1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,799 Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Michael Cohen Show on our continued 2 00:00:02,879 --> 00:00:06,400 journey to two hundred and fifty thousand subscribers. So if 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:08,679 you like what you hear, and I think you should 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,599 share with a friend and hit the subscribe button and 5 00:00:11,679 --> 00:00:14,359 make sure you watch to the end because the reactions 6 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:18,320 are all important. So I want to talk now about yesterday, 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:23,440 something really big happened. President Biden decided, despite all of 8 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,559 the statements made by everybody early on that he would 9 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:30,760 never do it, he pardoned his son Hunter Biden. Now 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,679 I want to show you part of Biden's statement. Okay, 11 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,799 first part saying today I signed a pardon for my 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,039 son Hunter. From the day I took office, I said 13 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:45,759 I would not interfere with the Justice Department's decision making, 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,759 and I kept my word, even as I have watched 15 00:00:48,799 --> 00:00:55,359 my son being selectively and unfairly prosecuted without aggravating factors 16 00:00:55,439 --> 00:00:58,600 like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a 17 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,759 weapon as a straw. People are almost never brought to 18 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,719 trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out 19 00:01:06,719 --> 00:01:10,840 a gun form. Those who were paying their taxes because 20 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:14,760 of serious addictions, but pay them back subsequently with interest 21 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:19,480 and penalties are typically given non criminal resolutions. It is 22 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:23,400 clear that Hunter was treated differently by the way. Wait 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,319 for my reaction, because that's what happened to me. Now. 24 00:01:27,359 --> 00:01:31,599 The charges in his cases came about only after several 25 00:01:31,599 --> 00:01:35,959 of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack 26 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:40,920 me and oppose my election. Then a carefully negotiated plea 27 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,879 deal agreed to buy the Department of Justice unraveled in 28 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,040 the courtroom, with a number of my political opponents in 29 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:52,879 Congress taking credit for bringing political pressure on the process. 30 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,200 Had the plea deal held, it would have been a 31 00:01:56,239 --> 00:02:01,599 fair reasonable resolution of Hunter's case. Next part. But my 32 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,040 entire career I have followed a simple principle. Just tell 33 00:02:05,079 --> 00:02:09,400 the American people the truth. They'll be fair minded. Here's 34 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:12,400 the truth. I believe in the justice system. But as 35 00:02:12,439 --> 00:02:16,039 I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics 36 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,840 has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage 37 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,199 of justice. And once I made this decision this weekend, 38 00:02:23,439 --> 00:02:26,879 there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope 39 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:31,080 Americans will understand why a father and a president would 40 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,879 come to this decision. Now, let me be very clear 41 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:38,120 about something. There's so much in there that if you 42 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:42,120 took out the name Hunter Biden and you inserted Michael Cohen, 43 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,759 you should come to the same decision. I have never 44 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,120 in my life filed a late tax return. I have 45 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:51,599 never not paid my taxes. All right, there was an error. 46 00:02:52,199 --> 00:02:56,599 There was an error by my CPA, by my accountant 47 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,199 who I had for years, made a mistake, and instead 48 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,360 of sending me a letter like every other American would 49 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,960 get mine on a Friday at five point thirty pm, 50 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:10,080 you either come in on Monday and plead guilty, or 51 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:13,759 we file an eighty page indictment against your wife. Now, 52 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:16,639 got to tell you got a little bit of an 53 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:21,039 issue with the fact that he should have come out 54 00:03:21,199 --> 00:03:26,159 earlier and said as a father, because everyone would understand this, 55 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,280 and I believe every single father out there would do 56 00:03:29,360 --> 00:03:32,840 that for their child. Turn around and say my son 57 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:36,599 has battled some massive addiction and he is clean, and 58 00:03:36,639 --> 00:03:39,360 I am proud of him. And yes he's screwed up. 59 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:43,000 I understand that. But under no circumstance am I going 60 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:48,680 to allow him in order to become let's just say 61 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,800 the butt of this scenario as a result of me 62 00:03:52,919 --> 00:03:56,560 becoming president of the United States. But here's the problem. 63 00:03:56,879 --> 00:04:02,680 It opens up now the opportunity for Republicans for Donald 64 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,039 Trump to do what he has said from day number 65 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,599 one that he intends to do, and that's to pardon 66 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:14,599 all of the January sixth insurrectionists. Oh, I'm sorry, hostages 67 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,040 as he describes them. So whatever the adjective that you 68 00:04:18,079 --> 00:04:20,800 want to use to describe him, Donald Trump was at 69 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:23,920 least honest when he said that he is going to 70 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:26,920 pardon these individuals. Now, again, we have to wait and 71 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:30,319 see whether or not he actually does this. But I 72 00:04:30,399 --> 00:04:32,759 wish that Joe Biden and we would have all turned 73 00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:36,759 around and come to the same conclusion. Now, enough is enough. 74 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:41,560 Family is off limits. Stop and I'm not going to 75 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,959 allow my son to get pushed back into the regressive 76 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:49,040 situation that he was in. And as a father and 77 00:04:49,079 --> 00:04:52,199 as the president of the United States, he will pay 78 00:04:52,240 --> 00:04:55,279 back his penalties, he will pay the fine, he will 79 00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:58,480 pay back the tax amount, But you're not going to 80 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:01,360 put him in jail for something that only Michael Cohen 81 00:05:01,439 --> 00:05:07,639 has been held accountable for, only me, first time offender ever. 82 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:12,680 Never ask for an extension. No overseas businesses, no overseas nominees. 83 00:05:12,759 --> 00:05:16,040 It's not care everything was in Capital One Bank, which, 84 00:05:16,079 --> 00:05:19,040 by the way, by Kuinky Dink, was located at the 85 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,680 base of the fucking building that I live in, which 86 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:26,360 is a Trump building. So look, I wanted sort of 87 00:05:26,399 --> 00:05:30,480 give you the opposite belief, okay, And I want to 88 00:05:30,519 --> 00:05:34,399 show you, for example, what represented the jasmine. Crockett had 89 00:05:34,399 --> 00:05:36,720 to say about the pardon. Play the clip. 90 00:05:37,519 --> 00:05:40,199 Speaker 2: Well, I want Presant to speak for the entire caucus, 91 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,079 but I will say, way to go, Joe. Let me 92 00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,480 be the first one to congratulate the President for deciding 93 00:05:46,519 --> 00:05:48,040 to do this, because at the end of the day, 94 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,360 we know that we have a thirty four account convicted 95 00:05:50,399 --> 00:05:52,279 fella in that is about to walk into the White House. 96 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:55,120 So for anyone that wants to clutch their pearls now 97 00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:58,000 because he decided that he was going to pardon his son, 98 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:01,279 I would say, take a look in the mirror, because 99 00:06:01,319 --> 00:06:04,079 we also know that when it comes to this cabinet, 100 00:06:04,399 --> 00:06:07,879 this cabinet has more people accused of sexual assault than 101 00:06:07,959 --> 00:06:11,399 any incoming cabinet probably ever in the history of America. 102 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,040 So we are living in unprecedented times and we know 103 00:06:14,199 --> 00:06:17,279 that this was completely political. As someone who serves on 104 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:21,639 the Oversight Committee, this was gangsmanship the entire time. 105 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: And yeah, like I said, everybody's entitled to their opinion. 106 00:06:27,439 --> 00:06:31,279 And I happen to think that Jasmine Crockett is phenomenal. 107 00:06:31,319 --> 00:06:34,079 I love when she's talking because she goes right to 108 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:38,839 the right for the jugular. But again, now you cannot equate, 109 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:42,959 for example, what's going on with Pete Hegseth or with 110 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:47,040 some of the other nominees like the Matt Gates nomination, 111 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,959 to what's going on here with Joe and Hunter Biden. 112 00:06:51,399 --> 00:06:54,920 I say he should have done this earlier. He shouldn't 113 00:06:54,959 --> 00:06:57,759 have played the political game. He should have turned around 114 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,560 and said, I'm the president of the United States, and 115 00:07:01,639 --> 00:07:04,480 as far as I'm concerned, what's going on with my 116 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,279 son is wrong, and I'm not going to allow it. 117 00:07:07,439 --> 00:07:09,519 Very much like I think that they should turn around 118 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:14,560 be talking about Michael Cohen. Why why a guy who 119 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:19,399 was again never in his entire life not paid his taxes. 120 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:23,639 I paid millions and millions in taxes over the years, 121 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,600 and I've never filed for a late for a late 122 00:07:26,639 --> 00:07:31,759 tax return until twenty seventeen. First time offender who gets 123 00:07:31,759 --> 00:07:36,839 a six year sentence politically motivated Now I want to 124 00:07:36,879 --> 00:07:39,560 also show you what Jill Wyne Banks, a friend of 125 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:43,360 mine former Watergate prosecutor, had to say about the pardon 126 00:07:43,399 --> 00:07:44,959 as well. Play that clip. 127 00:07:45,279 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 2: Okay, Jill, let me start with you your initial reactions 128 00:07:48,839 --> 00:07:52,079 or your reaction to President Biden pardning his son. 129 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 3: I am relieved and thrilled that he did it. I 130 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:00,639 think this was one of those cases that call out 131 00:08:00,839 --> 00:08:04,720 for clemency. Hunter Biden, first of all, would not have 132 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,079 ever been prosecuted for the gun crime but for his 133 00:08:08,319 --> 00:08:13,720 last name. Second of all, he was addicted, and that 134 00:08:13,879 --> 00:08:17,000 was a cause of his actions. He has now been 135 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,120 sober for many years, and this is a time when 136 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:24,439 it is really appropriate for a grant of clemency. 137 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,319 Speaker 1: You see, and as I said before, when I was discussing, 138 00:08:28,839 --> 00:08:33,360 Congresswoman Crockett's response would have been the same exact response, 139 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,639 and one would have to expect that the shoe was 140 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:39,679 on the other foot. Trump would do that for any 141 00:08:39,720 --> 00:08:44,799 of his children as well. He should have, and as 142 00:08:44,799 --> 00:08:49,039 far as I'm concerned, Joe Biden should have done this earlier. 143 00:08:49,279 --> 00:08:53,240 It's the right move. Enough is enough This usage of 144 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,720 the Department of Justice, including like what Judge Alvin K. 145 00:08:56,919 --> 00:09:02,039 Hellerstein turned around and said when they unc constitutionally remanded 146 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,840 me back to prison because I refused to waive my 147 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:09,799 First Amendment constitutional right off of the counterfeit document, when 148 00:09:09,799 --> 00:09:13,960 he said that the actions of Bill Barr and Donald 149 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:22,840 Trump's administration were retaliatory and unconstitutional. My friends, this is 150 00:09:22,919 --> 00:09:26,759 why right now there's such a divide in this country. 151 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,639 If I turned around and I showed you a bunch 152 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:34,080 of clips from Fox News or from NEWSMAXAAN, it would 153 00:09:34,159 --> 00:09:38,279 of course be contradictory to what you heard from Jasmine 154 00:09:38,279 --> 00:09:43,000 Crockett and from Jill Wayne Banks. Were so divided, and 155 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,960 it's enough right now the usage of the Department of 156 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:51,559 Justice to go after individuals, whether it's retaliation, whether it's retribution, 157 00:09:52,159 --> 00:09:56,279 whether it's for any for anything, if you commit a crime, 158 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,360 then you should be prosecuted. As we all know, Hunter 159 00:10:00,399 --> 00:10:04,879 Biden was due for sentencing this month. So Joe Biden 160 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,039 did what he needed to do to protect his family, 161 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:12,039 as I'm certain anybody would. And it's with that that 162 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:15,279 I turn around, I say, it is so important that 163 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,679 all this bullshit stop. One of the reasons that I 164 00:10:18,759 --> 00:10:22,440 constantly fight as hard as I do is because the 165 00:10:22,639 --> 00:10:26,440 unconstitutional remand of me, I took it to the Supreme 166 00:10:26,519 --> 00:10:30,240 Court via a writ of Sir Shiirai. They refused to 167 00:10:30,279 --> 00:10:34,559 hear it. How How the first and only political prisoner 168 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,919 held by his own country, the United States of America, 169 00:10:38,039 --> 00:10:41,200 because I refused to waive my First Amendment constitutional right 170 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,519 and they didn't want to hear this case? How why 171 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,159 the political horseshit that I have dealt with. Nobody knows 172 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,720 it better than I, and I actually applaud Joe Biden 173 00:10:53,039 --> 00:10:55,679 for doing this. I would have liked him to have 174 00:10:55,759 --> 00:11:01,000 done it earlier. He didn't, Okay, I think it's the 175 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,440 right move. I do think it opens up the door 176 00:11:04,879 --> 00:11:09,159 for Donald Trump to do what he has said continuously 177 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:13,279 at just about every single rally that he intends to 178 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:19,039 do with the January sixth insurrectionists, hostages, whatever you want 179 00:11:19,039 --> 00:11:22,080 to call them, and nobody will be able to then 180 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:27,480 turn around and say that he shouldn't do it, because 181 00:11:27,519 --> 00:11:29,960 he's doing exactly what he said that he was going 182 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:36,519 to do. And that opens up again more floodgate, for 183 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:44,200 more vitriolic rhetoric against one another, Republican versus democrat, Democrat 184 00:11:44,279 --> 00:11:49,440 versus Republican. Let's just hope that over the course of 185 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:55,000 the next four years, once Trump is inaugurated, that all 186 00:11:55,039 --> 00:11:57,919 this bullshit comes to an end, that we all decide 187 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,919 that we're all Americans, like the way that we all 188 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:07,240 behaved after nine to eleven. It's enough. Trust me, I 189 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:13,360 know as somebody who's the victim of the over prosecution, 190 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,159 not because my last name is Trump, but because of 191 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:20,519 my affiliation to him. And with that, I want to 192 00:12:20,519 --> 00:12:24,000 say again thanks for listening. Hey everyone, First of all, 193 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,559 thanks for watching. I mean, we're going to be posting 194 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,480 daily episodes with reactions and talking about politics. 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