‘Coup dominos falling’: Trump’s prison odds increase as lawyers face consequences

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TIMES.

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THE BEAT WITH ARI MELBER STARTS

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>>> WELCOME TO "THE BEAT."

EVEN AS SOME CONVICTED TRUMP

AIDES ALSO THREATEN PUTIN-STYLE

ATTACKS ON OPPONENTS IF THEY

ACTUALLY GET TRUMP RE-ELECTED.

NOW, THIS BIG NEWS COMES AS A

CALIFORNIA JUDGE HAS RULED

AGAINST TRUMP LAWYER JOHN

EASTMAN TODAY WHO ALSO

SEPARATELY AWAITS A CRIMINAL

TRIAL IN GEORGIA.

AND THESE MOUNTING LEGAL

SETBACKS FOR EASTMAN ARE

SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE HE WAS THE

LEGAL MASTERMIND AND ARCHITECT

OF KEY PLANKS OF THE COUP PLOTS

AS THOSE JANUARY 6th HEARINGS

SHOWED.

>> ADOPT A SLATE OF ELECTORS

YOURSELVES.

>> HE STARTED TO ASK ME ABOUT

SOMETHING DEALING WITH GEORGIA,

PRESERVING SOMETHING POTENTIALLY

FOR APPEAL.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST YOUR

AUTHORITY TO DO THAT, BUT QUITE

FRANKLY I THINK YOU HAVE A DUTY

TO DO THAT.

>> DID EASTMAN ADMIT BEFORE THE

PRESIDENT IT WOULD VIOLATE THE

ELECTORAL COUNT ACT?

>> MR. EASTMAN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT

WAS THE CASE, EVEN WHAT HE

VIEWED AS AM MORE PALATABLE

OPTION WOULD VIOLATE SEVERAL

PROVISIONS.

>> I SAID TO HIM ARE YOU OUT OF

YOUR EFFING MIND.

I ONLY WANT TO HEAR TWO WORDS

COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH FROM

NOW ON -- ORDERLY TRANSITION.

>> ORDERLY TRANSITION.

THOSE DAMNING ACCOUNTS CAME FROM

PEOPLE WHO GENERALLY BACKED

DONALD TRUMP'S POLICIES BUT DID

STOP SHORT OF THE COUP EASTMAN

WAS PLOTTING ON TRUMP'S BEHALF.

A JUDGE JUST RULED EASTMAN

SHOULD BE DISBARRED, DISPELLED

FROM HIS PROFESSION AS A

LIFELONG ATTORNEY OVER HIS

CONDUCT IN THOSE PLOTS.

THE JUDGE CITING EASTMAN'S LIES

AND NEGLIGENCE RARLDING THE 2020

ELECTION TRUMP LOST AND FINDING

THE STATE BAR INVESTIGATIVE UNIT

DID PROVE EASTMAN CONSPIRED WITH

TRUMP TO OBSTRUCT A LAWFUL

FUNCTION OF THE GOVERNMENT

THROUGH THE JANUARY 6th PLOT.

EASTMAN AND ANOTHER INDICTED

TRUMP PLOTTER, JEFFREY CLARK,

ARE BOTH AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR

LAW LICENSES, AND THAT'S HUGE.

THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN SEARCHED BY

AGENTS IN THE SEPARATE FEDERAL

CASE.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT PRETTY

DRAMATIC AND UNUSUAL FOOTAGE

HERE ON YOUR SCREEN.

BEING DISBARRED FORMS A WARNING

TO OTHER LAWYERS WHO MIGHT

PONDER SIMILAR ACTIONS ON BEHALF

OF, YES, DONALD TRUMP RIGHT NOW

BUT OTHER POLITICIANS IN THE

FUTURE.

IT'S AN IMPORTANT LINE IN THE

SAND BECAUSE SOME ANTI-DEMOCRACY

LAWYERS MIGHT ARGUE, WELL, IF

THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO

SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY

A FELONY, MAYBE THEY CAN GO

RIGHT UP TO THAT LINE.

HERE WE SEE THE BAR PROCESS IN

SEVERAL STATES SHOWING EVEN IT

LAWYERS USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE TO

BE TRICKY IT CAN STOP THEM FROM

PRACTICING LAW EVER AGAIN.

FOR MOST PEOPLE IT IS THEIR

LIFE, A MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE

AND A BIG DEAL AND THAT IS

SEPARATE FROM WHETHER THEY ARE

FOUND TO HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES.

BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE PRESUMED

TO BE INNOCENT LEGALLY AND ALSO

AWAIT CRIMINAL TRIALS.

GEORGIA WILL DETERMINE THEIR

CRIMINAL LIABILITY WHEN THEY GET

THEIR DAY IN COURT.

THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL, JEFFREY

CLARK, WHO WE'VE BEEN COVERING

WAS BACK IN COURT YESTERDAY IN A SEPARATE BUT OBVIOUSLY RELATED

SEPARATE BUT OBVIOUSLY RELATED

DISBARMENT HEARING WHERE HE JUST

STOPPED THE QUESTIONS.

>> THAT I WILL INVOKE THE FIFTH

AS TO, I WILL INVOKE EXECUTIVE

PRIVILEGE, LAW ENFORCEMENT

PRIVILEGE, DELIBERATE PROCESS

PRIVILEGE, AND ATTORNEY-CLIENT

PRIVILEGE.

THE FIFTH AMENDMENT, THE

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE, LAW

ENFORCEMENT PRIVILEGE, DELIVERY

TO PROCESS PRIVILEGE.

EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE AND THE

OTHER THREE AND I'M TAKING THE

FIFTH.

>> AND THE OTHER THREE AND I'M

TAKING THE FIFTH.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE, HEY, I'VE GOT

SO MANY REASONS TO BE

PRIVILEGED.

AND LEGALLY HE MAY INDEED HAVE

THAT RIGHT.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE RIGHTS

YOU'RE AFFORDED IN OUR

CONSTITUTION IS THAT IF YOU'RE

FACING POTENTIAL PROSECUTION AND

IMPRISONMENT, WHICH IS A VERY

BIG DEAL, YOU CANNOT BE FORCED

TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO PROVIDE

TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE AGAINST

YOURSELF NOT ONLY IN THAT

PROSECUTION PROCEEDING BUT IN

OTHER RELATED JUDICIAL AND LEGAL

PROCEEDINGS.

SO HE HAS THAT RIGHT.

HERE'S THE BAD NEWS, THOUGH.

WHEN YOU CLAIM THAT RIGHT,

YOU'RE ONLY GETTING OUT OF

ANSWERING THE QUESTION.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING OUT OF BEING

DISBARRED IF THE EVIDENCE

SUPPORTS IT.

AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY NOT HELPING

YOUR DEFENSE BECAUSE IF YOU DID

HAVE WORDS TO EXPLAIN CLEARLY

WHY YOU DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME OR

CONDUCT THAT YOU COULD BE

DISBARRED FOR, WELL, THIS WOULD

BE THE TIME TO SHARE IT.

SO THESE OFFICIALS IN THIS

PROCESS WILL DECIDE WHETHER IT

WARRANTS DISBARMENT.

BUT THERE'S A BROADER PATTERN

HERE THAT HOWEVER LONG IT TOOK

REALLY MATTERS.

AND YES, TRUMP HAS SHOWN HE

LIKES TO DELAY THINGS.

IT'S HIS FIRST AND FAVORITE

LEGAL TACTIC, AND SOMETIMES

WE'VE SHOWN WAYS IT HAS WORKED.

BUT THE DELAYS FOR THESE OTHER

CASES HAVE NOT WORKED.

THEY ARE FAILING.

CLARK AND EASTMAN JOIN FOUR

OTHER TRUMP LAWYERS FACING

DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND A LOT

MORE.

GIULIANI'S LAW LICENSE ALREADY

SUSPENDED IN NEW YORK.

HE ALSO FACES DISBARMENT IN D.C.

ELLIS, POWAL, AND CHESEBRO

CHARGED AND CONVICTED.

THEY'VE ALREADY PLED GUILTY IN

THE GEORGIA RICO CASE, AND THAT

ALSO PUTS PRESSURE ON THEIR

EFFORT TO EVER PRACTICE LAW

AGAIN.

INDEED BEING CONVICTED IS WORSE

THAN BEING DISBARRED.

SO THOSE ARE THE LAWYERS.

I'M SHOWING THAT TO YOU AND I'M

ABOUT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING

ELSE, BUT THE LAWYERS MATTER

EXTRA BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU

BEFORE THE LAWYERS HATCHED THE

JAN 6 PLOT, TEN YEARS AGO

JANUARY 6th WAS NOT A DATE IN

AMERICAN POLITICS OR HISTORY.

IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THE NEWS

COVERED A LOT.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE

LOOKED AT SOME EXTRA TIME TO DO

ANYTHING ANYTHING BECAUSE OF

COURSE BY JANUARY 6th EVERYTHING

HAS BEEN FINISHED.

IT'S BEEN REVIEW AT THE STATE

LEVEL, THE COURT LEVEL.

THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO DO.

WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID AND THE

VIOLENCE IS ALSO

UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE VICE

PRESIDENT COME IN AND REVERSE

THE OUTCOME OF AN ENTIRE

NATIONAL ELECTION ON JANUARY

6th.

NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE, DIDN'T

WORK THIS TIME, NOT SUPPOSED TO

HEMIIN THE FUTURE.

SHOW HOW DID THAT GET SO

POPULARIZED THAT DONALD TRUMP

LEARNED ABOUT IT AND CARED ABOUT

IT?

BECAUSE HE AIN'T NO

CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR.

HOW DID ALL THOSE PEOPLE COME

THAT DAY?

ALL OF THIS STUFF STARTED WITH

THOSE LAWYERS.

AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE AROUND

POLITICS WHO KNOW ABOUT POLITIC

AND MANY PEOPLE AROUND DONALD

TRUMP WHO KNOW ABOUT LYING.

BUT IT TOOK A RELATIVELY

SMALLINABLE OF LAWYERS TO ABUSE

THEIR KNOWLEDGE, TO GO BEYOND

ZEALOUS ADVOCACY FOR A CLIENT,

WHICH ISD, AND GO

INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

SO THAT'S THE LAWYERS.

THEY STARTED IT.

THEY MASTERMINDED IT.

THEY MADE JANUARY 6th A THING AT

LEAST FOR MAGA CONSPIRACY

THEORISTS.

BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER

FOLKS, KEY PLAYERS IN TRUMP'S

ORBED FACING ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF ROOM AND

STAMPS ON THE CHART, BUT WE'RE

USING THE CHART ACCURATELY SO

I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME

HIGHLIGHTS.

PETER NAVARRO IS THE FIRST TRUMP

WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL TO ACTUALLY

REPORT TO PRISON AS WE DISCUSS

THIS NEWS TONIGHT.

HE HAS NOW BEEN INCARCERATED

SINCE LAST WEEK OVER DEFYING JAN

6 INVESTIGATORS.

STEVE BANNON WAS CONVICTED ON

THE SAME CHARGES.

IF HE DOES NOT GET A JUDGE TO

INTERVENE, HE'LL ALSO REPORT TO

PRISON LIKE NAVARRO.

THERE'S AN UNKNOWN AND

UNINDICTED COCONSPIRATORTER JACK

SMITH REFERENCED TO THE JANUARY

6th CASE ALTHOUGH SO FAR THE

NAME IS NOT PUBLIC.

YOU SEE THAT IN THE LOWER RIGHT.

THERE WAS THE NUMBER ONE

OFFICIAL DURING ALL THIS, ALL

THE WAY UP AND THROUGH JANUARY

6th IN THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE,

MARK MEADOWS.

HE IS A WITNESS IN WASHINGTON

AND HE'S BEEN INDICTED FOR RICO

IN GEORGIA.

THE DOMINO'S FALLEN ALL AROUND

TRUMP WHO HIMSELF WE REVEAL HERE

FACES HIS OWN CRIMINAL TRIALS.

JUST IF YOU LOOK AT THE COUP,

PUT ASIDE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS,

PUT ASIDE THE NEW YORK BUSINESS

ISSUES OR THE CIVIL FRAUD CASE.

JUST ON THE COUP, HE HAS TWO

INDICTMENTS AND THE DAJ CASE

COULD STILL GO TO TRIAL BEFORE

THE ELECTION DEPENDING ON WHAT

THE SUPREME COURT DOES AND OTHER

THINGS.

PROSECUTORS WANT THOSE TRIALS

EVEN AMIDST THE PACKED ELECTION

YEAR, THE ARGUMENT BEING THE

FURTHER TO THE RIGHT THESE

TRIALS GO IS NOT BECAUSE OF

PROSECUTORS, IT'S BECAUSE OF

TRUMP AND THE DELAY TACTIC, SO

YOU CAN'T SIMULTANEOUSLY DELAY

THINGS AND DRAG THEM OUT FOR A

YEAR AND COMPLAIN THEY ARE CLOSE

TO ELECTION WHEN YOU OR THE

DEFENDANT MADE THEM CLOSE TO

ELECTION, THAT AT LEAST IS THE

LEGAL ARGUMENT.

I WILL RESTATE AGAIN TRUMP LIKE

THOSE OTHER DEFENDANTS I

MENTION, THOUGH, IN EACH OF

THOSE TRIALS IS LEGALLY PRESUMED

HE COULD EASILY BE ON TRUMP'S

SHORT LIST FOR A VERY POWERFUL

ROLE IN ANY NEW ADMINISTRATION

AFTER ALL HE HAD THE NUMBER ONE

ROLE OF CAMPAIGN CHAIR IN '16.

HE SERVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE AT

A HIGH LEVEL.

HE AND TRUMP HAD FALLING OUT BUT

GOT BACK TOGETHER BECAUSE TRUMP

ULTIMATELY USED PARDONING POWERS

FOR HIM.

MR. BANNON IS VERY PUBLICLY

TELLING HIS VIEWERS HE PLANS IF

HE CAN TO BE A PART OF A TRUMP

SECOND TERM WHERE POLITICAL

PROSECUTIONS AGAINST DEMOCRATS

ARE ON THE TABLE, WHERE A

PUTIN-STYLE EFFORT OF GOING

AFTER OPPONENTS FOR WHAT THEY

MIGHT HAVE DONE AN HONEST

INVESTIGATION BUT JUST WHO THEY

ARE AND A POLITICAL ATTACK.

MEANING HE BASICALLY SAYS

DEMOCRATS WILL BE IMPRISONED IN

ANY SECOND TRUMP TERM.

>> THE EVENING AFTER WE'VE WON,

THE ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT'S

GOING TO START, AND IT'S GOING

TO BE THOROUGH THIS TIME.

IT'S GOING TO BE THEY'RE GOING

TO BE IN PRISON.

YES, PRISON. >> QUOTE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN

>> QUOTE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN

PRISON, YES, PRISON.

THAT IS A SIGN TO SEND A MESSAGE

TO WAKE PEOPLE UP, TO SCARE

PEOPLE, TO INSTILL FEAR.

IT'S ALL IN PUBLIC, RIGHT?

IF IT WERE JUST A PRIVATE PLAN,

YOU MIGHT SEND PRIVATE MESSAGES

AND WRITE UP PRIVATE BLUE

PRINTS.

THAT'S A SECRETIVE APPROACH.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS

MORE LIKE AT LEAST AN ATTEMPT AT

AN ASPECT OF THE PUTIN PLAY BOOK

WHERE THE USE IN SINGLING OUT OF

GOVERNMENT POWER AGAINST YOUR

OPPONENTS DOESN'T JUST TAKE THEM

OFF THE TABLE OR AS IT SOMETIMES

HAS BEEN IN RUSSIA, WORSE, BUT

IT ALSO SENDS A MESSAGE TO

EVERYBODY ELSE MAYBE YOU DON'T

WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED IN THAT,

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN

THAT.

YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND LIVE

YOUR LIFE AND AVOID BEING

GROUPED IN WITH THIS GROUP OF

PEOPLE MR. BANNON SAYS ARE GOING

TO BE IN, QUOTE, YES, PRISON.

USUALLY, TRADITIONALLY IN

AMERICAN POLITICS IN EITHER

PARTY IF PEOPLE WHO WORKED AT

THE WHITE HOUSE AT THAT LEVEL,

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE RANDOM

LOUD GADFLIES, BUD RANDOM PEOPLE

IF YOUR BOSS SAID TO THEM ARE