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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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
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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,
00:01:01.960 but he's a thief, too.
00:01:04.180 Like, that's kind of a problem.
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
00:09:02.500 is utter and complete garbage.
00:09:04.860 Lastly,
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.
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
00:10:06.700 you can to destroy Trump
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
00:10:28.680 are so absurd,
00:10:30.260 it just shows
00:10:30.860 they're really bad liars.
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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
00:16:00.960 because this guy's a liar
00:16:01.860 and the whole case is a joke.
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.
00:16:16.240 Oh,
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
00:17:57.400 a ridiculous story.
00:17:58.240 Some 14-year-old
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,
00:18:22.160 Mike Cohen's a liar,
00:18:22.920 the whole case is a sham.
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
00:21:09.120 says he's a liar.
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
00:21:44.480 holding the damn weapons.
00:21:45.480 They're not sending them.
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
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
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
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
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
00:24:56.840 a damn.
00:24:57.460 They don't care.
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
00:25:27.040 to murder
00:25:27.600 Mike Pompeo,
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
00:25:40.160 murder
00:25:40.500 Blinken's
00:25:41.740 predecessor,
00:25:42.440 and was
00:25:42.860 trying to
00:25:43.320 murder him
00:25:43.660 two days
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
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
00:26:12.660 theocrat who
00:26:14.120 hates Israel,
00:26:15.620 who hates
00:26:16.060 America,
00:26:16.700 who chants
00:26:17.220 death to
00:26:17.660 America,
00:26:18.160 death to
00:26:18.520 Israel,
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
00:26:24.720 to murder
00:26:25.020 us all?
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
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
00:27:20.640 murderer.
00:27:20.940 By the way,
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
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
00:27:34.380 homosexuals.
00:27:35.000 He's the
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
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
00:27:54.600 and capital
00:27:55.180 punishment,
00:27:56.320 he is a
00:27:57.960 monster.
00:27:58.740 By the way,
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.
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
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
00:28:41.120 are such
00:28:41.560 vicious
00:28:41.920 anti-Semites.
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
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
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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