Trump's Former Lawyer Destroys His Idiotic Legal Defense
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb took advantage of a recent media appearance to absolutely dismantle Donald Trump's legal defense that his lawyers are peddling in the media. Cobb said that he'd never heard of an "aspirational" defense before, yet that is the terminology being used by Trump lawyer John Lauro to defend his client's actions to overturn the 2020 election results. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening. Link - https://thehill.com/regulation/court-... Check out our merch by visiting our store: https://www.buyrof.com/ Subscribe to our podcast: http://www.ROFPodcast.com Become a member today!: / @theringoffire Support us by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon, and help keep progressive media alive!: / theringoffire Spread the word! LIKE and SHARE this video or leave a comment to help direct attention to the stories that matter. And SUBSCRIBE to stay connected with Ring of Fire's video content! Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel: / theringoffire Be sociable! Follow us on: Facebook: / ringoffireradio Twitter: / ringoffiremedia Instagram: / ringoffirenetwork *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos. One of Donald Trump's former lawyers, a man who actually happened to serve in his administration for a solid 10 months as a White House counsel, Ty Cobb came out this week in an interview with c n n and absolutely trashed Donald Trump's legal defense. Now, what's been happening even before Ty Cobb went out there in the media, is you had Trump's newest lawyer, John Laro, he's going out there making the rounds on the media. He did it all day Sunday. He actually included in his court filing on Monday how annoyed he was that he had to take time away from doing TV to respond to the judge's request. So he's loving the spotlight, but every time he goes out there, he says something really bad and stupid that actually makes Trump look even more guilty. Like the most recent thing he did all day Sunday was go out there in the media and say like, Hey, yeah, Trump did ask these people to overturn the election, but he did it in an aspirational way. That's his talking about it was aspirational, this ask. And that's the part that Ty Cobb absolutely ridiculed during his appearance with CNN's Aaron Burnett. Here's what Ty Cobb said, I'm not aware of the aspirational defense or the free speech defense to a gang leader saying to two of his subordinates, I need you to please rob a bank for me. And they do it. You know, that's aspirational, but it leads to a crime. And that's exactly what Trump did with Pence, and I love that T Cobb used that analogy because that is literally the same analogy I used. Like it is identical. That's how I explained it, because that is the best way to explain it. So good to know me and t Cobb are on the same page with this. But let me explain it to you this way. Uh, and, and again, I've said this before, but I'll say it again. So, if I'm sitting around with a group of friends and like, guys, we should rob a bank. Now, my friend's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, whatever. And then that's the end of it. That is not a conspiracy. That is not asking them to commit a crime. But if I say, guys, we should rob a bank. I've made phone calls to my friends who work at the bank, told them to shut off the security camera, shut off all the other, you know, the laser grids and all that, and they're gonna leave the front door unlocked. That is what I've told them to do. Now, guys, we should rob that bank, then it's a conspiracy, then it's a criminal act. And with regard to what Trump has been indicted for, they made the phone calls, they made the phone calls to separate states and said, we need you to throw out your results. Throw out your electors and select these people instead, we need you to turn your voting machines over to us. They made those calls. That was not aspirational. Those were asks. So if John Laro wants to go to court and make that argument For the love of God, do it. 'cause you're gonna lose and you're gonna lose faster than you ever thought was possible. We're talking about like a 30 minute Judge Judy episode quick. But if you actually want your tri uh, client to stay outta jail, maybe you ought to come with a couple more facts, because as Ty Cobb points out, there really is no such thing as an aspirational defense. And of course, your free speech defense is just flat out stupid.
