Glenn Beck is joined by Alan Dershowitz on the show today to talk about the Stu Stu scandal, the latest in the Trump vs. Manhattan DA case and much, much more! Glenn Beck is a conservative commentator and host of the conservative radio show "The Glenn Beck Program" on Fox News Radio.
00:07:37.940So he actually paid more taxes than he should have.
00:07:43.280This guy that they've been begging for him to release his tax records for the entire time he's been in public, in the public eye, just so they could prove that he does not pay his taxes, have now tried to put him in prison for paying too much taxes.
00:07:56.060That is legitimately what happened yesterday.
00:07:57.940Yeah, but it was those, it was the payment of those extra taxes that was the attempt to cover up the crime.
00:08:04.040Yeah, that's what they're trying to say.
00:08:05.500And if you don't know this, this, what happened in the situation, Cohen paid $130,000 to good old Stormy.
00:08:17.180And so then to reimburse Cohen, instead of giving him $130,000, which would have been a reimbursement for an expenditure, but would have had to been, you know, their accusation is it would have had to been, you know, recorded in a certain way that may give away that they paid off a porn star.
00:08:35.180So instead, what they did is they paid him a salary of, I think it was around $400,000.
00:08:43.520And the thought there was, you give him basically double the money so he can pay taxes and still maintain the amount he gave to Stormy Daniels.
00:08:52.780So they didn't want to give him the exact amount.
00:08:55.320And they gave him a bonus on top of that, I think of $60,000 just for, I guess, good tidings.
00:09:00.580So that's basically what they're saying is that because he was actually not giving him a payment for work done, instead they were just repaying him for the expenditure that they shouldn't have overpaid him because that man, too many dollars went to taxes.
00:09:19.660That is legitimately what they are trying to get him on.
00:10:40.560According to the FEC, you know, the people, the Federal Elections Commission, the ones who decided not to prosecute Donald Trump because they didn't find a crime,
00:10:51.300the judge donated three times to Act Blue in the summer of 2020.
00:10:56.940Now, if you don't know what Act Blue is, congratulations, you're not part of the alliance for the Dark Lords and the Siths.
00:11:09.360Act Blue is the funder or the mechanism that all of the laundered money goes through, you know, for progressive things.
00:11:21.760So, he has donated three times to Act Blue in the summer of 2020, once on July 26, when the judge's donation, according to the FEC, was earmarked for President Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.
00:11:35.860The other two contributions were pledged to the Progressive Turnout Project.
00:11:41.700This is a left-wing PAC that rallies voter turnout for Democratic candidates.
00:18:56.980So, um, the, um, the attorney that Donald Trump has hired, you know, he doesn't have, sometimes it's like, okay, you know, I have the best people.
00:19:08.460Do you, do you, do you really have the best people?
00:19:12.580Um, but this guy, he has hired the right guy, uh, Joe, uh, talk of Pina.
00:19:18.320Um, and let me just give you a little bit of this guy's credentials, uh, country's most, uh, respected high stakes trial attorneys.
00:19:29.140He's in that crew having successfully tried more than a hundred cases in his distinguished career.
00:19:34.120Um, he frequently represents high stakes civil.
00:19:38.180Um, he's prevailed extraordinary 39 out of the 40 trials that he has led after moving in private practice, unmatched string of successful verdicts.
00:19:46.680Um, he is known as a fierce litigator.
00:19:50.500He has, uh, represented athletes, politicians, actors, executive musicians, judges, law enforcement officials, other celebrities, including the NFL team, Washington commanders and team owner, Daniel Snyder, Michael Jackson, Alex Rodriguez, uh, Meek Mill, uh, YG, Sean Hannity, Don Imus, American singer, Neo.
00:20:25.220He is also, uh, been honored by the national Italian American bar association, been named humanitarian of the year by Reverend L.
00:20:34.360Sharpton's national action network, received the man of the year award from New York state's commission for social justice has been named to billboards list of top 100 power players.
00:20:46.780He also consistently has been named New York super lawyer, an honor given to a church attorneys who exhibit excellence in practice and has been, and has earned the Martindale Hubble's AV preeminent rating, the highest accolade.
00:21:01.580Any attorney can obtain from their peers.
00:21:04.140So this guy is either a plant from Al Sharpton, or this guy is really good and has all of, has all of the things that the left should love.
00:21:22.920And I will say, I'm glad to hear that because, uh, if Donald Trump's done a lot of good things, picking lawyers, not always as strong suit.
00:24:20.300Any Democrat or any member of the mainstream media that condemned that or expressed shock is now applauding, I mean, with sadness in their heart, what's happening to Donald Trump?
00:27:41.500We not only collect the old things, but we're trying to collect all of the things that are happening now.
00:27:46.220So anything, again, besides newspapers, anything that you see that is maybe even a book that is from your library.
00:27:57.560I mean, don't take it from the library and say to us, I don't want to be sitting here.
00:28:01.300Glenn Beck committed a crime and he was covering up while he committed that crime.
00:28:05.300And then he paid too much in library overdraft fees.
00:28:08.200But you have curriculum, books or anything like that today that show how crazy our country has become and the things that are being pushed on us.
00:28:20.160Please send it so we can keep it in our vaults as we protect the story of America and those who are trying now to destroy us.
00:28:30.640Also, on that front, we are taking the part of the library.
00:28:36.340You will see it's about 1% of the library that you will see.
00:34:42.000Everybody, it seems, is above the law, unless it's you, unless you're a conservative.
00:34:50.420But if you have, if you are in a giant corporation, if you've done something wrong at a bank, if you have done something wrong in government, and you are part of the cabal, and I include Republicans in that, you're fine.
00:35:14.200But we're only talking about it in the ways of, this is just political maneuvering.
00:35:21.060What we have to talk about is the Bill of Rights.
00:35:25.500We have to talk about who we truly are.
00:35:28.420This is why I want to put that museum on the road all next year.
00:35:32.640While the campaigns are going on next January, I would love to have that in Iowa so people can remember who we are, what's worth fighting for, what are we fighting for?
00:35:47.840If you think a candidate, if you think a candidate is going to come along, whoever your candidate is, from Kamala Harris to Donald Trump to Ron DeSantis, whoever it is, if you think they're going to come and save the nation, you're mistaken.
00:36:57.320And I'm like, okay, well, but that could, if you listen to it, because I did, we listened to it, and I'm like, that could be, that could be from Austria.
00:37:07.560I mean, that could, that just sounds like classical music.
00:37:11.140Then I played Fanfare for the Common Man, and he said, only America.
00:37:37.540It's an American song that heralds the common guy.
00:37:42.220This is why Star Wars is so, connects with people at the very end.
00:37:48.380It's almost a fanfare for the common man.
00:37:50.500Remember the scene where Han and Luke come in, and they're getting the medal, and then, you know, the Wookiee's like, rawr, as they pin it to him.
00:38:38.120And they have to twist it so much that that is their definition now of fascism.
00:38:45.520No, it is not fascistic to say the government should have little power and the people should be empowered more in a minute.
00:38:55.260Say you decide to sell your home and move to another one like you didn't have enough stress in your life.
00:39:00.800Right now, moving, selling, buying is dicey.
00:39:05.440You need to make sure you have the person that knows the neighborhood, knows your area, knows what the houses should sell for that you are selling.
00:39:16.100And then I don't care if you're moving across the country or across the street, a real estate agent on that end that knows how much those houses are really worth and can get you the best deal on both ends.
00:39:29.040This is where our network of real estate agents comes in.
00:39:33.460We look at real estate agents all over the country.
00:39:36.780And if we don't have one in your area, we will not recommend one.
00:48:29.680Then he pays that money with personal funds to resolve it.
00:48:35.540And by the way, he only did that after his lawyer, the convicted fraudster and liar, Michael Cohen, resolved this without President Trump's knowledge at first.
00:48:44.020He took out a loan, a home equity loan, to finance this civil settlement.
00:48:50.080And then, and then later, billed Donald Trump for it.
00:48:53.940He's the one who signed the settlement agreement.
00:48:55.680Donald Trump didn't even sign this agreement with Stormy Daniels.
00:49:17.580From what I understand, they're saying that Donald Trump, I think, overpaid his taxes because he paid attorney's fees to Cohen.
00:49:30.200And that included the, whatever it was, $130,000 or whatever that payoff was.
00:49:35.440He paid him in a retainer instead of paying him a reimbursement for the payment.
00:49:41.720So he actually paid, you know, payroll taxes or, you know, paid the, you know, the taxes that you would pay if you're, you know, if you're paying an employee.
00:51:50.420And these facts came out, you know, yesterday.
00:51:52.640That apparently his daughter works for the vice president.
00:51:56.660But again, we have to be very methodical in our attacks here.
00:52:03.900We don't want to do anything with a knee-jerk reaction.
00:52:06.060We don't want to make emotional decisions.
00:52:07.640And we'll do all the research and everything we need to do.
00:52:10.580We have obviously several months to make these motions, and we're going to take our time and do them right, because you have one bite at this apple, and there is no scenario where, you know, we're going to miss anything.
00:52:20.700And any angle that we can take that legitimizes our legal attacks on this case, I know it's going to be successful.
00:52:28.260I don't think this case is ever going to see a jury, Glenn.
00:52:33.240You know, but we would need to have intellectually honest judges to make sure that that happens, and hopeful that we're going to have one here.
00:52:40.900I talked to Andy McCarthy yesterday, former prosecutor, and he said, you always know it's a weak case when you start to repeat the same charges, and you just keep stacking them on.
00:52:55.440He said that's the first thing that you were taught in law school.
00:53:19.180It's one, you know, factual scenario that they're alleging is a crime that is not a crime.
00:53:23.820I understand if Donald Trump, if this were truly a campaign expenditure, okay, Donald Trump would have then had the right to pay with campaign funds because it would have been a campaign expenditure, right?
00:53:37.200It's not, and he couldn't have paid with campaign funds.
00:53:39.180But do you, Glenn, for a second, understand the amount of people that would be paying for Donald Trump's scalp had he paid this personal settlement with campaign funds?
00:54:21.360You know, when you have a case of this complexity and this, you know, sort of a case of first impression in many ways, you know, what I will say is this.
00:54:31.780We have a situation where we have to do motion.
00:54:35.580We're not packing court until December 4th.
00:54:37.020So there should be no trial in January.
00:54:38.880We want the trial date to be pushed off even a little further because we have to make sure we're touching every base here and fighting on every legal point that we could bring forth to challenge the sufficiency of this indictment.
00:54:53.180So there's no rush to get the trial here.
00:54:55.740But again, I'm hopeful that we don't even get to that point.
00:54:59.440But no, it's a trial doesn't normally happen within a couple of months.
00:55:03.160This is a case where we don't even go back to court for our next status conference.
00:55:07.020And decisions on motions until December.
00:55:09.480I have to ask you this question because I've had a very good legal firm for quite some time, and they were the best on freedom of speech issues.
00:55:18.420And they've dropped me because, you know, they have Google and everybody else.
00:55:23.240And while they didn't say that, they just said, you know, we've got some other clients and we're just have to really I've been with them for 15 years.
00:55:39.420Um, but this is, uh, let me ask this question.
00:55:45.340Humanitarian of the year, Reverend Al Sharpton's, uh, national action network, man of the year award from New York state commission for social justice.
00:55:53.200You are positioned in a place where a New York attorney probably should be.
00:56:01.660You're taking on the enemy Donald Trump as your client.
00:56:10.520I mean, thank you for being John Adams, but are you not concerned about flushing your career down the toilet in New York?
00:56:19.260No, no, no, no, no. That's listen. I follow my own constitution. I, my knees don't buckle.
00:56:24.560I do what I think is right. Um, when I took this case, it's because I realized how outrageous it was.
00:56:31.140And the rule of law is a danger in this country. And for me, I, I, I, if I didn't have the courage to take this case, then I'm good for nothing.
00:56:38.940Um, if you, if you can't be willing to fight something like this, and now listen, I, it's for that exact reason.
00:56:44.600I'm not in one of those big corporate law firms where, you know, I mean, I know a lot of firms wouldn't touch this because they're worried about the fallout with other clients.
00:56:51.580What I did was look, I represent a lot of people who are politically opposite to Donald Trump. Right.
00:56:57.640Um, that being said, I've spoke to some of them. I let them know. Um, this is, uh, you know, it's something I believe in and look, I'm a litigator and that's what I do.
00:57:06.080I litigate. I'm not, you know, I'm not as campaign lawyer. I'm not out there, you know, doing things that would be against what I would normally do as a litigator.
00:57:14.000When I represent someone on the far left, I do the same thing. I litigate. I don't get involved in all the collateral issues. I fight the case and make sure that that justice prevails.
00:57:21.780I mean, we used to all agree on the bill of rights and I don't think we do anymore.
00:57:26.200No, no. And, and it's amazing that the justice system is now being weaponized the way it is.
00:57:31.020We, of course, are Rubicon that is going to be forever, forever damaging to this country's administration of justice.
00:57:37.480And that's what scares the hell out of me. I mean, now, so, you know, okay, it's Donald Trump today.
00:57:41.520Tomorrow, it's some Democrat in Texas who a Republican prosecutor decides, hey, you know what?
00:57:46.100I saw what they did in New York. I'm going to use the power of my office, prosecutorial discretion, which is so overwhelmingly powerful.
00:57:52.620Joe, there's no, I mean, the, the, the, there have been crimes committed by Hunter Biden in three different states that are, that are red states.
00:58:02.180Why wouldn't the district attorney take those on?
00:58:06.460Exactly. I mean, and that's, that's the point when, when it's a clear political play here.
00:58:11.020And that's what really, really troubles me.
00:58:14.400It's, it's, you know, I watched him try and pretend yesterday that this was just something he would do against any, any single person.
00:58:26.160You know, we charge people with these crimes.
00:58:28.560Yeah. You charge people with false fine business records, which is a misdemeanor, you know, seven years later, which the statute of limitations would be gone on.
00:58:36.660And tying it to a federal election campaign violation when you're a state prosecutor that the federal authorities have said there's no violation for.
00:58:43.980Yeah. All the time you guys do that. Absolutely.
00:58:46.880I mean, I hear these disingenuous things that also charge people with false business record charges all the time.
00:58:51.140Yeah. False business record charges based on what?
00:58:53.340I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's so disingenuous. It's not even funny.
00:58:57.480Joe, I hope you're right that this will never see a courtroom or a jury.
01:28:58.860I think any elected judge of Manhattan should recuse themselves and send the case to an area where a person who does justice for Trump can walk proudly down the street.
01:29:09.860And not worry about being attacked or worry about being condemned or his children or his family condemned.
01:29:18.400What happened to me after I defended Donald Trump.
01:32:45.500but it should never have been brought.
01:32:47.760It's a violation of legal ethics to bring a case like this based on the credibility of a man who you have to know will lie to the jury because he doesn't know how not to lie.