The Megyn Kelly Show - Fed Official Sues Over Firing, New Details on Bolton Probe, Newsom's Bizarre Rant： AM Update 8⧸29

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00:00:30.000 Good morning, everyone. I'm Megan Kelly.

00:00:35.620 It's Friday, August 29th, 2025, and this is your AM Update.

00:00:40.520 To sabotage and undermine the president, that should be enough cause to justify their lawful removal.

00:00:48.520 The Trump administration facing some high-profile employment challenges this week

00:00:52.720 as two top officials get fired only to then refuse to leave.

00:00:57.420 New reporting exposes the basis of the investigation into John Bolton,

00:01:02.640 undermining accusations that President Trump is weaponizing law enforcement against him.

00:01:08.100 I don't think Donald Trump wants another election.

00:01:10.680 And Gavin Newsom makes a bizarre prediction about President Trump's intentions with the National Guard.

00:01:16.340 All that and more coming up in just a moment on your AM Update.

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00:02:35.340 Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook on Thursday officially suing the Trump administration over her firing,

00:02:43.400 hiring attorney Abby Lowell, known for his representation of, among others, Hunter Biden, to represent her.

00:02:50.400 Cook is battling to retain her 14-year appointment at the Federal Reserve, set to expire in 2038.

00:02:56.600 The president on Monday moving to fire Cook over a criminal referral made earlier this month

00:03:02.220 by the nation's top housing finance regulator, Bill Pulte, alleging she committed mortgage fraud,

00:03:08.880 claiming she listed two separate homes as her primary residence, fraudulently securing more favorable loan rates.

00:03:17.080 Cook firing back with a lawsuit against the administration,

00:03:19.740 calling her ouster, quote,

00:03:21.520 unprecedented and illegal,

00:03:23.840 arguing, quote,

00:03:24.520 an unsubstantiated allegation about private mortgage applications submitted by Governor Cook

00:03:29.920 prior to her Senate confirmation does not constitute cause for termination.

00:03:35.240 Notably, she uses that term unsubstantiated,

00:03:38.420 but she does not, in her lawsuit,

00:03:40.500 nor anywhere publicly since the allegation broke,

00:03:43.640 actually deny it.

00:03:45.060 Her lawyer is now asking for a D.C. federal judge to declare her firing was unlawful

00:03:50.840 and that she can remain an active member of the Board of Governors.

00:03:55.160 The first hearing set for 10 a.m. today before a Biden-appointed judge.

00:04:00.020 We spoke with Julie Kelly, reporter for Declassified on Substack, about this case.

00:04:04.840 She says it is the latest example of D.C. courts bending over backwards

00:04:08.900 to rush anti-Trump lawsuits to the front of the line.

00:04:12.220 It's pretty amazing to watch how quickly these judges,

00:04:16.540 especially in Washington, D.C., are taking up these lawsuits

00:04:20.400 and in many cases immediately entering temporary restraining orders

00:04:25.240 on behalf of whoever the plaintiff is seeking to be reinstated

00:04:29.840 or not fired or not dismissed.

00:04:31.960 I mean, they are moving with great speed,

00:04:35.800 in fact, so much so that an appellate court judge

00:04:38.580 mocked even the Supreme Court and his other colleagues

00:04:42.660 as this sort of Denny's restaurant atmosphere,

00:04:45.760 that whatever these plaintiffs are looking for,

00:04:49.380 immediately seeking relief from whatever the president

00:04:53.360 and his administration are trying to do,

00:04:56.380 immediately setting these hearings.

00:04:59.400 Like, this is some sort of national emergency.

00:05:01.760 You've set aside real legitimate cases, including criminal cases,

00:05:05.780 so you could take up the latest lawsuit against the president.

00:05:09.740 It's pretty remarkable to see.

00:05:12.160 Cook's lawyers now claim the allegations against her

00:05:14.860 were simply a clerical error,

00:05:17.300 that she accidentally mislabeled one of her homes

00:05:21.060 as a primary residence on an application four years ago.

00:05:25.200 Keep in mind, both applications were made within weeks of one another.

00:05:28.880 They argue the real reason for her removal is a policy dispute

00:05:32.900 over the Fed's decision to keep interest rates steady

00:05:35.420 in defiance of President Trump's many public pleas to lower them.

00:05:39.540 As a semi-independent body under the executive branch,

00:05:42.920 the president is not technically allowed to fire employees

00:05:45.960 solely over policy disagreements.

00:05:48.840 A White House spokesperson responding in a statement to the New York Post,

00:05:52.020 quote,

00:05:52.600 the president determined there was cause to remove a governor

00:05:55.220 who was credibly accused of lying in financial documents

00:05:58.360 from a highly sensitive position overseeing financial institutions.

00:06:02.780 The removal of a governor for cause

00:06:04.380 improves the Federal Reserve Board's accountability

00:06:06.840 and credibility for both the markets and American people.

00:06:11.280 Julie Kelly questioning the very logic

00:06:13.200 of these so-called independent bodies.

00:06:15.880 This is the whole, really, point.

00:06:18.080 What is an independent agency?

00:06:20.640 There shouldn't be any.

00:06:22.160 There has to be accountability.

00:06:23.540 If you can appoint members to boards like the Federal Reserve,

00:06:28.660 then logic follows that they are under the purview

00:06:32.300 and oversight of the president.

00:06:34.500 So the idea that you just appoint people

00:06:36.580 and then they go willy-nilly and work on their own

00:06:39.020 and do whatever they want,

00:06:40.600 and in many cases work to sabotage

00:06:43.560 and undermine the president and his administration's agenda,

00:06:47.820 that should be enough cause to justify their lawful removal.

00:06:53.240 Kelly noting recent cases over similar terminations

00:06:56.300 involving independent bodies

00:06:58.180 indicate likely success for the Trump administration.

00:07:01.580 We already have recent examples of the Supreme Court

00:07:04.720 even stepping in and saying

00:07:06.120 the president's dismissal of Hampton Dellinger,

00:07:09.160 who was the Biden-appointed Office of Special Counsel,

00:07:12.720 and he was removed.

00:07:13.780 He was fired by the president and personnel director

00:07:17.580 earlier this year,

00:07:18.580 and he fought that firing under the same basis

00:07:21.680 that he had to have cause,

00:07:23.920 that they had to have a reason why.

00:07:26.400 And basically the higher court,

00:07:27.860 Supreme Court, said,

00:07:28.940 no, no, you don't.

00:07:31.880 This is a position under the direct purview of the president,

00:07:36.700 and so the removal was justified,

00:07:40.380 was lawful,

00:07:40.780 and he finally had to leave that office.

00:07:44.600 So there is some recent case history

00:07:47.900 that will support the president.

00:07:50.320 The Supreme Court also found, however,

00:07:52.700 that the Fed is a uniquely structured quasi-private entity

00:07:56.940 with a distinct historical tradition,

00:07:59.820 which has some doubting that the high court

00:08:01.840 would do anything to undermine the Fed's independence.

00:08:05.100 If the Trump administration is successful in ousting Cook,

00:08:08.380 it could lead to a fundamental realignment

00:08:10.960 of how the executive branch works,

00:08:13.300 says Kelly.

00:08:14.260 And of course, this will apply to a Democratic president.

00:08:17.280 Once, you know, a Democrat is elected again,

00:08:21.060 these terms really should not last longer

00:08:24.660 than, say, two terms of a president.

00:08:27.500 So in this case,

00:08:29.280 a 14-year staggered term

00:08:31.400 for the members of the Federal Reserve Board.

00:08:34.280 There is no such thing as independent.

00:08:37.600 Is this the fourth branch of government then?

00:08:40.300 All of these independent offices and boards?

00:08:42.980 Then we need to address the entire Constitution

00:08:45.900 if that's the case.

00:08:47.080 There is no such thing as independent bodies of government

00:08:51.180 that have very powerful decision-making authority

00:08:55.320 outside of Congress,

00:08:57.000 outside of the president.

00:08:58.920 So, yes, this should be part of a complete overhaul

00:09:03.600 in rethinking the idea

00:09:05.620 that any of these powerful boards and offices,

00:09:09.200 commissions, et cetera,

00:09:10.420 should be independent

00:09:11.700 from presidential authority and oversight.

00:09:14.900 Late last night,

00:09:16.440 Bill Pulte sending a second criminal referral

00:09:19.080 to the DOJ regarding a third Lisa Cook property.

00:09:23.360 Pulte alleging Cook entered into a 15-year mortgage loan

00:09:27.120 on a condo in Cambridge, Massachusetts,

00:09:30.100 representing it as her second home.

00:09:33.020 On later government ethics forms,

00:09:34.980 Cook allegedly represented the property

00:09:36.540 as an investment property,

00:09:38.720 not a second home.

00:09:40.440 There's a difference.

00:09:41.820 Investment properties typically come

00:09:43.500 with higher interest rates than second homes do,

00:09:46.760 as investment homes are considered more risky by lenders.

00:09:51.140 Cook also allegedly represented an Atlanta property

00:09:54.140 as her residence.

00:09:55.420 Despite evidence, it was used as a rental.

00:09:59.100 A residence would typically result

00:10:00.720 in a lower mortgage rate than a rental property would

00:10:04.380 and could lead to a lower down payment requirement too.

00:10:08.520 All of this would potentially be fraud, if true.

00:10:11.620 And finally, Cook allegedly declared this year

00:10:14.000 that her property in Ann Arbor, Michigan

00:10:15.980 was her personal residence,

00:10:18.540 despite information indicating it too

00:10:20.920 is being used as a rental.

00:10:23.040 As of late Thursday,

00:10:25.260 Ms. Cook had not yet responded

00:10:26.600 to the latest allegations.

00:10:29.720 Another employment standoff this week at the CDC.

00:10:33.220 Director Susan Monterey's refusing to step down

00:10:36.420 despite HHS Secretary RFKJ's request earlier this week.

00:10:40.680 The New York Times reporting Secretary Kennedy

00:10:42.600 asking Monterey's to resign

00:10:44.380 over disagreements in vaccine policy.

00:10:47.080 When she refused, HHS announced Monterey's,

00:10:49.800 quote, is no longer director of the CDC.

00:10:53.440 Monterey's attorneys, Mark Zaid and Abby Lowell again,

00:10:57.340 responding in a statement, quote,

00:10:59.260 when CDC Director Susan Monterey refused

00:11:01.580 to rubber stamp unscientific, reckless directives

00:11:04.820 and fire dedicated health experts,

00:11:07.020 she chose protecting the public

00:11:08.980 over serving a political agenda.

00:11:11.540 She will not resign.

00:11:13.180 By Wednesday evening,

00:11:14.160 the White House Personnel Office

00:11:15.520 formally notified Monterey's of her termination.

00:11:18.640 Yes, you are fired.

00:11:21.200 Zaid insisting that too was unlawful.

00:11:24.240 Writing on social media, quote,

00:11:25.600 as a presidential appointee,

00:11:27.560 Senate confirmed officer

00:11:28.700 only the president himself can fire her. 0.98

00:11:31.680 Press Secretary Caroline Levitt on Thursday

00:11:33.660 indicating the White House is committed

00:11:35.740 to firing this woman. 1.00

00:11:37.800 Her lawyer's statement

00:11:39.020 made it abundantly clear themselves

00:11:41.020 that she was not aligned with the president's mission

00:11:43.180 to make America healthy again.

00:11:45.020 And the secretary asked her to resign.

00:11:47.860 She said she would,

00:11:48.840 and then she said she wouldn't,

00:11:49.900 so the president fired her,

00:11:51.020 which he has every right to do.

00:11:52.960 A new replacement will be announced

00:11:54.400 by either the president or the secretary very soon.

00:11:57.240 And the president and Secretary Kennedy

00:11:59.080 are committed to restoring trust

00:12:00.600 and transparency and credibility to the CDC.

00:12:03.760 And last night,

00:12:04.940 the administration announcing

00:12:06.020 a top HHS deputy of RFKJ,

00:12:08.900 Jim O'Neill,

00:12:09.920 has been selected to serve

00:12:11.180 as acting CDC director.

00:12:13.520 Amid the fallout,

00:12:14.380 four top CDC officials resigning,

00:12:17.100 chief medical officer,

00:12:18.160 Dr. Deborah Howery,

00:12:19.760 Dr. Jennifer Layden,

00:12:20.980 who oversaw public health data,

00:12:23.160 Dr. Daniel Jernigan,

00:12:24.700 who oversaw vaccine safety,

00:12:26.700 and Dr. Dimitri Daskalakis,

00:12:29.140 who ran the center overseeing

00:12:30.700 vaccine recommendations.

00:12:32.580 This guy is perhaps the most recognizable

00:12:35.060 of the bunch,

00:12:36.260 rising to national attention

00:12:37.580 under the Biden administration

00:12:38.880 as the deputy coordinator

00:12:40.820 of the White House

00:12:41.600 monkeypox response team

00:12:43.240 and posing on the cover

00:12:44.960 of HIV Plus magazine

00:12:47.260 in an unbuttoned shirt

00:12:49.140 all the way down,

00:12:50.940 revealing a leather pentagram harness.

00:12:54.280 Just another day

00:12:55.160 in the Biden administration.

00:12:57.280 The doctor,

00:12:58.380 posting a lengthy resignation letter on X

00:13:00.880 that repeatedly uses the term

00:13:02.920 pregnant people,

00:13:05.020 touts his LGBTQ credentials

00:13:07.060 and claims,

00:13:08.780 I have never experienced

00:13:10.560 such radical non-transparency,

00:13:13.260 nor have I seen such unskilled

00:13:15.080 manipulation of data

00:13:16.640 to achieve a political end

00:13:18.620 rather than the good

00:13:19.740 of the American people.

00:13:21.460 Okay,

00:13:22.180 he's never experienced

00:13:23.680 such radical non-transparency.

00:13:26.200 He's never seen such unskilled

00:13:28.160 manipulation of data

00:13:30.200 to achieve a political end.

00:13:32.280 That is rich

00:13:33.380 coming from a CDC official

00:13:35.020 in power during the COVID pandemic.

00:13:38.480 This guy signed his letter

00:13:39.800 with his name

00:13:40.840 and his pronouns,

00:13:42.740 he,

00:13:43.160 his,

00:13:43.600 him,

00:13:44.360 which are evident

00:13:45.240 to anyone

00:13:45.980 that has been unfortunate enough

00:13:47.680 to see the aforementioned

00:13:49.160 magazine cover.

00:13:50.600 Bye.

00:13:52.520 Coming up,

00:13:53.540 new reporting

00:13:54.140 on the Bolton investigation

00:13:55.440 undermining claims

00:13:56.780 that Trump is using the FBI

00:13:58.440 as a tool of retribution.

00:14:00.840 And California Governor

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00:14:02.560 cannot make up his mind

00:14:03.840 about California's

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00:15:11.700 New reporting

00:15:12.820 by the New York Times

00:15:13.720 shining light

00:15:14.460 on the investigation

00:15:15.300 into former

00:15:16.260 Trump National Security Advisor

00:15:18.040 and current Trump critic

00:15:19.420 John Bolton

00:15:20.140 who is reportedly

00:15:21.300 in talks to retain,

00:15:22.900 you guessed it,

00:15:23.820 attorney altogether now,

00:15:25.780 Abby Lowell.

00:15:26.420 Perhaps the busiest man

00:15:27.800 in Washington

00:15:28.340 not named Donald Trump

00:15:29.640 or maybe Marco Rubio.

00:15:31.900 Bolton's home and office

00:15:32.880 raided one week ago

00:15:33.920 by the FBI.

00:15:35.000 Many critics quick to say

00:15:36.160 this is the latest example

00:15:37.620 of President Trump

00:15:38.500 weaponizing the DOJ

00:15:39.860 to retaliate

00:15:41.000 against his political enemies.

00:15:42.780 A sampling here

00:15:43.460 from MS Now

00:15:45.000 and CNN.

00:15:46.840 This is chilling.

00:15:47.940 It really is.

00:15:48.980 Clearly this is using

00:15:50.320 the FBI

00:15:51.040 in a way that

00:15:52.280 not only tarnishes

00:15:53.380 the FBI,

00:15:54.760 but it tarnishes

00:15:55.500 our country.

00:15:56.220 It looks like

00:15:56.960 it's just more revenge

00:15:57.940 and more retribution

00:15:59.280 on his political enemies.

00:16:00.740 He said he was going

00:16:01.760 to go after

00:16:02.540 all of these individuals

00:16:04.080 and one by one

00:16:05.260 he's slowly doing that.

00:16:07.280 The New York Times

00:16:07.960 reporting the investigation

00:16:09.040 quote,

00:16:09.520 began to pick up momentum

00:16:10.940 during the Biden administration

00:16:13.060 when U.S. intelligence officials

00:16:15.240 collected information

00:16:16.320 that appeared to show

00:16:17.820 Bolton

00:16:18.420 had mishandled

00:16:19.540 classified information.

00:16:21.020 The U.S.

00:16:21.780 reportedly gathering info

00:16:22.980 from an adversarial

00:16:24.160 foreign spy agency,

00:16:25.860 including emails

00:16:26.660 with sensitive information

00:16:28.020 that quote,

00:16:29.000 Mr. Bolton,

00:16:29.760 while still working

00:16:30.580 in the first Trump administration,

00:16:32.540 appeared to have sent

00:16:33.420 to people close to him

00:16:34.440 on an unclassified system.

00:16:36.900 The Times,

00:16:37.620 forced to admit

00:16:38.280 that while searches

00:16:39.260 on Bolton's property

00:16:40.340 raised questions

00:16:41.060 about retribution,

00:16:42.560 quote,

00:16:42.800 the new details

00:16:43.980 of the case

00:16:44.680 present a

00:16:45.480 more complex

00:16:46.800 chain of events.

00:16:48.900 The quote,

00:16:49.220 long-running investigation

00:16:50.900 into Bolton

00:16:51.860 reportedly involves

00:16:53.200 information

00:16:53.860 appearing to come

00:16:54.660 from classified documents

00:16:55.900 he had seen

00:16:56.820 as National Security Advisor.

00:16:59.080 He allegedly emailed

00:17:00.240 the sensitive information

00:17:01.300 to people close to him

00:17:02.560 as he gathered material

00:17:03.920 for his 2020 memoir,

00:17:05.840 The Room Where It Happened.

00:17:08.020 Bolton,

00:17:08.420 who served under Trump 1.0

00:17:10.000 from April 2018

00:17:11.260 through September 2019,

00:17:13.900 previously denied

00:17:14.820 any wrongdoing

00:17:15.780 in the crafting

00:17:16.400 of his memoir.

00:17:17.720 Mr. Bolton

00:17:18.180 is being investigated

00:17:19.300 under the Espionage Act.

00:17:21.460 No charges

00:17:22.020 have yet been filed.

00:17:25.060 California Governor

00:17:26.060 Gavin Newsom

00:17:26.840 struggling to decide

00:17:27.900 whether crime

00:17:28.900 is a problem

00:17:29.660 in his state or not.

00:17:31.860 The governor

00:17:32.300 and likely 2028

00:17:33.620 Democratic presidential candidate

00:17:35.020 is suing

00:17:36.120 the Trump administration

00:17:37.020 over its federalization

00:17:38.580 of National Guard troops

00:17:39.880 in Los Angeles,

00:17:41.440 arguing the move

00:17:42.140 violates the

00:17:42.980 Posse Comitatus Act,

00:17:44.680 which prohibits

00:17:45.500 the use of the military

00:17:46.720 as domestic law enforcement.

00:17:48.740 The decision

00:17:49.180 on that suit

00:17:49.740 is pending.

00:17:51.200 Governor Newsom

00:17:51.740 is one of the most

00:17:52.360 vocal critics

00:17:53.100 of the Trump administration's

00:17:54.400 use of the National Guard

00:17:55.740 in California

00:17:56.600 and in D.C.

00:17:58.880 Recent reporting

00:17:59.660 indicating the White House

00:18:00.700 is working on plans

00:18:01.800 to potentially broaden

00:18:03.000 the effort

00:18:03.640 across the country,

00:18:05.000 though President Trump

00:18:05.760 says that would be

00:18:06.720 with the cooperation

00:18:07.760 of the respective governors.

00:18:09.920 In a bizarre

00:18:10.560 Politico town hall

00:18:11.740 appearance on Wednesday,

00:18:12.900 Governor Newsom

00:18:13.500 suggesting

00:18:14.040 President Trump's

00:18:15.180 use of the National Guard

00:18:16.320 is far more sinister

00:18:18.160 that it's actually

00:18:19.220 a pretext

00:18:20.160 to somehow shut down

00:18:21.740 or interfere

00:18:22.540 with the next

00:18:23.740 presidential election.

00:18:24.880 He will send

00:18:26.160 the National Guard,

00:18:27.940 he will send them

00:18:28.880 all across this country,

00:18:30.660 and he will do so

00:18:31.820 through Election Day.

00:18:33.100 You have the largest

00:18:34.100 private police force

00:18:35.780 in the world.

00:18:36.880 When they're done

00:18:37.440 with this,

00:18:38.300 all that funding

00:18:39.140 and that big,

00:18:39.680 beautiful betrayal

00:18:40.400 allows more resources

00:18:42.180 for this private police force

00:18:44.700 that increasingly

00:18:46.120 is showing a tendency

00:18:47.820 not to swear an oath

00:18:49.460 to the Constitution,

00:18:50.780 but to the President

00:18:51.560 of the United States.

00:18:53.200 And he'll be sending them

00:18:54.280 to voting booths

00:18:55.040 and polling places

00:18:55.860 all across this country.

00:18:58.020 I don't think Donald Trump

00:18:59.020 wants another election.

00:19:00.300 And you think

00:19:00.820 he's going to run again?

00:19:01.900 Don't give me,

00:19:02.780 you don't,

00:19:03.280 who spends $200 million

00:19:04.440 on a ballroom

00:19:05.720 at their home

00:19:06.240 and then leaves the House?

00:19:08.060 This is serious, guys.

00:19:09.220 This is serious.

00:19:09.920 So, the National Guard

00:19:12.300 is being deployed

00:19:13.340 not to fight crime,

00:19:15.020 but as placeholders

00:19:16.100 to somehow keep Trump

00:19:17.680 in office.

00:19:18.900 Got it.

00:19:19.960 Except,

00:19:20.780 less than 24 hours

00:19:22.380 after that town hall appearance,

00:19:24.960 Governor Newsom

00:19:25.600 announcing plans

00:19:26.540 to expand

00:19:27.520 crime suppression operation

00:19:29.120 in his state,

00:19:30.700 though without requesting

00:19:31.760 help from the feds.

00:19:33.280 One reporter

00:19:33.900 questioning the governor

00:19:35.040 on the apparent

00:19:35.840 disconnect

00:19:36.500 in his positions.

00:19:38.400 Two messages today

00:19:39.380 are kind of contradictory.

00:19:40.740 On the one hand,

00:19:41.340 you're mocking

00:19:41.780 Trump's deployments

00:19:43.040 and, you know,

00:19:43.900 highlighting the crime rates

00:19:45.240 in red states

00:19:46.180 that you say are higher.

00:19:47.060 And at the same time,

00:19:47.940 we're here because

00:19:48.740 you're surging law enforcement

00:19:50.000 across the state.

00:19:51.300 So, do you believe

00:19:52.560 that crime is a problem

00:19:53.540 in California or not?

00:19:54.900 Well, I,

00:19:55.880 sort of a curious question.

00:19:58.660 I made the entire point

00:20:00.300 that crime's an issue

00:20:01.540 and we want to tackle it.

00:20:02.960 And we continued

00:20:03.680 to do more

00:20:04.860 in that space

00:20:05.700 and we announced

00:20:06.400 and highlighted

00:20:07.060 some of the expansion.

00:20:08.560 What is not contradictory,

00:20:10.380 respectfully,

00:20:11.680 is that we're doing it

00:20:12.600 in partnership

00:20:13.080 with our local communities.

00:20:14.940 We did it in partnership

00:20:16.100 with the Biden administration

00:20:17.740 prior.

00:20:18.860 We're not talking

00:20:19.480 about the nationalization,

00:20:20.800 the militarization

00:20:21.640 of the guard

00:20:23.400 and militarizing

00:20:24.660 the United States cities.

00:20:26.040 So,

00:20:26.600 quite the contrary.

00:20:28.140 So,

00:20:28.980 crime is a problem

00:20:29.960 that needs more resources

00:20:31.320 and Trump is providing

00:20:33.220 those resources,

00:20:34.340 but he's not doing it

00:20:35.740 for the right reason.

00:20:37.380 As proven by

00:20:38.540 Gavin Newsom's fever dream?

00:20:41.260 Or is it more likely

00:20:42.140 the governor's been watching

00:20:43.400 Bill Maher on Friday nights

00:20:45.240 who said the following

00:20:46.600 one week ago?

00:20:48.340 I don't know

00:20:48.860 if I was the first one

00:20:49.900 to use the phrase

00:20:50.880 slow-moving coup.

00:20:52.020 If there was

00:20:52.900 a slow-moving coup,

00:20:54.480 let me just describe

00:20:55.380 some of the steps

00:20:56.200 and you tell me

00:20:56.900 if I'm being paranoid.

00:20:58.440 First,

00:20:58.960 create a masked police force.

00:21:01.120 Normalize snatching people

00:21:02.500 off the street.

00:21:03.500 Normalize seeing the car,

00:21:05.200 the National Guard

00:21:06.120 and the military.

00:21:07.280 Have other states

00:21:08.240 start sending

00:21:09.080 their troops.

00:21:10.740 So,

00:21:10.980 you have in the Capitol

00:21:12.160 a sort of

00:21:13.600 permanent police presence.

00:21:16.660 So,

00:21:17.400 when an election dispute

00:21:19.200 might come up,

00:21:20.660 just hypothetically,

00:21:22.220 I'm going to pretend

00:21:24.500 for the rest of the adoration

00:21:25.920 that the Democrats

00:21:27.160 do have a chance

00:21:27.900 of winning

00:21:28.320 and they might win

00:21:29.580 the next election.

00:21:31.040 I just don't think

00:21:31.680 they're ever going to

00:21:32.200 take power

00:21:32.780 because this is

00:21:34.380 what's going to happen

00:21:35.100 because I think

00:21:35.840 this coup is going to

00:21:36.760 go off a lot smoother

00:21:37.760 than the last one.

00:21:38.680 And that'll do it

00:21:42.200 for your AM update.

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