Ring of Fire Radio with Farron Cousins
News & Politics
This week on Ring of Fire!
Donald Trump's lawyers have so far done a horrible job of convincing the jury that he didn't do anything wrong. In their opening statements this week, the lawyers claimed that Trump is "innocent," and then proceeded to claim that even if he did it, it still isn't a crime. His lawyers appear to be less focused on proving his innocence than they are on convincing the jury that the crimes aren't actually illegal. That's never a winning strategy in court.
Presidential polling is still all over the place, with some polls showing President Biden easily beating Trump, while others are still showing a tight race with Trump one or two points ahead. But these numbers change dramatically when all other candidates are included, and more and more these polls are showing that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is peeling more support away from Trump than he is from Biden. In fact, when Kennedy is included, Trump now loses, even in polls where he was ahead in a two-way matchup.
One of the major concerns and most common questions about putting Donald Trump in jail if he is convicted is how to handle his Secret Service protection. Trump is guaranteed that protection for the rest of his life, and it would be difficult to force protection agents to sit in jail all day with him. Luckily, Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson has a way to fix that problem, and he's now put forth legislation that would strip Secret Service protection from anyone with a felony conviction.
Steve Bannon is pushing Donald Trump to skip out on his daily court appearances just to "see where the chips fall." The judge has already made it clear to Trump that he WILL put him in jail if he doesn't show up for court, and Bannon is well aware of this. Bannon seems to believe that Trump being thrown in jail for a period of time will somehow help the former President in his campaign, but really it would have the opposite effect.
All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!
Episode 726: Direct Ties to Trump for Fake Elector Scheme? Epstein List is Out; Boebert Tries to Win over New Constituents
Episode 725: New Year, New Q&A!
Episode 724: Desantis Campaign on Life Support; Trump Spreading Conspiracies; Vivek Cancels TV Ad Buys
Episode 723: It's the Economy Stupid; Trump's Lawyer Seriously Confused; Huckabee Sanders Kicks Kids off of Medicaid
Episode 722: Trump Unhinged!; VP Rumors; Giuliani Trial Off to Bad Start
Episode 721: Trump Has Reasons for Supporting Capitol Rioters; MTG Called Out Over PPP Loan; Trump's L's in Court
Episode 720: Gag Order Repealed; Update on Biden's Impeachment; George Santos Drama
Episode 718: Did Trump Break the Law for Donating Gun? Classified Document Scandal Dissected
Episode 717: Trump's Lawyer Habba a Complete Embarrassment; Farron Goes Off on Local Story
Episode 716: News Dump Mostly Trump
Episode 715: Farron Travels to Vegas for The Mass Torts Made Perfect Legal Convention
Episode 714: Big Q&A Episode!
Episode 713: McCarthy Out; Trump's Fraud Case Begins
Episode 712: Overinflated Trump Gets Caught; Biden Losing to Trump in New Poll?
Episode 711: Senate Dress Code Causes Stir; Boebert's Hypocrasy Caught on Tape; Impeaching Biden?
Episode 710: President Biden Impeachment Inquiry; MTG Suggests Succession
Episode 709: Doctor Clears McConnell? Teflon Trump? Media Hating on Biden?
Episode 708: Trump Went Down to Georgia; Mugshot Mania; Biden's Scores Big
Episode 707: Republican Debate Primer with Farron
Episode 706: Trump In Trouble Down in Georgia; DeSantis Burn Down
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