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Trump QUICKLY FALLS into HIS OWN TRAP at TRIAL

2025-08-16 News & Politics
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Donald Trump's California Trial Exposes Contradictory Emergency Power Claims

Witness testimony in Donald Trump's California trial is actively undermining his claims of a national emergency. Discover how on-the-record statements are destroying the legal justification for deploying federal troops against states.

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  • Witnesses called in the California trial are testifying under oath that no true emergency exists where federal troops were deployed.
  • The legal challenge directly attacks the invocation of emergency powers that conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act.
  • District court judges, not the Supreme Court, are proving crucial in gathering facts and resisting executive deference.

This analysis details why Donald Trump's attempt to use military force in California is backfiring in court. Learn how judicial scrutiny of actual evidence dismantles purely political "emergency" claims.

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas and Talking Feds host Harry Litman report on Donald Trump’s California trial blowing up in his face as he creates smoking gun evidence against himself. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! MeidasTouch relies on SnapStream to record, watch, monitor, and clip the news. Get a FREE TRIAL of SnapStream by clicking here: https://go.snapstream.com/affiliate/meidastouch/meidasnews?utm_campaign=4490308-affiliate2025&utm_content=customerpartner Support the MeidasTouch Network: https://patreon.com/meidastouch Add the MeidasTouch Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meidastouch-podcast/id1510240831 Buy MeidasTouch Merch: https://store.meidastouch.com Follow MeidasTouch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Facebook: https://facebook.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/meidastouch Follow MeidasTouch on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@meidastouch

Top Comments (10)

@MillennialDiligence-sx8re 2025-08-16

God I miss the days when the president wasn’t on the news every goddamn day.

351 33 replies
@Izzydelarosa-t6l 2025-08-16

I blame the unsupreme court who gave him immunity.

333 24 replies
@katemcmyob339 2025-08-16

Jan 6 is a perfect example of an actual emergency. He's failed in opposite directions.

187 5 replies
@margiefernandez498 2025-08-16

This is not NORMAL!! Trump is an embarrassment. Who the hell wanted Chaos 2.0. He was a disaster in 2016 and we all know that the sequel is 10X worse.

161 10 replies
@Floridad25 2025-08-16

I can't stand his whining. He just sounds like a strung-out orange drunken toddler looking for something he can't remember why he can't remember what it was he was trying to remember....oh god....just....the whine. To quote the previous president, "Can you shut up for five minutes?"

160 5 replies
@CharleneHaner 2025-08-16

I love it when they are shown to be liars! So pathetic.

151 6 replies
@Izzydelarosa-t6l 2025-08-16

Cruelty, lies, inhumanity. The level of depravity is pathological.

126 4 replies
@judiantonacci475 2025-08-16

I think America is now seen as the one of the worst countries.. Thank You for Attention to this Matter..

123 4 replies
@Justicforall-g7c 2025-08-16

Their incompetence will be on trial!

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@user-em6ie2be7x 2025-08-16

"Your Honor my client's an idiot" Trump's Lawyer

57 1 replies

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