Ari is cornering the Slobfather's lawyer

[malaise]

Damn he looks like a mobsters and sounds worse.
Ari played the tape with Slobby lying and the lying lawyer says a lie isn’t a lie and defends the lie. Yep

[hlthe2b]

1. Yes.. He looks like a "spruced up, yet highly 'greasy'" mob lawyer & acts like one too

I can only hope he comes across similarly in court to the judge and jury.

[malaise]

4. The word is

Greasy -Yes right.
This case is weaponizing the justice department and will catapult Slobby into the White House says greasy

[PatSeg]

33. He also looked coked up

It was really hard to understand him a lot of the time.

The was bizarre.

[dem4decades]

2. Quite the slippery slime ball, a lie isn't a lie because he had entered a non-disclosure

Agreement. So instead of saying , "no comment ", he can lie?

Ari is doing a good job, if like to hear Neal or Joyce questioning him.

[jcgoldie]

3. Ari best not cut to commercial

That dude will break his kneecaps.

[malaise]

6. You win the thread

[The Blue Flower]

5. He sounds as crazy as his client

Slimy, overexcited, reacting like Ari's hitting where it hurst.

[malaise]

11. That he is on this program means Slobby

is really worried - Joe Tacopina
Joe believes in the Slobfather. Good questions Ari.

[madamesilverspurs]

7. Guy looks and sounds

like he was hired from central casting. He's a veritable stereotype in action.


.

[malaise]

13. Unfreaking believable

for the defense of the Mobfather Slobby

[spooky3]

15. Hey, when you stiff lawyers, you can't be choosy. Nt

[SouthernDem4ever]

40. Did he make sure to get paid in advance?

If not he may never get paid at all.

[asiliveandbreathe]

8. Hey slobs mob lawyer..see ya ' in court.....

..Ari..seriously...the slob must be unhinged to need to send his Capos out ..again, cupcake, see ya' in court....

[malaise]

14. Yes

Sending him means panic time

[tishaLA]

9. He's basically a parody of a mob lawyer

This whole thing would make Tony Soprano embarrassed.

[Justice]

52. He has defended mobsters from 4 mob families

[Liberal In Texas]

10. Expensive Suit.

In more ways than one.

Slick SOB isn't he?

[PatSeg]

37. Yes, very slick. I found this on Wikipedia

GQ Magazine described him as “the best-dressed, smoothest-talking, hardest-working criminal defense attorney going.”

But this is really strange:

In 2018, Rev. Al Sharpton's civil rights organization, National Action Network, named Tacopina their humanitarian of the year.

And this:

He was also named on Billboard's most influential people in hip hop list.That same year Tacopina was named man of the year by New York state's Commission for Social Justice.

In 2020, he was honored by New York's 13th congressional district as "one of the most decorated, effective, well-respected criminal defense lawyers in the United States today."

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So now he's representing Donald Trump? He's gone from "Social Justice" to believing in Donald Trump. Sounds really fishy, though Trump probably paid him very well. This guy seems smart enough to get the money upfront.

[Liberal In Texas]

51. Yes, interesting.

Defense lawyers usually don't have a pot to piss in. Their clients don't usually have jack to pay them.

Maybe the guy just likes defending bad guys. But how he affords the custom tailored suits is puzzling. (Although, on further looking at his wiki page, he has had a lot of well-heeled clients.)

[PatSeg]

54. Yes and I'm assuming

that is where the money and custom tailored suits come from - his celebrity clients.

[C_U_L8R]

12. Cocaine is a helluva drug.

[spooky3]

16. Can imagine SNL doing a conversation between this guy and Don Jr. Nt

[malaise]

19. I'd watch that with tears of laughter

Rolling down my face 😀😀😀😀

[PatSeg]

38. That would be brilliant

Junior popped in my head while watching this guy.

[DET]

17. Is That The Best He Can Do?

This guy is straight out of the Sopranos. “This case will catapult Trump into the White House.” I’m almost embarrassed for Trump.

[maxsolomon]

18. Nathan Thurm?

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Here's the video(s) for those who missed the interview:

Last edited Tue Mar 14, 2023, 09:18 PM - Edit history (1)

Trump lawyer responds to 'likely' charges on MSNBC - The Beat - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017812552

Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat” as criminal charges against Trump are “likely” according to The New York Times. Tacopina addresses the case and is pressed on the evidence of a payment to Stormy Daniels. - Aired on 03/14/2023.


Lies! See Trump lawyer lunge for receipts on live TV - The Beat - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017812586

Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat” as criminal charges against Trump are “likely” according to The New York Times. Tacopina addresses the case and is pressed on the evidence of a payment to Stormy Daniels, specifically when confronted with evidence Trump lied about the Stormy Daniels hush money payment. - Aired on 03/14/2023.

[malaise]

21. You're something else

[Rhiannon12866]

22. I was watching, too!

And this is obviously an important interview if they managed to upload it so fast!

Not to mention, I'm not going anywhere - we're in the middle of a record snowstorm here in New York - everything is closed, even my doctor's offices, they announced that last night!

[malaise]

24. Stay safe

One of my sisters is also not going anywhere with that storm

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Thank you, my friend.

My region is supposedly in the "moderate" sector, so I can't imagine what it's like in the "extreme" areas to the south and west! I made it home last night while it was raining, but now that it's turned to snow, it's gone on since late last night. We'll see what tomorrow brings, but I'm not going out until I can be sure of the roads... Hoping that your sister stays safe, too!

[ShazzieB]

46. Thanks for this!

It's really hard to follow a discussion like this without being able to see for yourself the thing that's Bing talked about.

Now that I have, jeez, that guy was aggressive! Kudos for Ari for not allowing that big ape to intimidate him. (Trying to pull that sheet of paper out of Ari's hand, sheesh.)

[Rhiannon12866]

49. Ari often has right-wingers on his show, though why they agree is totally beyond me!

They invariably make fools of themselves. And Ari Melber was asked to testify against Peter Navarro after he'd appeared n his show numerous times, admitting his entire plan for overturning the election!

And there's a second part of that MSNBC interview which just became available - I don't know why they didn't make the entire thing available at the same time:

Lies! See Trump lawyer lunge for receipts on live TV - The Beat - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017812586

Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat” as criminal charges against Trump are “likely” according to The New York Times. Tacopina addresses the case and is pressed on the evidence of a payment to Stormy Daniels, specifically when confronted with evidence Trump lied about the Stormy Daniels hush money payment. - Aired on 03/14/2023.

[ShazzieB]

50. Ooh, I can't watch that right now, but I'll back to watch later,

That guy was scary, imo. He gave me the heebie-jeebies.

[Katinfl]

23. What a greasy, sleazy, mob lawyer.

Couldn’t wait to see the reactions here to validate my first impression. Glad we all think alike. Straight out of central casting.

[malaise]

25. and then some

[3catwoman3]

27. Oleaginous - a great word that you don't get...

…a chance to use very often.

[malaise]

43. Thought I was good but

I had to look that up😀😀😀


rich in, covered with, or producing oil; oily.
"fabrics would quickly become filthy in this oleaginous kingdom"

[3catwoman3]

45. I love big words.

One of my favorites, that I have never been able to use in every day conversation, is sesquipedalian - “given to using long words.”

It sounds like it should be a centipede of some sort.

[malaise]

47. Love it

[Buns_of_Fire]

28. Haven't read the thread yet, but let me guess: "Joe Tacos"?

Which I think -- as a mob name -- is more suited to a capo than a consigliere. But hey, I'm not the one not paying him...

ETA: Okay, just read the thread. "Joe Tacos" it is. Still sounds like someone who would send a wrapped-up fish to Sonny Corleone.

[malaise]

29. Watch #20

and you're right Joe Tacopina -

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. Uncanny. I look forward to the scene with the horse's ass in the bed.

[Bev54]

31. I have seen this slimeball before but cannot remember what the circumstances were.

Still not sure but in my investigating articles about him, I came across a few about Kerik's involvement with him and how Kerik thinks he set him up for prison. (I think at one time they were friends). What is interesting is the same names keep coming up over and over, they are all slimeball mobsters and friends of Trump. I wonder how Kerik feels about Trump hiring him, will he go for a little retribution himself and spill some dish on Trump?

This is just a few articles found and I apologize for the NY Post but it was one of the articles.

https://www.amny.com/opinion/bernard-kerik-vs-joe-tacopina-round-1-len-levitt-1-7415802/

https://nypost.com/2014/06/04/kerik-accuses-ex-lawyer-of-affairs-drug-abuse-and-racketeering/

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i-team/kerik-throws-a-rod-lawyer-chin-music-hammers-tacopina-malpractice-suit-article-1.1589908

[malaise]

36. Great links

Thanks - love this

The city’s disgraced former police commissioner is suing the celebrity criminal lawyer — whose clients include Victoria Gotti and Alex Rodriguez — for negligence and malpractice. Kerik blames Tacopina — once his business partner — for his 2009 conviction on eight federal felony counts, including filing false income tax returns, lying about his apartment renovations and misleading the White House during his 2005 Homeland Security nomination.

Between 2009 and 2013, Kerik sat in the Cumberland, Md., federal prison, convinced that Tacopina had sold him down the river.

[spanone]

32. His sleeze factor is high

[malaise]

44. Getting coverage on Chris Hayes as well

[H2O Man]

35. Recommended.

I'll watch it soon.

[malaise]

39. I had no idea that this lawyer was Bernie Kerik's business partner

Damn

[H2O Man]

41. Yes.

When people say "mob lawyer," they are correct. And he is worse than most here can imagine.

[malaise]

42. And I know you know

😀

[Arazi]

48. This isn't a bad defense for #Traitor

He’s hiding #Traitor’s lies behind “Cohen, his attorney, told him to do it”.

It’s going to be a case of “he said, he said” since these guys never wrote anything down.

I hate that this smarmy fuck has found a reasonable defense. We’ll see what the judge thinks of it

[Rhiannon12866]

53. Here are the videos for those who missed the interview:

Trump lawyer responds to 'likely' charges on MSNBC - The Beat - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017812552

Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat” as criminal charges against Trump are “likely” according to The New York Times. Tacopina addresses the case and is pressed on the evidence of a payment to Stormy Daniels. - Aired on 03/14/2023.


Lies! See Trump lawyer lunge for receipts on live TV - The Beat - MSNBC
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017812586

Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on “The Beat” as criminal charges against Trump are “likely” according to The New York Times. Tacopina addresses the case and is pressed on the evidence of a payment to Stormy Daniels, specifically when confronted with evidence Trump lied about the Stormy Daniels hush money payment. - Aired on 03/14/2023.

[Emile]

55. According to Trump's lawyer, Trump had to lie or he would be in breach of contract with Stormy.

LoL, what a load of shit!

[malaise]

56. All that was needed was no comment

Remember the mob lawyer started out by saying it was not a lie and then defined a lie as perjury.

[Emile]

57. Exactly 👍

[Faux pas]

58. ...

Saw it, loved it! Had a big problem with him trying to snatch that piece of paper out of Ari's hand. Lol like all the lies would disappear if he had that paper. I was half waiting for the show's security the snatch the asshole off the set.

[malaise]

59. Wasn't that some lowlife behavior?

I mean damn!

[mercuryblues]

60. Is it wrong of me to keep reading his last name as...tapioca?

[malaise]

61. That's enjoyed by way more people

although I am not among them