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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Our buddy, Ken Balcom joins us now attorney from New
(00:02):
York City, on a couple of different stories, well actually
three different stories. We'll do a little lightning round on
this one. Can't hunting your thoughts on this and what's
going on. Welcome in, buddy, Glad to have you back.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
JT. Thanks for having me. Good morning everyone.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
All right, listen here, man, I'll tell you a Top
Gun what a great movie series. Certainly Tom Cruise, you know,
making gobs of money the franchise. Anything he touches really
turns to gold. And I can't wait for the new
Mission Impossible to come out. They're going to be doing
all kinds of fun things with that movie. But Paramount
Now apparently has been sued by the cousin of a
writer for Top Gun, Maverick, who alleges he co wrote
(00:37):
the screenplay. Maverick. Who the heck is Maverick?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, look, the bottom line is there's an old saying
success has a thousand fathers and failure is an orphan.
And the reality is you've got one of the most
successful franchises probably in the history of cinema. Dare I
say it? You know it was my childhood. I grew
up on top gun and then I got to you know,
share that experience with my kids, which is kind of wonderful.
(01:03):
But this guy, he says that he wrote some of
the scenes and that he was never compensated for it,
so he's entitled to his day in court. This is
not something that's you know, uncommon in Hollywood. Anytime there's
a successful movie, there's usually some people who come out
of the woodwork saying, hey, we contributed in some way
and we want to be compensated for our portion of
(01:25):
the copyrights to this movie. And you know, I'm not
even saying if the case has married or not, but
it is a reality that this is kind of a
common thing.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Well, no doubt. People come after big money, big time.
And we see recently now that Smokey Robinson is being
now sued for fifty million dollars for sexual you know,
allegations eighteen years ago. Sometimes these cases are just big
money grabs, aren't they. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Absolutely, And there are attorneys who push the limits on
what is ethical. You see, we all saw what happened
with Michael Avenatti, you know, going to jail, taking money
that wasn't his, not disclosing settlement, offers that were very
high to his clients. So there is a lot of
unethical behavior, and there are litigants that one hundred percent
you know, are con artists, are scammers. You know. It's
(02:12):
up to an attorney to be ethical in choosing what
case that they take on, and not all of them are.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, all right, You and I have had this discussion
numerous times about what's going on with college campuses, and
we were recently talking about this with a Dave Portinoy
incident that took place in one of his facilities, his
bar restaurant, where a couple of employees you know, came
back to a table and right there to Jewish people
that had ordered something, you know, sciences at f the Jews.
(02:41):
And now we've got this whole situation now with this
protesting and going on into these campuses, where the judges
are now jumping into this situation and more so kind
of siding with the protesters and people that are anti
jew than they should be. And now there's been a
ruling from this judge that released a Palestinian student at
(03:01):
Columbia University who led all these protests against Israel's Warren
Gaza and now been arrested by immigration officials during an
interview about finalizing his US citizenship. Here. So this this
is all about Mosin Mahdawi, who they say is a
legal permanent resident for ten years arrested by ICE. Your
thoughts on what's happening with the whole situation in general
(03:24):
and these judges sticking their nose into what the President's
trying to do and clean up this country and specifically
this case right here with MADOWI, Well.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Look, we do have checks and balances, and that is
a good thing. That being said, the president has the
absolute right to remove people from the country who are
not citizens that are supporting terrorism. And you know, I
say this as someone who is Jewish, who you know,
has Jewish kids living in New York City. It's amazing
(03:52):
to me because you know, you are seeing a spike
in anti Semitism. I mean right outside my apartment literally
you could see it from my uningram table. For weeks
there was just anti Semitic graffiti, you know, strewn about
on our corner in a very busy section of Brooklyn,
and it is cut on the rise and it is
coming from the left, which you know, when I was young,
(04:13):
we were taught it's going to come from the right,
you should be so scared of the right, But really
it's coming from the left. And a lot of these
campus protests, there is evidence that has been shown to
judges to suggest that some of them are organized from
external actors to the United States terrorist organizations, and these
protests are arguably being done in support of terrorist organizations.
(04:37):
If you are supporting a terrorist organization and you are
not a citizen of the United States, you do not
have an unqualified right to be here. You can be
removed by the president.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah. I would also think that even if you are
a US citizen and you support terrorism to a point
of you know, you're involved in it, you could also
you know, face some serious legal issues and be arrested
for that as well. So, you know, how do you
respond to the fact that Jewish people, for the most
part in our country vote Democrat, but yet the left
is bringing all the anti semitism, or at least supporting it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Well, look, you've got one Jewish person who turned the
corner a few years ago right here. And the reality is,
I think more and more they're going to wake up
to this fact. It's going to be undeniable at a
certain point. You know, you just hope that people are
more ahead of the curve than behind the curve. You know,
it's troubling, and the reality is, with respect to these judges,
(05:32):
what is the point in having a president if he
cannot act to remove non citizens who are supporting terrorism?
And let's be clear, these people who are supporting terrorism,
they're also supporting the overthrow of the United States government.
That is a fact. Their ideology is totally incompatible with
the United States form of government, and some of them
(05:52):
openly espouse.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
It absolutely well, you know, the Democrats and everybody that's
all about, you know, not deporting these people because they're supposedly,
you know, gang members are supposedly criminals in this country.
And the word due process keeps coming up here. So
your thoughts on that, I can't imagine that Tom Holm
and Christy Noom, you know, are Attorney General, Pam Bondi
(06:15):
and the President aren't you know, going in there with
some sort of track record on these people and having
real reasons, legal reasons to remove these people and get
them out of here and deport them. They're just not
willy nilly and going after people that might have the name,
you know, you know Hispanic back Rago Garcia.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Right, yeah, I mean, look, let's talk about what due
process is someone that has illegally entered the country, committed
crimes in some cases, been removed and snuck back in
multiple times. What more due process are they entitled? Are
they expected to get a twelve person jury trial? I mean,
we let in about fourteen million people in the past year.
(06:55):
If even ten percent of that results in a jury trial,
you're gonna have a court system that can't function. And
the reality is there are laws on the books, the
Alien Enemies Act, that permit the president to do this.
And we have seen presidents go to war with the courts.
Before FDR went to war with the courts. You know,
(07:17):
Trump obviously has gone to war with the courts. Andrew
Jackson famously went to war with the Supreme Court in
a very you know, he was not on the right
side of history. He was trying to remove Native Americans
and the Supreme Court ordered him not to and he said, well,
they've made their order, let's see them enforce it. And
the reality is, sometimes a president has to go to
(07:38):
war with the courts, and what is the point of
having a president if he's going to be tied down
like Gulliver.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Yeah, good point, very good point there. So yeah, I'm
with the president on this. You got bad people in
this country, illegally in this country committing crimes and gang
members can see you later, bye bye.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
And look, let's be clear, that's not to say like
some of the crazier things you hear bandied about, like
maybe we could send some US citizens Cell Salvao jails.
That's not going to happen. That's clearly not going to happen.
There's no basis in law for the president to be
able to do that, but there is a basis in
law for the actions that the president is now taking.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
All right, quick update for us here. I know we
got up against the clock here, but Luigi, yeah, yeah, no, No,
I love I love the conversation, Ken, absolutely, but I
wanted to get your thoughts on what's going on with
Luigi Mangioni. Now, this guy that killed the CEO of
the United Healthcare his lawyer is now urging this judge
to throw out his state murder charges in the killing
of this man. Brian Thompson arguing that double jeopardy could
(08:35):
be a situation here, because you know, it's a federal
thing that's going on as well in their states. And
you know, is that double jeopardy? I doesn't see it. Kat.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
What I really want to know is do you not
support the free Luigi movement? Are you not going to
the Luigi Mangoni musical production? You're not getting tickets to this?
I mean, we have to support this guy, right. He
murdered a father of two on the streets of my
city in the early morning hours in a very calculated
(09:06):
and premeditated way. And look, I'm a defense attorney. If
I had a client like this, I would prepare him
for the death penalty quite frankly. But with respect to
his double jeopardy claim, his attorneys, and they are very
good attorneys. He had some of the finest attorneys in
New York City. He truly does. His family spared no expense.
They are terrific and if anyone could get him an acquittal,
(09:27):
they could. But that being said, it's a very strong case,
and you do have a constitutional right. You are not
allowed to be tried twice for the same crime. We
call it double jeopardy. It's in the Fifth Amendment. But
there is an exception to that if the trial involves
two sovereigns, meaning the federal government and the state government,
(09:47):
it is permissible. It is totally permissible under that doctrine.
And he definitely well, look, the allegations are he crossed
state lines multiple times in the planning of the murder
and the evasion from arrest, so he defeds clearly of
jurisdiction of this matter. He also violated federal gun laws
(10:08):
by by creating his own ghost gun, you know, through
three D printer, which is highly illegal.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
So, Ken, he will have the two trials then and
either both convicted, both not convicted, or split either way.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
You know, I don't see it getting tossed. I think
they're both going to go forward.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I agree with you. I agree one hundred percent. Ken
Bell can always great catching up with you. Thank you, brother,
Thank you JT.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
You have a good morning.
Our buddy, Ken Balcom joins us now attorney from New
(00:02):
York City, on a couple of different stories, well actually
three different stories. We'll do a little lightning round on
this one. Can't hunting your thoughts on this and what's
going on. Welcome in, buddy, Glad to have you back.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
JT. Thanks for having me. Good morning everyone.
Speaker 1 (00:16):
All right, listen here, man, I'll tell you a Top
Gun what a great movie series. Certainly Tom Cruise, you know,
making gobs of money the franchise. Anything he touches really
turns to gold. And I can't wait for the new
Mission Impossible to come out. They're going to be doing
all kinds of fun things with that movie. But Paramount
Now apparently has been sued by the cousin of a
writer for Top Gun, Maverick, who alleges he co wrote
(00:37):
the screenplay. Maverick. Who the heck is Maverick?
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Well, look, the bottom line is there's an old saying
success has a thousand fathers and failure is an orphan.
And the reality is you've got one of the most
successful franchises probably in the history of cinema. Dare I
say it? You know it was my childhood. I grew
up on top gun and then I got to you know,
share that experience with my kids, which is kind of wonderful.
(01:03):
But this guy, he says that he wrote some of
the scenes and that he was never compensated for it,
so he's entitled to his day in court. This is
not something that's you know, uncommon in Hollywood. Anytime there's
a successful movie, there's usually some people who come out
of the woodwork saying, hey, we contributed in some way
and we want to be compensated for our portion of
(01:25):
the copyrights to this movie. And you know, I'm not
even saying if the case has married or not, but
it is a reality that this is kind of a
common thing.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
Well, no doubt. People come after big money, big time.
And we see recently now that Smokey Robinson is being
now sued for fifty million dollars for sexual you know,
allegations eighteen years ago. Sometimes these cases are just big
money grabs, aren't they. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Absolutely, And there are attorneys who push the limits on
what is ethical. You see, we all saw what happened
with Michael Avenatti, you know, going to jail, taking money
that wasn't his, not disclosing settlement, offers that were very
high to his clients. So there is a lot of
unethical behavior, and there are litigants that one hundred percent
you know, are con artists, are scammers. You know. It's
(02:12):
up to an attorney to be ethical in choosing what
case that they take on, and not all of them are.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Yeah, all right, You and I have had this discussion
numerous times about what's going on with college campuses, and
we were recently talking about this with a Dave Portinoy
incident that took place in one of his facilities, his
bar restaurant, where a couple of employees you know, came
back to a table and right there to Jewish people
that had ordered something, you know, sciences at f the Jews.
(02:41):
And now we've got this whole situation now with this
protesting and going on into these campuses, where the judges
are now jumping into this situation and more so kind
of siding with the protesters and people that are anti
jew than they should be. And now there's been a
ruling from this judge that released a Palestinian student at
(03:01):
Columbia University who led all these protests against Israel's Warren
Gaza and now been arrested by immigration officials during an
interview about finalizing his US citizenship. Here. So this this
is all about Mosin Mahdawi, who they say is a
legal permanent resident for ten years arrested by ICE. Your
thoughts on what's happening with the whole situation in general
(03:24):
and these judges sticking their nose into what the President's
trying to do and clean up this country and specifically
this case right here with MADOWI, Well.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
Look, we do have checks and balances, and that is
a good thing. That being said, the president has the
absolute right to remove people from the country who are
not citizens that are supporting terrorism. And you know, I
say this as someone who is Jewish, who you know,
has Jewish kids living in New York City. It's amazing
(03:52):
to me because you know, you are seeing a spike
in anti Semitism. I mean right outside my apartment literally
you could see it from my uningram table. For weeks
there was just anti Semitic graffiti, you know, strewn about
on our corner in a very busy section of Brooklyn,
and it is cut on the rise and it is
coming from the left, which you know, when I was young,
(04:13):
we were taught it's going to come from the right,
you should be so scared of the right, But really
it's coming from the left. And a lot of these
campus protests, there is evidence that has been shown to
judges to suggest that some of them are organized from
external actors to the United States terrorist organizations, and these
protests are arguably being done in support of terrorist organizations.
(04:37):
If you are supporting a terrorist organization and you are
not a citizen of the United States, you do not
have an unqualified right to be here. You can be
removed by the president.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah. I would also think that even if you are
a US citizen and you support terrorism to a point
of you know, you're involved in it, you could also
you know, face some serious legal issues and be arrested
for that as well. So, you know, how do you
respond to the fact that Jewish people, for the most
part in our country vote Democrat, but yet the left
is bringing all the anti semitism, or at least supporting it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Well, look, you've got one Jewish person who turned the
corner a few years ago right here. And the reality is,
I think more and more they're going to wake up
to this fact. It's going to be undeniable at a
certain point. You know, you just hope that people are
more ahead of the curve than behind the curve. You know,
it's troubling, and the reality is, with respect to these judges,
(05:32):
what is the point in having a president if he
cannot act to remove non citizens who are supporting terrorism?
And let's be clear, these people who are supporting terrorism,
they're also supporting the overthrow of the United States government.
That is a fact. Their ideology is totally incompatible with
the United States form of government, and some of them
(05:52):
openly espouse.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
It absolutely well, you know, the Democrats and everybody that's
all about, you know, not deporting these people because they're supposedly,
you know, gang members are supposedly criminals in this country.
And the word due process keeps coming up here. So
your thoughts on that, I can't imagine that Tom Holm
and Christy Noom, you know, are Attorney General, Pam Bondi
(06:15):
and the President aren't you know, going in there with
some sort of track record on these people and having
real reasons, legal reasons to remove these people and get
them out of here and deport them. They're just not
willy nilly and going after people that might have the name,
you know, you know Hispanic back Rago Garcia.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
Right, yeah, I mean, look, let's talk about what due
process is someone that has illegally entered the country, committed
crimes in some cases, been removed and snuck back in
multiple times. What more due process are they entitled? Are
they expected to get a twelve person jury trial? I mean,
we let in about fourteen million people in the past year.
(06:55):
If even ten percent of that results in a jury trial,
you're gonna have a court system that can't function. And
the reality is there are laws on the books, the
Alien Enemies Act, that permit the president to do this.
And we have seen presidents go to war with the courts.
Before FDR went to war with the courts. You know,
(07:17):
Trump obviously has gone to war with the courts. Andrew
Jackson famously went to war with the Supreme Court in
a very you know, he was not on the right
side of history. He was trying to remove Native Americans
and the Supreme Court ordered him not to and he said, well,
they've made their order, let's see them enforce it. And
the reality is, sometimes a president has to go to
(07:38):
war with the courts, and what is the point of
having a president if he's going to be tied down
like Gulliver.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
Yeah, good point, very good point there. So yeah, I'm
with the president on this. You got bad people in
this country, illegally in this country committing crimes and gang
members can see you later, bye bye.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
And look, let's be clear, that's not to say like
some of the crazier things you hear bandied about, like
maybe we could send some US citizens Cell Salvao jails.
That's not going to happen. That's clearly not going to happen.
There's no basis in law for the president to be
able to do that, but there is a basis in
law for the actions that the president is now taking.
Speaker 1 (08:13):
All right, quick update for us here. I know we
got up against the clock here, but Luigi, yeah, yeah, no, No,
I love I love the conversation, Ken, absolutely, but I
wanted to get your thoughts on what's going on with
Luigi Mangioni. Now, this guy that killed the CEO of
the United Healthcare his lawyer is now urging this judge
to throw out his state murder charges in the killing
of this man. Brian Thompson arguing that double jeopardy could
(08:35):
be a situation here, because you know, it's a federal
thing that's going on as well in their states. And
you know, is that double jeopardy? I doesn't see it. Kat.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
What I really want to know is do you not
support the free Luigi movement? Are you not going to
the Luigi Mangoni musical production? You're not getting tickets to this?
I mean, we have to support this guy, right. He
murdered a father of two on the streets of my
city in the early morning hours in a very calculated
(09:06):
and premeditated way. And look, I'm a defense attorney. If
I had a client like this, I would prepare him
for the death penalty quite frankly. But with respect to
his double jeopardy claim, his attorneys, and they are very
good attorneys. He had some of the finest attorneys in
New York City. He truly does. His family spared no expense.
They are terrific and if anyone could get him an acquittal,
(09:27):
they could. But that being said, it's a very strong case,
and you do have a constitutional right. You are not
allowed to be tried twice for the same crime. We
call it double jeopardy. It's in the Fifth Amendment. But
there is an exception to that if the trial involves
two sovereigns, meaning the federal government and the state government,
(09:47):
it is permissible. It is totally permissible under that doctrine.
And he definitely well, look, the allegations are he crossed
state lines multiple times in the planning of the murder
and the evasion from arrest, so he defeds clearly of
jurisdiction of this matter. He also violated federal gun laws
(10:08):
by by creating his own ghost gun, you know, through
three D printer, which is highly illegal.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
So, Ken, he will have the two trials then and
either both convicted, both not convicted, or split either way.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
You know, I don't see it getting tossed. I think
they're both going to go forward.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
I agree with you. I agree one hundred percent. Ken
Bell can always great catching up with you. Thank you, brother,
Thank you JT.
Speaker 2 (10:36):
You have a good morning.
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