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hey welcome to Crossroads there are preparations underway to possibly put Donald J Trump in prison in New York City and this was actually confirmed by the mayor now look the judge in the New York case against Trump is threatening to throw him in prison if he violates the gag order one more time and Trump’s done it about 10 times already now already Trump was fined for violating this but it’s not that much and so questions now growing on whether it would even be possible to imprisoned Donald Trump a former president of course one of the leading candidates for the 2024 election not to mention the Republican nominee now this was raised during a recent press conference with New York city mayor Eric Adams who claims at least that the prison on Riker’s Island is in fact prepared to hold Donald J Trump and that he has already had discussions on the possibility watch hey mayor um so at president Trump’s trial they were talking about how he might end up in jail if he continues to violate these court orders uh is Rikers prepared for that do you guys have those discussions yet uh and if so what would that even look like the um our amazing commissioner um she is prepared for whatever comes on reich’s island and I’m pretty sure she would be prepared to manage and deal with uh the situation as you see what’s happening with Harvey Weinstein uh we have to adjust you know in this business particularly around law enforcement we have to adjust whatever comes our way but you know we don’t want to deal with a hypothetical uh but uh they’re professionals they’ll be ready with corrections yet you haven’t had those discussions with corrections about that situation we have now look a couple points on that at the end of that clip Adams confirms as you just saw that he has in fact had discussions with the Department of Corrections on the possibility of putting Trump in jail also He suggests that he has faith that the Department of Corrections would be able to handle such a scenario if Trump was ordered to go to jail now look it is possible the judge on these so-called hush money case and it’s it’s a bit more complicated than that but that’s they’re calling it there’s the possibility that he could order Trump to go to jail he has the technical Authority for it although it would be challenged he has a gag order on Trump and Trump has already violated it and saying openly he’s going to keep doing it and given that situation you it does make sense the city would have to at least think about how they’d accommodate that situation if it were to come to pass but it may not be that simple as you might imagine and Trump has even suggested it could even maybe help his presidential campaign ironically something that may actually be likely in fact given how we’ve seen the long list of criminal charges end up actually benefiting him at the polls and he tends to actually benefit in fundraising too does fantastic every time he gets charged with something now basically if they tried throwing Trump in prison it would start a whole domino effect of very big problems some of which we’ve never seen before now let me show you this first off would be the fact that under the former president’s Act passed in 1950 all former presidents including Donald Trump and their spouses are given Secret Service protection for Life their entire lives they get it uh technically it was changed to a 10-year limit under Bill Clinton but it was changed back to Lifetime protection under President Barack Obama meaning Donald Trump has Secret Service protection for the rest of his life and so given Trump’s requirement to have Secret Service protection what does that mean it means that jail would need to find a way to have the Secret Service go into Riker’s potentially secure the facility for Trump and then maintain a security detail for Trump the entire time he’s there and just imagine if the Secret Service for example declared that maybe there was a threat uh maybe there’s a dangerous individual among the inmates which I’d imagine there are plenty or maybe because there are risks from the guards maybe they find issues with that and of course they have guns what would happen in that case or you know other issues then what could Trump maybe be vacated from the premise if for example uh the Secret Service were to deem it necessary all of this is absolutely possible and look if you ever go to presidential events or speeches you might know what secret service protection looks like um for example I speak at events sometimes I’ve been at events and I’ve spoken at events where Donald J Trump also spoke and of course if you try to go to The Venue you’ll find that it’s basically run like airport security every single audience member needs to get go through security get checked Secret Service runs the entire thing and it’s very very tight and that’s only what you see on the surface this is not to mention the forward protection operations they have to go through uh where they have people go in and secure the entire facility or for example it takes place behind the scenes the types of surveillance and monitoring and everything else that you don’t even see I know stories about this I can tell you one personally one time I was given a a dinner ticket to a trump event uh and because I didn’t buy it directly Secret Service actually grabbed me from the audience and pulled me out uh because my name wasn’t on the list and they had to check it meaning they had facial recognition systems and again I wasn’t I didn’t buy the ticket originally because it was gifted to me uh they have that type of stuff imagine what they would set up at a prison in this case and look remember the authority of the Secret Service is even above normal law enforcement including prison guards so if their Authority can even override prison guards in some cases it it applies basically if they have to ensure the safety of the presidents or other individuals under their protection what does that mean it means that they could have authority to basically tell them to do other things maybe leave the premise maybe don’t bother Trump anything of that sort would in fact be possible and look even aside from that if they tried to put Trump in prison it would create a constitutional crisis there is not a precedent on anything like this it’s never been done before in fact it’s not even clear how much legal immunity presidents and former presidents have meaning it may not even be possible for them to prosecute him as they already are remember the Supreme Court as we speak they’re deciding on a case of again executive privilege Trump’s uh immunity or lack thereof of the charges he’s facing and look either way if Trump were ordered to go to prison over a gag order a very slap on the wrist charge then Trump would likely challenge that with you know legal means meaning that if the classified documents case could get locked up with a side path on whether the judge can imprison him or not uh because let me step back imagine if even if it’s deemed possible that Trump again does not have executive privilege for a gag order and especially being a leading political candidate that he can’t speak his opinion right um even that is legally shaky but if Trump were in fact to be sent there he could of course challenge that legally on many different grounds which could potentially even lock up this case in a side case that could derail even longer this entire thing uh part of the question be whether Trump would want to do that given the fact that he still wants to I think campaign and time of the essence so to speak but this is also not to mention any type of prosecution right now that could also get attention the Supreme Court Justices uh who are deciding on Executive Privilege uh remember that right now as Trump is standing is standing in trial right as Trump is going through this process As Trump is of course even his body language is being restricted the judge is even saying that Trump looking down or shaking his head even this the judge is warning him about meaning not only his speech uh Trump’s lack of ability to campaign and other things like this in fact Trump’s inability to even go and testify to the Supreme Court while his case is at the Supreme Court because the judge in New York is even overriding Trump’s ability to appear before The Supreme Court keep in mind that the justices at the Supreme Court are considering this and as they watch this take place what happens right now could inform their decision and remember they’re not just thinking about Donald Trump they’re thinking about all the future impacts that this decision is going to have uh what does it mean if future presidents can be locked up if they can be silenced if political candidates can be gagged essentially right with gag orders if political candidates can be taken off the campaign Trail so that they can’t campaign and how could that be used for example by one party or the other the judges have to take this into consideration and as they watch how this thing is handled this will inform their decision on Executive Privilege uh meaning this is not just limited to what’s happening in New York in other words and even not just limited to Trump this is a long-term picture of what it means for our country but there’s also on another level the problem of the overall election Trump is the Presidential nominee of the Republican Party one of the country’s two main political parties imprisoning Trump at this time over a gag order during an election season and in addition to stopping him from hitting the campaign Trail for about 3 to four weeks or maybe even longer this is likely going to frame all of this as a form of election interference in fact Trump’s been saying that but you can expect other Republicans and other you know Challengers to Biden to also get on that narrative and they could also challenge this legally with lawsuits they could even point to Historic cases important L uh such as former FBI director James col me when he explained his reasoning for not going after former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who was of course the Democrat Presidential nominee against Trump back in 2016 and you might remember that Hillary Clinton just showing Republicans kind of did it too she was facing investigations over her classified documents case because you know she had a private email server and there were classified documents on it this is a reminder of what James Comey the former head of the FBI said at the time again you know when Hillary Clinton was a presidential candidate in the 2016 elections facing similar investigations watch although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before deciding whether to bring charges they obvious considerations like the strength of the evidence especially regarding intent responsible decisions also consider the context of a person’s actions and how similar situations have been handled in the past in looking back at our investigations into the mishandling OR removal of classified information we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts all the cases prosecuted involved some combination of clearly intentional and willful mishandling of classified information or vast quantities of information exposed in such a way as to support an inference of intentional misconduct or indications of disloyalty to the United States or efforts to obstruct Justice we do not see those things here now look of course the similarities of the cases are up for interpretation take it as you will but regardless this will in fact be fodder for Trump’s team to use in legal challenges uh not to mention the special counsel member of special councel Robert her and his recent determination on President Joe Biden on his classified documents case before he was president uh where the special counsel believed that Biden knowingly committed crimes but in his determination suggested Biden should not stand trial because of his you know declining mental state he said that he would not be able to stand before a jury Biden for his part ch chenged that suggesting that you know he Biden was being politically targeted uh in that investigation as well maybe individuals within his own party maybe trying to get him out now of course the point with all this though is that there is a ripe case for legal challenges if there is any attempt to throw Trump in prison and again it’s going to be a messy situation either way then there’s the other issue which with this which is that you know putting Trump in prison may actually help him politically as ironic as that sounds I’ll be talking about this though more after a quick word from our sponsor experts agree one of the best ways to protect against Financial uncertainty 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hush money trial where they took again a misdemeanor that was pass the statute of limitations turned it into multiple felonies and they’re now going after Trump with it right that trial they’re now threatening to Jail the former president Donald Trump if he violates a gag order one more time and allegedly Riker’s Island the notorious New York City Jail is prepared to handle the situation in case Trump is sent to prison for violating that gag order now New York city mayor as we said Eric Adams even told reporters that discussions are already underway to make these preparations however there’s the other issue with with this which is that putting Trump in prison could actually help him politically and that might sound ironic but hear me out right Trump has repeatedly compared himself to Nelson Mandela again him South Africa and it suggested that throwing him in prison could lead him to win that it may actually give him a a boost in the polls ironically uh such as what happened again to Nelsa Mandela in South Africa in the 990s Trump has also been using the indictments as part of his campaign he is campaigning with them and he’s been framing the political charges the criminal charges against him as a form of election interference this is Donald Trump from Fox in one of his recent speeches in a campaign event last week in Milwaukee which is a swing state watch if I wasn’t running or doing well if I wasn’t running I wouldn’t have more indictments than the great alons Capone alons Capone he killed people if they looked at him a little bit different I don’t like the way that guy looks I don’t like kill that son of a he only got indicted once I understand alons Capone nice gentleman I got indicted can you imagine my mother and father saying I can’t believe it my son got indicted more than Al Capone Scarface for those of you that aren’t familiar with the name Scarface a scar from here to there and it wasn’t from playing titly Winks was it huh in the latest Emerson poll we’re up five points in Wisconsin and we’re leading virtually every swing state by a lot the radical left Democrats rigged the presidential election in 2020 and we’re not going to allow them to rig the presidential election in 2024 we won’t have a country left and every time the radical left Democrats marxists Communists and fascists indict me I consider it a great badge of honor thank you now look with all this said the full cont text is also important and basically Trump has been found look Trump has been found in contempt 10 times now over the gag order and you take it for what you will whether you think those were Justified or not but Trump has said that he will openly violate the order and the judge is quickly realizing that you know just hitting Trump with fines of a few thousand doll probably will not stop Trump a few thousand is pocket change for him this is CNN on this it says judge ju merchand has found former president Donald Trump in contempt for violating the gag order in his hush money trial for the 10th time and said he’ll consider jail time going forward and he said quote going forward this court will have to consider a jail sanction ban said Monday he said Mr Trump it’s important you understand the last thing I want to do is put you in jail you are the former president of the United States and possibly the next president as well merchan said and he added the magnitude of this decision is not lost on me but at the end of the day I have a job to do and the judge added quote so as much as I don’t want to impose a jail sanction I want you to understand that I will if necessary and appropriate and you know because of the normal limits on this law he was able to give just small fines it notes that merchan fined Trump a $1,000 for violation and ordered he pay the fine by close a business day on Friday last week the judge fin Trump $9,000 for the nine previous violations of the judge’s gag order and it notes that violations of the gag order are punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 by jail time or up to 30 days in jail or both right um I’d say a $1,000 is not that big of a deal for Trump you know it’s one he’s one of the richest guys in the world still actually but because of Truth social and all that he’s actually pretty wealthy yet again uh not saying again take it for what you will whether it’s Justified or not but $1,000 is not that much to pay for him he wants to speak his mind uh 30 days in jail though would be a much different scenario now look if the judge does in fact decide to to send Trump to you know Riker’s Island of prison that could also go a few different ways it could be a very short sentence actually could even just be a couple hours or maybe a day or two uh just to send a message if that happened though we would probably see the entire domino effect that I discussed earlier of legal challenges regardless in other words regardless of the amount of time all of the issues I laid out would still come into play all those legal issues all the challenges to it the Constitutional crisis of it all not to mention the crisis for the again Secret Service and what that would mean trying to put Trump in there um maybe they could find another option like house arrest but even that would be I don’t know if they’ do it frankly now Trump and the Republicans would likely use that on the campaign Trail in fact the the image of trump you know going into Riker’s Island would probably become a t-shirt they probably sell it but Democrats are probably also use it and remember with them you know based on their polling they believe that if Trump gets a guilty verdict that if Trump is found guilty based on polling that they’re going to get a several Point jump in the polls um I discussed my analysis with that previously that I I don’t think it’s quite accurate how they’re calculating it uh because what you see in the polls is that most people don’t really believe Trump is being justifiably prosecuted and while people might say that hey you know if he’s guilty I won’t vote for him sure why not right if he’s actually a criminal no but if it’s an unfair trial that’s not going to change the way I vote in fact maybe people will vote the other way maybe more people will vote for for him if they believe it’s an unjustified charge and again back on the issue of not even just the larger cases but just on a gag order if they of course throw him in prison over a gag order um that’s a slap on the wrist charge and a charge that maybe people would wonder why it was there in the first place given the fact that he is one of the main presidential candidates and I don’t know how people would again vote on it but many people would also believe that you can’t really stop a a president a presidential candidate from campaigning um that does represent something that could be used politically in the future if you don’t think it’s already being used politically right now because in third world countries and banana republics look in Russia just recently uh this happens where the political enemies or the main political Rivals of the incumbent are again investigated imprisoned taken off the campaign Trail and eliminated and whether you regard this current situation is being similar to that or not keep in mind that opening that door allows that to happen going forward uh when it comes to the Supreme Court in their negotiations or debates I should say around uh around executive immunity that’s one of the issues they brought up in fact uh whether this could turn America into you know basically a Banana Republic now it would be a gamble on which side this would actually benefit more if Trump went to jail let’s say for a couple hours or maybe even a day or two right but it does open that door that’s the big issue it opens that door even if he goes in for 10 minutes even if they even if they jail Trump for one second he just puts a foot in and pulls the foot out right um even if that happens it opens the door to incarcerate a former president it opens the door to incarcerate a leading political candidate and once he open that door it’s not going to close and so there will be legal challenges no matter what the judge would also demonstrate that that he’s serious about you know holding the the standards within his own courtroom and so he might do it frankly but it could also be a longer sentence right it can be up to 30 days in jail again it’s either a $1,000 fine or up to 30 days in prison and if that happened it would also take Trump off the campaign Trail for 30 days a very long time and remember you know the the elections are coming up in November that may seem like a long time but it’s really not every month every day on a campaign Trail means a lot and you know it would take Trump out of the public eye in a very significant way Trump would be gone for 30 days now it’s not clear how frequent his Communications would be with the outside world in that case maybe he get a a weekly phone call or a daily phone call who knows what they’d give him but you could also expect if that were to happen An Extremely Loud reaction from Trump’s supporters you could expect protests all around the country you could expect legal challenges you could expect debates all around the news cycle I guarantee he would dominate the headlines in every news Outlet not just in the US but in the entire world and even the perceptions of America among America’s allies and even even our enemies uh would also be focused on this it would be a debate globally and there’d also be challenges in Congress probably on both sides of the aisle in other words even if Trump were pulled off the campaign drill even if it were an entire month it would very likely make him dominate the news cycle regardless you would see him even more so than if he were on the campaign Trail and this is also not to mention the fact that RFK Jr who is becoming a larger threat to Biden again in the polls and you know and on the Democrats on the campaign Trail right uh it would also likely you know frankly RFK Jr would probably campaign on this as well you know frankly and really if Democrats disagree with what’s happening they might switch their vote to RFK Jr because he would be campaigning on this RFK Jr has a Biden’s not even on all the poll not even on all of the ballots right now because of some issues with registrations RFK Jr is on track at least to get on all 50 ballots and within the swing States especially an independent candidate can actually take more votes if he takes more from Biden and then then from Trump which he seems like he’s going to and especially if they make a miscalculation frankly this could ruin Biden frankly right and Trump would also hit the campaign Trail in spirit so to speak since another update on this Trump recently had discussions of forign governor and former presidential candidate Ronda santis who you know again when they were campaigning earlier they seemed like Rivals maybe they worked things out according to the New York Post though Ronda santis is going to start campaigning for Trump he’s like Trump’s surrogate campaigner right now um we’ll see if it happens again New York Post is making the claim based on unnam sources but currently as things currently stand in the courtroom there is a a very tense looking standoff between Trump and this judge and Trump is claiming that he is going to violate the gag order uh I’ll be diving into this more fully though only on epct tv.com so those of you on YouTube Facebook X Rumble if you want to watch the rest of this episode click the link in the description below and come join us on epct tv.com you’ll not only get access to all my shows but also our documentaries including big update my newest one coming out tonight Weapons of Mass migration my investigations into the Border crisis and the US government programs operating it with the United Nations that’s going to be premiering tonight 8:30 p.m. eastern time only on epct 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