Defense Attorney Ron Kuby on Trump Criminal Trial, Representing Climate & Pro-Palestine Protesters
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Published 2024-05-15
In the historic criminal hush money election fraud trial of former President Donald Trump, New York prosecutors are wrapping up their case charging Trump with falsifying business records in an illegal effort to influence the 2016 presidential election. On Tuesday, Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen admitted he misled the Federal Election Commission about hush money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. In cross-examination, defense attorneys tried to suggest Cohen was motivated by vengeance against Trump. "He's the one who has firsthand knowledge of the actual deal that he and Donald Trump struck in order to pay the hush money, create a phony retainer, and ultimately falsify the business records," says criminal defense lawyer Ron Kuby. "The boss betrayed him. And now he, indeed, is out for revenge." Kuby says Trump and his right-wing allies are using the trial as a backdrop for politics, and discusses the possibility of Trump serving prison time. Kuby is also representing climate crisis activists arrested at Citibank headquarters in New York City during Earth Week last month and pro-Palestinian activists arrested at recent protests at Fordham University and SUNY Purchase. "I tend to view these struggles … as perennial struggles with each generation kind of rising up to do their part," Kuby says. "I just have mad respect for the young people who are literally risking their education, their careers and their futures to stand up for the planet, to stand up against the slaughter in Gaza."
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All Comments (21)
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Ron Kuby hat off to your no nonsense analysis doing William Kunstler proud perfect lead in to story love 💕 the pod cast
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Cohen is not LOATHSOME. He truly saw the error of his ways…especially when his family was affected. What is loathsome is Mike, JD Vance showing up to support their dear leader! ‘Christians in name only’!. Amy & Juan amd all your staff…thank you so much for all you do! Having dinner with Amy was the single most honor of my lifetime. Hope to meet again❣️
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Mike Johnson is in his prime of patheticness, even by Repulican 'standards'
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a lot of these Republicans have lost all their morals . Thanks for Defense Attonery Ron Kuby analyst on this case . Blessings .
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👉🕊🌎🕊🌏🕊🌍🕊👈❤ merci Amy et Democracy Now, de Paris France ce 15 Mai 2024 👍✌ Je supporte votre/ notre travail, depuis plus de 50 ans me concernant, néE en 1960 à Paris . De la même génération que vous Amy, nous avons vu sur cette planète tant d' événements, de guerres ,d' espoirs toujours se relever ... s'amplifier car depuis mon 19 ème anniversaire en 1979 j' ai dit pacifiquement mais clairement : " Me résigner, moi ? 🤔 Jamais !" Je n'ai pas renoncé. Ne lâchons rien pour la paix partout par// pour toutes et tous sans délai ni conditions. Mon admiration et mon vif soutien aux gens de paix comme vous Amy . GeneAngèle Fa M'L
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If only there was a Happily Ever After Agency to fight this
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Thank you for standing for Palestinians humanitarian causes
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I just listened to Mike Johnson while sitting on the Toilet going a No. 2. Which is also what just fell out of Mike Johnson's Mouth.
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Just making sure if we see something we’re still supposed to say something! “Been that way for 30 years.” - U.S. Justice Department on the lack of Human Rights in Oklahoma County Jail, 2020 “Makes me feel human again after this place.” - Oklahoma City Art Museum review after life in the local shelters (20+ years in the making), 2024 “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” - Nelson Mandela 🥂🥂
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Ron! My most respected comrade, haven't changed a bit. Big time fan, wish could hear you more often.🎉🎉👍👍✊️✊️
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We sure can “see what it is,” Mikey. It is a small trial for a thoroughgoing criminal whose legal manipulation has forestalled his accountability for far too long.
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I wish people stop calling him president Trump cuz he is not the president and will never be again
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Immediate Big Lebowski reference.
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If I EVER needed a lawyer, I’d definitely hope Ron or someone like him would represent me as a client.
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Playing Hollywood Baby over images from Trumps trial during today’s program was way too perfect 😅😅 my friends and I had a much needed laugh from that
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You do the crime you do the time that is all, Johnson the ppl didn't get stuck on stupid
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Mad Respect! Amen
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I wish all the demonstrators would take political science and eventually run for office. We need their morality in gov't.
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NOW!
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Ms Johnson don’t you have better job to do than supporting the violation of the rules on front of a court. You are elected to do the peoples job as speaker of the house, please do that.
