Verdict with Ted Cruz - January 13, 2023


"Pop The Trunk Joe, The Special Prosecutor Needs To Search Your Corvette"


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Ted Cruz reacts to the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the sitting president of the United States of America, Donald Trump. Ted Cruz describes the moment he learned of the appointment, and the reaction of others in the legal community.

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00:00:00.000 This is an iHeart Podcast.
00:00:02.600 Guaranteed human.
00:00:04.400 It is news that many did not see coming.
00:00:07.120 A special prosecutor, not for Donald Trump,
00:00:09.700 but for the President of the United States of America.
00:00:12.800 It's Verdict with Senator Ted Cruz.
00:00:15.000 Senator, nice to be with you in studio today.
00:00:16.980 You and I were just sitting outside watching this big announcement.
00:00:20.320 And before I play Garland and what he had to say,
00:00:23.660 on a scale of 1 to 10, how surprised are you that he came out
00:00:27.240 and said, there's a special prosecutor for a sitting president?
00:00:31.120 Yeah, I'm not surprised at all.
00:00:33.200 Garland had to do this.
00:00:34.420 He was backed into the corner.
00:00:36.460 The instant they found yet more documents,
00:00:39.420 first at the Penn Center, then in the garage,
00:00:42.560 you know, by the Corvette.
00:00:43.860 I don't know if they're like under the spare tire
00:00:45.440 or where exactly they were.
00:00:47.120 And then we discovered,
00:00:49.700 oops, we found a third bunch of documents
00:00:51.780 at the residence somewhere.
00:00:52.960 I don't know if it's, you know, in the cloak closet,
00:00:55.420 stuffed into his shoes.
00:00:56.480 It's not clear. 0.98
00:00:59.340 Garland is miserable doing this, 0.80
00:01:01.840 but he had no choice. 0.95
00:01:03.780 It was like watching a hostage video.
00:01:05.380 I mean, his face was, oh my gosh.
00:01:07.380 Yes.
00:01:07.700 I can't believe what I'm even having to read on national TV. 0.97
00:01:10.520 This announcement is a big damn deal. 0.78
00:01:15.140 This makes the Biden DOJ's efforts 0.96
00:01:17.860 to go after Donald J. Trump
00:01:19.660 a billion times harder
00:01:22.300 and a billion times more complicated. 1.00
00:01:24.480 They are going, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap. 0.99
00:01:28.980 Well, let's watch Merrick Garland and you can see the expression. 0.99
00:01:31.220 I want to play that.
00:01:31.900 And before we get to that,
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00:02:21.900 Senator, as you mentioned a moment ago,
00:02:23.240 take a listen for everybody out there.
00:02:25.340 This is, I call it the Garland hostage video
00:02:28.280 when announcing a special prosecutor
00:02:31.360 to look into the sitting president of the United States of America.
00:02:34.540 Earlier today, I signed an order
00:02:37.520 appointing Robert Herr a special counsel
00:02:39.700 for the matter I've just described.
00:02:41.600 The document authorizes him to investigate
00:02:44.480 whether any person or entity
00:02:45.980 violated the law in connection with this matter.
00:02:49.200 The special counsel will not be subject
00:02:50.880 to the day-to-day supervision
00:02:52.220 of any official of the department,
00:02:54.280 but he must comply with the regulations,
00:02:56.780 procedures, and policies of the department.
00:03:00.380 Mr. Herr has a long and distinguished career
00:03:02.860 as a prosecutor.
00:03:04.600 In 2003, he joined the department's criminal division
00:03:07.360 where he worked on counterterrorism,
00:03:10.000 corporate fraud, and appellate matters.
00:03:12.240 From 2007 until 2014,
00:03:15.300 Mr. Herr served as an assistant U.S. attorney
00:03:17.380 for the District of Maryland,
00:03:18.900 where he prosecuted matters ranging from violent crime
00:03:21.780 to financial fraud.
00:03:23.740 In 2017, Mr. Herr rejoined the department
00:03:26.740 as the principal associate deputy attorney general.
00:03:29.660 In 2018, he was nominated and confirmed
00:03:33.520 to serve as a U.S. attorney
00:03:35.360 for the District of Maryland.
00:03:37.680 As U.S. attorney,
00:03:38.980 he supervised some of the department's
00:03:40.740 more important national security,
00:03:43.000 public corruption,
00:03:43.940 and other high-profile matters.
00:03:46.220 I will ensure that Mr. Herr receives
00:03:48.960 all the resources he needs
00:03:50.740 to conduct his work.
00:03:52.180 As I have said before,
00:03:55.760 I strongly believe that the normal processes
00:03:58.180 of this department
00:03:59.280 can handle all investigations with integrity.
00:04:03.200 But under the regulations,
00:04:04.960 the extraordinary circumstances here
00:04:06.960 require the appointment of a special counsel
00:04:09.040 for this matter.
00:04:10.620 This appointment underscores for the public
00:04:13.720 the department's commitment
00:04:14.920 to both independence and accountability
00:04:17.460 in particularly sensitive matters
00:04:19.920 and to making decisions indisputably guided
00:04:23.360 only by the facts and the law.
00:04:27.200 I am confident that Mr. Herr
00:04:29.480 will carry out his responsibility
00:04:31.660 in an even-handed and urgent manner
00:04:33.980 and in accordance with the highest traditions
00:04:37.000 of this department.
00:04:38.660 Thank you all.
00:04:39.920 Have you ever spoken to the president
00:04:41.100 about this investigation, sir?
00:04:43.220 No questions.
00:04:44.740 He walked out of there as fast as he could.
00:04:47.080 You see him say it this way.
00:04:48.960 You can tell he's like,
00:04:50.320 I've lost control.
00:04:51.720 I can't protect Joe Biden now.
00:04:53.840 And if you look at a special prosecutor,
00:04:56.140 they're going to dig
00:04:57.200 and people are going to ask you this question.
00:04:58.880 So I'm going to ask it.
00:05:00.040 Who is this special prosecutor?
00:05:01.840 What do we know about him?
00:05:02.980 Is he part of the swamp?
00:05:04.040 Or is he a guy that may actually
00:05:05.460 do the job the right way?
00:05:07.060 So let me say a couple of things.
00:05:08.540 For the folks who are watching this on YouTube,
00:05:10.920 and this is one of our video episodes,
00:05:12.460 you were able to watch that.
00:05:13.740 You were able to actually see Merrick Garland,
00:05:16.700 and see the absolute pain and agony.
00:05:19.080 For the folks who are listening to this in audio,
00:05:22.000 I can just convey to you that I'm pretty sure
00:05:24.440 the whole time Merrick Garland
00:05:25.820 was actually blinking SOS.
00:05:28.280 Yeah.
00:05:29.720 And just take my word for it,
00:05:31.900 that visual cue is there.
00:05:33.860 You know, it's striking.
00:05:34.840 At the end of that clip,
00:05:36.680 he's asked a question.
00:05:38.060 One question from a reporter.
00:05:39.360 Have you talked to Joe Biden about this?
00:05:42.780 And Merrick Garland turns, walks away.
00:05:47.640 We don't answer no stinking questions
00:05:49.860 at the Department of Justice.
00:05:51.400 No interest in accountability.
00:05:53.400 No interest in...
00:05:54.660 That's a pretty important question.
00:05:56.380 What conversation have you had with Joe Biden about this?
00:05:59.280 Unwilling to answer it.
00:06:01.140 Who is Robert Herr?
00:06:03.780 I don't know.
00:06:05.640 I suspect we're going to hear a lot of discussion about that
00:06:08.540 in the next several days coming forward,
00:06:11.020 the next several weeks coming forward.
00:06:12.640 I've met him.
00:06:13.520 I don't know him well.
00:06:15.380 He was a former clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist,
00:06:18.560 as was I.
00:06:19.260 He clerked, I think, six years after I did.
00:06:21.700 So we didn't overlap.
00:06:23.000 But the world of clerks is a pretty small,
00:06:25.220 little incestuous world.
00:06:27.100 Before that, he clerked for Alex Kaczynski,
00:06:29.220 who was a judge on the Ninth Circuit,
00:06:31.620 was at the time one of the top conservative
00:06:34.420 appellate judges in the country.
00:06:38.320 Those are good signs.
00:06:40.540 Most people who clerked for Kaczynski and Rehnquist...
00:06:43.860 Not liberal.
00:06:45.040 ...are right of center.
00:06:46.000 Not 100%.
00:06:46.820 Yeah.
00:06:47.660 Rehnquist...
00:06:48.540 There are Rehnquist clerks who are left of center,
00:06:51.840 but most people, if you're Kaczynski, Rehnquist,
00:06:54.320 are right of center.
00:06:58.520 He's been a prosecutor much of his career,
00:07:00.800 a prosecutor or a lawyer in private practice.
00:07:02.920 I will say one huge red flag at the outset
00:07:06.820 is Robert Herr was Rod Rosenstein's right hand.
00:07:13.860 And for people that forget Rod Rosenstein
00:07:16.280 and how much of a figure he has been over the last several years,
00:07:19.780 explain that.
00:07:20.400 So let's walk through.
00:07:21.320 Who was Rod Rosenstein?
00:07:22.380 Rod Rosenstein was the deputy attorney general
00:07:24.780 under Donald Trump when Jeff Sessions became attorney general.
00:07:27.920 That appointment, and Trump appointed Rod Rosenstein,
00:07:31.980 that appointment was a tragic mistake
00:07:34.920 that visited enormous grief on the Trump White House
00:07:39.660 and the Trump presidency.
00:07:41.340 Rod Rosenstein had been the U.S. attorney
00:07:43.580 under Barack Obama for the state of Maryland.
00:07:46.660 He was the top prosecutor
00:07:48.400 for the Department of Justice in Maryland
00:07:51.600 in the Obama DOJ.
00:07:53.800 Look, Rod is not a left winger.
00:07:57.540 Right.
00:07:59.240 But he's a company man.
00:08:00.680 He's a DOJ company man.
00:08:03.880 And if you look at how
00:08:05.700 the Department of Justice operates,
00:08:07.640 all right, so number one,
00:08:08.700 like most places in Washington,
00:08:10.500 there's an alphabet soup.
00:08:11.660 So the AG is at the top.
00:08:15.420 The number two official
00:08:16.760 in the Department of Justice
00:08:18.160 is the deputy AG.
00:08:19.480 And in the acronym world,
00:08:20.540 that's called the DAG.
00:08:22.480 The DAG is essentially,
00:08:24.480 and everyone calls him the DAG.
00:08:26.020 The DAG is essentially
00:08:27.780 the chief operating officer
00:08:29.540 of the agency.
00:08:30.940 So the DAG runs DOJ.
00:08:32.880 Day-to-day runs it.
00:08:35.340 And the way the DAG does that
00:08:37.460 is the DAG has a series
00:08:39.260 of lawyers reporting to him.
00:08:41.660 Who are what are called ADAGs,
00:08:44.260 which are associate deputy
00:08:47.160 attorneys general.
00:08:49.180 I was an ADAG
00:08:50.660 in the George W. Bush
00:08:52.760 Department of Justice.
00:08:53.760 I was an associate
00:08:54.680 deputy attorney general.
00:08:56.240 And each of the ADAGs
00:08:57.420 is responsible for helping the DAG
00:09:00.200 run the Department of Justice.
00:09:03.600 Now, you have multiple ADAGs.
00:09:06.740 And then you have one,
00:09:07.780 this is where Washington 0.93
00:09:08.540 really does get ridiculous.
00:09:09.660 One, who is the principal associate 0.81
00:09:14.160 deputy attorney general,
00:09:17.040 who's known as the pay DAG.
00:09:19.460 You can't make this up,
00:09:20.760 by the way.
00:09:21.360 I'm not, I'm really, I'm not.
00:09:22.980 That's the amazing thing.
00:09:23.700 Only in Washington
00:09:24.740 could this actually make sense
00:09:25.920 to people.
00:09:26.480 So, when Rod Rosenstein
00:09:28.600 was the DAG,
00:09:29.900 he appointed as his pay DAG,
00:09:32.160 in other words,
00:09:32.800 as his principal guy,
00:09:35.560 his right hand,
00:09:36.760 Robert Herr.
00:09:38.940 Now, Rod Rosenstein
00:09:41.260 is the one you'll remember.
00:09:42.880 Jeff Sessions early on
00:09:44.340 recused himself
00:09:45.440 from the Russia investigation.
00:09:47.140 So, Rod Rosenstein
00:09:48.240 was responsible
00:09:49.040 for that absolute
00:09:50.800 cluster.
00:09:53.540 Yeah, of an investigation.
00:09:54.660 It was,
00:09:55.820 look, as listeners
00:09:56.460 of this pod know,
00:09:57.640 my last book,
00:09:59.140 Justice Corrupted,
00:10:00.080 by the way,
00:10:00.420 if you haven't bought
00:10:00.980 Justice Corrupted,
00:10:01.940 go buy Justice Corrupted.
00:10:03.040 There's an entire chapter
00:10:04.200 that will walk you through
00:10:05.620 what Rod Rosenstein did
00:10:07.200 with the Russia investigation,
00:10:09.340 with the corruption,
00:10:10.220 with the disaster.
00:10:11.400 Rod Rosenstein
00:10:12.160 is the one
00:10:12.740 who appointed
00:10:13.360 Robert Mueller.
00:10:14.660 You want to talk about
00:10:15.440 appointing special counsels,
00:10:16.760 Rod Rosenstein
00:10:17.420 is the one
00:10:17.860 who appointed Robert Mueller,
00:10:19.300 started the whole
00:10:20.500 Russia fiasco
00:10:21.940 to begin with,
00:10:23.740 and Robert Herr
00:10:24.620 was Rosenstein's
00:10:25.880 right hand.
00:10:26.420 Now,
00:10:26.960 about a year into it,
00:10:29.520 Herr got appointed
00:10:30.960 U.S. Attorney
00:10:32.000 for Maryland.
00:10:32.540 the job
00:10:34.360 Rosenstein had left,
00:10:35.480 and so he succeeded him
00:10:36.580 and took over
00:10:37.180 as U.S. Attorney.
00:10:38.500 What I don't know,
00:10:40.060 and this will come out
00:10:41.680 in the next few days,
00:10:43.040 is how involved
00:10:44.220 Herr was
00:10:45.180 in the whole
00:10:46.920 Russia disaster,
00:10:48.300 in the
00:10:48.980 Steele dossier,
00:10:51.300 in the
00:10:52.740 wiretaps
00:10:54.060 in surveilling
00:10:54.820 President Trump.
00:10:55.880 I don't know
00:10:56.800 his involvement
00:10:57.540 or not.
00:10:58.180 But we're going to
00:10:58.700 find that out.
00:10:59.080 We're going to find out,
00:11:00.020 and it's going to matter
00:11:00.720 a lot.
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00:11:02.100 Rosenstein's right hand
00:11:03.240 is not an encouraging sign.
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00:11:36.980 Let's talk about the documents.
00:11:38.520 There's two timelines
00:11:39.360 that I think are extremely important.
00:11:41.200 One,
00:11:41.880 the timeline of how many years
00:11:43.400 these documents
00:11:44.240 were not in a secure location.
00:11:46.840 If you look at the timeline
00:11:48.200 of when the Penn Center
00:11:49.620 was even created,
00:11:51.360 there are gaps of years
00:11:53.520 where these documents
00:11:54.500 had to be in other places.
00:11:56.160 I've talked to people
00:11:57.240 that have said
00:11:57.740 they think these documents
00:11:59.000 could have been separated,
00:12:00.440 some going to his house,
00:12:01.600 to his garage,
00:12:02.440 some going to the Penn Center.
00:12:03.700 They could have been
00:12:04.280 separated multiple times.
00:12:05.420 They could have been
00:12:05.840 also moved multiple times.
00:12:07.380 And I doubt
00:12:08.200 that it was attorneys
00:12:09.840 that were hired
00:12:10.580 every time to move
00:12:11.500 these documents
00:12:12.240 that he didn't know he had,
00:12:13.980 even though they claimed
00:12:14.700 even this last week,
00:12:15.560 which I think is still absurd.
00:12:16.960 Oh, my attorneys
00:12:17.840 were packing up my office.
00:12:19.620 Attorneys are not
00:12:20.360 traditionally moving companies,
00:12:21.860 but if they were,
00:12:23.040 how many other times
00:12:23.840 did they move these documents?
00:12:24.900 The second timeline is
00:12:26.320 how long did he have
00:12:27.940 these documents
00:12:28.360 from the beginning,
00:12:29.740 not just that,
00:12:31.320 but also,
00:12:32.460 when did everybody
00:12:33.380 know about this?
00:12:34.660 And it was before Election Day
00:12:36.580 and there wasn't
00:12:37.620 a single leak on this
00:12:39.060 before the midterms.
00:12:41.520 Yeah, so the timeline,
00:12:43.460 they've laid out
00:12:44.480 some of the timeline.
00:12:45.420 We'll find out
00:12:45.920 if that timeline
00:12:46.520 is real or not.
00:12:47.520 We don't know right now.
00:12:48.680 But what they are admitting,
00:12:50.020 they claim they first found
00:12:52.080 these documents
00:12:54.280 on November 2nd.
00:12:57.240 Now, November 2nd,
00:12:58.520 if you look at a calendar,
00:12:59.980 is before November 8th,
00:13:01.900 which was Election Day.
00:13:03.720 Now, do you think
00:13:05.100 it might have been a problem
00:13:06.200 if when they found them
00:13:08.060 on November 2nd,
00:13:08.980 they had admitted
00:13:09.600 they found them
00:13:10.180 on November 2nd?
00:13:11.180 Sure.
00:13:11.800 There's a reason
00:13:12.740 they didn't tell anyone
00:13:14.340 until after Election Day
00:13:16.240 because it let the press
00:13:18.560 just focus on
00:13:19.700 and attack Donald Trump.
00:13:20.800 Donald Trump,
00:13:21.440 this is terrible.
00:13:22.680 Look, Biden,
00:13:23.980 how could you be
00:13:24.760 so irresponsible?
00:13:25.860 He, you know,
00:13:27.020 everyone knows
00:13:28.060 you would never leave.
00:13:30.180 In fact,
00:13:30.840 we have one of those
00:13:31.660 Biden clips
00:13:32.320 to remind people.
00:13:33.580 Take a listen.
00:13:34.300 Look at this.
00:13:35.240 This is Biden grandstanding
00:13:36.480 and this is going to come back
00:13:37.400 to haunt him,
00:13:37.920 I think,
00:13:38.180 for probably the next two years
00:13:39.200 of his presidency
00:13:39.900 at bare minimum.
00:13:41.000 Take a look at this.
00:13:41.820 When you saw the photograph
00:13:43.840 of the top secret documents
00:13:46.400 laid out on the floor
00:13:47.420 at Mar-a-Lago,
00:13:48.700 what did you think
00:13:49.280 to yourself
00:13:49.820 looking at that image?
00:13:51.480 How that could possibly happen?
00:13:56.580 How anyone could be
00:13:57.780 that irresponsible?
00:13:59.700 And I thought,
00:14:00.380 what data was in there
00:14:01.760 that may compromise
00:14:02.760 sources and methods?
00:14:04.500 By that,
00:14:05.140 I mean names of people
00:14:06.620 who helped,
00:14:07.280 et cetera.
00:14:08.580 And it's just
00:14:09.540 totally irresponsible.
00:14:12.360 Now, you look at that.
00:14:14.080 Before I get your response,
00:14:16.080 okay,
00:14:16.920 let's look at the last question
00:14:19.040 he answered today
00:14:20.220 on this
00:14:21.260 where he was asked like, 1.00
00:14:22.500 how could you be so stupid, 1.00
00:14:24.360 Mr. President, 1.00
00:14:25.080 to have documents
00:14:26.260 literally in your garage?
00:14:27.740 Here it is.
00:14:29.260 Mr. President,
00:14:30.260 Mr. President,
00:14:30.980 thank you,
00:14:31.400 thank you,
00:14:31.800 Mr. President,
00:14:32.580 Mr. President,
00:14:33.020 classified material
00:14:35.540 next to your Corvette.
00:14:37.820 What were you thinking?
00:14:40.580 Let me,
00:14:41.460 I'm going to get a chance
00:14:42.640 to speak on all this,
00:14:43.700 God willing, soon.
00:14:44.620 But as I said earlier this week,
00:14:46.800 people,
00:14:47.120 and by the way,
00:14:47.620 my Corvette's in a locked garage.
00:14:49.640 Okay?
00:14:49.900 So it's not like
00:14:50.700 you're sitting out
00:14:51.200 in the street.
00:14:51.720 But anyway,
00:14:52.540 yes,
00:14:54.900 as well as my Corvette.
00:14:57.080 But as I said earlier this week,
00:14:59.000 people know
00:15:00.260 I take classified documents
00:15:02.240 and classified material seriously.
00:15:04.260 No, you don't.
00:15:06.640 They're in your garage, man.
00:15:08.600 Ben,
00:15:08.940 all I got to say is 1.00
00:15:09.860 karma's a bitch. 1.00
00:15:11.000 Yeah. 1.00
00:15:12.220 Like,
00:15:13.800 the Democrats
00:15:14.540 and the press
00:15:15.740 have been grandstanding,
00:15:17.460 have been ridiculing
00:15:18.580 Donald Trump,
00:15:19.360 have been going after him
00:15:20.740 like crazy.
00:15:22.640 At this point,
00:15:24.960 it appears
00:15:25.540 Biden just keeps
00:15:26.620 finding classified documents,
00:15:28.460 first in the Penn Center,
00:15:29.960 then in the garage,
00:15:33.680 next to the Corvette.
00:15:35.800 By the way,
00:15:36.620 they also said
00:15:37.200 not just in the garage,
00:15:38.220 they said
00:15:38.580 and in the room
00:15:39.800 adjoining the garage.
00:15:41.000 They haven't said
00:15:41.440 what room that is.
00:15:42.320 Now, look,
00:15:42.720 most houses I've been in,
00:15:43.780 what is the room
00:15:44.380 adjoining the garage?
00:15:45.640 A bathroom?
00:15:46.460 Yeah.
00:15:47.040 Maybe the washing machine room?
00:15:49.360 Or an outside storage room
00:15:50.800 with outside entry
00:15:51.660 that's not exactly secure?
00:15:53.440 Like,
00:15:54.080 I don't know what it is,
00:15:55.040 but I think they don't want
00:15:55.820 to say what it is
00:15:56.680 because, like,
00:15:57.260 the other room...
00:15:57.760 It's almost like
00:15:58.240 the basement bathroom server,
00:16:00.220 right?
00:16:00.460 For Hillary.
00:16:01.100 It is.
00:16:01.720 Maybe that's what's there.
00:16:02.660 Maybe he's got Hillary's servers. 0.95
00:16:04.060 I don't know.
00:16:05.100 There's some speculation.
00:16:06.260 Look,
00:16:07.200 and then
00:16:08.240 Merrick Garland said,
00:16:09.400 oh, yeah,
00:16:09.700 and they found something else.
00:16:11.120 Like,
00:16:11.360 they didn't say where.
00:16:12.540 I don't know if it's like,
00:16:13.400 you know,
00:16:13.600 under his pillow.
00:16:14.380 He sleeps snuggling it.
00:16:16.320 Now,
00:16:16.460 I gotta say,
00:16:17.580 it's a little bit weird.
00:16:20.540 And to be honest,
00:16:21.460 it's weird that Trump
00:16:22.280 has these documents, too.
00:16:23.720 I'm not now.
00:16:24.640 I will say,
00:16:26.000 past presidents,
00:16:27.080 all of them have had disputes
00:16:28.400 with the archives
00:16:29.140 over their papers.
00:16:30.140 Yes.
00:16:30.620 They want it for the
00:16:31.320 presidential library.
00:16:32.300 They want it for their story.
00:16:33.860 They want it for their time
00:16:35.000 in office to show
00:16:35.820 their accomplishments.
00:16:36.840 I get that.
00:16:37.700 But to be clear,
00:16:38.900 so people understand this,
00:16:39.900 the vice president
00:16:41.000 cannot declassify anything
00:16:43.360 while they're in office.
00:16:43.920 He has zero authority
00:16:44.980 to declassify anything.
00:16:46.760 And listen,
00:16:47.460 I have served in the Senate.
00:16:50.020 I've never served
00:16:50.800 as president or vice president,
00:16:52.640 although I tried damn hard,
00:16:53.860 but I haven't.
00:16:55.820 You know,
00:16:56.500 Joe Biden spent 40 years
00:16:58.040 in the Senate.
00:16:59.340 I can tell you in the Senate,
00:17:01.000 there is a 0.0% chance
00:17:03.900 that I have a classified document
00:17:05.380 anywhere
00:17:06.500 because I've never taken
00:17:08.480 a classified document
00:17:09.620 out of the skiff.
00:17:10.620 Like in the Senate,
00:17:11.580 the only place you handle
00:17:13.360 classified documents
00:17:14.480 is in the secure room
00:17:16.720 in the basement of the Senate.
00:17:17.980 And if people missed
00:17:18.700 our last podcast,
00:17:19.580 you talked about the skiff.
00:17:21.220 We talked about the rules
00:17:23.440 and the regulations
00:17:24.360 and the protections
00:17:25.340 of classified documents
00:17:26.760 so that things like this
00:17:28.220 literally don't happen.
00:17:30.100 Go back and listen to that
00:17:31.080 because you explained
00:17:31.840 how it works for senators,
00:17:33.160 how it works for people
00:17:33.940 that have top secret clearance,
00:17:35.320 how it works for people
00:17:36.120 that work in our government.
00:17:37.560 And having them in your garage
00:17:39.040 is never an appropriate location.
00:17:40.880 Well, look,
00:17:41.260 when I was at
00:17:41.940 the Department of Justice
00:17:43.020 as an associate deputy
00:17:45.240 attorney general,
00:17:45.920 I had a safe in my office,
00:17:47.820 a big safe
00:17:48.900 that when I had
00:17:49.500 classified documents there,
00:17:51.180 you would put in the safe
00:17:52.720 and you would lock the safe.
00:17:55.480 The executive branch,
00:17:57.380 you encounter
00:17:57.920 more classified documents.
00:18:00.500 So it's less surprising
00:18:03.640 with presidents.
00:18:04.760 It's interesting
00:18:05.500 that Biden,
00:18:06.980 as vice president,
00:18:08.020 seems to have
00:18:08.640 these classified documents
00:18:09.880 laying around everywhere.
00:18:11.640 One of the leaks
00:18:12.280 said that these documents
00:18:13.940 dealt with Ukraine.
00:18:15.860 Some of these did.
00:18:16.640 One of the leaks
00:18:17.300 said also Iran
00:18:18.060 and possibly China.
00:18:19.800 There's a lot of money
00:18:20.860 that came in
00:18:21.520 from anonymous donors
00:18:22.420 to the Biden-Penn Center.
00:18:23.920 Forty-plus million dollars
00:18:25.420 were being told.
00:18:26.000 Funded by communist China.
00:18:27.200 Right.
00:18:27.380 Oh, good.
00:18:27.820 You got the docs on China
00:18:29.220 in the place funded
00:18:31.180 by the Chinese.
00:18:31.980 That's a good idea.
00:18:32.840 Yeah.
00:18:33.100 And a place that,
00:18:34.360 let's be clear,
00:18:35.080 so people understand,
00:18:35.780 it was not considered
00:18:36.520 a secure location.
00:18:38.000 He also,
00:18:38.940 obviously,
00:18:39.380 went off script.
00:18:39.980 I'm sure his staff
00:18:40.540 is furious.
00:18:41.020 And he said,
00:18:41.920 well,
00:18:42.160 it's where my Corvette is
00:18:43.760 and it's locked
00:18:44.480 in my garage.
00:18:45.300 Like,
00:18:45.960 hey,
00:18:46.180 that's a Biden vault here.
00:18:47.560 Everybody calm down.
00:18:49.040 But when,
00:18:49.460 I mean,
00:18:49.780 this is not a secure location,
00:18:51.660 especially before
00:18:52.580 he became the president again.
00:18:53.640 Like,
00:18:54.100 there's still people
00:18:54.840 around his house
00:18:55.460 in Delaware now
00:18:56.060 because he's the president.
00:18:56.980 But in this time,
00:18:58.040 I was telling the two time frames,
00:19:00.220 there was years here
00:19:01.640 where he had
00:19:02.200 no Secret Service protection,
00:19:04.060 no protection at all.
00:19:05.400 Vice presidents
00:19:05.860 don't get protection afterwards.
00:19:07.600 Usually,
00:19:07.920 they're pretty much
00:19:08.600 on their own afterwards.
00:19:09.500 He was gone
00:19:10.720 from this residency
00:19:12.220 in Delaware,
00:19:12.980 which means
00:19:13.440 there was no one
00:19:14.440 watching these documents.
00:19:16.100 Well,
00:19:16.620 but it was by his Corvette.
00:19:17.660 That's true.
00:19:18.160 So that's safe.
00:19:18.880 And I do hope
00:19:19.960 we actually find out
00:19:20.940 where exactly
00:19:21.960 in the garage,
00:19:23.760 like just
00:19:24.120 in a pile of papers.
00:19:25.540 Well,
00:19:25.800 even as,
00:19:26.360 they showed a campaign ad
00:19:27.520 and now people
00:19:28.520 are zooming in
00:19:29.160 and there's a little
00:19:29.860 pile of documents,
00:19:30.900 you can see papers
00:19:31.760 in these bags
00:19:33.620 next to where his Corvette is
00:19:35.140 when he's pulling
00:19:35.720 the Corvette out
00:19:36.660 of his garage
00:19:37.380 and back in
00:19:38.160 for some campaign,
00:19:39.640 you know,
00:19:40.140 purpose he had back
00:19:40.920 in,
00:19:41.080 I think it said 2019.
00:19:42.540 So I also gotta say,
00:19:44.420 why are they in his garage
00:19:46.840 with his Corvette?
00:19:47.840 Look,
00:19:48.280 I've read lots
00:19:49.200 of classified documents.
00:19:50.200 I've never seen one
00:19:51.020 that I've said,
00:19:52.000 I want to take this home.
00:19:53.360 Now,
00:19:53.660 I'm not Sandy Berger.
00:19:54.520 I've never stuffed documents
00:19:55.420 down my pants.
00:19:56.280 So I don't understand
00:19:57.560 how Democrats deal with this.
00:19:59.020 But I don't know
00:20:00.200 why these documents
00:20:01.320 were so special to him
00:20:02.800 that he apparently
00:20:03.900 is hiding them
00:20:04.760 throughout his house.
00:20:05.560 Now,
00:20:06.100 listen,
00:20:06.400 let's set aside,
00:20:08.420 we'll see what
00:20:08.980 this special counsel does.
00:20:10.760 This is going to complicate
00:20:12.320 Joe Biden's life.
00:20:15.160 But the person who's...
00:20:15.900 How much is it gonna
00:20:16.360 complicate it?
00:20:17.120 I mean,
00:20:17.360 is this one of those
00:20:18.740 where your agenda
00:20:20.020 gets derailed
00:20:20.860 and this could get nasty
00:20:22.560 because it could connect you
00:20:24.740 as the big guy
00:20:25.580 and these documents?
00:20:26.680 Because if these documents
00:20:27.560 that he kept
00:20:28.260 dealt with financial issues
00:20:30.860 or things
00:20:31.780 or decisions
00:20:33.940 by our government
00:20:34.960 that could have
00:20:35.560 a positive impact
00:20:36.640 on his son's
00:20:37.380 financial dealings
00:20:38.280 in Ukraine,
00:20:39.660 Burisma,
00:20:40.800 China,
00:20:41.680 and other financial things,
00:20:43.160 some of these documents
00:20:44.340 could have dealt
00:20:45.040 with those issues.
00:20:46.320 And if they did,
00:20:48.340 the world of trouble
00:20:49.920 gets vastly larger.
00:20:52.040 Now,
00:20:52.220 look,
00:20:52.420 we have no evidence,
00:20:53.360 no indication right now
00:20:54.600 of what's in those documents
00:20:56.160 other than people
00:20:56.900 have leaked
00:20:57.280 that they concerned
00:20:58.200 Iran and the UK
00:20:59.980 and Ukraine.
00:21:00.920 if they concerned
00:21:02.560 Hunter Biden
00:21:03.600 and Burisma,
00:21:05.440 business deals
00:21:06.340 in Ukraine,
00:21:06.680 the whole world changes.
00:21:07.900 If they were documents
00:21:09.460 that are
00:21:10.580 relevant
00:21:13.240 to questions
00:21:14.440 of official corruption
00:21:15.620 by Joe Biden
00:21:16.460 and Hunter Biden,
00:21:17.400 that's a big deal,
00:21:18.600 but we have no indication
00:21:19.460 of that now.
00:21:20.280 So it's,
00:21:21.260 that would change
00:21:22.520 the situation
00:21:23.600 pretty dramatically.
00:21:25.420 Some of this
00:21:26.140 is gonna depend
00:21:26.740 on Robert Herr
00:21:27.320 and if he is
00:21:29.240 a straightforward
00:21:29.840 by the book
00:21:30.580 prosecutor
00:21:31.300 or if he is
00:21:33.500 part of
00:21:34.740 the deep state
00:21:35.940 that,
00:21:36.680 that manufactured
00:21:38.600 the Russia case
00:21:39.600 against Donald Trump
00:21:40.780 in the most corrupt
00:21:41.920 way imaginable.
00:21:43.060 If he goes in
00:21:44.300 and his approach
00:21:44.980 to this,
00:21:45.760 look,
00:21:46.360 the Biden Department
00:21:47.280 of Justice,
00:21:47.760 I talk about this
00:21:48.620 in the book
00:21:48.960 Justice Corrupted,
00:21:50.200 they appointed
00:21:50.900 a special counsel
00:21:52.280 to look at
00:21:52.800 Lois Lerner.
00:21:53.600 Yeah.
00:21:54.080 And that special counsel
00:21:55.200 was a big Democrat donor
00:21:56.420 who promptly said
00:21:57.680 nothing to see here,
00:21:58.540 all fine.
00:21:59.300 It is possible
00:22:00.380 that this appointment
00:22:02.320 is entirely about optics
00:22:04.280 and his job
00:22:05.360 is just,
00:22:06.540 you know,
00:22:07.000 say,
00:22:07.400 well,
00:22:07.780 he screwed up
00:22:08.480 but he didn't mean to
00:22:09.420 and everything's fine,
00:22:10.880 never mind.
00:22:12.180 That's possible.
00:22:13.680 It's also possible,
00:22:15.020 look,
00:22:15.160 anytime you have
00:22:15.660 a special counsel
00:22:16.420 that has the potential
00:22:17.540 to balloon
00:22:18.140 and get bigger
00:22:19.040 and bigger
00:22:19.960 and bigger.
00:22:21.460 Bill Clinton
00:22:22.060 learned that.
00:22:23.300 Donald Trump
00:22:23.940 learned that.
00:22:25.000 There's a long history
00:22:25.960 of special counsels
00:22:26.900 of their jurisdictions
00:22:27.700 growing.
00:22:30.160 And so,
00:22:31.140 if that happens,
00:22:32.220 that would be a big deal
00:22:33.400 but even if none
00:22:34.100 of that happens,
00:22:35.260 this has dramatically
00:22:37.580 complicated Merrick Garland's
00:22:39.360 life.
00:22:40.380 It's dramatically
00:22:41.160 complicated.
00:22:42.900 We've talked on this
00:22:43.960 podcast at length.
00:22:45.080 I believe
00:22:46.000 Merrick Garland
00:22:47.320 wants to criminally
00:22:48.320 charge Donald Trump.
00:22:50.160 Yeah,
00:22:50.340 does that take this
00:22:51.120 off the table
00:22:51.680 in essence now?
00:22:53.220 Well,
00:22:53.500 we talked before
00:22:54.460 about the reason
00:22:55.500 they leaked
00:22:56.100 that they were
00:22:56.560 going to prosecute
00:22:58.280 Hunter Biden.
00:22:58.960 Now,
00:22:59.200 remember,
00:22:59.700 what they've leaked
00:23:00.720 is they want
00:23:01.180 to prosecute
00:23:01.680 Hunter Biden
00:23:02.240 on his personal
00:23:03.440 crimes that only
00:23:04.260 implicate him
00:23:05.020 and don't implicate
00:23:05.980 his dad.
00:23:07.300 And you and I
00:23:08.160 have talked about
00:23:08.800 that I think
00:23:09.240 they want to do
00:23:09.840 that as political
00:23:11.440 cover to say,
00:23:12.380 see,
00:23:12.580 we prosecute
00:23:13.100 Hunter Biden,
00:23:13.560 we prosecute
00:23:14.000 Donald Trump,
00:23:14.660 aren't we even
00:23:15.180 handed?
00:23:15.460 this just
00:23:17.420 changed that
00:23:18.220 whole chessboard
00:23:18.960 because it
00:23:20.560 ain't complicated
00:23:21.500 that if both
00:23:23.300 Trump and Biden
00:23:24.140 have classified
00:23:25.040 docs and
00:23:25.880 suddenly the
00:23:26.500 Biden DOJ
00:23:27.320 says we're
00:23:27.820 prosecuting
00:23:28.460 Trump but
00:23:28.940 not Biden,
00:23:30.820 even the 0.98
00:23:31.740 lapdogs in 0.98
00:23:32.520 the corporate 0.90
00:23:32.920 media,
00:23:34.600 like that
00:23:35.260 question you
00:23:36.360 can't refrain
00:23:38.380 from asking.
00:23:39.260 And so
00:23:39.660 it's why
00:23:41.660 Merrick Garland
00:23:42.400 looks so 0.96
00:23:43.060 miserable because 0.96
00:23:43.740 he's looking
00:23:44.360 down the road
00:23:45.200 and his
00:23:45.620 plan of
00:23:46.560 what he
00:23:47.040 thought he
00:23:47.320 was going
00:23:47.540 to do
00:23:47.720 just got
00:23:48.160 screwed up. 0.57
00:23:48.940 And I 0.95
00:23:49.520 don't know
00:23:49.840 where this
00:23:50.180 goes.
00:23:50.600 I mean,
00:23:50.840 it really
00:23:51.500 is.
00:23:52.280 And by
00:23:52.620 the way,
00:23:52.980 at this
00:23:53.340 point,
00:23:53.740 it seems
00:23:54.480 every day
00:23:55.000 Biden keeps
00:23:55.640 finding more
00:23:56.340 classified
00:23:56.780 documents.
00:23:57.780 This may
00:23:58.140 not be
00:23:58.420 the end
00:23:58.680 of it.
00:23:59.000 It may
00:23:59.160 not be
00:23:59.560 the end.
00:24:00.160 It has
00:24:00.820 dribbled
00:24:01.280 out.
00:24:02.380 Now,
00:24:02.520 it's worth
00:24:02.920 underscoring
00:24:03.900 Joe Biden
00:24:05.560 and or his
00:24:06.480 team knew
00:24:08.080 about this
00:24:08.760 six days
00:24:09.560 before Election
00:24:10.480 Day.
00:24:10.980 They hid
00:24:11.900 it from
00:24:12.440 the American
00:24:13.100 people.
00:24:14.040 They
00:24:14.100 deliberately
00:24:14.880 hid it for
00:24:15.580 the American
00:24:16.040 people.
00:24:16.880 Now,
00:24:17.100 do I
00:24:17.460 know if
00:24:17.840 Joe Biden
00:24:18.320 knew personally?
00:24:19.080 No.
00:24:19.720 But they're
00:24:20.060 one of two
00:24:20.540 scenarios.
00:24:21.180 One,
00:24:21.580 he knew,
00:24:22.120 which is
00:24:22.360 probably the
00:24:23.060 case.
00:24:23.440 Sure.
00:24:24.000 Or two,
00:24:24.760 if he
00:24:25.120 didn't know,
00:24:25.840 the only
00:24:26.200 reason he
00:24:26.740 wouldn't know
00:24:27.260 is if his
00:24:27.860 team deliberately
00:24:28.980 didn't tell
00:24:29.680 him so he
00:24:30.520 could have
00:24:30.840 plausible
00:24:31.280 deniability
00:24:31.980 and say,
00:24:32.420 I didn't
00:24:32.620 know.
00:24:32.820 either
00:24:34.560 way,
00:24:35.860 that deception
00:24:37.880 to try to
00:24:39.060 influence the
00:24:39.880 election
00:24:40.340 is really 0.93
00:24:42.980 corrupt. 0.95
00:24:44.160 It's 0.90
00:24:44.780 corrupt on
00:24:45.240 a level
00:24:45.580 that he
00:24:46.420 will now
00:24:46.840 have to
00:24:47.200 be held
00:24:47.460 accountable
00:24:47.860 for if
00:24:49.080 this
00:24:49.340 prosecutor
00:24:49.700 goes
00:24:49.980 somewhere.
00:24:50.460 Let's
00:24:50.780 talk about
00:24:51.400 the job
00:24:52.000 of the
00:24:52.200 special
00:24:52.460 prosecutor
00:24:52.860 quickly.
00:24:53.520 And by
00:24:53.760 the way,
00:24:54.000 I will
00:24:54.220 say,
00:24:55.240 look,
00:24:55.560 we're
00:24:55.760 seeing
00:24:56.260 this week,
00:24:57.060 we're
00:24:57.900 seeing
00:24:58.300 suddenly
00:24:58.760 reporters
00:24:59.340 asking
00:24:59.800 real
00:25:00.200 questions
00:25:00.880 at the
00:25:01.740 White House
00:25:02.100 press
00:25:02.460 briefing.
00:25:03.000 We're
00:25:03.060 seeing
00:25:03.300 and not
00:25:03.940 just
00:25:04.240 reporters
00:25:04.700 from
00:25:04.940 Fox.
00:25:05.540 We're
00:25:05.660 seeing
00:25:06.180 CBS.
00:25:08.060 But like
00:25:08.500 suddenly
00:25:09.140 the
00:25:10.080 corporate
00:25:10.540 media,
00:25:11.440 it's
00:25:11.840 gotten
00:25:12.320 bad
00:25:13.200 enough
00:25:13.620 that
00:25:14.920 they're
00:25:15.180 being
00:25:15.440 forced
00:25:15.840 to do
00:25:16.140 their
00:25:16.320 jobs.
00:25:16.820 That's
00:25:17.140 an
00:25:17.240 important
00:25:17.560 development.
00:25:18.260 Or is
00:25:18.580 it
00:25:18.760 that the
00:25:19.300 useful 1.00
00:25:19.660 idiot 1.00
00:25:19.920 is 1.00
00:25:20.300 no
00:25:20.820 longer
00:25:21.100 useful
00:25:21.540 and
00:25:22.180 they're
00:25:22.680 saying
00:25:23.140 we
00:25:23.620 really
00:25:23.900 don't
00:25:24.200 want
00:25:24.400 him
00:25:24.560 to
00:25:24.700 run.
00:25:25.460 Democrats
00:25:26.100 clearly
00:25:26.640 were
00:25:27.580 kind
00:25:27.940 of
00:25:28.060 hoping
00:25:28.340 that
00:25:28.540 if
00:25:28.620 there
00:25:28.700 was
00:25:28.860 a
00:25:28.980 blood
00:25:29.140 bath
00:25:29.380 in
00:25:29.500 the
00:25:29.600 midterms
00:25:30.000 and the
00:25:30.220 Senate
00:25:30.380 was
00:25:30.580 lost
00:25:30.980 and the
00:25:31.180 House
00:25:31.380 was
00:25:31.540 lost
00:25:31.860 that
00:25:32.360 they
00:25:32.520 would
00:25:32.680 then
00:25:32.880 say
00:25:33.140 all right
00:25:33.520 we need
00:25:33.880 a new
00:25:34.100 leader
00:25:34.440 right
00:25:34.780 don't run
00:25:35.340 for
00:25:35.540 re-election
00:25:35.960 then it
00:25:36.680 was very
00:25:37.080 clear
00:25:37.400 they were
00:25:37.700 like
00:25:37.900 well
00:25:38.080 all right
00:25:38.240 we
00:25:38.360 got to
00:25:38.600 stick
00:25:38.820 with
00:25:38.940 him
00:25:39.040 now
00:25:39.280 because
00:25:39.540 they
00:25:39.700 still
00:25:39.920 have
00:25:40.080 the
00:25:40.240 Senate
00:25:40.460 this
00:25:41.520 could
00:25:41.760 be
00:25:41.880 their
00:25:42.040 moment
00:25:42.220 where
00:25:42.340 they
00:25:42.440 say
00:25:42.620 all right
00:25:42.800 let's
00:25:43.020 take
00:25:43.200 our
00:25:43.320 hand
00:25:43.540 off
00:25:43.780 of
00:25:43.900 him
00:25:44.080 and
00:25:44.220 this
00:25:44.480 may
00:25:44.700 be
00:25:44.800 our
00:25:44.940 way
00:25:45.060 to
00:25:45.180 get
00:25:45.320 rid
00:25:45.520 of
00:25:45.680 him
00:25:45.980 and
00:25:47.100 I
00:25:47.260 wonder
00:25:47.620 if
00:25:47.840 the
00:25:48.000 Democratic
00:25:48.360 party
00:25:48.680 is
00:25:48.820 now
00:25:48.940 kind
00:25:49.080 of
00:25:49.140 like
00:25:49.280 all right
00:25:49.600 we
00:25:49.760 got
00:25:49.980 through
00:25:50.140 the
00:25:50.300 midterms
00:25:50.780 we
00:25:51.180 don't
00:25:51.500 want
00:25:51.660 to
00:25:51.780 run
00:25:51.940 him
00:25:52.040 in
00:25:52.160 2024
00:25:52.680 we
00:25:53.840 desperately
00:25:54.280 want
00:25:54.560 a
00:25:54.680 new
00:25:54.820 face
00:25:55.380 we
00:25:55.760 got
00:25:55.920 rid
00:25:56.080 of
00:25:56.240 Pelosi
00:25:56.820 we
00:25:57.400 got
00:25:57.640 Hakeem
00:25:58.060 Jeffries
00:25:58.580 this
00:25:59.240 is
00:25:59.420 the
00:25:59.560 makeover
00:26:00.000 maybe
00:26:00.320 and the
00:26:00.680 easiest
00:26:00.960 way
00:26:01.160 to make
00:26:01.460 that
00:26:01.640 makeover
00:26:02.060 happen
00:26:02.480 so
00:26:03.180 maybe
00:26:03.680 I
00:26:05.040 will
00:26:05.340 say
00:26:05.820 if
00:26:06.160 you're
00:26:06.500 a
00:26:06.660 hardcore
00:26:07.020 partisan
00:26:07.620 Democrat
00:26:08.060 this
00:26:09.800 has
00:26:10.040 been
00:26:10.200 a
00:26:10.380 really
00:26:10.900 bad
00:26:11.280 week
00:26:11.600 yeah
00:26:12.000 and
00:26:14.480 if
00:26:14.700 you're
00:26:14.880 a
00:26:15.000 hardcore
00:26:15.300 partisan
00:26:15.820 Democrat
00:26:16.320 who
00:26:16.720 is
00:26:16.920 also
00:26:17.240 a
00:26:17.420 corporate
00:26:17.640 media
00:26:17.940 journalist
00:26:18.340 which
00:26:18.580 they
00:26:18.700 pretty
00:26:18.880 much
00:26:19.100 all
00:26:19.440 are
00:26:19.720 you
00:26:21.060 can
00:26:21.220 go
00:26:21.360 after
00:26:21.680 Biden
00:26:22.680 it's
00:26:23.380 time
00:26:23.620 to
00:26:23.760 ride
00:26:23.940 off
00:26:24.120 into
00:26:24.280 the
00:26:24.440 sunset
00:26:24.740 we
00:26:25.040 want
00:26:25.440 the
00:26:25.800 next
00:26:26.340 generation
00:26:26.900 of
00:26:27.100 Democrats
00:26:27.500 to
00:26:27.720 run
00:26:28.040 but
00:26:28.780 that's
00:26:29.040 a
00:26:29.160 dangerous
00:26:29.500 game
00:26:29.960 look
00:26:30.700 if
00:26:30.900 your
00:26:31.800 president
00:26:32.360 resigns
00:26:33.120 in
00:26:33.240 disgrace
00:26:33.600 or
00:26:33.900 doesn't
00:26:34.160 run
00:26:34.400 in
00:26:34.540 disgrace
00:26:34.920 because
00:26:35.760 they're
00:26:36.040 tarred
00:26:36.380 by
00:26:36.560 scandal
00:26:37.100 because
00:26:37.400 they're
00:26:37.640 facing
00:26:37.920 criminal
00:26:38.280 prosecution
00:26:38.960 that ain't
00:26:40.620 good
00:26:41.000 yeah
00:26:41.380 it
00:26:42.100 doesn't
00:26:42.600 set
00:26:43.080 well
00:26:43.600 with
00:26:43.760 the
00:26:43.880 next
00:26:44.200 guy
00:26:44.520 up
00:26:44.860 for
00:26:45.280 success
00:26:45.760 well
00:26:46.120 to
00:26:46.320 win
00:26:46.700 and
00:26:48.420 you
00:26:48.860 know
00:26:48.960 by the
00:26:49.360 way
00:26:49.680 all
00:26:50.920 of
00:26:51.120 this
00:26:51.360 is
00:26:51.540 on top
00:26:52.100 of
00:26:52.340 this
00:26:52.620 week
00:26:52.960 what
00:26:53.220 happened
00:26:53.620 well
00:26:53.840 this
00:26:54.060 week
00:26:54.280 the
00:26:54.440 FAA
00:26:54.820 screwed
00:26:55.280 up 0.96
00:26:55.540 and
00:26:55.720 halted
00:26:56.720 all
00:26:57.020 flights
00:26:57.440 for
00:26:57.660 several
00:26:58.000 hours
00:26:58.320 first
00:26:58.600 time
00:26:58.860 since
00:26:59.100 September
00:27:00.140 11th
00:27:01.820 that's
00:27:02.700 ever
00:27:02.940 happened
00:27:03.380 oh
00:27:03.880 but
00:27:03.980 we
00:27:04.100 got
00:27:04.220 good
00:27:04.400 data
00:27:04.660 points
00:27:05.020 from
00:27:05.140 that
00:27:05.340 Mayor
00:27:06.020 Pete
00:27:06.340 we
00:27:06.860 got
00:27:09.200 some
00:27:09.380 really
00:27:09.580 good
00:27:09.800 data
00:27:10.100 out
00:27:10.320 of
00:27:10.400 this
00:27:10.580 this
00:27:10.600 is
00:27:11.320 good
00:27:11.580 news
00:27:11.900 we're
00:27:12.120 going
00:27:12.200 to
00:27:12.240 be
00:27:12.320 able
00:27:12.440 to
00:27:12.480 overcome
00:27:12.740 this
00:27:12.960 take
00:27:13.120 a
00:27:13.240 look
00:27:13.460 now
00:27:14.160 that
00:27:14.460 the
00:27:14.980 system
00:27:15.340 is
00:27:15.580 up
00:27:15.780 and
00:27:15.940 running
00:27:16.260 our
00:27:21.540 out
00:27:21.840 exactly
00:27:22.620 how
00:27:23.000 this
00:27:23.200 happened
00:27:23.640 the
00:27:24.200 timeline
00:27:24.940 piece
00:27:25.480 by
00:27:25.720 piece
00:27:26.060 about
00:27:26.340 what
00:27:27.040 was
00:27:27.280 known
00:27:27.640 overnight
00:27:28.220 going
00:27:28.860 into
00:27:29.320 last
00:27:30.060 night
00:27:30.280 and then
00:27:30.540 coming
00:27:30.800 out
00:27:31.020 of
00:27:31.120 it
00:27:31.280 so
00:27:31.860 glitches
00:27:32.840 or
00:27:32.980 complications
00:27:33.500 happen
00:27:34.320 all the
00:27:34.700 time
00:27:34.980 but
00:27:35.200 we
00:27:35.600 can't
00:27:35.980 allow
00:27:36.240 them
00:27:36.500 to
00:27:36.940 ever
00:27:38.200 lead
00:27:38.660 to
00:27:38.820 this
00:27:39.180 level
00:27:39.440 of
00:27:39.580 disruption
00:27:39.940 and
00:27:40.360 we
00:27:40.560 won't
00:27:40.860 ever
00:27:41.120 allow
00:27:41.400 them
00:27:41.640 to
00:27:42.000 lead
00:27:42.160 to
00:27:42.260 a
00:27:42.380 safety
00:27:42.560 problem
00:27:42.960 can
00:27:43.880 you
00:27:44.020 promise
00:27:44.400 that
00:27:44.700 I
00:27:44.820 don't
00:27:45.040 think
00:27:45.320 so
00:27:45.660 like
00:27:45.960 we
00:27:46.080 won't
00:27:46.260 ever
00:27:46.440 let
00:27:46.660 this
00:27:46.820 happen
00:27:47.060 again
00:27:47.220 but
00:27:47.340 we
00:27:47.460 don't
00:27:47.600 know
00:27:47.720 what
00:27:47.820 happened
00:27:48.120 and
00:27:48.240 we
00:27:48.340 got
00:27:48.460 some
00:27:48.620 good
00:27:48.760 data
00:27:49.020 points
00:27:49.380 it's
00:27:49.920 almost
00:27:50.140 like
00:27:50.480 being
00:27:50.760 a
00:27:50.940 small
00:27:51.180 town
00:27:51.460 mayor
00:27:51.800 is
00:27:52.060 not
00:27:52.240 really
00:27:52.460 qualifications
00:27:53.140 to run
00:27:53.780 a
00:27:53.900 major
00:27:54.140 cabinet
00:27:54.480 agency
00:27:54.960 when
00:27:55.180 you
00:27:55.280 know
00:27:55.420 nothing
00:27:55.760 about
00:27:56.020 the
00:27:56.160 industry
00:27:56.400 look
00:27:56.760 you
00:27:57.200 look
00:27:57.500 at
00:27:57.760 Buttigieg's
00:27:58.700 tenure
00:27:59.020 his
00:27:59.940 first
00:28:00.220 year
00:28:00.480 in
00:28:00.640 office
00:28:00.980 we
00:28:01.240 had
00:28:01.400 a
00:28:01.520 major
00:28:01.960 supply
00:28:02.540 chain
00:28:02.880 crisis
00:28:03.340 which
00:28:03.720 most
00:28:04.120 people
00:28:04.440 hadn't
00:28:04.700 even
00:28:04.840 focused
00:28:05.240 on
00:28:05.480 what
00:28:05.660 the 0.99
00:28:05.780 heck
00:28:05.920 a
00:28:06.040 supply
00:28:06.360 chain
00:28:06.720 was
00:28:07.440 until
00:28:08.240 the
00:28:08.460 Biden
00:28:08.700 administration 0.98
00:28:09.320 screwed 0.96
00:28:09.680 it
00:28:09.780 up
00:28:09.900 in
00:28:10.280 the
00:28:10.440 middle
00:28:10.640 of
00:28:10.820 the
00:28:10.960 biggest
00:28:11.260 crisis
00:28:11.800 the
00:28:12.100 transportation
00:28:12.640 department
00:28:13.200 has
00:28:13.360 ever
00:28:13.520 seen
00:28:13.980 Pete
00:28:15.560 Buttigieg
00:28:15.940 was
00:28:16.240 on
00:28:16.420 paternity 0.93
00:28:16.820 leave
00:28:17.120 and
00:28:17.240 he
00:28:17.320 wasn't
00:28:17.540 at
00:28:17.660 the
00:28:17.760 office
00:28:18.100 then
00:28:19.540 we
00:28:19.980 saw
00:28:20.300 just
00:28:20.560 a
00:28:20.700 couple
00:28:20.880 of
00:28:21.040 months
00:28:21.260 ago
00:28:21.560 we
00:28:21.800 were
00:28:21.960 on
00:28:22.100 the
00:28:22.300 verge
00:28:22.880 of
00:28:23.620 a
00:28:23.780 massive
00:28:24.380 and
00:28:24.700 major
00:28:25.100 rail
00:28:25.480 strike
00:28:25.940 again
00:28:27.060 because
00:28:27.620 the
00:28:28.280 Biden
00:28:28.520 administration
00:28:29.120 had 0.71
00:28:29.420 screwed
00:28:29.820 it
00:28:29.980 up
00:28:30.200 and
00:28:30.740 now
00:28:31.300 oops
00:28:32.380 the
00:28:34.200 FAA
00:28:34.680 is not
00:28:35.340 able to
00:28:35.720 keep
00:28:35.880 planes
00:28:36.240 in the
00:28:36.480 air
00:28:36.660 safely
00:28:37.160 and
00:28:37.640 by
00:28:37.860 the
00:28:38.020 way
00:28:38.340 the
00:28:38.560 Biden
00:28:38.840 administration
00:28:39.440 two
00:28:39.760 years
00:28:40.080 in
00:28:40.380 does
00:28:40.880 not
00:28:41.240 have
00:28:41.940 an
00:28:42.420 FAA
00:28:42.800 administrator
00:28:43.560 in
00:28:43.860 place
00:28:44.360 they
00:28:44.900 nominated
00:28:45.400 the
00:28:45.620 guy
00:28:45.820 who
00:28:46.000 runs
00:28:46.260 the
00:28:46.420 Denver
00:28:46.700 airport
00:28:47.080 who
00:28:47.440 has
00:28:47.620 no
00:28:47.920 experience
00:28:48.540 with
00:28:49.280 issues
00:28:50.280 dealing
00:28:50.760 with
00:28:51.200 safety
00:28:52.980 and
00:28:53.740 aviation
00:28:54.600 look
00:28:55.300 running
00:28:55.560 an
00:28:56.260 airport
00:28:56.860 is
00:28:57.540 totally
00:28:57.960 different
00:28:58.340 and
00:28:59.180 by
00:28:59.440 the
00:28:59.560 way
00:28:59.740 he
00:28:59.920 has
00:29:00.220 major
00:29:01.060 scandal
00:29:01.600 issues
00:29:01.980 which
00:29:02.200 is
00:29:02.340 part
00:29:02.580 of
00:29:02.700 why
00:29:02.880 the
00:29:03.040 Democrats
00:29:03.460 in
00:29:03.620 the
00:29:03.760 Senate
00:29:03.980 haven't
00:29:04.640 moved
00:29:04.880 him
00:29:05.040 forward
00:29:05.300 and
00:29:05.500 confirmed
00:29:05.900 him
00:29:06.180 because
00:29:06.420 it's
00:29:06.600 not
00:29:06.780 clear
00:29:07.020 he
00:29:07.120 has
00:29:07.220 the
00:29:07.360 votes
00:29:07.540 to
00:29:07.700 be
00:29:07.940 confirmed
00:29:08.360 so
00:29:08.860 two
00:29:09.080 years
00:29:09.340 into
00:29:09.700 it
00:29:09.900 they
00:29:10.260 don't
00:29:10.440 have
00:29:10.700 a 0.68
00:29:10.800 head
00:29:10.940 of
00:29:11.060 the
00:29:11.180 FAA
00:29:11.540 that's
00:29:12.820 a
00:29:13.000 problem
00:29:13.600 it's
00:29:13.860 a
00:29:14.020 competence
00:29:14.460 problem
00:29:15.120 oh and
00:29:16.000 by the
00:29:16.300 way
00:29:16.400 in the
00:29:16.580 middle
00:29:16.700 of
00:29:16.820 all
00:29:16.980 of
00:29:17.120 this
00:29:17.380 they
00:29:18.460 also
00:29:18.820 tossed
00:29:19.220 out
00:29:19.400 a
00:29:19.520 trial
00:29:19.800 balloon
00:29:20.160 let's
00:29:20.820 ban
00:29:21.120 all
00:29:21.340 gas
00:29:21.660 stoves
00:29:22.060 yeah
00:29:22.300 that was
00:29:23.100 just
00:29:23.260 some
00:29:23.480 random
00:29:23.820 thing
00:29:24.160 initiative
00:29:24.520 that came
00:29:24.860 out
00:29:25.020 there
00:29:25.140 like
00:29:25.360 we
00:29:25.860 don't
00:29:26.000 want
00:29:26.200 you
00:29:26.300 cooking
00:29:26.540 on
00:29:26.720 gas
00:29:27.040 anymore
00:29:27.400 like
00:29:27.680 what
00:29:28.060 in
00:29:28.400 the
00:29:28.660 hell
00:29:29.200 like
00:29:30.280 this
00:29:30.840 has
00:29:31.140 been
00:29:31.520 one
00:29:31.820 of
00:29:31.940 those
00:29:32.220 weeks
00:29:32.600 it's
00:29:32.940 like
00:29:33.300 okay
00:29:34.260 you
00:29:34.500 guys
00:29:34.900 you're
00:29:36.440 coming up
00:29:36.720 with some
00:29:37.000 insane
00:29:37.400 things
00:29:37.900 and it's
00:29:38.340 all
00:29:38.660 virtue
00:29:39.000 signaling
00:29:39.380 can't
00:29:39.780 can't
00:29:40.140 wait
00:29:40.640 to see
00:29:41.180 what
00:29:41.320 happens
00:29:41.600 next
00:29:41.840 week
00:29:42.000 all right
00:29:42.220 as we
00:29:42.760 wrap
00:29:43.040 up
00:29:43.220 I
00:29:43.360 want
00:29:43.520 to do
00:29:43.760 something
00:29:44.060 just
00:29:44.320 interesting
00:29:44.740 as I
00:29:45.120 was
00:29:45.300 on
00:29:45.460 my
00:29:45.660 phone
00:29:45.980 and I
00:29:46.220 was
00:29:46.360 looking
00:29:46.700 at
00:29:47.080 at
00:29:47.940 different
00:29:49.560 doing
00:29:50.480 research
00:29:50.900 for this
00:29:51.260 show
00:29:51.500 I
00:29:52.580 stumbled
00:29:53.160 across
00:29:53.700 an
00:29:53.920 article
00:29:54.340 in
00:29:54.720 Britannica
00:29:55.560 that I
00:29:55.840 just
00:29:56.000 thought
00:29:56.180 was
00:29:56.320 interesting
00:29:56.740 which
00:29:57.780 is
00:29:57.940 the
00:29:58.120 secret
00:29:58.460 service
00:29:59.120 codenames
00:29:59.900 for
00:30:00.140 US
00:30:00.400 presidents
00:30:00.820 and I
00:30:01.220 didn't
00:30:01.600 know
00:30:01.800 this
00:30:02.420 so
00:30:03.560 starting
00:30:04.420 with
00:30:04.620 JFK
00:30:05.220 JFK's 0.56
00:30:06.820 codename
00:30:07.260 I have
00:30:08.400 no idea
00:30:08.920 Lancer
00:30:10.060 I gotta
00:30:11.020 figure that
00:30:11.400 one out
00:30:11.780 Richard
00:30:12.440 Nixon
00:30:12.860 Searchlight
00:30:14.400 that
00:30:15.640 actually
00:30:15.960 makes sense
00:30:16.480 Watergate
00:30:16.960 I get
00:30:17.280 that
00:30:17.540 one
00:30:17.860 Gerald
00:30:18.800 Ford
00:30:19.180 Passkey
00:30:20.860 I don't
00:30:22.000 get that
00:30:22.360 one
00:30:22.480 I don't
00:30:22.740 know
00:30:22.860 what
00:30:23.000 that
00:30:23.160 means
00:30:23.620 Jimmy
00:30:24.420 Carter
00:30:24.800 you're
00:30:25.040 gonna
00:30:25.100 like
00:30:25.280 this
00:30:25.460 one
00:30:25.680 Deacon
00:30:26.840 that's
00:30:28.080 actually
00:30:28.300 pretty
00:30:28.560 good
00:30:28.740 that's
00:30:28.940 like
00:30:29.060 for
00:30:29.300 him
00:30:29.560 that
00:30:29.740 makes
00:30:30.000 a lot
00:30:30.260 of
00:30:30.400 sense
00:30:30.800 Ronald
00:30:32.000 Reagan
00:30:32.380 he's
00:30:33.880 got
00:30:34.040 it's
00:30:34.360 gotta
00:30:34.500 be a
00:30:34.780 good
00:30:34.900 one
00:30:35.040 it
00:30:35.160 better
00:30:35.380 be
00:30:35.540 a
00:30:35.640 good
00:30:35.740 one
00:30:35.860 cause
00:30:36.000 it's
00:30:36.160 Reagan
00:30:36.460 Rawhide
00:30:37.760 that
00:30:38.160 totally
00:30:38.560 makes
00:30:38.900 sense
00:30:39.080 that's
00:30:39.380 just
00:30:39.540 awesome
00:30:40.080 George
00:30:41.000 Herbert
00:30:41.260 Walker
00:30:41.560 Bush
00:30:41.900 41
00:30:42.960 Timberwolf
00:30:44.680 I'm
00:30:45.700 curious
00:30:46.140 on that
00:30:46.600 one
00:30:46.760 does
00:30:46.960 that
00:30:50.860 Bill
00:30:51.460 Clinton
00:30:51.780 I've
00:30:52.580 got
00:30:52.720 a lot
00:30:53.040 but
00:30:53.260 I'm
00:30:53.540 sure
00:30:53.700 I'm
00:30:53.820 gonna
00:30:53.900 be
00:30:54.020 wrong
00:30:54.240 on
00:30:54.360 all
00:30:54.500 of
00:30:54.620 them
00:30:54.800 Horndog
00:30:55.760 okay
00:30:56.320 perfect
00:30:56.620 I knew
00:30:57.220 I was
00:30:57.500 right
00:30:57.800 that's
00:30:59.720 not
00:30:59.900 right
00:31:00.200 that's
00:31:00.720 fake
00:31:00.940 news
00:31:01.240 it was
00:31:01.880 actually
00:31:02.280 Eagle
00:31:02.680 Bush
00:31:03.620 43
00:31:04.120 trailblazer
00:31:06.280 I like
00:31:07.160 that one
00:31:07.860 Obama
00:31:08.700 I have
00:31:10.000 a feeling
00:31:10.380 they're
00:31:10.560 gonna
00:31:10.700 up
00:31:10.980 his
00:31:11.160 ante
00:31:11.400 just
00:31:11.640 cause
00:31:11.800 it
00:31:11.920 was
00:31:12.040 Obama
00:31:12.480 Renegade
00:31:13.800 there
00:31:14.020 you
00:31:14.140 go
00:31:14.440 Trump
00:31:15.580 this
00:31:16.460 one
00:31:16.660 is
00:31:16.940 probably
00:31:17.400 I
00:31:17.640 would
00:31:17.760 assume
00:31:18.040 bad
00:31:18.540 but
00:31:19.180 maybe
00:31:19.540 they
00:31:19.800 gave
00:31:20.020 him
00:31:20.120 something
00:31:20.380 decent
00:31:20.660 at the
00:31:20.880 beginning
00:31:21.140 of
00:31:21.280 his
00:31:21.380 administration
00:31:21.960 mogul
00:31:23.060 that's
00:31:24.100 totally
00:31:24.660 accurate
00:31:25.160 and
00:31:25.980 Joe
00:31:26.180 Biden
00:31:26.520 document
00:31:27.720 Celtic
00:31:30.680 they
00:31:31.360 should
00:31:31.580 have
00:31:31.680 at least
00:31:31.940 gone
00:31:32.120 with
00:31:32.260 Corvette
00:31:32.720 actually
00:31:33.240 don't
00:31:33.460 know
00:31:33.600 if
00:31:33.720 it's
00:31:33.900 Celtic
00:31:34.300 or
00:31:34.440 Celtic
00:31:34.960 but
00:31:35.480 it's
00:31:35.740 spelled
00:31:36.100 Celtic
00:31:36.760 one
00:31:37.020 of
00:31:37.120 the
00:31:37.220 two
00:31:37.480 maybe
00:31:38.580 he's
00:31:38.780 a
00:31:38.880 Boston
00:31:39.180 fan
00:31:39.460 in
00:31:39.580 Delaware
00:31:39.880 who knows
00:31:40.380 he's
00:31:41.400 leaning
00:31:41.640 in
00:31:41.860 on
00:31:42.000 the
00:31:42.120 Irish
00:31:42.440 so
00:31:42.720 that's
00:31:43.340 not
00:31:43.500 particularly
00:31:43.920 relevant
00:31:44.340 to
00:31:44.620 the
00:31:44.900 pod
00:31:45.160 today
00:31:45.440 I
00:31:45.680 just
00:31:45.900 saw
00:31:46.440 that
00:31:46.740 and
00:31:46.960 thought
00:31:47.400 it was
00:31:47.640 interesting
00:31:48.020 and
00:31:48.240 I
00:31:48.360 figured
00:31:48.560 the
00:31:48.740 folks
00:31:48.940 listening
00:31:49.240 to
00:31:49.380 the
00:31:49.480 pod
00:31:49.680 would
00:31:49.820 too
00:31:50.000 I
00:31:50.080 like
00:31:50.420 it
00:31:50.580 always
00:31:50.920 bringing
00:31:51.280 up
00:31:51.440 the
00:31:51.600 fun
00:31:51.800 stuff
00:31:52.100 like
00:31:52.320 that
00:31:52.580 Senator
00:31:52.880 this
00:31:53.220 is
00:31:53.380 going
00:32:17.400 sure
00:32:17.560 you
00:32:17.640 listen
00:32:17.860 to
00:32:17.960 our
00:32:18.020 other
00:32:18.180 episodes
00:32:18.720 and
00:32:18.940 we
00:32:19.060 will
00:32:19.200 see
00:32:19.380 you
00:32:19.500 back
00:32:19.760 here
00:32:19.920 for
00:32:20.040 the
00:32:20.140 next
00:32:20.280 verdict
00:32:20.520 with
00:32:20.680 Senator
00:32:20.860 Ted
00:32:21.160 Cruz
00:32:21.480 on
00:32:21.920 Monday
00:32:22.240 this
00:32:22.960 is
00:32:23.100 an
00:32:23.220 iHeart
00:32:23.560 podcast
00:32:24.140 guaranteed
00:32:25.660 human