Episode 741: Trump Lawyers Unconventional Defense; RFK Jr's Effect on Trump and Biden

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!