Trump’s Lawyer Says Trump Isn’t Lying, He’s Just Not Telling The Truth
According to Donald Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina, it is apparently possible to not be lying while also not telling the truth. The lawyer made this outrageous claim during a media appearance this week, when he insisted that Trump was withholding the truth (and lying) because he was bound by confidentiality agreements to NOT tell the truth. If you’re feeling confused by that, you aren’t alone. Farron Cousins explains what happened. Link – https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/trump-lawyer-tacopina-says-trump-didnt-lie-about-stormy-daniels-payment-he-just-said-stuff-that-wasnt-true/ Don’t forget to like, comment, and share! And subscribe to stay connected! Connect with Farron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/farronbalanced *This transcript was auto-generated. Please excuse any typos. In case you were wondering how things are going with Donald Trump’s legal defense from the maybe or maybe not indictments that could or could not be coming from Manhattan. District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Donald Trump’s lawyer, Joe Taino was all over the media this week and it was during an interview with Ari Meur on msnbc. Uh, after of course he tried to snatch papers out of Mel’s hands because he had receipts. It was during an interview with Meur that taina, Donald Trump’s lawyer that’s supposed to keep him from, you know, going to prison, said that Donald Trump has not lied about the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. He didn’t lie at all about it. He just didn’t tell you the truth. Now, I would love to say that this is a little hyperbolic or you know, that maybe I’m twisting his words, but I’m not. The man actually said he didn’t lie. Just, just didn’t tell the truth. Here is what he had to say, Ari, that’s, that’s what you’re going to consider a lie. A lie to me is something material under oath in a proceeding. Oh, I didn’t say perjury. I said lie. Meur responded. Taina then said, but that’s not a lie. Meur questions. That’s not a lie to which Taino responds. Here’s why it’s not a lie, because it was a confidential settlement. So if he acknowledged that he would be violating the confidential settlement, so is it the truth? Of course it’s not the truth was he supposed to tell the truth. He would be in violation of the agreement if he told the truth. So by him doing that, he was abiding by not only his rights but Stormy Daniels rights. So, he didn’t tell the truth. Oh my God, are you kidding me? The lawyer says like, why? Why would he tell the truth? But it’s not a lie, it’s just not at all what happened cuz he is protecting his rights and stormy Daniel’s rights because it was a confidential settlement, which means nobody knows about it. Right? I’m assuming Taina thinks that nobody knows he authorized a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Like that’s what’s so weird about this. Not just the No, he didn’t lie. He just told you an untruth. That’s some George Orwell crap right there. But what’s funny is that he’s acting like, well Trump couldn’t tell the truth cuz the agreement was confidential. Stormy Daniels has already given us all the details and she also signed the agreement. Michael Cohen has given us all the details like everybody else involved has given us all of the details, bud. So your argument, if that’s the legal argument you’re going with, oh man, you’re in trouble when, when Trump hired Taino. I remember talking about it right here. I said Listen, this is act. This is a real lawyer. He is a good lawyer. He is got a pretty good resume. And he did, he does. But I’m starting to wonder how, cuz I’m looking at the legal arguments this guy is making and even though I never went to law school, I can rip these apart in court. Like that’s how bad they are. That’s how stupid they are. So for Trump’s sake, he better hope that Taina has something up his sleeve that he is not letting anybody know about right now. Cuz if he goes to court and tries to make this argument, Trump’s going to jail. Another argument that he’s making, and this is what he’s resting his whole case on basically according to reports on Thursday, is that he’s gonna claim that Trump would’ve made the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels regardless of whether or not he was running for president. Therefore, you cannot count it as an in-kind campaign contribution. Yeah, you can. You idiot. It didn’t matter if he would’ve made the payment regardless of whether he was running for president. He did it while he was running for president and it did provide material benefit to his campaign whether he wanted it to or not. It did.
According to Donald Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina, it is apparently possible to not be lying while also not telling the truth. The lawyer made this outrageous claim during a media appearance this week, when he insisted that Trump was withholding the truth (and lying) because he was bound by confidentiality agreements to NOT tell the truth. If you’re feeling confused by that, you aren’t alone. Farron Cousins explains what happened. Link – https://abovethelaw.com/2023/03/trump-lawyer-tacopina-says-trump-didnt-lie-about-stormy-daniels-payment-he-just-said-stuff-that-wasnt-true/ Don’t forget to like, comment, and share! And subscribe to stay connected! Connect with Farron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/farronbalanced *This transcript was auto-generated. Please excuse any typos. In case you were wondering how things are going with Donald Trump’s legal defense from the maybe or maybe not indictments that could or could not be coming from Manhattan. District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Donald Trump’s lawyer, Joe Taino was all over the media this week and it was during an interview with Ari Meur on msnbc. Uh, after of course he tried to snatch papers out of Mel’s hands because he had receipts. It was during an interview with Meur that taina, Donald Trump’s lawyer that’s supposed to keep him from, you know, going to prison, said that Donald Trump has not lied about the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. He didn’t lie at all about it. He just didn’t tell you the truth. Now, I would love to say that this is a little hyperbolic or you know, that maybe I’m twisting his words, but I’m not. The man actually said he didn’t lie. Just, just didn’t tell the truth. Here is what he had to say, Ari, that’s, that’s what you’re going to consider a lie. A lie to me is something material under oath in a proceeding. Oh, I didn’t say perjury. I said lie. Meur responded. Taina then said, but that’s not a lie. Meur questions. That’s not a lie to which Taino responds. Here’s why it’s not a lie, because it was a confidential settlement. So if he acknowledged that he would be violating the confidential settlement, so is it the truth? Of course it’s not the truth was he supposed to tell the truth. He would be in violation of the agreement if he told the truth. So by him doing that, he was abiding by not only his rights but Stormy Daniels rights. So, he didn’t tell the truth. Oh my God, are you kidding me? The lawyer says like, why? Why would he tell the truth? But it’s not a lie, it’s just not at all what happened cuz he is protecting his rights and stormy Daniel’s rights because it was a confidential settlement, which means nobody knows about it. Right? I’m assuming Taina thinks that nobody knows he authorized a $130,000 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels. Like that’s what’s so weird about this. Not just the No, he didn’t lie. He just told you an untruth. That’s some George Orwell crap right there. But what’s funny is that he’s acting like, well Trump couldn’t tell the truth cuz the agreement was confidential. Stormy Daniels has already given us all the details and she also signed the agreement. Michael Cohen has given us all the details like everybody else involved has given us all of the details, bud. So your argument, if that’s the legal argument you’re going with, oh man, you’re in trouble when, when Trump hired Taino. I remember talking about it right here. I said Listen, this is act. This is a real lawyer. He is a good lawyer. He is got a pretty good resume. And he did, he does. But I’m starting to wonder how, cuz I’m looking at the legal arguments this guy is making and even though I never went to law school, I can rip these apart in court. Like that’s how bad they are. That’s how stupid they are. So for Trump’s sake, he better hope that Taina has something up his sleeve that he is not letting anybody know about right now. Cuz if he goes to court and tries to make this argument, Trump’s going to jail. Another argument that he’s making, and this is what he’s resting his whole case on basically according to reports on Thursday, is that he’s gonna claim that Trump would’ve made the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels regardless of whether or not he was running for president. Therefore, you cannot count it as an in-kind campaign contribution. Yeah, you can. You idiot. It didn’t matter if he would’ve made the payment regardless of whether he was running for president. He did it while he was running for president and it did provide material benefit to his campaign whether he wanted it to or not. It did.
