This clip is a perfect example as to why many refer to Levin as the Great One. The comparison he does between TV pitchman now federal inmate Kevin Trudeau and obama is pure genius. Both have lied bilking millions even trillions out of Americans yet one get’s 10 years in federal prison while the other lives an extravagant lifestyle treated like a king! WHY?
Why is Kevin Trudeau going to prison for 10 years for committing fraud in a book against 800-900K people ripping them off for $37million when we have obama who knowingly lied, committing fraud, repeatedly…
…to the American people about obamacare to get re-elected? Our healthcare system has been wrecked the economy is on life support because of the damage obama is doing. Why has no one stepped forward and filed charges against obama and Congress for fraud? People have sued the government in the past why not now? Why are our so-called defenders of the Constitution completely silent doing nothing to stop obama and this destructive law?
Mark Levin is right there is something terribly wrong with this country when the president can lie to 310 million people costing them trillions but if a citizen lies to less than a million people costing them $37mil they go to jail for 10 years! There is no equal justice under the law. If you are an elitist, politician, high-profile celebrity you can do whatever you want the laws do not apply. If we the commoners, royal subjects… slaves do what elitists do we will feel the full force and might of the law with no mercy!
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TV Pitchman Kevin Trudeau Gets 10-Year Sentence
by Michael Tarm | ABC/Associated Press
Best-selling author Kevin Trudeau, whose name became synonymous with late-night TV pitches, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for bilking consumers through ubiquitous infomercials for his book, “The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About.”
As he imposed the sentence prosecutors had requested, U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman portrayed the 50-year-old Trudeau as a habitual fraudster going back to his early adulthood. So brazen was Trudeau, the judge said, he once even used his own mother’s Social Security number in a scheme.
“Since his 20s, he has steadfastly attempted to cheat others for his own gain,” Guzman said, adding that Trudeau is “deceitful to the very core.”
Trudeau, whose trademark dyed black hair turned partially gray as he awaited sentencing in jail, showed little emotion as the stiff sentence was handed down at the hearing in Chicago.
Addressing the judge earlier in a 10-minute statement, Trudeau apologized and said he’s become a changed man. He said he’s meditated, prayed and read self-help books while locked up at Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center.
“I have truly had a significant reawakening,” said Trudeau, who was dressed in orange jail clothes. “If I ever do an infomercial again … I promise: No embellishments, no puffery, no lies.”
While Trudeau appeared calm throughout the hearing, one of his supporters interrupted the judge at one point and began to speak. After cutting the judge short a second time, the man dropped to the floor and refused to leave. U.S. marshals carried him out of the courtroom.
Jurors convicted Trudeau of criminal contempt in November for defying a 2004 court order barring him from running false ads about the weight-loss book. Despite the order, he aired the infomercials at least 32,000 times, according to prosecutors.
He sold more than 850,000 copies of the weight-loss book, generating $39 million in revenue, prosecutors say. And the judge agreed with prosecutors that the amount of loss stemming from Trudeau’s deception was more than $37 million — nearly the amount in revenue…more