Tribe: Merrick Garland Has A 'Slam Dunk Case' Against Trump

Tribe: Merrick Garland Has A 'Slam Dunk Case' Against Trump

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell speaks to Harvard constitutional law Professor Laurence Tribe about new details of the Justice Department investigation into the classified documents that were recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home and a New York Times report that quotes Trump’s saying this about the documents: “It’s not theirs, it’s mine.”
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49 Comments

  1. elliott nunez on August 18, 2022 at 7:16 pm

    Political witch hunt. By Commie Demoncraps. Fake news. And Gullible people. No good Demoncraps these days. Radical Commies



  2. Pamela Maddox on August 18, 2022 at 7:18 pm

    Trump and his followers are STUPID. I have no other comments.



  3. Larry Bell on August 18, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    So important that it takes two years to go get it? And why would they tell Trump to put an extra lock on the door when the FBI was there in June. I love how the interviewee puts his personal digs on Trump. Your supposed to be reporting facts, not opinions!



  4. John Loosemore on August 18, 2022 at 7:19 pm

    I wonder how many Republicans in the Senate are beginning to realize what a gift the Democrats tried to hand them, back at the 1st impeachment? If only they had got together and stuck together in firmly defining Trump as a criminal and a traitor in that moment, how much damage and misery they might have spared both their party and their country!

    As a bonus, Pence as president would have had just enough time to show himself as something other than Trump’s stooge, while still remaining within a sort of "honeymoon" period when the 2020 election rolled around.



  5. youcanttunafish on August 18, 2022 at 7:20 pm

    Did the Trumpturd sell that information already to the highest bidder?–Russia? China? Iran?



  6. T. R. Campbell on August 18, 2022 at 7:21 pm

    Our attorney general is incompetent and he would not know what to do with a comic quote slam-dunk”.



  7. James Burke on August 18, 2022 at 7:22 pm

    Cash patel wanted to put it out on his pod cast. That is Patel wanted to put out documents tell me Patel has seen the doc’s



  8. Jeff Tatus on August 18, 2022 at 7:23 pm

    Did the DOJ release the informants names when they dealt with John Gotti? Absolutely not. This is just #45 acting like a gangster.



  9. Lester Starks on August 18, 2022 at 7:24 pm

    The buck stops with Trump



  10. John Hitz on August 18, 2022 at 7:25 pm

    How can you tell a Democrat is lying? Answer: If his or her lips are moving, he or she is lying. Fake.



  11. Tom Jones on August 18, 2022 at 7:26 pm

    If you owe 20.00 to IRS and they shoot you and your dead dead and you can’t work no more how do they collect the money? Will Manchin, Sinema and Mark Kelly have to go without Starbucks that morning?
    Why do border crossers not have to pay tax but determine how much citizens have to pay?



  12. Jerry Robitaille on August 18, 2022 at 7:26 pm

    A slam dunk case and still he will walk away! Talk about bad for the country.



  13. Robert on August 18, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    Who ever believes a f______g Harvard professor? Flaming liberal by definition.



  14. kalo924 on August 18, 2022 at 7:27 pm

    Trump criminal enterprise desperate to get their hands on it to undermine the case 😂



  15. William Sadler on August 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    I will be dead and long gone, and they will still uncover crimes, that Trump and his mob have committed



  16. Blue Berry on August 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm

    Trump work his supporters for months until January the 6th. Happened. Now he is going to work them as a deterrent to prevent the DOJ from prosecuting him unless they want another anarchy riot in their hands.



  17. Christopher And Stephanie Hill on August 18, 2022 at 7:32 pm

    RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA CHAPTER 27B…How’s that TDS going 🤣🥜💩



  18. Philip Schey on August 18, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    LOCK…HIM….UP!



  19. Greg Parker on August 18, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    Got’em this time!………………………. or maybe not, in any case TRUMP 2024!



  20. Patrick C on August 18, 2022 at 7:35 pm

    Let’s the that momma lover!



  21. robert mccully on August 18, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    Once Hillary’s, and Biden sons houses are searched, i will than start believing in the system and the media.



  22. trumpisatraitorandwussygrabbingbirther on August 18, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    trump became a Wussy Grabber first, then he became a Birther and last but certainly not least he became a traitor. Lock him up!

    All these people duped by donald, it’s sick and scarey. Oh well, lock all the treasonous republicans up! MAGA!



  23. Neto Serrano on August 18, 2022 at 7:37 pm

    Everybody has something to say about Trump clearly everybody has seen how the democrats have wasted hours of working to solve real problems that they created on looking to screw Trump any which way they can and have failed cuz they don’t want Republicans to win back the house and gain power to trump



  24. Rick Allen on August 18, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    Heard that before!



  25. alpinecenter on August 18, 2022 at 7:38 pm

    How about a "slam junk" case? Or even a "slam punk’s junk" case?



  26. Martin Whalley on August 18, 2022 at 7:39 pm

    Sub bases could be revealed if it were part of his morning brief…
    The verbal portion, that is…



  27. Jim Koonz on August 18, 2022 at 7:40 pm

    Keep in mind Russia collusion, his taxes, his inflated assets, Jan. 6th were ALL slam dunks.



  28. Acererak on August 18, 2022 at 7:41 pm

    Why would the FBI persue leads that are lies about Trump? It’s not like they’ve done that before. Not like a dossier was given their seal of approval only to later be shown to be a fabrication. Not like they used that information to get warrants for wiretaps on his campaign. Not like they ended up arresting the source of the dossier a few years later when it became obvious that he lied to them.



  29. Donnie Moder on August 18, 2022 at 7:44 pm

    This whole Mar-A-Lago top secret papers think is meant to divert attention away from Jan 6th. Trump loves this because we are taking resources away from the Jan 6th investigation.



  30. Blue Berry on August 18, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    The professor said: “I don’t know what to called him” traitor??



  31. Terry Cooper on August 18, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    Tribe is properly named. The tribe he belongs to would rather ruin this country than give up power. Sickening to watch the swamp defend itself. HINT… Where are the 5 wealthiest counties in America located? Palm Beach? Silicon Valley? Aspen? Sacramento? West Chester NY? NO, none of those areas! All 5 of the wealthiest counties in America are directly adjacent to Washington DC! Now what exactly does Washington DC offer the world? Oh, that’s right… It’s where corruption is called public service, where unelected bureaucrats run the world and line their pockets on your dime. BTW 60-70% of those filthy rich counties vote blue (they, like Tribe, want to keep the swamp and its power). Trump was in the process of dismantling this high-powered beast, but those Tweets just could not be tolerated LOL.



  32. Ronnie on August 18, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    Yeah just like all the Democrat cases up until this point we’re going to get Trump but after 6 years nothing this won’t be any different. You see the January 6th investigation. Is rock bottom ratings. They have to do something to keep Trump in the news. Midterms are on the way. We’re going to empty the trash slaughter at the midtown. Sorry Democrats but you got to go like Liz Cheney



  33. Xavier Jenkins on August 18, 2022 at 7:48 pm

    Wow these idiots ask for paperwork to be released when Trump agrees they do a 180 and say it shouldn’t be released I can’t wait to find out what documents they found



  34. cs292 on August 18, 2022 at 7:48 pm

    Merrick Garland is gonna make the whole Republican Party pay for not giving Obama his Supreme Court pick.



  35. Ldawg711 on August 18, 2022 at 7:49 pm

    The fact that there’s idiots out there who still support Trump is utterly horrifying and deeply disheartening to me. Calling them idiots or stupid is far too kind, though…too kind as well as a MASSIVE understatement. I don’t think there’s words in any language in history that could properly articulate the levels of stupidity / ignorance of these people



  36. bingus bingus on August 18, 2022 at 7:50 pm

    Trump’s like a 2 year old ( it’s mine) goo goo. Keep on Busting you’re self Dumpster Donnie.



  37. Jeff Tatus on August 18, 2022 at 7:52 pm

    I had a thought last night about this entire gambit with #45 and all the "legal jeopardies" that he’s facing. With regard to this latest go round with #45 illegally possessing National Security secrets… I look at it like this: 1.) We all know #45 left Office with approx. $250M in "grift donations;" 2.) We all know that it was widely supported that #45 lost a lot of business and had approx. $200-$250 Million in debt coming due; 3.) Manafort and all the other #45 underlings (who were or did go to jail for #45) are still holding some cards or leverage on #45; 4.) It is a fact that #45 must continue with his grifting to support his lifestyle and debt/debt service; 5.) The Trump Organization is going to get emaciated later in the year with #45’s accountant’s plea deal; 6.) Rudy… Rudy… Rudy… is yet another sobering reminder that in addition to #45’s financial woes, #45 is facing some serious criminal and civil inquiries from Georgia, The House Investigation of 1-6-2021, and the counterfeit "electors" in at least 4 States… the latter two which now appear to be being run by DOJ instead of Congress. The "Espionage" and Custody issues and the DOJ’s conclusion appears to be very sound: When a man like #45 is facing this kind of debt & jail time, no one would be surprised if #45 got caught selling some information (Jared sucked out $2,000,000,000.00 from the Saudi’s after Jan 6, 2021… for an "investment opportunity" that was actually Graded as POOR by the fiduciaries who monitor these Sovereign Funds). If Jared can accomplish this with MBS in short order, why couldn’t #45 just "trade up" by selling or just threatening to sell U.S. secrets to end some of his legal jeopardy? 7.) We know that we can’t trust #45 as far as we can throw him… so that’s just me "spit-balling" on the Human Nature of some garbage who became POTUS and became even more "Teflon" than John Gotti. It may just be that #45 is realizing that he’s running out of time/money/friends & loyalty… or; is he just that stupid about the entire weight of the USA… being driven up his backside? You nice people can decide… that’s my contribution.



  38. NM real Talker on August 18, 2022 at 7:52 pm

    He is a traitor— call him what he is!



  39. Mike Reseigh on August 18, 2022 at 7:53 pm

    When is this guy going to get prosecuted?



  40. LuciferUndead on August 18, 2022 at 7:54 pm

    ‘Slam Dunk Case’ Against Trump 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just slightly delusional methinks.



  41. Cmon man on August 18, 2022 at 7:57 pm

    Hey Joe Scarborough,u were caught with a dead intern in your office,no one is above the law



  42. Cmon man on August 18, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    This is why people don’t listen or watch your lies,no one likes you or believes anything you liars say



  43. Acererak on August 18, 2022 at 7:58 pm

    W̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶!̶
    ̶W̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶!̶
    ̶W̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶!̶
    ̶W̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶!̶
    ̶W̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶!̶
    ̶W̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶h̶i̶m̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶!̶

    We got him this time!



  44. kalo924 on August 18, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    "not theirs, mine" rikers for you pal



  45. John Watkins on August 18, 2022 at 8:03 pm

    The american people are now calling for the resignation of merrick garland and christopher ray for their abusive power 8/18/22



  46. mikeyh0 on August 18, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    I didn’t know who Tribe is – he’s a Harvard Law professor. Why are we listening to him? Sounds like a regurgitation of sound bites and speculations. What a waste of time.



  47. Michael Burns on August 18, 2022 at 8:04 pm

    Lock Trump up!!



  48. alexander fernandez on August 18, 2022 at 8:10 pm

    Yea right!!



  49. David Robertson on August 18, 2022 at 8:15 pm

    From a FAR left expert.