnt laws..
      IE you read a law that says "You can Jaywalk if you have high visabilty claothing on" and then you go Jaywalk with the required claothing on, but you get arrested becase 40 years ago a differnt law was passed that says Ïf you try to legaly jay walk, you must sing a song at the same time"

    • @funveeable
      @funveeable Рік тому

      Blah blah blah. FBI told Trump to put a lock on the door to keep the documents safe and only after a year and a half they finally realize the documents are there. Eagle just loves leaving out all the important parts because he's just another Democrat hack.

  • @theautisticside
    @theautisticside Рік тому +105

    The hubris behind handling national security documents with less care than commonly given to $5 coffee table books.

    • @funveeable
      @funveeable Рік тому

      It took the FBI a year and a half and a Padlock to realize that Trump had "nuclear secrets". Apparently this is of such urgency that the FBI spent their time arresting parents rather than looking into this.

    • @ric270
      @ric270 Рік тому

      It was behind a locked door with a look that the fbi supplied

    • @personblank338
      @personblank338 Рік тому

      I'm confused why it took 2 years after trump leaving office in order for them to retrieve national security documents. Why wasn't it handled on day one? Who is handling our classified that allows someone leaving the job to keep documents. (this is even a defense of trump)

  • @Toast960
    @Toast960 Рік тому +457

    When you said that Trump can't just think Declassification in his head and then the documents are declassified, my first thought was Michael Scott declaring bankruptcy.

    • @natalierose1072
      @natalierose1072 Рік тому +9

      Lmao 😂

    • @Redsonja77
      @Redsonja77 Рік тому +65

      😂 I'm pretty sure Trump was in front of those boxes, surely he raised his hands, and said "I hereby declare this information... DECLASSIFIED" and then took home all those boxes, lol

    • @KOVIK
      @KOVIK Рік тому +21

      @@Redsonja77 This is both hilarious and probably legitimately true 🤣

    • @jsstockphoto
      @jsstockphoto Рік тому +4

      @@Redsonja77 legally speaking.... he actually could do this

    • @Vesperitis
      @Vesperitis Рік тому +7

      @@Redsonja77 Like a wizard. Or a priest.

  • @ketsuekikumori9145
    @ketsuekikumori9145 Рік тому +338

    "It used to be a misdemeanor. But President Trump himself signed into law that makes it a felony."
    Oh my god. That's *Chef's Kiss* perfect irony.

    • @jrey6186
      @jrey6186 Рік тому +2

      IKR hilarious - "Going full Liz Cheney' 2024

    • @youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850
      @youdonthavetoreadthispost.5850 Рік тому +7

      It wasn't a big enough crime for him 🤣

    • @dougsholly9323
      @dougsholly9323 Рік тому

      Did you feel stupid when you got all excited about the Russian collusion and then discovering was all completely fabricated? I feel like maybe you should proceed with caution here. You've already been duped several times.

    • @maj.romuloortiz7832
      @maj.romuloortiz7832 Рік тому

      Takes one to know one right?

    • @poopsymcloopsy
      @poopsymcloopsy Рік тому

      No no no you don't get it, it's all in the 50th dimension ascendant chess game. Once trump is about to be hung for his crimes he'll... Uuuhhhh.... Um... I dunno just wait two more weeks or something it'll make sense eventually.

  • @tomriley5790
    @tomriley5790 Рік тому +11

    Where my mother used to work (in the UK) someone printed a page from a computer that was blank but had the header "Secret" and left it on the printer, despite the fact that the page was completely blank it was treated as a full breach of security.

  • @wassimulator
    @wassimulator Рік тому +7

    your scene composition, lighting, camera position, focus, and background is IMPECCABLE! looks like it's right out of a Pixar movie, in a good way! really well done!

  • @serpenttao
    @serpenttao Рік тому +312

    Mr. McClanahan is an outstanding lawyer and apparently has even better taste in reading material. Tolkien, Poe AND Trigun? I trust this man with my life.

    • @LeBatteur
      @LeBatteur Рік тому +25

      The Tolkien books won my trust immediately, especially for how well used they are.

    • @pipe2devnull
      @pipe2devnull Рік тому +29

      I liked the Far Side comics.

    • @antjobert
      @antjobert Рік тому +10

      I'm here for The Far Side comics.

    • @fertilizerhappens8359
      @fertilizerhappens8359 Рік тому +15

      Also, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant and The Forgotten Realms speak to my teen and twenty-something self.

    • @lordraiden007
      @lordraiden007 Рік тому +13

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who was reading through his bookshelves while he was on screen

  • @TheeJasonReyes
    @TheeJasonReyes Рік тому +320

    "If Biden did this y'all would be ok with it-"
    NO
    NO WE WOULDNT
    NO ONE WOULD
    A CRIME IS A CRIME
    WE ARE NOT A CULT

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Рік тому

      Trumptards can seem to understand that we don’t even like Biden either, they literally think you have to slavishly worship your candidate and anyone who doesn’t is a bad actor
      Yknow…like how a cult would view dissenters and outsiders?

    • @Daybreak6427
      @Daybreak6427 Рік тому

      "BUT HUNTER BIDEN"
      He's not a government official

    • @seanchan4478
      @seanchan4478 Рік тому +18

      Not a cult, not a cult

    • @dfmrcv862
      @dfmrcv862 Рік тому

      ...remember when Trump asked Ukraine's president about a corruption case that might have been related to Biden and y'all demanded he be impeached over it?
      Cause I do.

    • @DenKulesteSomFins
      @DenKulesteSomFins Рік тому

      Most democratic voters don't even like Biden. They just wanted a non-horrendous, non-autocratic president

  • @pantalonesdemuerto7960
    @pantalonesdemuerto7960 Рік тому +114

    My favorite part is that every time he gets caught doing something wrong his defense boils down to "I'm not a criminal! I'm just incompetent!:

    • @julietfischer5056
      @julietfischer5056 Рік тому +11

      And his followers/defenders say (and have said) much the same thing--thus admitting that he is and was unqualified to be President (much less running so much as a lemonade stand).

    • @Lithethos
      @Lithethos Рік тому +5

      Incompetence leads to gross negligence. As I understand it, in the eyes of the law, causing harm with intent or through incompetence is similar.

    • @Temo990
      @Temo990 Рік тому

      @@julietfischer5056 Well, in a democracy only the voters really should decide whether someone is qualified or not. So majority of the people considered him qualified at least before his first term.

    • @tubbysnowman
      @tubbysnowman Рік тому +14

      @@Temo990 Not true, the majority of the Electoral college voted him in. The majority of voters voted against him, twice!

    • @poppachoppa8956
      @poppachoppa8956 Рік тому

      @@tubbysnowman yep, more people continue to vote against him overall, but he is a republican, they fight not for the people, the hard working folk, the 99.98% of the population. Oh no, they fight so that the very few rich entrepenuers get to pay less taxes and make a little more profit at the expense of the worlds greatest nation and its people. These very few people have money and power and thus influence in ways we cannot comprehend. We.... well we have friendship or something. Right....? uhh.. right .-.

  • @H3LLS3NT4SS4SS1N
    @H3LLS3NT4SS4SS1N Рік тому +8

    “Crime-a-lago.”
    Gotta love this guy.

    • @TheAres1999
      @TheAres1999 Рік тому

      Oh wow, I watched this video twice, and didn't notice that until you pointed it out.
      Silly me.

  • @axthelm
    @axthelm Рік тому +555

    I love Kel's bookshelf! Everything from Tolkien to the FarSide, to Manchurian Candidate (which seems to be fitting for this topic), to X-men, Trigun, and Vampire Hunter D. A well read lawyer.

    • @jmiquelmb
      @jmiquelmb Рік тому +43

      Yeah right. Very refreshing to see that he didn't bother to put the camera where the most "legally" books are to give himself credibility. Makes it more genuine and trustworthy in fact

    • @DeannaGilbert616
      @DeannaGilbert616 Рік тому +44

      And the Avatar Trilogy from Forgotten Realms. That’s a deep dive.

    • @MichaelTheRead
      @MichaelTheRead Рік тому +24

      I'm delighted that I'm not the only one who noticed.

    • @thedigitaldemon8010
      @thedigitaldemon8010 Рік тому +14

      I came to comment about the same! glad to see I'm not alone.

    • @brookwilleford4804
      @brookwilleford4804 Рік тому +16

      Don't forget the Cartoon History of the Universe Vol I & II.

  • @teddymargoles5829
    @teddymargoles5829 Рік тому +375

    Even as a software engineer where we deal with so called "Business Classified" material it is repeatedly drilled into us that we cannot mishandle the information, send it anywhere, or print it out. It's hard to imagine the president of the united states wasn't warned about 1000 times about this,

    • @rudeboyjohn3483
      @rudeboyjohn3483 Рік тому +16

      According to Bolton, his National Security advisor at the time, he would just allow Trump to "grab them and walk out of the door with them"

    • @kyosokutai
      @kyosokutai Рік тому +28

      Oh I am sure they did, it is just that Trumps eyes glaze over unless his briefings mention money or his name every paragraph.

    • @moragslothe6449
      @moragslothe6449 Рік тому +9

      @@kyosokutai lol exactly. Not a lot in-between to keep anything from going in one ear and out the other...

    • @littlekong7685
      @littlekong7685 Рік тому +8

      Wouldn't he be required by the office of the President to sign an affidavit stating that he has been briefed on, and understood the rules to be sworn in? This would automatically negate any attempt at claiming ignorance, assuming they have signed proof of it.
      I had to sign an employee agreement about customer information as a RETAIL worker. I have seen people charged for leaving customer credit details out where a company security officer could grab it, in retail.

    • @mrgonzalez8838
      @mrgonzalez8838 Рік тому +6

      ​@@littlekong7685 LOL You think he would even sign that?
      I am a teacher, and in order to apply for my credential I had to pay and take a test verifying I studied and knew the US Constitution. I don't teach social science, I teach Science 🤣
      I find it incredibly ironic because political figures do not need to pass this test before running for office.

  • @RaethFennec
    @RaethFennec Рік тому +4

    5:25 I love that Kel McClanahan has on his bookshelf... X-men, The Far Side, Poe, Shakespear, Chi's Sweet Home, Oh My Goddess, Trigun, Vampire Hunter D, but also Geisha, a bunch of Tolkein novels AND several Forgotten Realms books (including Waterdeep!) This is not some prop shelf. This guy (and perhaps his family) have good taste. Some classics, but a strong preference toward comedy and fantasy. Good stuff.

  • @DBRising
    @DBRising Рік тому +5

    I thank you! I’m a note taker on these and then use them to guide friends and family. It takes the emotion out of the conversation and brings it back to reality.

  • @AZombieWizard
    @AZombieWizard Рік тому +1452

    This is why you always pay your lawyer and treat them well. Hard to hire good lawyers when you really need them if you have a history of not paying your lawyers and/or they received sanctions for their actions taken to defend you

    • @raistlin3462
      @raistlin3462 Рік тому +79

      I wonder if that is what happened to Alex Jones.

    • @xwarped83
      @xwarped83 Рік тому +149

      @@raistlin3462 very likely, how else do you go through 11 lawyers?

    • @AngelusNielson
      @AngelusNielson Рік тому

      @@raistlin3462 What happened to Jones is that he did something so hideous that nobody sane would defend him. And rather than accept he was screwed, I'll bet he blamed the lawyers.

    • @Rawnblade13
      @Rawnblade13 Рік тому

      @@raistlin3462 I don't think any lawyer wants to deal with Alex Jones. The man just DOES NOT listen to legal advice. His lawyers told him to stop mouthing off about the case but he just kept going, now look at the shit he's in.

    • @thejudgmentalcat
      @thejudgmentalcat Рік тому +53

      If you don't, you end up with the Three Stooges: Giuliani, Powell and Ellis, along with kooky supporting cast 🤔

  • @dirtydish6642
    @dirtydish6642 Рік тому +849

    The man who wouldn't sit through a National Security briefing suddenly needs all of the country's secrets just as he's leaving office.

    • @MeadeSkeltonMusic
      @MeadeSkeltonMusic Рік тому +9

      He did nothing wrong

    • @chilljelloton2089
      @chilljelloton2089 Рік тому +233

      @@MeadeSkeltonMusic watch the video youre on before lying

    • @RottingDragon
      @RottingDragon Рік тому +188

      @@MeadeSkeltonMusic You really got put a /s on the end of these kinds of sarcastic statements otherwise it looks like you're being serious because those kinds of crazies really do exist.

    • @clinttorres2508
      @clinttorres2508 Рік тому

      If u believe that you're just a kool-aid drinking sheep

    • @chilljelloton2089
      @chilljelloton2089 Рік тому

      @@RottingDragon pretty sure they are one of the crazies. they love going to videos talking about the orange's crimes and trying to spread misinformation. theres several of them in several threads rn just spamming

  • @intrinsicallylast5246
    @intrinsicallylast5246 Рік тому +60

    "I love the poorly educated." -Trump
    And he *REALLY* loves himself.

  • @ronnycook3569
    @ronnycook3569 Рік тому +3

    Am I the only one who looked at Kel McClanahan's bookshelf? Lord of the Rings, various Forgotten Reals novels, X Men, the Far Side Gallery... and a small selection of manga, including Chi's Sweet Home, Oh My Goddess, Spice & Wolf (the light novels I think) and Trigun. Plus more conventional classics including Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare and Call of the Wild.
    Chi's Sweet Home, BTW, is an absolutely adorable manga about a kitten, from the kitten's point of view.

  • @nightwalker4717
    @nightwalker4717 Рік тому +1730

    Can we talk about how Eric's first thought was to ask supporters for donations? Seriously how do people not see that they are grifters? I guarantee if those same supporters asked Trump for a donation he would not oblige

    • @mrsnrub282
      @mrsnrub282 Рік тому +176

      They are cultists

    • @Andysnyc
      @Andysnyc Рік тому +102

      As the saying goes: "There's a sucker born every minute"

    • @kevinbailey8827
      @kevinbailey8827 Рік тому +1

      It's not their first thought, temporally. It's their primary thought always. Asking their supporters for donations was already going to happen. They probably took the fundraising emails that were already going out, and removed the text about China, or wokism, or the 2020 election, and replaced it with text about the gestapo raid of Trump's home.

    • @Bionicjoe
      @Bionicjoe Рік тому

      Trump has had created one successful business in his lifetime.
      Selling red hats and begging for money from dumb Republican marks.

    • @samuelpersaud3044
      @samuelpersaud3044 Рік тому +30

      They use it as a situation to gain money guarantee only a small portion will actually be used. People are just ignorant and idiots if they donated

  • @davidmfr3y
    @davidmfr3y Рік тому +600

    "Now, there is one crime that isn't mentioned in the search warrant"
    Okay, here comes the sponsor plug
    "And that is a violation of the Presidential Records Act"
    Dammit, almost had him

    • @redrhinos55
      @redrhinos55 Рік тому +17

      I thought the same thing when he hit that point.

    • @Reliken
      @Reliken Рік тому +7

      same same

    • @misterkeys2893
      @misterkeys2893 Рік тому +10

      Did exactly the same thing as well.
      Maybe he planned for us.

    • @arielathomo229
      @arielathomo229 Рік тому +4

      What does that mean ??

    • @BaronCappuccino
      @BaronCappuccino Рік тому +6

      @@arielathomo229 There isn't a content creator on UA-cam that does a better smooth segue from content to sponsor plug than Legal Eagle. Some of the segues during the Mueller era Trump administration were genius.

  • @thomasdjonesn
    @thomasdjonesn Рік тому +40

    We had access to materials that one of our fellow members decided to take home and play with. He took it home on Friday, they came and got him on Sunday.
    There was a chain of custody for the materials. They had his ass in the stockade by Monday. He took a other than honorable discharge up front rather than deal with a court-martial. He narrowly avoided a stint at Fort Sill or Leavenworth, is all we were told.
    Nothing we messed with was worth taking home, let alone getting an OTH discharge. I'd love to see a former President take a similar hit, but I'm not holding my breath.

    • @personblank338
      @personblank338 Рік тому

      I had the exact same thought, I'm not sure why they waited two years to pick up national security documents when it should have been day one of him leaving office.

  • @KiraRagged
    @KiraRagged Рік тому +21

    I have an idea, maybe before a candidate is approved to be on the ballet for POTUS they should have to pass a background check to determine if they are approved for security clearance the way any other government employee would have to. You don't pass, you're not allowed to be considered for the job. Period.

    • @tomsims7868
      @tomsims7868 Рік тому +2

      so who does the background check under the supervision of the sitting president

    • @crystalh450
      @crystalh450 Рік тому +1

      Then nobody would be allowed to run. LOL

    • @luxborealis
      @luxborealis Рік тому

      The reason they don’t do that for any elected federal official is because otherwise a sitting president could use his control over the clearance authorities at the agencies to deny his political opponents candidacy for office. Imagine for example if one of Trump’s cronies was in charge of giving Biden clearance to run for president.

    • @marcushendriksen8415
      @marcushendriksen8415 Рік тому

      @@crystalh450 doesn't seem like such a bad thing to me, all your politicians are shit and corrupt anyway. Let America experience some true anarchy, and maybe American citizens will finally exercise their power properly and stop electing charlatans

    • @lorainefleeman6011
      @lorainefleeman6011 Рік тому

      A plagiarist should also not be in office.

  • @TheFuzzypuddle
    @TheFuzzypuddle Рік тому +704

    Junior's tweet sums up the mindset: "declassify everything". Translation: Nothing is more important than us winning or getting what we want no matter the consequences to anyone else.

    • @edwardblair4096
      @edwardblair4096 Рік тому +78

      I know that it's not exactly the same thing, but my first reaction to hearing them say "declassify everything" was "Now we can get to see all of his tax records".

    • @robertc2447
      @robertc2447 Рік тому +41

      "declassify everything" but also torture Assange for declassifying everything

    • @dougsholly9323
      @dougsholly9323 Рік тому +1

      @@robertc2447 to compare the two is idiotic. First, Trump has the authority to declassify documents. Assange does not. Trump did not 'steal' the documents. Someone stole the documents, and Assange received stolen property.

    • @peterhobo
      @peterhobo Рік тому +66

      @@dougsholly9323 A) based on this warrant and his actions, Trump has essentially stolen these documents
      B) What does it matter whether Assange had the legal right or not? Either its a problem to declassify everything or it isn't, whether legal or not

    • @Korksbebig
      @Korksbebig Рік тому

      The president has that power... Zzz even Biden does at this point.

  • @dasuberpanda
    @dasuberpanda Рік тому +437

    The fact that he is asking for donations in response to this, and that he was the one who signed off on this becoming a felony are all anyone needs to know about this guy's character.

    • @LeifEriccson43
      @LeifEriccson43 Рік тому +103

      For a guy that claims to be a billionaire, he sure begs for money a lot more than any homeless person I've seen.

    • @JillLulamoon
      @JillLulamoon Рік тому

      Greedy and dumb

    • @imjashingyou3461
      @imjashingyou3461 Рік тому +24

      Well he issues his campaigns loans of his own "personal money" that then can be paid back with interest with campaign money to himself.
      He has litterally found a way to make money of campaigning.

    • @poisonsumc7426
      @poisonsumc7426 Рік тому +17

      tfg asked for money to help 'bury' his late first ex-wife.

    • @patrickjoseph5028
      @patrickjoseph5028 Рік тому

      Free publicity and free fundraising you corrupt Democrats have been played again by the Don…hint: there’s no crime just stupid Democrats.

  • @60sStyling
    @60sStyling Рік тому +2

    I love watching your channel. If I hadn't gone into the securities world, it would have been litigation. I am so glued to your videos. Thanks

  • @MrBreezeLI516
    @MrBreezeLI516 Рік тому +1

    watched this entire video.. legal jargon galore and all!! well done, kept my interest 🤙🏻😭😎👊🏻

  • @0lyge0
    @0lyge0 Рік тому +1365

    If he is prosecuted for a felony that he himself elevated to a felony (probably just because of his ongoing obsession with HC) it would be a hilarious case of being hoisted on your own petard.

    • @zottelhuehs6375
      @zottelhuehs6375 Рік тому

      If that happens I will be delighted

    • @alexbosse8528
      @alexbosse8528 Рік тому +104

      It would be truly poetic.

    • @thejediofchicago6580
      @thejediofchicago6580 Рік тому +118

      Well, I mean he already did that with that Executive Order 13933 he signed protecting Federal property from damages caused in protests, etc, when he said that the punishment could be up to ten years in Federal prison. Of course, he signed it in response to the BLM/George Floyd protests/riots, but it should be used against his supporters who damaged the Capitol building.

    • @alexbosse8528
      @alexbosse8528 Рік тому +121

      @@duncan5063 Although, unfortunately, also like Wile E Coyote, he comes back every single episode having suffered no permanent consequences.

    • @iamskippy
      @iamskippy Рік тому

      @@duncan5063 If W.E.C. had nukes, a few militias, a media organization, your grandparents money funding him and 50 million people going
      🙉 I heard nothing
      🙈 I saw nothing
      🐵 So lock up Hunter Biden and Hillary

  • @BertLaverman
    @BertLaverman Рік тому +312

    As a non-US citizen, I once worked on a defense project where we started a presentation in a meeting with one slide, the title slide, and immediately stopped again because people needed to check all the agreement numbers at the top. One company's agreement reference was missing, so somebody had to go and check whether they could stay in the meeting. (they were allowed to stay because their agreement was covered by another one that _was_ mentioned, but we wasted some time there) This was also the first project I ever joined where the term "air-gapped" was mentioned in relation to automated data gathering and exchange because some systems were for the US services, while others were for (mostly) NATO partners, and some three-letter organizations objected to such a connection. When I later asked why people were so touchy on information that was basically industry-standard knowledge, I was told that any US citizen can be held personally responsible for the transfer of "restricted" information without a formal release, even if it was known that the information was in fact already available through other channels.

    • @shcdemolisher
      @shcdemolisher Рік тому

      Yeah the US has a lot of backwards laws and thinking, which as an American, I HATE! Europe is the better example, while the US is just the worst of the west.

    • @LordWaterBottle
      @LordWaterBottle Рік тому

      The government needs to redo the whole classification thing, from scratch even. Look over every document. If it's alright known to the public it automatically becomes declassified. The only problem is I don't trust the current buerocracy to do its job correctly.

    • @dannydaw59
      @dannydaw59 Рік тому +3

      I don't know what you mean by agreement numbers.

    • @mainstream2226
      @mainstream2226 Рік тому

      Nothing stops me from reading a reply faster then opening it with the two words "As a". Nothing says "I want it to be about me now" faster then opening with what you are. You could have gotten the same message across (Probably, I didn't read after "citizen") without adding the "As a non-US Citizen" at the start like anyone actually gives a shit whether you are a US citizen or not. If your reply had merit, it wasn't going to be found in your citizenship status.
      Food for thought.

    • @GriffinMan00
      @GriffinMan00 Рік тому

      @@mainstream2226 What? Their entire point is based on the differences between how the US and other countries handle, and thus punish for, top-secret/classified (or equivalent) documents
      No need to be some weird asshole over four words, chief

  • @RamadaArtist
    @RamadaArtist Рік тому +2

    I like that LegalEagle makes something of a Freudian slip and refers to Trump as the "ex-president" rather than the more common "former president." It implies that the country has "broken up" with him, and considering the possibility that the likelihood continues to increase that he'll eventually be indicted on criminal charges, this feels like the first time that's actually appropriate.

  • @JimYeo
    @JimYeo Рік тому +5

    Just want to point out that I want to be in Mr. McClanahan's book club. I love all the books he has in his bookshelf. White Gold Wielder is one of my favorite novels.

  • @olepigeon
    @olepigeon Рік тому +631

    5:26 - This guy is legit. Check out the AD&D books on his shelf. Anyone who played AD&D back in the day knows all about rules lawyering. He's had law experience since he was 6-years-old.

    • @shawn4819
      @shawn4819 Рік тому +30

      I'm a bit confused at the 2 Trigun manga. Dude clearly didn't commit.

    • @olepigeon
      @olepigeon Рік тому +69

      @@shawn4819 That's because we can only see the one bookshelf. Turn the camera 90 degrees and he probably has an entire wall of anime.

    • @kelmcclanahan6831
      @kelmcclanahan6831 Рік тому +150

      @@shawn4819 Trigun Maximum is in a different shelf because I haven't read it yet.

    • @davidribeiro1064
      @davidribeiro1064 Рік тому +33

      @@kelmcclanahan6831 Ok, this is the best comment thread ever.

    • @Professor_Mitchell
      @Professor_Mitchell Рік тому +15

      Also need to shout out the Cartoon History of the Universe volumes.

  • @scottlowell493
    @scottlowell493 Рік тому +262

    Military members that mishandle secret (never mind top secret) materials get at the least, career-ending punitive action. Mishandling top secret is jail.

    • @MrWhateva10
      @MrWhateva10 Рік тому +33

      Yep, civilian indoc even includes signing a form acknowledging a simple mistake is a felony and doing it on purpose to the benefit of a foreign entity is life in prison, or death for treason in times of war. But, this is another "rules for thee, not for me" situation. Remember when Republicans brought their cellphones and cameras into a SCIF in the Capitol for political theater? Not a single prosecution much less conviction, nor even a seizure and destruction of the device. If a normie brings a phone into a SCIF its the last time they see that phone.

    • @cstew84
      @cstew84 Рік тому +16

      Agreed. Don't see how we can continue to hold PVT Tommy accountable for this type of conduct when those at the top aren't held to a similar standard.

    • @platysplatys3967
      @platysplatys3967 Рік тому +3

      There is noone above president to decide what's classified.
      If president says unseal everything, you better spread cheeks & hope there's no dirt in there.

    • @walterbo7687
      @walterbo7687 Рік тому +31

      @@platysplatys3967 but he has to follow specific procedures, not just dreaming about it

    • @cstew84
      @cstew84 Рік тому +28

      @@platysplatys3967 in the process of declassifying that information, the classifying agency would have to redact some or most of that information based on what can actually be released at the lowest level.
      No matter how powerful the President seems to be, there are still laws and procedures in place by other organizations that govern this. Also, as a private citizen, Donald Trump has zero access to any of that information any longer unless it has already been declassified and re-released.

  • @psycher7
    @psycher7 Рік тому +2

    I know I should pay more attention to the info, but I am fascinated by your guest's library! Forgotten Realms books, Tolkien, Ah My Goddess and Trigun manga, Far Side and Get Fuzzy...Not exactly your standard stuffy attorney.

  • @dangerbuffrocky
    @dangerbuffrocky Рік тому +9

    Unrelated, but we need a video of him judging how accurate She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Daredevil are in terms of lawyering.

    • @Andrews13channel
      @Andrews13channel Рік тому

      we dont have many she hulk lawyer scenes... the one we have is about a minute long no??

    • @dangerbuffrocky
      @dangerbuffrocky Рік тому

      @@Andrews13channel well, the show hasn't ended yet.

  • @aTalkingPizza
    @aTalkingPizza Рік тому +655

    I think one way we could actually make America great again is holding the rich and powerful accountable the same way the rest of us are. Wild concept these days, I know.

    • @Kaddywompous
      @Kaddywompous Рік тому +41

      Wild concept for the vast majority of recorded history.

    • @aTalkingPizza
      @aTalkingPizza Рік тому +8

      @@Kaddywompous yep.

    • @walkingcontradiction223
      @walkingcontradiction223 Рік тому +4

      DOJ vs DOJ, not usually in their general interest.

    • @IkeOkerekeNews
      @IkeOkerekeNews Рік тому +2

      @Marshall
      Isn't that what is happening here?

    • @a9fc
      @a9fc Рік тому +4

      but but you don't understand, trump is jesus 2.0!

  • @benjaminpineda8626
    @benjaminpineda8626 Рік тому +295

    The strategy is called fire hose of falsehood, and the idea is to say so many lies so that disproving all becomes a burden and that some might gain traction.

    • @kingmanic
      @kingmanic Рік тому +28

      His supported are just brainstorming nonsense defences. On here and everywhere else.

    • @IAmTheBugInsideYou
      @IAmTheBugInsideYou Рік тому +35

      A gish gallop, if you would

    • @angellynn7701
      @angellynn7701 Рік тому +21

      russian playbook~

    • @cronostvg
      @cronostvg Рік тому +2

      If loving neighbor is evidence being child of god. Continuously accusing neighbor, and neighbor found innocent is evidence being child of devil.

    • @BiggusDickusTheFourth
      @BiggusDickusTheFourth Рік тому +3

      Big tactic on Partisan talk radio/opinion news shows

  • @ALiteralLamp
    @ALiteralLamp Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the information, straight the point and easily understandable language

  • @kitfrench8492
    @kitfrench8492 Рік тому

    New lighting set up is great man

  • @marybellefleur
    @marybellefleur Рік тому +228

    His complaints about water pressure and having to flush things 13 times, 14 times, 15 times takes on a new meaning.

    • @invisiblepinkunicorn7626
      @invisiblepinkunicorn7626 Рік тому +16

      I never thought of that….haha, right?.

    • @jenkem4464
      @jenkem4464 Рік тому +4

      Lol...totally hey?

    • @dazzlemasseur
      @dazzlemasseur Рік тому +1

      Hello I'm from the future, it's 2028 Trump has finally stepped down from power after being reelected. We thought it couldn't get any worse. It did.

    • @bryanjackson8917
      @bryanjackson8917 Рік тому

      BREAKING NEWS: EXCERPTS FROM TRANSCRIPT OF TRUMP'S FINAL CALL FROM WHITE HOUSE TO PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA - VLADIMIR PUTIN - MADE ON JANUARY 19, 2021, SHOW THAT TRUMP SERVED AS ASSET TO PUTIN AND SOLD U.S. SECRETS TO RUSSIA
      ...
      TRUMP: But before I do say goodbye, Vlad, I, ah, I just wanna let you know, I think I got all the secret documents you asked me to get but uh, Vlad, I just wanna make sure - is there anything else you can think of you might want or need?
      PUTIN: Oh dah! Almost forgot tell. Make sure grab folder French President Macron. Never know. May soon come time Russia need blackmail him. You know. Like did you. Help you get USA presidency for life, Trump, for life! But then you screw up badly, so, so badly! Unbelievable, Trump, simply unbelievable! Never have such big disappointment in life as you, Trump. Never!

      PUTIN: Don't worry. Is not problem. Just get me all secret documents asked for and will be fine.

      TRUMP: By the way, Vlad, when can I expect to get paid for all these, ah, all these secret documents and uh, you know, this other great stuff from the White House I'm getting for you? - I don’t know, Vlad, look's to me like it's kinda important stuff but uh, I wouldn't really know for sure cuz, uh, I never bothered to read any of it - I mean, who has time to read stuff like that nowadays, Vlad, who has time, who? Not a busy man, not a busy man like the two of us are, Vlad, a busy man - So anyways, I don't know anything ‘bout it, but look, Vlad, look, what are we gonna do here, Vlad, what are we gonna do? I just wanna know when I'll get paid for it, that's all, I just wanna know when I’ll get paid.
      PUTIN: Soon. Will be soon. Very soon. But first, need ask you do me one more, um, how you once ask President Zelenskyy for, um, what was it, for “favor", no? But don’t worry. Is small, very, very small favor. Should not be problem for you, no? Not problem at all. Is just small favor. Like how you say need from Zelenskyy. Only smaller than that, okay?
      TRUMP: Okay, okay. So what is it, Vlad? What is it? I mean, I’ve done everything you asked me to do so far and, uh, well, you see, I'm really busy at the moment, what with the moving and all. - So, uh, Vlad, what more could you possibly want from me now, Vlad? What more?

      PUTIN: Calm down. Relax. Okay? Is easy, okay? When Russia invade Ukraine, simply go on TV and tell all world how “brilliant” is invasion. Just say, "how brilliant is that", okay? And then, say how Putin is "genius", right? Genius. Then just leave rest to me and friends here Russia, okay? Will take things from there, okay? As American like say, 'easy peasy nice and breezy', no?

      PUTIN: And now, if you will excuse me, mister Trump, I have other important business need attend - I have to go, how you say, rebuild empire - Yes! That’s it. I must go rebuild mighty Russian empire so be mighty Russian empire once more - I must make great Russian empire great empire again, again! - And so now, Herr Drumpf, err, I mean mister Trump, I am afraid I must say to you, my dear Trump, my dearest, most garrulous, most valuable and flatulent asset, I must say to you, 'do svidaniya'.

    • @MyPhobo
      @MyPhobo Рік тому

      "I eat nothing but fast food!! Why wont my megashits flush!?! Are they not greasy enough?"

  • @woodysmith2681
    @woodysmith2681 Рік тому +142

    Minor note: Mar-a-Lago cannot, by signed covenant with the local community, be Trump's "home".

    • @TheGreatAtario
      @TheGreatAtario Рік тому

      Which of course Trump violates daily, just like everything else

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 Рік тому

      oh? where does he live for tax purposes?

    • @KJ-od8wq
      @KJ-od8wq Рік тому +67

      @@sjs9698
      We’d have to see his tax return he was supposed to release 7 years ago

    • @littlekong7685
      @littlekong7685 Рік тому

      @@KJ-od8wq New York just won against that, they should have the right to seize that info really soon now that he is no longer under protection from the office of the president.

    • @Andysnyc
      @Andysnyc Рік тому +5

      @@sjs9698 Wouldn't it be either Trump Tower in NYC or his New Jersey mansion?

  • @jasonnickson4631
    @jasonnickson4631 Рік тому +1

    You made a dry topic interesting to me. Thank you for skilled video making.

  • @jenniferhill5001
    @jenniferhill5001 Рік тому +1

    Very recently found your channel and liked your content enough to subscribe. I am anxious to hear your commentary on the recent Trump legal team's filing in FL.

  • @Bound4Earth
    @Bound4Earth Рік тому +227

    He forgot he strengthened the laws when stealing documents. Hence why he keeps saying he is innocent. He has to because if found guilty he gave himself a felony.

    • @josephroland2622
      @josephroland2622 Рік тому

      You don't steal something that you're entitled too

    • @enbymonstercan
      @enbymonstercan Рік тому +36

      @@josephroland2622 when you no longer have the rights to the information it is indeed stealing.

    • @josephroland2622
      @josephroland2622 Рік тому

      @@enbymonstercan all he had to say was "this is declassified". Lol and your god Obama took hundreds of thousands of documents...where is your rage on that. Or how about when Hilcunt destroyed servers and phones after being subpoenaed for the information on those devices....where was your liberal rage then? Oh what was that? You like them so you don't care when they break the law? Oh....figures.

    • @angelapalmer6782
      @angelapalmer6782 Рік тому

      @@josephroland2622 He isn't entitled to anything but a noose!! The penalty still on the books for treason is death!!!! Firing squad or hanging.

    • @JargonMadjin
      @JargonMadjin Рік тому

      @@josephroland2622 Oh Donny is entitled alright, he's entitled to f*ck up his life any way he wants, and he did just that by strengthening a law to a felony and then committing that felony afterwards. The guy was too incompetent to know that he played himself

  • @Voxelize
    @Voxelize Рік тому +327

    So Trump signed a law that could convict him of a felony? 😂🤣

    • @warlordofbritannia
      @warlordofbritannia Рік тому +67

      *slow clap*
      Congrats, you played yourself!

    • @ravengrey6874
      @ravengrey6874 Рік тому +66

      Trump: "But that Law wasn't supposed to apply to *Me*!"

    • @TheRealMeaney
      @TheRealMeaney Рік тому

      the joke here is that anyone thinks he committed a felony. let me guess, though. all those *other* gotcha moments that turned out to be fabricated were merely setbacks, and *this* time you're going to prove once and for all that orange man *is* bad. this time when you parrots chirp "tick tock, mueller time, walls are closing in, beginning of the end for donald trump, yadda yadda yadda" it's going to amount to something.

    • @abigaill2141
      @abigaill2141 Рік тому +26

      *curb your enthusiasm theme music plays*

    • @1985toyotacamry
      @1985toyotacamry Рік тому +9

      Lol I know he regret that. His ego is his downfall.

  • @Articulate99
    @Articulate99 Рік тому

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @johnouimette1686
    @johnouimette1686 Рік тому +1

    I'm incredibly related to documents classification. You have given a great account of how it works.

  • @Estoph11
    @Estoph11 Рік тому +633

    I genuinely cannot imagine the headspace some has to be in to take TS/SCI information out of its compartment/skiff. The sheer amount of trainings that are mandatory that must have just been skipped. There is willful negligence and then there is whatever this is.

    • @camwyn256
      @camwyn256 Рік тому

      Well Trump waived background checks for his cabinet as he knew they couldn't pass one to get the appropriate clearance

    • @russellm2555
      @russellm2555 Рік тому +9

      Presidential Libraries hold in excess of:
      30 million pages of textual classified materials
      1,000 rolls of classified microfilm from the Franklin D. Roosevelt through George W. Bush Presidential administrations
      3 terabytes of classified electronic records

    • @AegixDrakan
      @AegixDrakan Рік тому

      That's because you have a brain in that headspace and actually care about doing things right. The rump only cares about himself and doesn't care about lying through his teeth.

    • @danielgodfrey4415
      @danielgodfrey4415 Рік тому +8

      @@russellm2555 people are addicted to hate and division

    • @pancakes8670
      @pancakes8670 Рік тому +81

      @@danielgodfrey4415 Hatred is indeed a powerful tool for politicians, and Mr. Trump seems well versed in using it.

  • @37Kilo2
    @37Kilo2 Рік тому +43

    If guilty, he had better serve time. I'm exhausted with the elite class doing whatever they want and getting away with it. I also hope he rolls over on everyone from his Cabinet, leading to more scum serving time for their crimes. Enough is enough.

    • @BOnYTB
      @BOnYTB Рік тому

      If only. Just so incredibly unlikely. I truly hate to see any person go to jail/prison. I forget the quote but it’s something like “I’d rather see 100 guilty men go free than 1 innocent man be falsely convicted” and I agree wholeheartedly. The prison system in this country is beyond embarrassing and truly horrifying. What’s unfortunate is the richer, more famous, more powerful, etc. you are the less likely you are to actual be punished for your crimes let alone serve actual jail/prison time for them.
      If he is guilty, truly guilty, and had extremely sensitive documents he wasn’t supposed to have…then didn’t comply with the order to give them back…then he needs to serve ACTUAL time. Obviously he’d never end up in a high security prison, (nor should he tbh unless he’s done something truly horrific that’s unrelated and gets convicted for) but that’s fine. People call it Club Fed or whatever, but they have no idea.
      Him paying a fine, maybe having to wear an ankle monitor for a little and BS like that is nothing. He’d of course be treated well in jail and it wouldn’t be as bad as a normal person’s stay…but there’s absolutely nothing like losing your freedom and having to listen to people, only being able to do things when they tell you, only being able to have certain things, etc. I’d rather see him have to go to the easiest jail ever for 6mo than be on probation for 6 years if he is guilty.
      Again I find it extremely unlikely, but it is what it is.

    • @Y2B123
      @Y2B123 Рік тому

      If in the meantime he got elected, it would be both hilarious and horrifying.

    • @UnexpectedDanger
      @UnexpectedDanger Рік тому

      The "swamp" they called it but yet they love the swamp and all these goons inside it. The "patriots" and "real Americans" who support trump also support his treason, his endangering of our people and country, his lies, and his breaking of our laws.
      These people aren't patriots. These people are trash. Liars. Hypocrites.

  • @__-jt4tv
    @__-jt4tv Рік тому +70

    Trump Fans: "He's rich and successful and makes his own ways"
    Trumps in Trouble: "Can you please donate money?"
    Trump Fans: "Sure!"
    ...
    Logical Dissonance, anyone?

    • @xyrildanmanuel783
      @xyrildanmanuel783 Рік тому

      i’m personally disgusted by people profiteering off of stupidity but like, some people are too braindead that you feel they deserve getting exploited

    • @themasterj
      @themasterj Рік тому

      Don't worry Biden won't take any more of your money as long as you're a good citizen.

    • @lorainefleeman6011
      @lorainefleeman6011 Рік тому

      I'm a Trump supporter. Like with everything else, we should let the court determine guilt or innocence. I didn't donate one penny...

  • @dukeofthedance8062
    @dukeofthedance8062 Рік тому

    Thanks for posting!

  • @Mad_Oph
    @Mad_Oph Рік тому +39

    Yeah, if I pulled that shit of flagrantly mishandling classified materials when I was in the Army, not even to the point of leaving TS/SCI materials in a goddamned tourist trap basement, I'd probably be spending my days turning big rocks into little rocks at Leavenworth. The IC is either collectively outraged and furious, or they really should be.

  • @mRudie1318
    @mRudie1318 Рік тому +399

    Can we all just stop and take a moment to appreciate this mans library section behind him? Shakespeare, Poe, Tolkien, Tom Clancy, Forgotten Realms (D&D), X-Men comic volumes, even Manga! 😂 I trust this man. He is my people.

  • @richardthomas598
    @richardthomas598 Рік тому +3

    They are literally going "But, but Hillary's emails." 🤦
    So, so pathetically dumb.

  • @ryanreedgibson
    @ryanreedgibson Рік тому

    Man, you are a great speaker. Your body language and intonation are pure perfection. Where did you learn how to give a presentation?

  • @protocol6
    @protocol6 Рік тому +255

    I wonder how many people have already filed FOIA requests for the documents found at Mar-a-Lago citing the claim they were declassified.

    • @tracyhale8336
      @tracyhale8336 Рік тому +13

      I heard a few journalists 'threaten' to do so, but haven't heard that they actually have. 😂

    • @MatthewQuinton
      @MatthewQuinton Рік тому

      It wouldn't matter document's involved in an ongoing investigation are essentially impossible to get

    • @pro-v7500
      @pro-v7500 Рік тому +35

      Lmao. Documents related to on-going criminal investigations are excluded from FOIA, regardless of them being not classified or declassified.
      Example: say one of the documents was not classified info and it had to do with (random example) trade agreements. You could easily file a request for documents and communications regarding “trade agreement XYZ”. But what you can’t do is file a request for FBI search warrant inventory item number 13a (which iunbeknownst to you/the public happens to be the same documents and communications regarding “trade agreement xyz”).
      Once the information is released in a grand jury trial then people can go crazy submitting requests for specific things that are revealed to be part of the inventory. That’s when the classified vs declassified exclusions to FOIA come into play.

    • @joeblowgoes
      @joeblowgoes Рік тому +8

      Press F for those poor government workers that have to go through all those requests

    • @Shaggy.Vibes-
      @Shaggy.Vibes- Рік тому +3

      The number is 76638 as of yesterday evening, New York time.

  • @eviemoody
    @eviemoody Рік тому +144

    “No one is above the law” -the guy who believes he’s above the law

    • @kaijuultimax9407
      @kaijuultimax9407 Рік тому +29

      "Only mobsters take the fifth" -the guy who took the fifth over 400 times

    • @brad7504
      @brad7504 Рік тому

      @@kaijuultimax9407 Trump has a terrible record of practicing what he preaches. I think the most consistent he's been about anything is that X is bad for others but okay for him. He complained like every day about Obama golfing and said that he himself wouldn't golf while in office, but then he quickly beat Obama's time spent golfing. Private servers were bad until his family used them in office. Nepotism was bad until he put his own family members into various White House positions. So if anything, taking the Fifth Amendment is quite on brand for the Orange Man.

    • @AndrewAMartin
      @AndrewAMartin Рік тому +2

      Well, I mean, he's not just _anyone_ though, he's not a nobody, he's somebody! His Mommy even said so! 🙄

    • @SomeYouTubeTraveler
      @SomeYouTubeTraveler Рік тому +4

      It's the Judge Dredd defense. "Nobody is above the law... but _I am the law,_ and nobody is above me."

    • @amodking
      @amodking Рік тому

      No one is, and frankly he didn't do anything wrong either. No charges even stuck on him, if that's not proof enough idk what is? I mean let's be honest, you want him to be guilty, who cares if he actually did anything right?

  • @THATGuy5654
    @THATGuy5654 Рік тому +1

    Kel's got X-Men, Far Side, and Larry Gonick books on his shelf. Truly, a man of refined taste. I approve.

  • @chadcharest9891
    @chadcharest9891 Рік тому +2

    Kel's bookshelf tells me he's rad as hell.

  • @jasonm1884
    @jasonm1884 Рік тому +328

    The best part about this video: getting to see Kel's interesting and awesome geeky bookshelf. So nice to see a lawyer who chooses not to display his law books!

    • @jhbadger
      @jhbadger Рік тому +20

      Forgotten Realms novels even! That takes courage to show. That being said, he did have some "high" literature like E.A. Poe, etc.

    • @ScarKawakami
      @ScarKawakami Рік тому +31

      such a variety, too. Edgar Allen Poe, Gary Larson Comics, X-men comics, the Trigun manga, Tolkien.

    • @Priapos93
      @Priapos93 Рік тому +17

      Totally! I had to pause and check it out in order to focus on the (also very worthwhile) content

    • @benkeiller6560
      @benkeiller6560 Рік тому +16

      Old mate's up there rocking Tolkien, Trigun, and even Spice and Wolf!

    • @Shadesight
      @Shadesight Рік тому +9

      Bloom County and Far Side got my attention first, but yeah - *awesome* collection.

  • @Anon26535
    @Anon26535 Рік тому +348

    “In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
    -Hunter S. Thompson

    • @jamie1602
      @jamie1602 Рік тому

      He's been caught multiple times doing very illegal things. He's never had to actually suffer for anything, he's just paid and declared bankruptcy and screwed over the people who had to suffer. He's very stupid at this point. It's the Liar Liar quote. QUIT BREAKING THE LAW, ASSHOLE!
      I guess our only saving grace is he chooses to switch up which law he breaks.

    • @thhomasmarks
      @thhomasmarks Рік тому +9

      Cool Quote, it serves as a small looking glass into the conscience of its creator.

  • @jfellows81
    @jfellows81 Рік тому

    I love the fact that the lawyer handling Devon's cases has a Far Side Gallery books as well as Astonishng X-Men books on the shelf behind him. LOL

  • @vlera8447
    @vlera8447 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for this extremely informative presentation.

  • @BNRmatt
    @BNRmatt Рік тому +461

    I just want to point out how rad your lawyer is, based on his book collection: Trigun, The Far Side, Berkeley Breathed, Thomas Covenant, Tolkien, Oh My Goddess, Forgotten Realms, and probably some other ones I can't see. Most lawyers would have legal books and weighty tomes as a backdrop, this guy's just letting his nerd flag fly.

    • @hephaestus4242
      @hephaestus4242 Рік тому +24

      First thing I noticed

    • @christinescaduto6280
      @christinescaduto6280 Рік тому +33

      Gonna be honest, I kinda tuned out what he was saying on first watch because I was so busy reading all the titles on the shelf behind him.

    • @anergyboy2192
      @anergyboy2192 Рік тому +3

      Where do you see those?

    • @ramaj
      @ramaj Рік тому +36

      He's got Vampire Hunter D back there next to Trigun also. was really surprised at that Oh My Goddess in there. That's a great series but usually flys under the radar and hasn't had the best release or availability in the US.

    • @AionAlexiel
      @AionAlexiel Рік тому +1

      Just look that... and of course, I love see that xD

  • @michaelmayhem350
    @michaelmayhem350 Рік тому +392

    Watched this on nebula but came here to laugh about how his lawyers keep quitting & now he's have issues getting new ones.

    • @BradyPostma
      @BradyPostma Рік тому +101

      What!? The guy who treats his lawyers like crap, ignores their advice, keeps breaking the law publicly, often refuses to pay them, and sometimes incites his supporters to send them death threats is having a _hard time_ finding new lawyers?

    • @mementomori7825
      @mementomori7825 Рік тому +8

      Chump should ask the братва́ if they can get him a lawyer..

    • @PC-ch1md
      @PC-ch1md Рік тому +5

      Where’s recount Dracula Rudy? Maybe he’s available

    • @signalfire6
      @signalfire6 Рік тому +3

      His most recent ones all look like aging cheerleaders.

    • @reynoldsmathey
      @reynoldsmathey Рік тому +3

      @@PC-ch1md Nope. Soon to be in jail himself.

  • @BenjaminTheDally2007
    @BenjaminTheDally2007 Рік тому +1

    Hello LegalEagle, I would like to make a request for you to review Paw Patrol: The Movie. I know it may sound a little silly, but hear me out! There are a couple of scenes in the movie that I think a lawyer would come in and say "This is where we draw the line", I love your channel, I'm actually planning on becoming a JAG myself after I get out of high school. Anyway, you're the best lawyer channel I know and I thought it would be kind of funny for a lawyer to review a children's movie for legal reasons lol. Anyway, you always make me laugh and have a sense of what the world is really like, thank you!

    • @BaronSengir1008
      @BaronSengir1008 Рік тому

      How many liberties did they take with Liberty?

  • @queenannsrevenge100
    @queenannsrevenge100 Рік тому +1

    Kel Maclanahan - has a bookshelf full of Far Side, Tolkien, and D&D Fiction? I like him already! 😄

  • @apjtv2540
    @apjtv2540 Рік тому +514

    4 excellent Legal Eagle videos in 8 days?! Bloody good job Devon, though I hope you and your team are getting enough sleep and coffee. That can't have been easy.

    • @TheHighSpaceWizard
      @TheHighSpaceWizard Рік тому +17

      There's some poor young editor getting paid well to work his life away churning out legal eagle videos. Great vacation package though.

    • @davidlovesyeshua
      @davidlovesyeshua Рік тому +16

      @@TheHighSpaceWizard I would be surprised if only 1 editor worked on the past 4 Legal Eagle videos, and if only 1 did, they are insane(ly good at their job). XD

    • @chanr9531
      @chanr9531 Рік тому +15

      Trump is just too good at giving Legal Eagle content that they can barely keep up 😂

    • @TaranVH
      @TaranVH Рік тому +15

      It was not. (I edited this)

    • @EternalHappElements
      @EternalHappElements Рік тому

      No no. It is the fellow Americans who provided so much material.

  • @chrs-wltrs
    @chrs-wltrs Рік тому +231

    Trump ran out of laws to break, so he had to make some more and break those too 😔 truly a man committed to the bit

    • @dakotaneumann1259
      @dakotaneumann1259 Рік тому +23

      He did it for the Vine

    • @MrTheclevercat
      @MrTheclevercat Рік тому +1

      He actually has broken so few laws that you can't even name a real crime he has committed. Get owned.

    • @rootbourne4454
      @rootbourne4454 Рік тому +23

      @@MrTheclevercat you even watching the video buddy?

    • @corey2232
      @corey2232 Рік тому +19

      @@MrTheclevercat That's some serious copium you've inhaled... and under a video discussing one of those crimes.

    • @baronvonlimbourgh1716
      @baronvonlimbourgh1716 Рік тому +8

      @@MrTheclevercat still defending him ey........
      🤯

  • @Taricus
    @Taricus Рік тому

    6:02 Your friend has really good taste in books! ^~^ He's even a Forgotten Realms fan, too! hehe

  • @claudettes9697
    @claudettes9697 Рік тому +1

    “I declare bankruptcy!” lol

  • @Uldihaa
    @Uldihaa Рік тому +330

    When they started saying Trump declassified it all, my immediate response was, "Where's the paperwork?" Governments run on paperwork after all.

    • @buttercuptaylor7135
      @buttercuptaylor7135 Рік тому +5

      Trump did declassify the documents and sent paperwork to the Justice Dept. and they just sat on it.

    • @WeiderMystic
      @WeiderMystic Рік тому +11

      The POTUS is literally the only person by Federal law with sole authority for classification of documents, which is delegated to heads of agencies or other appointed individuals. As long as someone else is there to bear witness to the declassification, he has full power to do so.

    • @mattcolver1
      @mattcolver1 Рік тому +1

      Obama issued an executive order that excluded the president and vice president from filling out the paperwork. He got tired of hassling with it.

    • @Clay11_
      @Clay11_ Рік тому +82

      @@WeiderMystic except in the cases of nuclear weaponry which was discussed in the video

    • @kingmanic
      @kingmanic Рік тому +78

      @@buttercuptaylor7135 Liar. lol. Not even he has said that. He said it's implicit they were declassified which is not the process. His laziness may get him hanged.

  • @justausername
    @justausername Рік тому +222

    ""Eric Trump did what Trumps do best - asked people to donate money (waits a beat) if they're mad" daaaaaamn that was slick, Eagle

    • @ComboSmooth
      @ComboSmooth Рік тому +32

      I feel bad for any regular person who donates to trump. Like imagine giving some of your hard earned money to a supposed billionaire who definitely has enough of his own money.

    • @ublade82
      @ublade82 Рік тому +3

      Haha yeah that was a sick burn I gave him $10 on Patreon for it

    • @Demmrir
      @Demmrir Рік тому +17

      @@ComboSmooth Don't. They want to. My parents have donated thousands to Trump. I don't expect an inheritance.

    • @Rawnblade13
      @Rawnblade13 Рік тому

      If there is an opportunity to grift idiots out of their money, Trump will take it.

    • @SourGummiWyrm69
      @SourGummiWyrm69 Рік тому +5

      @@Demmrir Heyyyy, don't worry patriot, your parents donated to make the States a safer place. /s

  • @abigailmeryl2174
    @abigailmeryl2174 Рік тому +4

    I'm surprised you didn't get 101 "hunters laptop" "hillarys emails" comments

  • @martithdurel3974
    @martithdurel3974 Рік тому

    X-men, Far Side, Tolkien, and Forgotten Realms books... I got so distracted by a glimpse of Mr. McClanahan's library! :D

  • @greenbrain8725
    @greenbrain8725 Рік тому +272

    It occurs to me (as a best case scenario) Trump was simply miffed about being “unjustly fired” from the presidency by people he considers below him. So the taking of documents was a way to hold on to the idea of being “super important” the way a teenager would.

    • @ryanbarham8464
      @ryanbarham8464 Рік тому

      There's some folks who think that Trump was blackmailimg other members of the GOP with some of those documents he had.

    • @_B.C_
      @_B.C_ Рік тому

      That doesn’t fit their cult narrative of trump won and is secretly still president…

    • @anthonyschlott916
      @anthonyschlott916 Рік тому +54

      Also a real possibility and would be consistent with how Trump has behaved in the past

    • @Dardobul
      @Dardobul Рік тому +69

      HEY! I will not sit idly by while you insult my teenage son like that! He would at least take like a photocopy or something rather than the originals and pretend they were always missing. My son isn't an incompetent loser!

    • @jessicak2811
      @jessicak2811 Рік тому +28

      @@Dardobul I concur. My teenage daughter would take pics, or make copies, and pretend she didn't. 🤣

  • @medusagorgo5146
    @medusagorgo5146 Рік тому +47

    When I was stationed in Germany, I worked in S3 and had to get OPORD’s (operation orders)from our brigade and disseminate them to the companies. I was working on one when I noticed that it said classified. The thing is that in order for that guy to have sent me that order he would have to have taken it out of the skiff and then put it on the the unclassified computer and sent it to me. (The computers will have a little sticker on them that says whether they are classified or not) You have 2 sets of internet in the military, regular internet where unclassified material goes back and forth and then you have the SIPRNET. That information is the classified information and depending on the level it could be in a skiff. I don’t know what happen to him but I do know that I never got another order from him.

    • @brianmckinley7160
      @brianmckinley7160 Рік тому +1

      At a minimum, clearance revoked. Depending on how sensitive the info was, somewhere between: article 15 with a 45/45 and -1, or a 6-24mo stay

  • @TVandManga
    @TVandManga Рік тому

    Thank you for the explanations.

  • @Beowolf1911
    @Beowolf1911 Рік тому +4

    I didn’t look into the guests credentials but his seriously impressive fantasy book section makes me apt to believe anything he has to say.

  • @Bad_Wolf_Media
    @Bad_Wolf_Media Рік тому +124

    4:45 - One correction here: A person with Top Secret clearance does NOT authorized access to TS/SCI information. The SCI qualifier is an additional level, and (as you noted) they still require a relevant need to know the specific information. When I was on active duty, I had a TS/SCI clearance, but I would still not have been cleared to see the stuff at issue here because I wasn't part of the White House Military Office (WHMO).

    • @tonis5140
      @tonis5140 Рік тому +29

      Likely because WHMO information is its own SAP - Special Access Program - material, not SCI. The same would hold true for various Special Ops classified material.
      Just to be clear, I'm just providing other examples for people reading your comment, not disagreeing with you.

    • @sozetsukokai9327
      @sozetsukokai9327 Рік тому +1

      @@tonis5140 yer a good guy, Toni

    • @pattgsm
      @pattgsm Рік тому

      So this is what we do? Discuss OPSEC/COMSEC procedures in YT comments? Well actually, when I was stationed at…

    • @tonis5140
      @tonis5140 Рік тому

      @@pattgsm I suppose I missed who's discussing security procedures not readily available to the public. My apologies for not noticing those folks

    • @brianmckinley7160
      @brianmckinley7160 Рік тому +3

      @@pattgsm you're allowed to discuss practice and procedure in non secure channels so long as the information is generally available, as the things that were said are

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Рік тому +72

    5:25 - 7:50 Interview with Kel B Mcclanahan
    8:20 - Chapter 1 - Destruction, alteration of falsification of records in federal institutions
    9:20 - Chapter 2 - Concealment , removal or mutilation
    10:35 - Chapter 3 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
    12:55 - Chapter 4 - The president records act has no teeth
    15:50 - Chapter 5 - What are trump defenses ?
    21:20 - End roll ads

    • @brianranta5408
      @brianranta5408 Рік тому

      You forgot to add a timestamp for beginning to admire that fine gentleman's book collection! :P (unless you just count the interview timestamp for that)

    • @carlyoung6111
      @carlyoung6111 Рік тому

      Why has HRC not had to defend herself against the exact same charges where the facts that point to her guilt are patently obvious?

    • @markzuckerbread1865
      @markzuckerbread1865 Рік тому

      thanks brave jumpscare reporter

  • @pace1719
    @pace1719 Рік тому

    Kel has a kickass book collection. I'm seeing Forgotten Realms and Tolkein, Far side collection... right on, man!