SourcesFilm 16
The Window
On YouTube as “So Trump Lost. The Next 58 Days Matter More Than the Next 2 Years”
Corrections and updates
- In What’s Behind the Door the film says Obama made six trades in eight years. We could not find a source for that figure. AP reports he “was in broadly diversified mutual funds” (20 May 2026): adn.com
Cold open
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“Democrats secured a 54-44 majority, gaining seven seats” in the Senate, with two races uncalled
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Donald Trump’s post of a red cap reading VETO, no caption (3 Nov 2026, 11:40 pm EST)
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Congress assembles “at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day” (ratified 1933)
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“Aides are reportedly buying legal insurance, while some are looking at pre-emptive pardons”
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“some officials have hired their own attorneys or considered purchasing legal insurance”
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“Joe Biden made a total of 13 stock trades during his entire tenure as president.”
January 3rd
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Conviction in an impeachment trial takes two-thirds of senators present
“assuming 100 Senators present, the support of 67” (updated 15 Feb 2024)
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Seven Republicans voted to convict Trump at his second impeachment trial, 57-43
What’s Behind the Door
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Trump “is an estimated $2.7 billion richer than when he won the 2024 election”
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“approximately 50 trades every day markets were open during the first quarter of 2026”
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“On January 6, 2026, you bought stock in two AI chip design companies
Up to $100,000 in AMD stock and up to $1 million in NVIDIA, which occurred one week before the administration loosened export controls on certain chips sold to China.”
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The Axon trade came “two weeks before ICE published plans to procure up to $220 million in Tasers”
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“They invest my money, and I don’t talk to them”; Eric Trump: “fully discretionary accounts managed by independent third-party financial institutions”
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The firm “quickly raised $2 billion from the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF)”
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Sheikh Tahnoon met Trump at the White House on 18 March 2025
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On the federal conflict-of-interest law, 18 U.S.C. 208
“Congress later amended it to exclude those officials by definition”, meaning the President and Vice President
Somebody Else’s War
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“There is one contingency in which I won’t reintroduce the articles of impeachment: Hegseth resigns”; “Multiple GOP sources told CNN they expect the impeachment vote to pass.”
A Crisis for Day One
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The 2025 shutdown lasted 43 days, passing the previous record of 35 days
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Michael Cohen testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on 27 Feb 2019
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Biden had 213 Article III judges confirmed through 1 November 2024
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President Biden Secures 235th Judicial Confirmation”; 235 less 213 is the twenty-two confirmed after the election
The Pardon in Advance
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Charges must be brought “within five years next after such offense” (accessed 6 Nov 2026)
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“MGX will use WLFI’s newly announced USD1 stablecoin to settle its $2 billion investment in Binance”
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USD1’s reserves sit in short-term Treasuries and money-market instruments
“Reserve interest accrues to World Liberty Financial”
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“Pardons, Inc.: How Trump and His Clemency-for-Cash Racket Let White-Collar Criminals ... Walk Free”
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The pardons were announced on Biden’s last day, 20 January, minutes before the inauguration
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“VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT”, “because of the fact that they were done by Autopen”
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“repeated statements suggesting that a pardon was a possibility for Manafort”
The Door That Closes Itself
The Door He Can’t Lock
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“at a minimum, $7.8 million in foreign payments from at least 20 countries”
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“no citizen, not even the President, is categorically above the common duty” to produce evidence for a state grand jury
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The Supreme Court cleared the Manhattan district attorney to obtain Trump’s tax records from Mazars
One Final Question
Interviews and clips quoted
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Robert Garcia, incoming chair of the House Oversight Committee
“We’re going to take on the Trump crime family. The amount of grift and corruption is unprecedented in American politics”
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Donald Trump at the White House, on JD Vance’s post
“I think it’s largely true because it drove the gasoline up a little bit short term”; “if I had it to do again I’d have to do it again because long term it’s the only answer”
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Donald Trump, asked “Are you considering replacing Secretary Hegseth?”
“No, I think he’s doing a very good job.”
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Donald Trump on Biden’s pardons, and on doing the same for everyone who worked for him
“He gave everybody a pardon”; “I would if I needed to, sure”; “I did it for J6”