Verdict with Ted Cruz - Corporate Media Defends Cohen, Can Dems get Onboard w IVF & Blinken on Arming Israel Contrary to WH Week In Review

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00:00:04.460 Welcome to Verdict with Ted Cruz.

00:00:06.900 Week in Review, Ben Ferguson with you,

00:00:09.200 and these are the big stories that you might have missed

00:00:11.320 that we talked about this week.

00:00:13.160 Number one, the corporate media covering

00:00:16.220 and trying to tell you because Michael Cohen lies so much,

00:00:19.960 maybe that means he's actually being honest

00:00:21.640 during the Trump trial.

00:00:23.300 So will this Jedi mind trick work on the jurors?

00:00:26.260 We're gonna talk about it.

00:00:27.400 Also, can Democrats actually put politics aside for a moment

00:00:31.960 and get on board with protecting IVF with a federal bill?

00:00:35.800 Senator Cruz talks about the important legislation

00:00:38.260 that he has proposed.

00:00:39.880 And finally, Anthony Blinken lying,

00:00:42.760 saying we have not withheld arms from Israel.

00:00:46.160 Well, guess who says he's lying?

00:00:48.020 The White House saying, yes, we did pause the shipments.

00:00:52.420 We'll have all of that.

00:00:53.480 It's the Week in Review, and it starts right now.

00:00:57.400 The prosecution's argument is Michael Cohen is a liar, 0.98

00:01:01.960 but he's a thief, too. 0.99

00:01:04.180 Like, that's kind of a problem. 0.96

00:01:06.240 But you know what?

00:01:07.800 The corporate media is so corrupt, they're trying to defend him.

00:01:11.080 Listen to Lawrence O'Donnell from MSNBC

00:01:14.460 trying to explain that the fact that Cohen was stealing from Trump,

00:01:19.120 it's really not a problem.

00:01:20.540 It's okay.

00:01:20.980 Inside the courtroom, even there almost every day,

00:01:24.660 you have the strength of beyond mortal men.

00:01:31.080 But what was worth it to you today?

00:01:33.480 What did you see?

00:01:34.200 What did you hear?

00:01:34.880 Well, you know, the courtroom is where I began

00:01:39.660 as a writer and a reporter a long time ago.

00:01:42.040 So this is a homecoming for me in terms of a workplace.

00:01:46.380 The shocking thing at the end of that cross-examination,

00:01:50.020 and I just can't tell you how,

00:01:52.480 just how stunning it was,

00:01:53.780 because it's the thing that I was waiting for.

00:01:55.500 I saw everything Todd Blanche.

00:01:57.020 I've seen every minute of cross-examination.

00:01:58.880 I've seen every single question he's asked.

00:02:01.200 And he sat down and ended his cross-examination

00:02:05.840 without asking a single question

00:02:09.540 about the $130,000 that appears on the Allen Weisselberg notes

00:02:17.100 about how they were structuring the payment to Michael Cohen.

00:02:21.900 He asked about the $50,000 that's irrelevant to the $130,000,

00:02:27.720 and that's where he very effectively got Michael Cohen to say

00:02:31.700 to agree that, yes, he stole $30,000.

00:02:35.940 Later, when Cohen was asked about that on redirect by the prosecution,

00:02:40.440 it didn't really sound like stealing $30,000.

00:02:43.200 It sounded a lot like Michael Cohen

00:02:44.960 doing the little that he could within that calculation

00:02:48.800 to rebalance the bonus he thought he deserved,

00:02:53.600 and it still came out as less than the bonus he thought he deserved

00:02:57.300 and the bonus he'd gotten the year before.

00:03:00.620 I mean, I love how he's, like, justifying the stealing

00:03:04.240 because he thought he deserved the bonus.

00:03:05.340 You know, trying to rebalance the bonus.

00:03:07.020 You know, if you steal from your employer,

00:03:09.760 you're just trying to rebalance what they're paying you

00:03:12.640 because you know you're worth more, so steal away.

00:03:16.200 That is MSNBC's defense.

00:03:19.040 Yeah, and it's not a big deal to pay people

00:03:21.700 in brown paper bags for work, right?

00:03:24.380 That's also very normal, apparently, in the minds of MSNBC as well.

00:03:28.400 So we'll completely overlook that as well.

00:03:30.980 Final question on this.

00:03:33.480 Donald Trump, you're right, not going to take the stand.

00:03:36.740 That, I think, is obviously a smart decision, as you described it.

00:03:39.860 I think it was in the last podcast, the one before that.

00:03:42.500 He's not going to.

00:03:43.700 Yeah, which is what we predicted on this podcast

00:03:47.400 before that decision was made.

00:03:48.980 I said on this podcast,

00:03:50.800 the chances that Donald Trump will go on the stand are 0.00%.

00:03:54.500 Well, that was proven right.

00:03:56.440 He's not going on the stand

00:03:57.480 because his lawyers are not incompetent in committing malpractice.

00:04:02.120 So when you're looking at this now,

00:04:04.700 what do you think is going to happen?

00:04:06.440 What's your gut?

00:04:08.340 I don't know.

00:04:09.320 I remain worried.

00:04:10.420 Listen, on the merits, this case is frivolous.

00:04:12.640 And I will point out also that the judge,

00:04:14.900 one of the things he did is he blocked the Trump campaign

00:04:17.900 from putting on the witness stand the former chairman of the FEC,

00:04:22.900 Brad Smith.

00:04:23.500 Brad Smith is a law professor,

00:04:25.500 is one of the most well-respected campaign finance experts in the country.

00:04:30.020 Campaign finance law is famously complicated.

00:04:33.100 And Brad Smith was prepared to testify that paying hush money

00:04:39.700 does not constitute a campaign expense.

00:04:43.360 If that's correct, the entire case goes out the window.

00:04:47.020 And it's interesting.

00:04:48.260 So after the judge blocked him from testifying,

00:04:53.940 Smith did an interview,

00:04:55.740 did an interview with the Washington Examiner

00:04:57.540 where he described what he would have testified to.

00:05:02.000 And Smith said,

00:05:04.640 here's what Smith said,

00:05:06.460 quote,

00:05:06.800 judges instruct the juries on the law

00:05:09.020 and they don't want a battle of competing experts saying,

00:05:11.660 here's what the law is.

00:05:12.720 They feel it's their province to make that determination.

00:05:15.540 The problem is, of course,

00:05:17.180 is that campaign finance law is extremely complex

00:05:19.880 and just reading the statute to people

00:05:21.500 isn't really going to help them very much.

00:05:23.720 The goal of his testimony, Smith said,

00:05:27.360 was, quote,

00:05:28.000 to lay out the ways the laws has been interpreted

00:05:30.560 in ways that might not be obvious.

00:05:32.760 As an example,

00:05:33.880 Smith cited the phrase, quote,

00:05:35.780 for the purpose of influencing an election,

00:05:38.380 which has been heard during much analysis of the trial.

00:05:41.960 Quote,

00:05:42.760 you read the law and it says that anything intended

00:05:44.780 for the purpose of influencing an election

00:05:46.480 is a contribution or an expenditure,

00:05:49.360 Smith explained.

00:05:49.960 But that's not, in fact,

00:05:53.620 the entirety of the law.

00:05:55.220 There is the obscure

00:05:56.420 and separate from the definitional part,

00:05:58.380 idea of personal use,

00:06:00.060 which is a separate part of the law

00:06:01.680 that says you can't divert campaign funds

00:06:03.680 to personal use.

00:06:05.060 That has a number of specific prohibitions,

00:06:07.280 like you can't buy a country club membership,

00:06:09.700 you can't normally pay yourself a salary

00:06:11.880 or living expenses,

00:06:12.840 you can't go on vacation,

00:06:14.240 all those kinds of things.

00:06:15.800 And then it includes a broader general prohibition

00:06:18.760 that says you can't divert campaign funds

00:06:21.300 to any obligation that would exist

00:06:23.340 even if you were not running for office.

00:06:26.980 What's the point of that?

00:06:28.420 Quote,

00:06:28.800 we would have liked to flag that exception for the jury

00:06:32.200 and to talk a little bit about what it means.

00:06:34.520 And also we would have talked about,

00:06:36.980 quote,

00:06:37.340 for the purpose of influencing an election

00:06:39.240 is not a subjective test,

00:06:41.420 like what was my intention.

00:06:43.580 It's an objective test.

00:06:45.040 So hiring campaign staff

00:06:47.400 is for the purpose of influencing an election.

00:06:50.260 Renting space for your campaign office,

00:06:52.060 buying ads,

00:06:52.800 maybe doing polling,

00:06:54.120 printing up bumper stickers,

00:06:55.320 travel to campaign rallies,

00:06:56.560 renting venues for campaign rallies.

00:06:58.380 All those things exist

00:06:59.880 only because you're running for office.

00:07:02.080 But under the personal use rules,

00:07:04.260 a lot of things candidates do running for office

00:07:06.700 are not considered campaign expenditures.

00:07:09.480 Things like paying for a weight loss program

00:07:11.840 or a gym membership,

00:07:13.760 nicer clothes,

00:07:14.840 teeth whitening,

00:07:15.760 or all that sort of thing.

00:07:17.060 It may be true that you do those things in part

00:07:19.440 to help get yourself elected

00:07:21.680 and you might not do them otherwise

00:07:24.000 because,

00:07:24.660 but they are not obligations that exist

00:07:27.380 simply because you're running for office.

00:07:29.880 Lots of people do those things.

00:07:33.020 And,

00:07:33.120 and,

00:07:33.380 and what he argued is,

00:07:34.720 is,

00:07:35.080 is that in this instance,

00:07:36.620 I can tell you it is my personal belief

00:07:41.580 is that clearly paying hush money

00:07:45.160 or paying for a non-disclosure agreement

00:07:47.100 does not constitute a campaign expense.

00:07:50.400 That's what the former FEC chairman

00:07:52.040 would have testified to.

00:07:53.460 Quote,

00:07:53.880 to use an example I've often used,

00:07:56.060 it's not a campaign expense

00:07:57.720 if a business person is running for office

00:07:59.600 and his businesses are getting sued

00:08:02.000 and he goes to his company's lawyers

00:08:03.780 and say,

00:08:04.380 I wish to settle these lawsuits against us.

00:08:06.620 We've got some wage employment lawsuits

00:08:08.600 and a woman is alleging sexual harassment.

00:08:10.660 We've got 36,000 employees.

00:08:12.740 We've got to make these three complaints

00:08:14.460 and the press will make a big deal about them.

00:08:16.960 So I want you to settle these.

00:08:19.020 And the company lawyers say,

00:08:20.320 no,

00:08:20.540 these are great cases we should win.

00:08:22.000 We shouldn't settle them.

00:08:23.340 He says,

00:08:23.860 I don't care.

00:08:24.420 I'm running for office.

00:08:25.280 I don't want press stories on it.

00:08:26.520 I want them,

00:08:27.080 you to settle them quietly.

00:08:28.800 Well,

00:08:29.260 he cannot use campaign funds

00:08:30.960 to pay that settlement

00:08:32.280 even though he's clearly doing it

00:08:34.180 for the purpose of influencing his campaign.

00:08:37.160 It's kind of similar

00:08:38.460 to what went on here,

00:08:40.240 Smith continued.

00:08:41.460 Quote,

00:08:41.940 so my personal belief

00:08:43.220 is that this clearly

00:08:45.500 would not have been

00:08:46.900 a campaign expenditure,

00:08:48.340 never had to be reported

00:08:49.500 and therefore was not misreported.

00:08:52.940 And you know what the judge said?

00:08:54.180 The jury can't hear a word of that

00:08:56.300 because it demonstrates,

00:08:58.200 he didn't say this part,

00:08:59.300 but because it demonstrates

00:09:00.340 that the prosecutor's case 1.00

00:09:02.500 is utter and complete garbage. 1.00

00:09:04.860 Lastly, 0.99

00:09:05.500 on this issue,

00:09:06.320 Senator,

00:09:06.840 the war on truth

00:09:08.640 is really,

00:09:09.860 I think,

00:09:10.180 incredible.

00:09:11.200 You can see it,

00:09:12.120 and you mentioned this earlier

00:09:13.060 in the media's coverage

00:09:13.920 of the Trump case.

00:09:15.280 You had MSNBC,

00:09:16.700 you and I were texting

00:09:17.800 back and forth on this

00:09:18.900 because it was a headline

00:09:20.420 that was so laughable,

00:09:22.080 and the headline was

00:09:23.100 how Michael Cohen's past lies

00:09:25.580 make him a more credible witness.

00:09:29.240 And they weren't the only ones

00:09:30.420 to try to pull this,

00:09:31.580 you know,

00:09:32.120 Jedi mind trick on people. 0.99

00:09:34.100 The New York Times

00:09:35.220 had a headline,

00:09:36.040 it says,

00:09:36.460 when Michael Cohen's lies

00:09:38.160 helped the case against Trump.

00:09:40.480 What world are we living in

00:09:42.100 where this is what the media

00:09:43.300 comes up with afterwards

00:09:44.440 is spin it?

00:09:45.900 Well, listen,

00:09:46.480 number one,

00:09:47.220 the media,

00:09:48.060 unfortunately,

00:09:48.900 regularly lies.

00:09:49.800 They engage in lies.

00:09:50.760 They view their role

00:09:51.820 as propagandists.

00:09:52.860 It's not,

00:09:53.680 they're not interested

00:09:54.480 in the truth,

00:09:55.060 they're not interested

00:09:55.600 in reporting both sides,

00:09:56.720 they're not interested

00:09:57.320 in facts,

00:09:58.400 they frame their mission

00:10:00.180 as saving democracy,

00:10:01.680 which means pushing

00:10:03.200 this country to the left,

00:10:04.320 and as it concerns

00:10:05.220 Donald Trump,

00:10:05.920 it means doing everything 0.99

00:10:06.700 you can to destroy Trump 0.90

00:10:08.380 and make sure,

00:10:09.040 no matter what,

00:10:09.740 that he's not re-elected

00:10:10.840 President of the United States.

00:10:12.320 The spins are rather pitiful.

00:10:14.300 The idea that,

00:10:15.460 well, you know what,

00:10:17.140 Cohen lies so much

00:10:18.640 that he's really

00:10:19.220 a believable witness.

00:10:20.340 Like,

00:10:21.240 that's just weird,

00:10:23.760 and I gotta say,

00:10:24.820 the media's lies

00:10:26.080 about Cohen's lies

00:10:27.600 making him more credible 0.50

00:10:28.680 are so absurd,

00:10:30.260 it just shows 1.00

00:10:30.860 they're really bad liars. 0.91

00:10:32.420 Now, 0.98

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00:11:10.620 Now on to story number two.

00:11:13.120 I'm thankful

00:11:13.920 that you're doing this.

00:11:14.920 I'm thankful

00:11:15.320 that you're teaming up.

00:11:16.280 I hope that Democrats

00:11:17.420 will say,

00:11:18.060 this is a non-political issue

00:11:20.020 and we should push for this

00:11:22.120 because everybody needs

00:11:23.200 to be able to have this

00:11:24.180 and that right

00:11:25.000 and be protected.

00:11:25.900 Have you heard from Democrats?

00:11:27.500 Are they going to get on board?

00:11:28.600 Because this doesn't seem

00:11:29.440 political to me.

00:11:30.520 I know so many people

00:11:31.520 that have voted for Joe Biden

00:11:32.940 that have done IVF,

00:11:33.900 voted for Bernie Sanders

00:11:35.100 that did IVF.

00:11:35.980 It's not political.

00:11:37.080 It's wanting to have a family.

00:11:38.560 So we filed the legislation today.

00:11:40.720 Today,

00:11:41.240 Katie Britt and I

00:11:41.880 have an op-ed

00:11:42.500 in the Wall Street Journal.

00:11:43.480 So you should go

00:11:44.000 and read the op-ed

00:11:44.740 we wrote in the Wall Street Journal.

00:11:46.000 It's in today's journal.

00:11:47.780 Today,

00:11:49.220 I'm in New York on Monday.

00:11:51.680 I'm going to be

00:11:51.980 in New York City with Katie.

00:11:53.220 We're going to do

00:11:53.520 a number of media interviews

00:11:54.680 starting early in the morning

00:11:55.720 talking about this legislation.

00:11:57.940 I think it is

00:11:58.520 really important legislation.

00:12:00.860 This should be legislation

00:12:02.280 that passes the Senate

00:12:03.360 100 to nothing.

00:12:06.140 Every senator agrees

00:12:07.500 with the substantive policy.

00:12:09.580 Katie and I

00:12:10.060 are going to try to pass it

00:12:11.000 and we're going to go

00:12:11.640 to the Senate floor

00:12:12.400 and seek to pass it

00:12:13.660 and what I do not know

00:12:14.920 is if the Democrats

00:12:16.780 will block it.

00:12:17.540 And if they block it,

00:12:19.280 it would be,

00:12:20.460 even for today's Democrat Party,

00:12:22.340 an incredibly cynical move

00:12:24.140 because what it would be

00:12:26.160 is the Democrats saying,

00:12:27.440 you know what?

00:12:28.700 We want to have the issue.

00:12:30.300 We want to accuse Republicans

00:12:31.800 of trying to ban IVF

00:12:33.860 and so we're going to prevent you

00:12:36.280 from protecting IVF.

00:12:37.660 So we can say you want to ban it.

00:12:38.880 So then we can falsely claim

00:12:40.600 you want to ban it.

00:12:41.300 That would be the only conceivable reason

00:12:43.540 the Democrats could object

00:12:44.840 is if they do not want

00:12:46.760 to protect IVF.

00:12:47.780 Now, the Democrats have

00:12:49.260 their own bill

00:12:49.940 that they claim is about IVF,

00:12:51.720 but it actually is an abortion bill

00:12:53.220 focused on their broader

00:12:54.480 abortion agenda

00:12:55.260 and they know that.

00:12:56.040 This is a very narrow bill

00:12:57.500 that puts in clear,

00:13:00.080 ironclad protections for IVF.

00:13:03.120 As I said,

00:13:03.820 every senator, Republican,

00:13:05.020 and Democrat

00:13:05.520 agrees with that policy.

00:13:08.080 So the only question is,

00:13:09.900 will the Democrats

00:13:10.860 play politics so much

00:13:12.940 that they will oppose

00:13:13.820 a policy that they agree with

00:13:15.840 because they don't want

00:13:16.540 to give up on the issue?

00:13:17.400 I don't know.

00:13:18.740 I hope not.

00:13:19.580 But we'll see.

00:13:20.480 We'll see what the Democrat

00:13:21.420 reaction to it is.

00:13:22.860 Is this one of those moments

00:13:24.400 where verdict listeners,

00:13:25.940 people that share this show

00:13:26.860 on social media,

00:13:27.640 should definitely reach out

00:13:28.680 to their senators

00:13:29.140 and say,

00:13:29.600 hey, this is a nonpartisan,

00:13:32.000 nonpolitical issue.

00:13:33.180 We're asking you to support it

00:13:34.700 and call with that spirit in mind

00:13:36.340 to their senator

00:13:36.860 no matter where they live?

00:13:38.320 Absolutely, yes.

00:13:39.200 Look, this is something

00:13:40.520 IVF has support.

00:13:41.880 Nearly 90% of Americans

00:13:43.120 support IVF.

00:13:44.560 IVF is profoundly pro-family.

00:13:46.840 It is a miracle.

00:13:48.780 Look, for most of human history,

00:13:51.320 if parents are not able

00:13:52.720 to conceive,

00:13:53.720 they're just left childless

00:13:55.320 and in sorrow.

00:13:57.440 And it is through

00:13:58.260 the miracles of science

00:13:59.720 that parents who struggle

00:14:01.540 with infertility

00:14:02.800 are able to be moms and dads

00:14:06.440 and raise babies and children,

00:14:09.060 that is a wonderful,

00:14:10.780 beautiful thing.

00:14:12.400 And I hope we see

00:14:14.020 some bipartisan unity

00:14:15.300 the next week or two.

00:14:17.820 We'll find out.

00:14:18.820 Senator, I hope you have

00:14:19.700 great success on this bill.

00:14:20.880 We're going to keep everybody

00:14:21.760 updated on it

00:14:22.360 as it moves forward.

00:14:23.620 Finally, I do have to call out

00:14:25.660 the media.

00:14:26.660 This week was one heck of a week

00:14:28.440 in New York City

00:14:29.080 where you're headed.

00:14:30.560 And it made me laugh

00:14:31.880 because the media now

00:14:33.680 seems to be hedging their bets

00:14:35.000 that Donald Trump may win

00:14:37.020 in a New York court

00:14:38.320 because of the disaster

00:14:40.020 that's been this trial

00:14:40.760 with Bragg at the end

00:14:41.780 and with Cohen

00:14:42.860 to the point where

00:14:44.160 even CNN said this.

00:14:45.500 Take a look.

00:14:46.440 If I'm a juror,

00:14:47.160 I've been warned

00:14:47.820 that Michael Cohen lies.

00:14:49.300 The prosecutors have said this.

00:14:50.780 They've set it up.

00:14:51.560 I'm prepared for that.

00:14:52.680 I'm prepared for

00:14:53.740 he's lied in the past repeatedly.

00:14:56.480 I don't know if a jury

00:14:57.800 is prepared for

00:14:58.720 he lied to this jury

00:15:01.080 two days ago,

00:15:02.340 but now he's really

00:15:03.720 telling the truth.

00:15:04.480 If you have a cooperating witness

00:15:05.920 that can't tell the truth

00:15:06.940 at a plea allocution,

00:15:08.000 that means that

00:15:08.620 that witness

00:15:09.660 is basically worthless.

00:15:11.100 He testified

00:15:11.500 he lied to the judge

00:15:12.820 in this prior case.

00:15:15.240 And then Todd Blanch

00:15:15.840 is cross-examination.

00:15:17.020 So basically,

00:15:17.640 whenever you get

00:15:18.220 into a problem,

00:15:19.220 it's always blame somebody else.

00:15:20.640 Blame President Trump.

00:15:21.880 Blame the judge.

00:15:22.760 How many places

00:15:23.400 do you have to go

00:15:24.380 where this guy has lied

00:15:25.840 many times under oath

00:15:27.280 and it's always

00:15:28.120 somebody else's fault?

00:15:29.180 It's not his fault.

00:15:30.180 And that's pretty powerful

00:15:31.280 evidence to a jury

00:15:33.040 to say you shouldn't

00:15:33.960 believe anything

00:15:34.540 this guy says

00:15:35.160 and if you have to rely

00:15:36.060 on his testimony

00:15:36.800 in any fashion whatsoever

00:15:38.260 in order to convict

00:15:39.620 Donald Trump,

00:15:40.360 i.e.

00:15:40.940 in order to fix

00:15:41.920 Donald Trump's intent,

00:15:43.260 you have a reasonable doubt.

00:15:44.560 You can't have anything else

00:15:45.600 but a reasonable doubt.

00:15:47.400 Seven people

00:15:48.160 are on that panel.

00:15:49.600 Seven.

00:15:50.080 And this is how

00:15:50.680 they've been covering

00:15:51.280 the Trump trial

00:15:51.820 the entire time.

00:15:52.560 It's the center of the world

00:15:53.520 for Democrats.

00:15:54.680 They want him to be guilty.

00:15:56.160 They've gone all in

00:15:57.040 with their most brilliant minds

00:15:58.220 and now at the very end

00:15:59.020 they're like,

00:15:59.480 yeah,

00:15:59.720 it's probably not going to happen 1.00

00:16:00.960 because this guy's a liar 1.00

00:16:01.860 and the whole case is a joke. 1.00

00:16:03.140 Look,

00:16:03.620 they are obsessed

00:16:05.200 with the Trump trial.

00:16:06.280 CNN covers it

00:16:07.420 from dawn to dusk

00:16:09.400 constantly,

00:16:10.340 breathlessly.

00:16:11.080 They get so excited

00:16:12.020 when Stormy Daniels

00:16:13.080 is on the stand

00:16:14.340 and talking about

00:16:15.040 sex with the president. 0.99

00:16:16.240 Oh, 0.99

00:16:16.420 that makes their

00:16:17.860 cold little hearts

00:16:19.640 go pitter-pats

00:16:20.460 at CNN.

00:16:21.780 But it says something

00:16:24.180 when even CNN is like,

00:16:25.880 wow,

00:16:26.300 this case is weak.

00:16:27.800 And it only takes one.

00:16:29.140 They are getting

00:16:30.080 very,

00:16:30.580 very nervous.

00:16:32.100 And here,

00:16:32.780 play the second clip.

00:16:34.100 Anderson,

00:16:34.440 let me ask you

00:16:34.920 if I can put you

00:16:35.840 in the jury box.

00:16:36.960 Having just witnessed

00:16:37.860 that piece of cross-examination,

00:16:39.800 do you have doubts

00:16:40.820 that that conversation

00:16:42.120 happened the way

00:16:42.980 Michael Cohen testified

00:16:43.900 on his direct examination?

00:16:45.700 That he called Trump

00:16:46.460 into your life?

00:16:46.860 I think it's,

00:16:47.440 absolutely,

00:16:49.160 absolutely.

00:16:49.780 I think it's devastating

00:16:50.760 for Michael Cohen's

00:16:52.180 credibility on this,

00:16:53.240 I mean,

00:16:53.440 on this one particular topic,

00:16:55.080 whether it's,

00:16:56.040 you know,

00:16:56.760 he just didn't,

00:16:57.580 I mean,

00:16:57.960 it's hard to,

00:17:00.020 I don't know.

00:17:01.360 Yes,

00:17:01.840 I think if I was a juror

00:17:03.660 in this case,

00:17:04.340 watching that,

00:17:05.200 I would think

00:17:05.800 this guy's making this up

00:17:07.700 as he's going along,

00:17:08.820 or he's making

00:17:09.540 this particular story up.

00:17:12.040 You know,

00:17:12.220 Todd Blanche

00:17:12.720 is pointing out,

00:17:14.480 you were testifying

00:17:15.400 just on Tuesday

00:17:16.260 in this court,

00:17:17.840 you know,

00:17:19.180 and all morning long

00:17:20.200 he's been pointing out,

00:17:22.020 you know,

00:17:22.620 inconsistencies

00:17:23.760 in Michael Cohen's testimony,

00:17:25.900 or at least questionable

00:17:26.960 aspects of Michael Cohen's testimony,

00:17:28.900 but nothing

00:17:29.500 that you would necessarily

00:17:31.240 as a juror think,

00:17:32.480 okay,

00:17:32.700 that's clearly

00:17:33.480 a lie.

00:17:34.820 Maybe that's just

00:17:35.520 he was misunderstanding

00:17:37.600 or,

00:17:38.500 you know,

00:17:38.920 he was bragging

00:17:39.880 or whatever.

00:17:41.180 This one,

00:17:42.220 Todd Blanche

00:17:42.760 clearly saved this

00:17:44.380 to write before

00:17:45.520 the lunch break,

00:17:46.240 I'm assuming,

00:17:47.560 because it was just

00:17:49.440 so well crafted

00:17:50.380 and just point by point

00:17:52.840 walking through this story,

00:17:54.120 which at first seemed,

00:17:55.140 you know,

00:17:55.520 why,

00:17:55.860 why,

00:17:56.600 this seems like 0.97

00:17:57.400 a ridiculous story. 0.99

00:17:58.240 Some 14-year-old 0.98

00:17:59.380 is sending him,

00:18:00.120 you know,

00:18:00.680 nasty text messages

00:18:01.720 and he's going to call

00:18:02.860 Keith Schiller about it.

00:18:03.800 And then you realize,

00:18:04.920 you look at,

00:18:05.440 he showed the phone logs

00:18:06.700 that the prosecutor

00:18:07.880 had shown

00:18:08.760 and it's the phone call

00:18:09.800 that Michael Cohen

00:18:11.880 had previously talked about.

00:18:12.980 I think it is severely damaging

00:18:14.820 to Michael Cohen's testimony.

00:18:16.340 I mean,

00:18:16.840 this has got to be

00:18:17.600 like their worst day

00:18:18.500 ever at CNN

00:18:19.220 to watch this

00:18:20.360 and they're sitting,

00:18:21.200 they're going,

00:18:21.680 look, 0.99

00:18:22.160 Mike Cohen's a liar, 1.00

00:18:22.920 the whole case is a sham. 1.00

00:18:23.860 Look,

00:18:24.040 I'm actually wondering

00:18:24.760 if CNN,

00:18:25.600 like if the hosts

00:18:26.340 have become day drinkers now,

00:18:27.700 like if they're slamming

00:18:29.140 back tequila shots,

00:18:30.880 the sadness

00:18:32.200 that they're saying it.

00:18:33.740 Now listen,

00:18:34.380 to be clear,

00:18:35.560 Trump could still

00:18:36.140 be convicted.

00:18:37.420 Sure.

00:18:37.600 This is a wildly

00:18:38.420 left-wing prosecutor,

00:18:39.560 this is a wildly

00:18:40.260 left-wing judge

00:18:41.200 and this is a jury

00:18:42.720 drawn from a New York

00:18:43.660 jury pool,

00:18:44.340 so presumably

00:18:45.140 it is an overwhelmingly

00:18:46.560 Democrat jury.

00:18:47.580 I don't believe

00:18:49.340 any conviction

00:18:50.000 if there is one

00:18:50.940 will stand up

00:18:52.020 on appeal,

00:18:52.800 but look,

00:18:53.420 given how bad things went,

00:18:55.560 we could see an acquittal.

00:18:57.040 Last question on this,

00:18:58.240 will Trump be on the stand

00:18:59.860 before the end

00:19:00.740 of this trial?

00:19:01.720 Absolutely not.

00:19:03.040 Zero point,

00:19:03.920 zero zero zero percent chance.

00:19:06.000 Why?

00:19:07.060 Number one,

00:19:08.100 the criminal defendant

00:19:08.900 has no burden of proof.

00:19:10.280 It is the prosecution

00:19:11.300 that has the burden of proof.

00:19:12.560 The prosecution

00:19:13.300 has to prove

00:19:15.560 beyond a reasonable doubt

00:19:16.840 that the defendant

00:19:17.680 committed the crime.

00:19:19.200 Number two,

00:19:20.100 any defendant

00:19:20.580 has a Fifth Amendment

00:19:21.500 right protected

00:19:22.180 in the Constitution

00:19:22.860 not to testify

00:19:24.040 at his own trial

00:19:25.620 and most defendants

00:19:27.100 choose not to.

00:19:28.540 But number three,

00:19:29.560 for any lawyer

00:19:30.360 to put Donald J. Trump

00:19:31.680 on the stand

00:19:33.380 under oath

00:19:34.120 and to open him up

00:19:35.540 to cross-examination

00:19:36.760 and by the way,

00:19:37.940 cross-examination

00:19:38.800 about damn near anything,

00:19:40.040 particularly with

00:19:40.560 a left-wing judge

00:19:41.380 who's a partisan,

00:19:42.640 who is not going to

00:19:43.560 corral in the cross-examination,

00:19:45.960 you are inviting disaster.

00:19:48.140 To be clear,

00:19:49.040 there is no chance

00:19:50.100 Donald Trump

00:19:50.580 would be put on the stand.

00:19:51.780 It would be lunacy

00:19:53.780 to do so.

00:19:54.900 I don't know

00:19:55.500 if the Trump team

00:19:56.200 will have other witnesses

00:19:57.120 they put on or not.

00:19:58.120 They might,

00:19:58.560 they might not,

00:19:59.600 but it is an absolute certainty

00:20:01.740 Trump will not be

00:20:02.620 one of them

00:20:03.300 and hopefully

00:20:06.680 this circus

00:20:07.360 will be over soon.

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00:20:49.400 I want to get back

00:20:50.540 to the big story

00:20:51.740 number three of the week

00:20:52.660 you may have missed.

00:20:54.540 He's absolutely right.

00:20:56.640 And it's sad

00:20:57.720 that Anthony Blegan

00:20:58.980 can sit there

00:20:59.980 and straight up lie.

00:21:01.640 And one of the lies

00:21:02.600 that he told,

00:21:03.220 and I want to get

00:21:03.740 your reaction to it,

00:21:05.080 is he said that

00:21:05.920 we haven't withheld

00:21:07.120 any weapons.

00:21:08.060 Well,

00:21:08.500 the White House 0.99

00:21:09.120 says he's a liar. 0.90

00:21:10.320 Here's Jean-Pierre

00:21:11.040 on the 15th.

00:21:12.440 And we have said

00:21:13.020 that it is one pause,

00:21:14.800 one pause on these bombs,

00:21:16.480 one package,

00:21:17.440 one shipment,

00:21:18.520 and that is obviously

00:21:19.720 connected to Rafa

00:21:21.040 and the potential

00:21:22.800 of what could happen

00:21:24.420 in Rafa,

00:21:25.020 and we've been very clear

00:21:25.780 about that.

00:21:26.900 So who's lying,

00:21:27.740 Senator,

00:21:28.000 the White House

00:21:28.580 or Blinken,

00:21:29.300 or is the White House

00:21:30.040 calling Blinken out

00:21:30.820 for his lie?

00:21:32.340 Well, listen,

00:21:33.240 Blinken is spinning

00:21:34.480 like crazy,

00:21:35.160 and understand

00:21:35.780 when Joe Biden

00:21:36.520 went on TV

00:21:37.180 and threatened

00:21:37.640 to cut off the weapons,

00:21:38.580 that surprised

00:21:39.180 the administration.

00:21:40.060 They didn't know

00:21:40.560 that he was going

00:21:41.020 to freelance like that,

00:21:42.200 and so they're trying

00:21:42.900 to do cleanup on that,

00:21:43.880 but they're still 1.00

00:21:44.480 holding the damn weapons. 1.00

00:21:45.480 They're not sending them. 1.00

00:21:46.840 So they're trying

00:21:48.680 to spend,

00:21:49.340 they're sending out,

00:21:49.960 we sent other weapons,

00:21:51.180 it's just the current

00:21:52.820 shipment that we're threatening.

00:21:54.440 I've got to say,

00:21:55.320 so look,

00:21:55.660 the first part

00:21:56.140 of that cross-examination

00:21:57.160 when I was focused

00:21:57.920 on the Washington Post story,

00:22:00.140 and you and I

00:22:01.140 covered this in a pod,

00:22:02.800 I don't know,

00:22:03.280 about a week or two ago,

00:22:04.120 the most damning

00:22:07.500 conclusion of that story

00:22:09.540 that they were offering

00:22:10.400 intelligence on where

00:22:11.300 senior Hamas officials

00:22:12.720 were and where

00:22:13.480 Hamas terror tunnels

00:22:14.440 were in exchange

00:22:15.320 for not going into Rafa

00:22:16.180 is the necessary

00:22:17.900 implication that they

00:22:18.860 had that information,

00:22:19.740 they knew where

00:22:20.120 the senior Hamas 0.90

00:22:20.800 leaders were,

00:22:21.620 and they were not

00:22:22.060 telling Israel.

00:22:22.740 Now, I will say,

00:22:23.860 Blinken gave a 0.94

00:22:24.480 categorical denial,

00:22:25.600 and maybe,

00:22:26.560 maybe he's right,

00:22:28.080 I do not know.

00:22:29.580 I know that that story

00:22:30.760 appeared in multiple

00:22:31.760 media outlets

00:22:32.380 simultaneously,

00:22:33.000 so someone was

00:22:34.180 deliberately and

00:22:35.300 directly putting it

00:22:37.040 forward,

00:22:37.560 and if Blinken

00:22:39.260 was lying,

00:22:40.320 then he perjured

00:22:41.020 himself,

00:22:41.900 because he was

00:22:42.480 under oath,

00:22:43.720 and he was unequivocal

00:22:45.020 in what he said.

00:22:45.580 He said they didn't

00:22:46.140 offer Israel anything 0.95

00:22:47.740 not to enter Rafa.

00:22:49.560 Now, I think the

00:22:50.580 chances that Blinken

00:22:51.660 is not telling the

00:22:53.840 truth there

00:22:54.320 are very,

00:22:55.560 very high,

00:22:55.960 but, you know,

00:22:57.640 these issues have a

00:22:59.040 way of,

00:22:59.660 over time,

00:23:00.300 the truth comes

00:23:00.940 out.

00:23:01.960 And,

00:23:02.200 look,

00:23:02.620 there's people

00:23:03.600 that don't

00:23:04.000 understand how

00:23:04.520 leaks work in

00:23:05.120 Washington,

00:23:05.500 I think it's

00:23:05.940 important so you

00:23:06.680 understand,

00:23:07.780 there sometimes

00:23:08.500 are leaks that

00:23:09.100 come out that

00:23:09.760 is like one

00:23:11.040 person that's

00:23:11.840 genuinely leaking

00:23:12.800 something.

00:23:13.780 Then there's

00:23:14.380 other strategic

00:23:15.140 leaks that are

00:23:15.880 done on purpose

00:23:16.660 where you can't

00:23:17.400 use their names,

00:23:18.880 and, look,

00:23:19.700 I've been a part

00:23:20.660 of that,

00:23:21.020 where they're like,

00:23:21.520 hey, will you

00:23:22.100 go to this

00:23:22.500 reporter,

00:23:23.140 and this,

00:23:23.520 and then three

00:23:23.980 other people go

00:23:24.580 to other reporters,

00:23:25.680 and then they

00:23:26.180 say, hey,

00:23:26.680 we want to get

00:23:27.160 this message out

00:23:28.020 there for a few

00:23:28.760 days from now,

00:23:29.460 we want to let

00:23:29.860 them know this

00:23:30.280 is coming down

00:23:30.800 the pipeline.

00:23:31.800 When you have

00:23:32.320 four people,

00:23:33.260 it's organized.

00:23:34.600 It's an

00:23:35.100 administration's

00:23:36.040 decision to

00:23:36.820 send people out

00:23:37.620 to give a

00:23:38.100 heads up on

00:23:38.800 something,

00:23:39.660 and to get it

00:23:40.340 in the newspaper,

00:23:41.220 to get it in

00:23:41.900 print,

00:23:42.580 which is exactly

00:23:43.460 what you were

00:23:44.020 quoting.

00:23:45.080 No, that's

00:23:45.740 exactly right.

00:23:46.380 Anytime you have

00:23:47.200 four people that

00:23:49.080 are going to

00:23:50.520 multiple outlets,

00:23:51.260 it wasn't just

00:23:51.740 the Washington

00:23:52.160 Post,

00:23:52.520 I quoted the

00:23:53.080 Post,

00:23:53.480 but I think it

00:23:54.060 was Reuters,

00:23:54.660 it was several

00:23:55.060 places,

00:23:56.060 there's a

00:23:56.680 decision,

00:23:57.240 and someone

00:23:57.600 has made a

00:23:58.120 decision,

00:23:58.640 we want to

00:23:59.260 drive this

00:23:59.760 story,

00:24:00.680 and when

00:24:01.160 four people

00:24:01.720 are going,

00:24:02.260 you're sending,

00:24:02.960 okay, you,

00:24:03.480 you, you,

00:24:03.800 and you,

00:24:04.260 you guys go

00:24:05.320 talk and push

00:24:06.580 that story,

00:24:07.140 so somebody

00:24:07.620 pushed that

00:24:08.160 story,

00:24:08.680 and those

00:24:09.240 four people

00:24:09.760 who pushed

00:24:10.160 it,

00:24:10.320 by the way,

00:24:10.740 the reporters

00:24:11.320 know who

00:24:12.680 those four

00:24:13.140 people are,

00:24:14.160 and they now

00:24:15.580 know that

00:24:16.340 one or the

00:24:17.100 other is

00:24:18.440 directly lying,

00:24:19.460 either the

00:24:20.040 four people

00:24:20.540 who talked

00:24:20.900 to them

00:24:21.200 were lying

00:24:21.600 to them,

00:24:21.940 or Tony

00:24:23.200 Blinken just 0.91

00:24:24.080 committed perjury,

00:24:24.880 one of the other

00:24:25.800 has to be the

00:24:26.460 case,

00:24:27.160 so that in

00:24:28.720 time,

00:24:29.900 there may be

00:24:30.600 real consequences

00:24:32.040 to Blinken's

00:24:32.720 testimony on

00:24:33.340 that.

00:24:34.640 The rest of it,

00:24:35.720 though,

00:24:36.060 listen,

00:24:36.540 I got to say,

00:24:37.060 when we got

00:24:37.540 into,

00:24:37.980 for example,

00:24:39.020 the Iranian

00:24:39.620 oil,

00:24:40.020 I found it

00:24:42.000 stunning that

00:24:43.160 the Secretary

00:24:43.720 of State

00:24:44.120 didn't know,

00:24:45.340 didn't care.

00:24:46.660 How much oil

00:24:47.260 are they selling?

00:24:47.860 I don't know.

00:24:48.700 How much were

00:24:49.260 they selling?

00:24:49.760 I don't know.

00:24:50.200 How much are

00:24:50.620 they now?

00:24:51.040 I don't know.

00:24:51.780 How many ships

00:24:52.560 were in the

00:24:52.940 ghost fleece

00:24:53.400 before?

00:24:53.860 I don't know.

00:24:54.280 How many ships

00:24:54.780 are there now?

00:24:55.540 I don't know.

00:24:56.160 It's because

00:24:56.400 they don't give 0.83

00:24:56.840 a damn. 0.85

00:24:57.460 They don't care. 0.99

00:24:58.020 It's like when

00:24:58.340 he looked at

00:24:58.740 you and he

00:24:59.000 goes,

00:24:59.220 you tell me.

00:25:00.180 I'm like,

00:25:00.660 you're the

00:25:01.120 Secretary of State.

00:25:02.080 You're the one

00:25:02.460 that's supposed

00:25:02.800 to be up on

00:25:03.400 all of this

00:25:03.980 information on the

00:25:04.860 sanctions.

00:25:10.020 He does not

00:25:10.980 care.

00:25:11.880 The overwhelming

00:25:13.380 foreign policy

00:25:14.900 objective of

00:25:15.800 Joe Biden

00:25:16.460 and this entire

00:25:17.280 administration,

00:25:18.040 and sadly,

00:25:18.960 most of the

00:25:19.580 Democrats in

00:25:20.180 Congress,

00:25:21.060 is continuing

00:25:21.980 to appease

00:25:23.120 Iran and

00:25:23.820 enter a new

00:25:24.400 Iran nuclear

00:25:25.080 deal.

00:25:25.720 Even while

00:25:26.320 Iran is trying 0.99

00:25:27.040 to murder

00:25:27.600 Mike Pompeo, 0.94

00:25:28.780 the former

00:25:29.120 U.S.

00:25:29.460 Secretary of

00:25:29.920 State,

00:25:30.500 Raisi,

00:25:31.400 who Blinken

00:25:32.360 just put out

00:25:33.040 a statement

00:25:33.580 commemorating

00:25:36.080 and commiserating

00:25:37.080 his death,

00:25:38.840 Raisi was

00:25:39.580 trying to 0.62

00:25:40.160 murder 0.76

00:25:40.500 Blinken's 0.97

00:25:41.740 predecessor,

00:25:42.440 and was

00:25:42.860 trying to 0.81

00:25:43.320 murder him 0.99

00:25:43.660 two days 1.00

00:25:44.140 ago.

00:25:45.840 It is

00:25:47.280 stunning,

00:25:49.300 and so

00:25:50.020 because they

00:25:50.980 desperately want

00:25:51.920 to deal with

00:25:52.360 Iran,

00:25:53.100 he doesn't

00:25:53.580 care how

00:25:54.000 much oil

00:25:54.540 they're,

00:25:54.720 by the way,

00:25:55.680 this is the

00:25:56.160 same administration

00:25:56.820 that's doing

00:25:57.400 everything they

00:25:58.080 can to cut

00:25:58.640 off oil and

00:25:59.500 gas production

00:26:00.100 and sales in

00:26:00.600 the United

00:26:00.880 States.

00:26:01.280 This is the

00:26:01.540 same Joe

00:26:01.940 Biden that

00:26:02.860 halted new

00:26:03.800 permits to

00:26:04.340 export LNG.

00:26:05.480 So if it's

00:26:05.880 Americans selling 0.63

00:26:06.660 oil and gas,

00:26:07.280 they know who's

00:26:07.760 doing it,

00:26:08.160 they want to

00:26:08.520 stop it,

00:26:09.000 but if it's

00:26:10.380 a homicidal

00:26:12.120 religious 1.00

00:26:12.660 theocrat who 0.90

00:26:14.120 hates Israel, 0.95

00:26:15.620 who hates 0.99

00:26:16.060 America,

00:26:16.700 who chants 0.93

00:26:17.220 death to 0.94

00:26:17.660 America, 0.99

00:26:18.160 death to 1.00

00:26:18.520 Israel, 1.00

00:26:19.320 he can sell

00:26:19.900 as much

00:26:20.260 oil as he

00:26:20.760 wants.

00:26:21.160 What, you

00:26:21.460 know,

00:26:21.640 what's a

00:26:22.540 hundred

00:26:22.760 billion dollars

00:26:23.580 to a

00:26:23.940 psychopath

00:26:24.260 who wants 1.00

00:26:24.720 to murder

00:26:25.020 us all? 0.99

00:26:25.840 Senator,

00:26:26.420 one other

00:26:26.840 question I

00:26:27.480 do want to

00:26:28.500 ask you

00:26:29.000 about,

00:26:29.640 and that

00:26:30.260 involves some

00:26:31.620 of Anthony

00:26:32.360 Blinken,

00:26:32.920 but just a

00:26:33.640 broader shock.

00:26:34.660 The Biden

00:26:36.020 administration

00:26:36.800 issued

00:26:37.640 condolences

00:26:38.720 to Iran.

00:26:40.040 You were

00:26:40.240 just talking

00:26:40.680 about the

00:26:41.040 Iranian

00:26:41.260 order,

00:26:42.200 oil,

00:26:43.060 and the

00:26:44.200 Biden

00:26:44.500 State

00:26:44.820 Department

00:26:45.280 sent

00:26:46.260 official

00:26:47.020 condolences

00:26:48.080 for the

00:26:49.240 Iranian

00:26:49.580 president,

00:26:50.240 who is

00:26:50.900 known as

00:26:51.620 the Butcher

00:26:52.380 of Tehran,

00:26:54.560 and yet the

00:26:55.500 U.S. is 0.80

00:26:56.100 offering official

00:26:57.120 condolences,

00:26:57.880 and they say

00:26:58.360 this is

00:26:58.800 standard

00:26:59.180 protocol.

00:27:00.040 Since

00:27:00.380 when?

00:27:00.820 Well,

00:27:03.120 look,

00:27:03.460 as I

00:27:04.360 asked on

00:27:05.060 Twitter,

00:27:05.520 only slightly

00:27:06.280 tongue-in-cheek,

00:27:07.160 I said,

00:27:07.540 you know,

00:27:07.820 you should

00:27:08.680 have seen

00:27:08.960 the condolence

00:27:09.560 letter the

00:27:10.040 State Department

00:27:10.600 put out

00:27:11.100 when Adolf

00:27:11.880 Hitler died.

00:27:13.440 We don't

00:27:15.020 mourn the

00:27:16.300 loss of

00:27:17.120 mass

00:27:17.480 murderers.

00:27:18.020 Understand,

00:27:18.640 Raisi was

00:27:20.140 a mass 1.00

00:27:20.640 murderer. 0.84

00:27:20.940 By the way, 0.99

00:27:21.260 he murdered

00:27:21.600 children in

00:27:22.260 his own

00:27:22.540 country.

00:27:23.180 He was in

00:27:24.520 charge of

00:27:25.220 making the

00:27:25.960 morals police

00:27:26.940 in Iran

00:27:27.500 even stricter.

00:27:28.880 You know the

00:27:29.560 groups that we

00:27:30.080 see online

00:27:30.620 things like

00:27:31.040 Queers for 0.90

00:27:31.420 Palestine?

00:27:32.400 Raisi is

00:27:32.840 the guy in

00:27:33.340 charge of

00:27:33.780 murdering 1.00

00:27:34.380 homosexuals. 1.00

00:27:35.000 He's the 0.95

00:27:35.280 one that

00:27:35.560 takes you

00:27:35.920 to the

00:27:36.180 top of

00:27:36.520 a tall

00:27:36.780 building,

00:27:37.120 or actually

00:27:37.820 his goons

00:27:38.300 are,

00:27:38.540 to be fair.

00:27:39.060 It's probably

00:27:39.500 not him

00:27:39.920 personally,

00:27:40.840 but his goons

00:27:41.460 take you to

00:27:41.860 the top of

00:27:42.260 a tall

00:27:42.520 building and

00:27:42.940 throw you

00:27:43.280 off.

00:27:43.540 He's the

00:27:43.860 one that

00:27:44.320 if a

00:27:46.200 woman removes 0.99

00:27:47.680 her head

00:27:48.640 covering and

00:27:49.340 that is in

00:27:50.780 charge of

00:27:51.440 administering

00:27:52.760 the beatings

00:27:54.200 and whipping 0.94

00:27:54.600 and capital

00:27:55.180 punishment,

00:27:56.320 he is a 1.00

00:27:57.960 monster. 0.99

00:27:58.740 By the way, 0.67

00:27:59.220 he is also

00:27:59.720 directly responsible

00:28:00.600 for the

00:28:01.560 murders of

00:28:02.460 hundreds of

00:28:03.340 U.S.

00:28:03.700 servicemen and

00:28:04.320 women. 0.81

00:28:04.560 He is

00:28:05.260 directly

00:28:05.760 responsible for

00:28:06.720 October 7th for

00:28:07.720 the murder of

00:28:08.160 1,200 Israelis.

00:28:09.660 He is directly

00:28:10.560 responsible for

00:28:11.740 leading this

00:28:13.520 viciously

00:28:14.540 anti-Semitic 0.94

00:28:15.520 hateful regime.

00:28:17.620 The world

00:28:18.160 should celebrate

00:28:19.340 that Raisi is

00:28:21.440 dead, but this

00:28:22.560 administration

00:28:23.420 is not

00:28:25.480 celebrating.

00:28:26.060 And to be

00:28:26.440 clear, the

00:28:27.100 United Nations

00:28:28.020 flew their flags

00:28:29.040 at half

00:28:29.440 staff.

00:28:30.200 That's what

00:28:30.680 you do when

00:28:31.320 you commemorate

00:28:32.000 the loss of

00:28:32.560 a world

00:28:32.940 leader.

00:28:33.340 That's what

00:28:33.680 you do when

00:28:34.100 you commemorate

00:28:34.600 the loss of

00:28:35.180 someone who

00:28:36.080 is to be

00:28:36.740 revered, who

00:28:37.380 is to be

00:28:37.840 admired.

00:28:39.160 And in

00:28:39.660 this United

00:28:40.320 Nations, they 0.96

00:28:41.120 are such 0.98

00:28:41.560 vicious 1.00

00:28:41.920 anti-Semites. 0.91

00:28:43.580 Raisi fits

00:28:44.220 the bill.

00:28:45.200 Yeah, I

00:28:45.540 mean, I

00:28:46.100 wonder if

00:28:46.820 these guys

00:28:47.260 were in

00:28:47.560 charge when

00:28:48.440 we killed

00:28:48.840 Osama bin 1.00

00:28:49.680 Laden, would

00:28:50.140 they have

00:28:50.420 then sent

00:28:50.860 condolences to

00:28:51.720 Al-Qaeda?

00:28:52.820 And notice

00:28:53.580 Blinken didn't 1.00

00:28:54.360 condemn what the

00:28:55.060 U.S.

00:28:55.320 did.

00:28:55.540 I mean, I

00:28:56.200 gave him the

00:28:56.620 opportunity, he's

00:28:57.360 like, well, well, I

00:28:58.660 need to know the

00:28:59.260 context.

00:28:59.700 What context?

00:29:00.540 Flag?

00:29:01.300 Pole?

00:29:01.980 Halfway up.

00:29:02.900 Okay, you got all

00:29:03.460 the context.

00:29:04.440 Good or bad, you

00:29:05.040 agree?

00:29:05.680 I don't know, I

00:29:07.420 don't know, I

00:29:07.880 don't know.

00:29:08.620 Look, I mean,

00:29:09.320 that's, he doesn't

00:29:10.140 want to condemn it.

00:29:11.080 Why?

00:29:11.500 Because he agrees

00:29:12.160 with it.

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Verdict with Ted Cruz - May 25, 2024

Corporate Media Defends Cohen, Can Dems get Onboard w IVF & Blinken on Arming Israel Contrary to WH Week In Review

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