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James Catledge

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
624 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

My clients were paid the returns they were promised, all by paperwork by lawyers. I will never admit to something I did not do under any circumstance. Well, seven years into the tenderization of the United States government, the process, Uh, my attorney convinces me that the crime that they will likely convict me of is worth 28 years in a federal prison. Yikes.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

My clients were paid the returns they were promised, all by paperwork by lawyers. I will never admit to something I did not do under any circumstance. Well, seven years into the tenderization of the United States government, the process, Uh, my attorney convinces me that the crime that they will likely convict me of is worth 28 years in a federal prison. Yikes.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

So you can either find a way to find something you did wrong. that is a crime so that we can plead guilty to it. Or we go in and hope we don't gamble on 28, 28 years. And, and I said, I did nothing wrong. There's no evidence. I know, I know what went down. There's plenty of, I own this stuff. I own this. I have contracts where I put my money in this stuff. My mother's in this stuff.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

So you can either find a way to find something you did wrong. that is a crime so that we can plead guilty to it. Or we go in and hope we don't gamble on 28, 28 years. And, and I said, I did nothing wrong. There's no evidence. I know, I know what went down. There's plenty of, I own this stuff. I own this. I have contracts where I put my money in this stuff. My mother's in this stuff.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

So you can either find a way to find something you did wrong. that is a crime so that we can plead guilty to it. Or we go in and hope we don't gamble on 28, 28 years. And, and I said, I did nothing wrong. There's no evidence. I know, I know what went down. There's plenty of, I own this stuff. I own this. I have contracts where I put my money in this stuff. My mother's in this stuff.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

There's, if this is about facts, if this is about truth, there's no case. If it's about anything else, They could probably win. If it's about a narrative, if it's about rich guy versus poor guy, I'm going to lose on the rich guy gamble. He said, well, let's face it, James, you got all your money. You're paid 36 million directly 36. These folks may live in a cardboard box.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

There's, if this is about facts, if this is about truth, there's no case. If it's about anything else, They could probably win. If it's about a narrative, if it's about rich guy versus poor guy, I'm going to lose on the rich guy gamble. He said, well, let's face it, James, you got all your money. You're paid 36 million directly 36. These folks may live in a cardboard box.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

There's, if this is about facts, if this is about truth, there's no case. If it's about anything else, They could probably win. If it's about a narrative, if it's about rich guy versus poor guy, I'm going to lose on the rich guy gamble. He said, well, let's face it, James, you got all your money. You're paid 36 million directly 36. These folks may live in a cardboard box.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Now you're going to put 13 of them up on the stand with Kleenexes.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Now you're going to put 13 of them up on the stand with Kleenexes.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Now you're going to put 13 of them up on the stand with Kleenexes.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

You got an airplane with pilots. Your handicap's five. You've played Augusta National. You've been all over the world. So it's going to be hard for a jury to believe you didn't know something that you didn't know. Even if you were willfully blind, that's a crime. So we get into all that. And in the end, two weeks before trial, my attorney says, let me go negotiate a deal for you.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

You got an airplane with pilots. Your handicap's five. You've played Augusta National. You've been all over the world. So it's going to be hard for a jury to believe you didn't know something that you didn't know. Even if you were willfully blind, that's a crime. So we get into all that. And in the end, two weeks before trial, my attorney says, let me go negotiate a deal for you.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

You got an airplane with pilots. Your handicap's five. You've played Augusta National. You've been all over the world. So it's going to be hard for a jury to believe you didn't know something that you didn't know. Even if you were willfully blind, that's a crime. So we get into all that. And in the end, two weeks before trial, my attorney says, let me go negotiate a deal for you.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

You must let, don't be delusional here. Don't be arrogant. Don't be delusional. And I'm telling your audience, I'm telling you right now, I don't care how smart you are, how sharp you are, how clear you are. I want you to understand you can be convicted of a crime tomorrow afternoon if it's the government's wish to do so. So don't be arrogant.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

You must let, don't be delusional here. Don't be arrogant. Don't be delusional. And I'm telling your audience, I'm telling you right now, I don't care how smart you are, how sharp you are, how clear you are. I want you to understand you can be convicted of a crime tomorrow afternoon if it's the government's wish to do so. So don't be arrogant.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

You must let, don't be delusional here. Don't be arrogant. Don't be delusional. And I'm telling your audience, I'm telling you right now, I don't care how smart you are, how sharp you are, how clear you are. I want you to understand you can be convicted of a crime tomorrow afternoon if it's the government's wish to do so. So don't be arrogant.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Don't be thinking you shouldn't have gotten in, shouldn't have got yourself into something. There's nothing to get into here except real business, okay? And everybody that's in real business could be taken down tomorrow afternoon if they're arrogant enough to be so.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Don't be thinking you shouldn't have gotten in, shouldn't have got yourself into something. There's nothing to get into here except real business, okay? And everybody that's in real business could be taken down tomorrow afternoon if they're arrogant enough to be so.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
The Unseen Strength in Setbacks with James Catledge

Don't be thinking you shouldn't have gotten in, shouldn't have got yourself into something. There's nothing to get into here except real business, okay? And everybody that's in real business could be taken down tomorrow afternoon if they're arrogant enough to be so.