1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: Michael Cohen testifies in the civil fraud trial against Donald Trump. 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,839 We will ask Michael Cohen how he's doing and what 3 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:16,000 went down Donald Trump's lawyer, Jenna Ellis, former lawyer has 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:22,079 pled guilty guilty guilty in the Georgia criminal Rico case. 5 00:00:22,199 --> 00:00:26,120 We have the video the moment it went down, Jenna 6 00:00:26,199 --> 00:00:31,559 Ellis's crocodile tears and all caught on camera. Then we 7 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:36,600 go to Mark Meadows, who entered into an immunity deal 8 00:00:36,679 --> 00:00:41,719 with federal prosecutors and special counsel Jack Smith. This according 9 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:46,759 to a new ABC report. Also, Donald Trump gave a 10 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,320 speech in New Hampshire and during the speech he was 11 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,000 shocked that the word US, if you look at it, 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,960 it sounds like the word US, and it gets weird 13 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:04,959 and more dangerous than that, folks. And also more magga 14 00:01:05,079 --> 00:01:09,560 Republican chaos in the House of Representatives, as I think 15 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:14,439 Donald Trump took a break while you were testifying, Michael 16 00:01:14,519 --> 00:01:20,239 Cohen to put out a message undermining the speaker designate 17 00:01:20,519 --> 00:01:26,319 Tom Emmer, calling Emmer a rhino and just completely crashing 18 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:30,480 any hope that Emmer had of becoming Speaker of the House. 19 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:35,400 This and more here on political Beatdown I'm and myzellas 20 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:40,840 joined by Michael Cohen, and so just first and foremost, 21 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:45,439 Michael Cohen, I don't want to get into what went down. 22 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:49,480 We'll we'll get there. What I first want to ask you, 23 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:54,840 what I care about most, what the brigaders care most about, 24 00:01:55,079 --> 00:01:59,799 is your health, your well being. How are you doing? 25 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:03,239 You know, we all saw Donald Trump show up and 26 00:02:03,359 --> 00:02:07,400 again attack you, harass you. He was making all of 27 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,280 these statements about you. We also heard your far more 28 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,800 level headed statement than his. So just how are you doing? 29 00:02:15,879 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 2: Let's start there. I'm a little tired today. You could imagine. 30 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:23,439 The day didn't start at the very beginning. It started 31 00:02:23,479 --> 00:02:27,080 about eleven or so, and when two four thirty, I 32 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,120 do have to say that Judge and Goron is an 33 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:35,319 absolutely fantastic judge. You know, as a result of the 34 00:02:35,759 --> 00:02:38,479 medical condition that I have with my leg, at one 35 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:44,000 point I started to experience, you know, some pretty uncomfortable 36 00:02:44,319 --> 00:02:48,400 pain in the femeral vein on my left leg, and 37 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:53,759 I just leaned over to Judge and Gorn and I said, 38 00:02:54,199 --> 00:02:57,039 your honor, can we take like a five minute break 39 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,759 so I can stand up? I'm having some pain? He 40 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,639 goes absolutely, and he called the five minute break, which 41 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:08,080 was incredibly, incredibly generous because you know, court time is 42 00:03:08,199 --> 00:03:15,360 obviously very relevant, and it's also very you know, it's 43 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,759 it's you only have a certain amount of time within 44 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,879 which to finish the day and to get in as 45 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:28,159 much information. He was very generous and allowed me that opportunity. 46 00:03:28,879 --> 00:03:33,919 You know. Other than that, you know, the one of 47 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,759 the things that Judge and Goron said as the day 48 00:03:38,879 --> 00:03:42,240 was coming to an end is that he does not 49 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:50,599 expect me to be speaking about this case, about my testimony, 50 00:03:51,039 --> 00:03:58,439 about the trial, even to my own lawyers and so on. 51 00:03:58,719 --> 00:04:04,840 And I respect the judge and as much as you 52 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:11,240 know that I'd like to share everything firsthand with the brigaders. Unfortunately, 53 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:15,960 at this point in time, what you see online, you know, 54 00:04:16,319 --> 00:04:19,680 I would recommend if you're interested to see how the 55 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:23,439 case is going. Plenty of media that was there. I mean, 56 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:28,600 it was a massive, massive media gaggle today and so 57 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:32,319 you know, I would just tell you to look online 58 00:04:32,399 --> 00:04:38,279 to see, you know, how things went today. But as 59 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,079 Judge and Goroon stated, you know, he doesn't expect the 60 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:46,920 parties or myself as a non party witness, to be 61 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:51,600 discussing the case. And I think it's only fair to 62 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:57,360 respect those wishes, and so again, so many other people 63 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,120 are talking about it. I promise you one thing, though, 64 00:05:02,439 --> 00:05:06,360 as soon as I am released from the stand, the 65 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,600 first thing that I want to do, Ben is I 66 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:12,759 want to set up with our brigadors on Patreon and 67 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,480 I want to do a one on one live where 68 00:05:16,519 --> 00:05:20,680 people can ask me their questions. Everybody appears to be 69 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:26,319 fascinated with this case, and rightfully so, and we can 70 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:33,639 have an open and frank discussion about the various different 71 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,480 topics of this case. 72 00:05:36,439 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: Well, I look forward to that as well, And if 73 00:05:38,399 --> 00:05:43,399 anybody wants to join its patreon dot com slash Political Beatdown, 74 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:49,000 so the moment you are released from your obligations testifying, 75 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,160 you will share first with patreon dot com slash Political Beatdown, 76 00:05:54,199 --> 00:05:56,680 and we don't have outside investors here on the Midas 77 00:05:56,759 --> 00:05:58,439 Touch networker on Political Beatdown. 78 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 2: And then of course, of course afterwards you and I 79 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:03,120 will be able to talk about it in conjunction with 80 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:08,199 other you know, pressing news of the day, because there's 81 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:09,879 a lot of news of the day. I can tell 82 00:06:09,879 --> 00:06:10,160 you that. 83 00:06:10,639 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: Well, let me see what I certainly respect, of course, 84 00:06:14,439 --> 00:06:18,360 what Judge and Goren is saying, obviously, Donald Trump is 85 00:06:18,399 --> 00:06:22,600 someone who doesn't respect what Judge in Goran says. Donald 86 00:06:22,639 --> 00:06:26,839 Trump is already someone who has violated Judge in Goran's 87 00:06:27,079 --> 00:06:30,480 gag order, and so we hear on the Midas Touch network. 88 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,279 Of course respect that, but I do have some questions 89 00:06:33,319 --> 00:06:36,680 that may not be within the province of what Judge 90 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,560 and Goran said. And again, Michael Cohen, if you can't 91 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,560 answer it, we all certainly respect that. But setting aside 92 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,920 your testimony will push that aside. Are you able to 93 00:06:47,959 --> 00:06:52,519 share with us what it was like just arriving in 94 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:56,519 court knowing that Donald Trump was going to be there, 95 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,600 you having not been in a room with him for 96 00:07:01,079 --> 00:07:04,560 close to five years now, and obviously all of the 97 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:09,160 history there that's not specifically within the province of the testimony. 98 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:10,199 Is that something you can share? 99 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 2: You know, again, I'd rather say this for when I 100 00:07:14,079 --> 00:07:23,279 feel that there's nothing that I'm saying that could be 101 00:07:23,439 --> 00:07:30,360 contradictory to Judge in Goroon's directive. As we were leaving, 102 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,480 I really just don't even want to talk about me personally. 103 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,920 I want to talk about the case because again that 104 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,120 is the directive, and you know what I do really 105 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:42,959 appreciate about the brigaders and about this community. If you 106 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,600 look to start seeing the comments, people like, respect the judge. 107 00:07:46,759 --> 00:07:50,480 Respect the judge. That's that's right. Respect the judge. That 108 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,079 was his directive. And I think it's only right that 109 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,800 I continue to live up to that. 110 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,279 Speaker 1: Well, here's what I'll do. Let me show this clip. 111 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,600 This is from our good friend Glenn Kirshner, who was 112 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,879 there in court today. This was his read on what 113 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:11,759 went down. Let's play this clip. And I know you 114 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,439 probably can't react to it, but this is someone who 115 00:08:15,639 --> 00:08:19,279 was in court, a former federal prosecutor. Let's play this clip. 116 00:08:19,519 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 3: That Muller didn't seem to do with Michael Cohen and 117 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,560 SD and Y in the case in which SD and 118 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:28,639 WHY determines that Donald Trump is co con spirit or 119 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,879 individual one and the hush money case doesn't do. 120 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: Why do you think that is? 121 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 4: I don't know why that is, Nicole. I don't know 122 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,200 why it took as long as it did in New York. 123 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,399 You know the brazenness of some of what Michael Cohen 124 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,759 has been saying during his direct examination, things like Donald 125 00:08:50,759 --> 00:08:53,600 Trump just threw out a number. I'm going to say, 126 00:08:53,639 --> 00:08:57,320 I'm worth five billion and instructing Michael Cohen and the 127 00:08:57,399 --> 00:09:01,919 chief financial officer, Alan Weiselberg to just reverse engineer the numbers, 128 00:09:02,039 --> 00:09:04,519 just cook the books and have it add up to 129 00:09:04,639 --> 00:09:07,960 five billion. That is so brazen and so nefarious. And 130 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,600 if you're doing it only because you're chasing, you know, 131 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,320 tabloid headlines, that's one thing. But Michael Cohen made it 132 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,519 pretty clear in both his congressional testimony and I'm sure 133 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,279 in his trial testimony that no, this was to secure 134 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,799 bank loans, it was to you know, secure insurance for 135 00:09:25,879 --> 00:09:31,080 his properties. And it was fraud, massive, systemic, years long fraud. 136 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:33,559 And you know, in one sense, the call this is 137 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,879 an opportunity for Donald Trump to confront his accuser right 138 00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:41,480 through his lawyers. You get to confront and cross examination 139 00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:44,960 the witnesses who are testifying against you. But in another sense, 140 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,159 this really feels like a moment where Michael Cohen gets 141 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:55,279 to confront his tormentor because you know, Michael Cohen paid 142 00:09:55,279 --> 00:09:58,960 off playmates, important stars for Donald Trump at his direction 143 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:03,399 and for his benefit. And who goes to prison Michael Cohen. 144 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,919 I have always maintained that is a deep injustice, not 145 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,279 that Michael Cohen went to prison for his crimes, but 146 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,720 that Donald Trump has not suffered one moment of accountability 147 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,799 for his crimes. Maybe you know that is coming because 148 00:10:19,279 --> 00:10:24,000 this this feels like a preview of Michael Cohen's testimony 149 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:28,519 for Alvin Bragg in the criminal prosecution being brought for 150 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,759 the sort of massive, you know, fraudulent business records case 151 00:10:32,799 --> 00:10:35,799 that Alvin Bragg has brought. But I would think ultimately 152 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:39,519 this must be a somewhat satisfying moment for Michael Cohen. 153 00:10:40,519 --> 00:10:44,159 Speaker 1: I think a powerful summation right there by our friend 154 00:10:44,399 --> 00:10:48,759 Glenn Kirshner. I want to just show the contrast between 155 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,799 what Donald Trump said when he arrived at court and 156 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:57,000 Michael Cohen, what you said when what you arrived at court. First, 157 00:10:57,279 --> 00:11:00,799 let's show the clip of Donald Trump arriving where he 158 00:11:00,879 --> 00:11:08,919 attacks Michael Cohen. Let's play this clipt where this game. 159 00:11:12,879 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 2: He did nothing. 160 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,919 Speaker 1: And Donald Trump attacking Michael Cohen, attacking the judge walking 161 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:25,799 into the courtroom. Let's contrast that to here is Michael 162 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,320 Cohen when he entered the courtroom today. 163 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:28,960 Speaker 2: Play the clip. 164 00:11:34,279 --> 00:11:38,200 Speaker 5: Sorry, let me just turn around and say that this 165 00:11:38,399 --> 00:11:42,240 is not about Donald Trump versus Michael Cohen or Michael 166 00:11:42,279 --> 00:11:46,519 Cohen versus Donald Trump. This is about accountability, plain and simple, 167 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,480 and we leave it up to Judge and gore On 168 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,919 in order to make all the determinations on that. So 169 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:52,120 I thank you all for coming. 170 00:12:02,039 --> 00:12:06,919 Speaker 1: So, Michael Cohen, tomorrow you are testifying again. Do we 171 00:12:07,039 --> 00:12:09,759 know what time you're testifying? When you're is it a 172 00:12:09,799 --> 00:12:10,720 normal day at court? 173 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,639 Speaker 2: It's a normal day. It's the same as everybody else. 174 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,799 Court starts at ten am. 175 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:20,799 Speaker 1: And for all of again, all of our brigaders, some 176 00:12:21,039 --> 00:12:23,360 joining late. By the way, this is the number one 177 00:12:23,519 --> 00:12:27,519 show on YouTube right now in the entire world. So 178 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:32,279 for those just joining, everybody wanting to make sure you're 179 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,240 doing well, Michael Cohen, your health is doing well, that 180 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,679 you are in good spirits. I know Judge and Goron 181 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,039 has basically stated that you really can't talk about what 182 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,039 went down in court today, but can you let all 183 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,559 of the brigaders and everybody watching, both in the United 184 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,159 States and across the world who want to make sure 185 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,720 that you are doing okay. Everybody knows the courage it 186 00:12:56,799 --> 00:12:59,759 takes to be there testifying the way you are again, 187 00:12:59,799 --> 00:13:01,960 how how are you doing, Michael Cole right now? 188 00:13:02,039 --> 00:13:06,879 Speaker 2: You know I'm feeling okay. As I stated before, you know, 189 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:09,759 I was experiencing some pain in the femeral vein in 190 00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:14,720 judging Gooron graciously allowed me to stand up. I took 191 00:13:14,759 --> 00:13:18,080 a few minutes, I went into the back area, I walked, 192 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,440 I you know, started to massage you know, my leg 193 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:27,519 and just get the leg moving. Came back just a 194 00:13:27,519 --> 00:13:32,320 few minutes later and resumed my testimony. And again I 195 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:39,279 couldn't be more appreciative for uh, the you know, the 196 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:43,120 empathy that the judge has for me, and this you 197 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:49,399 know condition. As soon as this my my appearances are finished. Obviously, 198 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,000 as I have stated, and I told you this, Ben, 199 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:55,799 I'm going to go in for that procedure you know 200 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:01,000 whereby they removed the femeral vein, and that should you know, 201 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:04,440 relieve me of all of the pain and the pressure 202 00:14:04,519 --> 00:14:07,120 that I have you know in that area. And I'm 203 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,519 actually looking forward to it because it really does hurt. 204 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,879 Speaker 1: I couldn't help but reflect on the irony as Alena 205 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:22,039 Habba is cross examining you, attacking you for you. 206 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:27,159 Speaker 2: Know again you know, it's for me. I really want 207 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:32,559 to keep this as close to the chest as possible. Again, 208 00:14:32,679 --> 00:14:36,720 out of absolute respect for the judge, and his directive. 209 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:39,519 I don't even want to talk about Alena. I don't 210 00:14:39,519 --> 00:14:41,720 even want to talk about TRUMPO. You know, what you 211 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:47,480 showed is clearly clips that have been shown on television 212 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,879 that they're running around the internet. I mean, I'm trending 213 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:55,240 right now. Yay, Michael, right, I mean I'm trending on it. 214 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,240 I want to just do what the judge has directed did, 215 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,159 and that's not to really discuss the case. And the 216 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,519 beautiful thing about you know, being with the brigaders right 217 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:12,519 now is there's so much else that we can talk about. 218 00:15:12,679 --> 00:15:16,360 I mean, you saw today Jenna Ellis, and you know 219 00:15:16,399 --> 00:15:20,799 a lot of people they're a little hard because she's 220 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:25,440 a or was a Trump supporter who's legitimately thrown under 221 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:29,320 the bus. Or Mark Meadows, who you may recall during 222 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:34,480 my House Oversight Committee testimony. I warned him that look 223 00:15:34,519 --> 00:15:37,159 at what happened to me, and what happened to me 224 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,159 will happen to you if you stay on this path 225 00:15:40,879 --> 00:15:43,960 here we are. And I even warned Rudy Kaludy about 226 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,360 the same thing, and he's look at what he's now 227 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:50,480 going through. You know the expression everything Donald touches dies 228 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:55,559 and you know I'm certainly part of that unfortunate group 229 00:15:55,639 --> 00:16:00,279 of people. But where we are right now is, like 230 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,039 I said on television the other day, you get there's 231 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,240 more flipping going on in this Georgia case than in 232 00:16:07,279 --> 00:16:11,159 the United States Olympic trial team, you know, the gymnastics 233 00:16:11,159 --> 00:16:14,279 trial team. This is insane. I mean, each and every 234 00:16:14,279 --> 00:16:18,559 one of them are going to corroborate the other's stories 235 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:23,080 because they are going to come clean, tell the truth. 236 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:26,200 And I do feel sorry for Jenna. And it was 237 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,200 funny because I was having this conversation with a friend 238 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,120 of mine who is no fan of Donald's. I want 239 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:34,840 to be clear about that, and you know, when I 240 00:16:34,919 --> 00:16:38,159 was saying, I actually feel bad for Jenna because I 241 00:16:38,279 --> 00:16:41,519 know what she's going through. I know the pressure that 242 00:16:41,679 --> 00:16:46,200 the prosecutors can put on you in order to, you know, 243 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,480 in order to force you to plead, in order to 244 00:16:50,519 --> 00:16:55,639 force you to tell the truth. And you can see, 245 00:16:55,679 --> 00:16:58,480 I mean, there's gonna be some serious testimony that's going 246 00:16:58,559 --> 00:17:02,159 to be coming out. And that's my obviously, that's my opinion, 247 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:06,119 and I think it's the opinion of basically every pundit 248 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:07,880 that I've seen so far on television. 249 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,519 Speaker 1: And that was the irony. I was reflecting on with 250 00:17:10,599 --> 00:17:17,759 everything going on today throughout the country New York, Georgia, Washington, DC. 251 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:22,319 And for those who don't remember Jenna Ellis, she was 252 00:17:22,559 --> 00:17:26,119 kind of the sidekick with Rudy Giuliani when they went 253 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,279 on their tour to spread the big lie. And there's 254 00:17:30,319 --> 00:17:33,319 of course this video that was out there where they 255 00:17:33,319 --> 00:17:40,160 were holding these like fake hearings to spread their election denialism, 256 00:17:40,319 --> 00:17:45,440 where Rudy Giuliani actually farts on Jenna Ellis. Let me 257 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,720 show you this clip right here. The answer, the answer 258 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,640 that I gave you is they didn't bother to interview 259 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,000 a single witness, just like you. 260 00:17:53,599 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 2: They don't want to know the truth. Well you probably 261 00:17:56,039 --> 00:17:56,599 know the truth. 262 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,559 Speaker 1: So with the hair dye dripping down his face as 263 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,640 that was going down, I think she actually contracted COVID 264 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,559 within twenty four to forty eight hours thereafter. You know, 265 00:18:07,799 --> 00:18:09,839 you can't make this stuff up. And we got to 266 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,880 reflect on how kind of just chaotic, dysfunctional, weird and 267 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:18,640 sometimes gross this mac Republican thing is that's going on. 268 00:18:18,759 --> 00:18:22,400 But that was Jenna Ellis back then, spreading the lie 269 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,519 over and over again. She was since then she was 270 00:18:25,559 --> 00:18:29,519 censured by the Colorado State Bar for her lies, where 271 00:18:29,559 --> 00:18:32,759 she admitted to a series of lies in connection with 272 00:18:32,839 --> 00:18:36,119 the twenty twenty election, and then she lied about the 273 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:39,119 lies and said that she didn't admit to the censure 274 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:41,759 even though she did admit to the center. But today 275 00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:45,880 she pled guilty in Georgia. I want to show everybody 276 00:18:46,079 --> 00:18:51,200 what went down in that guilty plea with the crocodile tears, 277 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,640 and I want to remind everybody of what Michael Cohen 278 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,599 said that he will tell everybody on our Patreon first, 279 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:03,079 in a exclusion of zoom chat, what went down, as 280 00:19:03,119 --> 00:19:06,279 soon as he's able to give the full story. So 281 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,000 here's what you gotta do. We don't have outside investors 282 00:19:09,079 --> 00:19:13,000 here at the Midas Touch networker on Political Beatdown, So 283 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:17,599 if you want to support this independent journalism, there is 284 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,519 no source more direct than Michael Cohen about what's going on. 285 00:19:21,799 --> 00:19:27,000 Go to patreon dot com slash Political Beatdown, make sure 286 00:19:27,119 --> 00:19:30,480 you become a member there. 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She pled guilty to a felony for her 354 00:24:04,279 --> 00:24:09,839 involvement and spreading election disinformation and lies and trying to 355 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:14,079 overthrow the election in Georgia as part of the conspiracy 356 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:16,720 that she engaged. And I want to show you the 357 00:24:16,799 --> 00:24:20,519 moment where she pled guilty, where she was reading this 358 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:25,119 letter and she tries to look like crocodile tears as 359 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,279 she tries to play the victim and say, look, I 360 00:24:28,480 --> 00:24:31,279 was just swept into this. Donald Trump had all of 361 00:24:31,319 --> 00:24:35,000 these other powerful lawyers and I trusted them. Kind of 362 00:24:35,039 --> 00:24:38,920 throwing Rudy Giuliani and others under the bus here that 363 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,359 could not be missed when you look at this clip. 364 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:45,319 Let's take a look at Jenna Ellis reading from the 365 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,720 script with those crocodile tears. 366 00:24:47,759 --> 00:24:48,400 Speaker 2: Play the clip. 367 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 6: Thank you, honor, for the opportunity to address the court 368 00:24:56,279 --> 00:24:59,240 as an attorney who is also a Christian. I take 369 00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:03,119 my response as a lawyer very seriously and I endeavored 370 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:06,000 to be a person of sound, moral and ethical character 371 00:25:06,079 --> 00:25:09,160 in all of my dealings in the wake of the 372 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:13,599 twenty twenty presidential election. I believed that challenging the results 373 00:25:13,599 --> 00:25:16,079 on behalf of President Trump should be pursued in a 374 00:25:16,319 --> 00:25:19,960 just and legal way. I endeavored to represent my client 375 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,559 to the best of my ability. I relied on others, 376 00:25:22,599 --> 00:25:25,440 including lawyers with many more years of experience than I, 377 00:25:25,559 --> 00:25:29,559 to provide me with true and reliable information, especially since 378 00:25:29,599 --> 00:25:31,759 my role involved a speaking to the media and to 379 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,480 legislators in various states. What I did not do, but 380 00:25:35,519 --> 00:25:37,799 should have done, your honor, was to make sure that 381 00:25:37,839 --> 00:25:40,400 the facts the other lawyers alleged to be true were 382 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,799 in fact true. In the frenetic pace of attempting to 383 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,559 raise challenges to the election in several states, including Georgia, 384 00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:50,799 I failed to do my due diligence. I believe in 385 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,640 and I value election integrity. If I knew then what 386 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:56,720 I know now, I would have declined to represent Donald 387 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,799 Trump in these post election challenges. I look back on 388 00:25:59,799 --> 00:26:03,480 this whole experience with deep remorse for those failures of 389 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,279 the mind, Your Honor, I have taken responsibility already before 390 00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,000 the Colorado bar who censured me, and I now take 391 00:26:09,079 --> 00:26:12,240 responsibility before this court and apologize to the people. 392 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: Well that's what accountability sort of sort of looks like. 393 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,799 What's your reaction, Michael Cohen. 394 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 2: Look like I said, you know, I've been there, and 395 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:29,039 I understand what she's saying about getting swept up into 396 00:26:29,079 --> 00:26:32,400 the culture of Donald J. Trump. I refer to it 397 00:26:32,759 --> 00:26:38,039 regularly as the dumpster the dumpster cult of Donald and 398 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,160 it's true. It exists. And all you need to do 399 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:47,000 is to look at the seventy million Americans that support him, 400 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:51,559 or take the exact number, whatever that number might be, 401 00:26:51,799 --> 00:26:57,279 of the true, true, maga sycophantic followers that no matter 402 00:26:57,359 --> 00:27:01,160 what he does, no matter what he says, they're behind him. 403 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:05,039 They truly believe in their heart of hearts, they believe 404 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,880 because Donald said so that he is the president of 405 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,000 the United States and that the election was stolen from him. 406 00:27:12,039 --> 00:27:16,559 So I understand getting swept up, especially, you know, as 407 00:27:16,599 --> 00:27:21,079 a young attorney who's there with some incredibly powerful people 408 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:27,200 and basically at the forefront of American politics you are 409 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,799 representing at the time he was still president of the 410 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:35,319 United States, and you start to believe the bullshit. And 411 00:27:35,519 --> 00:27:40,799 that's Unfortunately, you know what happened to Jenna. One of 412 00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:43,079 the things I do have to say is, as I 413 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:47,400 listened to my wife, we were watching the television and 414 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:52,440 they were talking about Mark Meadows now getting an immunity deal. 415 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,480 It's really something. You know, everybody seems to be getting 416 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,559 these probation and immunity deals and so on. Would have 417 00:28:00,559 --> 00:28:05,039 been nice had somebody even spoken to me about anything. Mine, 418 00:28:05,079 --> 00:28:08,720 as you all know, was come a Friday, you're gonna 419 00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:12,400 plead guilty on Monday forty eight hours or they were 420 00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,000 filing an eighty page indictment that was going to include 421 00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:21,000 my wife. And so I mean, this whole scenario now again, 422 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:24,480 I don't know what they're going to or what they 423 00:28:24,559 --> 00:28:28,079 have offered to the prosecutors. We'll all find that out 424 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,799 very soon, but it better be something substantial, not like 425 00:28:31,839 --> 00:28:34,480 what they did with Alan Weisselberg, where the guy got 426 00:28:34,519 --> 00:28:39,000 one hundred days in rikers for what ultimately turned out 427 00:28:39,039 --> 00:28:44,119 to be years and years of financial fraud. So I 428 00:28:44,759 --> 00:28:47,759 in one hundred days, I mean, I want everyone to remember, 429 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:53,599 I received thirty six months of sentence and then followed 430 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:58,119 by an additional thirty six months of supervised release. I mean, 431 00:28:58,519 --> 00:29:01,319 in all and all, you're talking about a six year 432 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,000 sentence for another guy getting his pecker pulled by a 433 00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:07,079 porn star. I mean that's the part where my wife 434 00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:09,839 turned around and she said, holy shit. I mean, this 435 00:29:10,039 --> 00:29:12,359 is just too much. When are they going to start 436 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:18,039 prosecuting people other than the January sixth insurrectionists who are 437 00:29:18,079 --> 00:29:22,039 receiving sentences of like twenty years. I mean, you know, 438 00:29:22,319 --> 00:29:26,039 let's let's hold some of the big people responsible. Let's 439 00:29:26,039 --> 00:29:30,400 hold the Rudy Caludes responsible, Let's hold Mark Meadows responsible. 440 00:29:30,599 --> 00:29:34,279 That fucker was sitting in the room with Donald, right 441 00:29:34,359 --> 00:29:38,519 and you know when this was all going down. So yeah, 442 00:29:38,839 --> 00:29:43,200 I would like to see accountability greater than you know, 443 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,960 an acknowledgment that I did wrong and you know, an 444 00:29:47,039 --> 00:29:52,400 admonition from you know, from the Bar Association. I would 445 00:29:52,519 --> 00:29:56,640 like to see some equal justice, just because these people 446 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,400 are poor and they're stupid. And I'm referring to the 447 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,839 January sixth insurrections, the one that of're receiving ten, fifteen, 448 00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:09,880 twenty year sentences. Okay, I granted that they deserve they 449 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,640 deserve sentences, but really, come on, twenty years, and then 450 00:30:13,799 --> 00:30:17,359 guys like Donald or guys like Mark Meadows or you 451 00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:22,279 know others, Rudy Giuliani, what about what about them? What 452 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:27,279 about equal hand of justice? You all know how I 453 00:30:27,279 --> 00:30:30,839 feel about that. It's something I write about extensively in 454 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,400 my book Revenge. And you know, a lot of the 455 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,880 stuff that I talked about both the House Oversight Committee 456 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,359 in the books, a lot of it has come true. 457 00:30:41,599 --> 00:30:43,359 My predictions have definitely come true. 458 00:30:44,039 --> 00:30:49,119 Speaker 1: Here's the report that ABC broke moments ago before we 459 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:53,839 went live. Ex Chief of Staff Mark Meadows granted immunity 460 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:59,039 tells Special counsel Jack Smith he warned Trump about twenty 461 00:30:59,160 --> 00:30:59,920 twenty claim. 462 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:01,359 Speaker 2: According to sources. 463 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: We did a full hot take on this on the 464 00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:07,640 Midas Touch Network, and I also recently spoke to former 465 00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:12,880 Republican congress Member Denver Riggleman and congress Member Riggleman or 466 00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,400 former congress Member Riggleman, who was the technical advisor to 467 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:21,960 the January sixth committee, referred to Mark Meadows electronic devices 468 00:31:22,279 --> 00:31:26,839 as the Rosetta stone for the January sixth conspiracy. And 469 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,160 one of the interesting things he noted. And we're going 470 00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:31,799 to post the interview I did with him in the 471 00:31:31,839 --> 00:31:35,039 next twenty four hours or so is that this has 472 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:39,319 major implications on other members of Congress as well. Mark 473 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:43,920 Meadows withheld lots of documents on privileged grounds. He turned 474 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:48,440 over a first tranch of electronically stored information to the 475 00:31:48,519 --> 00:31:52,400 January sixth Committee before bringing a federal lawsuit against the 476 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,920 January sixth Committee, then ran out the clock until the 477 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,079 MAGA Republicans took control of the House of Representatives and 478 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,599 disbanded the January sixth Committee. But there were all of 479 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:06,799 these bogus privileged claims that were made by Meadows, executive 480 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:11,119 privilege toorney client privilege, things that Special Council jack Smith 481 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:16,519 has already defeated. So attendant to this immunity deal, think 482 00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:20,039 about all of the emails and text messages that Special 483 00:32:20,079 --> 00:32:24,880 Council jack Smith has that the January sixth Committee never received, 484 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,079 including but not limited to, the text messages and emails 485 00:32:29,319 --> 00:32:34,400 from other members of Congress and former Congress Member Riggleman 486 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:39,359 described Meadows as someone who would do anything for self 487 00:32:39,559 --> 00:32:45,000 preservation and throw anyone under the bus to protect himself. 488 00:32:45,039 --> 00:32:48,640 That's at least how Riggleman knew Meadows. So we will 489 00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,559 be doing a whole hot take on that. Also, Donald 490 00:32:51,559 --> 00:32:54,240 Trump in New Hampshire. Cohen, I don't know if you 491 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:55,119 saw this. 492 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:55,599 Speaker 2: I want to. 493 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:59,720 Speaker 1: Highlight three clips specifically, you know, and again this is 494 00:32:59,839 --> 00:33:05,319 not trying to troll Donald Trump. It's simply trying to 495 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,720 highlight things. This is the leader of the modern day 496 00:33:09,799 --> 00:33:13,599 Republican Party who is out there speaking in front of 497 00:33:13,759 --> 00:33:18,559 audiences when, at least in my opinion, there's something serious 498 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:22,720 going on here that's deeper and needs to be discussed. 499 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,079 And we know when it comes to their attacks on 500 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:29,400 Biden or anybody, it's usually all projection and confession. So 501 00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:33,559 here during the speech in New Hampshire yesterday, Donald Trump 502 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,119 is reflecting on the fact that he just realized that 503 00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:43,440 the word us and us sound alike, and he wants 504 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:46,319 to be applauded for that, and he says I should 505 00:33:46,319 --> 00:33:49,599 be applauded for that, right, and also because I'm handsome 506 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:50,599 here play this clip. 507 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:54,799 Speaker 7: This is our business, is why you're doing that? He said, mccron, 508 00:33:55,599 --> 00:33:57,200 nice guy. You know, look, he's for friends. 509 00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:00,839 Speaker 1: I'm for us, for us. 510 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,279 Speaker 7: You know how you spell us? 511 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:03,559 Speaker 6: Right? 512 00:34:05,039 --> 00:34:05,759 Speaker 7: Do you spell us? 513 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 2: Us? 514 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:10,079 Speaker 7: I just picked that up. 515 00:34:10,119 --> 00:34:11,480 Speaker 2: Has anyone ever thought of that being? 516 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 7: I just picked that up? A couple of days I'm 517 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,480 reading and I said US, And I said, you know, 518 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:21,280 do you think about it? US equals US, isn't it? 519 00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:21,760 Speaker 2: Now? 520 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:25,360 Speaker 7: If we say something genius, they'll never say. You know, 521 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:28,760 we get twenty five thirty forty fifty eighty one hundred 522 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,599 thousand people to speeches. They'd never said Trump's a great speaker, 523 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,000 never said I've never heard it. I said to my people, 524 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:39,159 do you think they'll ever acknowledge I must be doing okay, except. 525 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,800 Speaker 2: I'm a very handsome person. So I guess a lot 526 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,719 of you want to they want to. 527 00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:44,679 Speaker 7: Sit and look at me because I'm saying, like a 528 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:45,599 beauty patcheant. 529 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:57,679 Speaker 2: No, it's amazing man woman child camera TV. Yay me. 530 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,440 I mean that's how stupid that that speech was talking 531 00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:05,840 about his looks about US US Okay, I mean it's 532 00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:10,280 kind of like, come on, you know, did you also 533 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:14,719 notice the way that he goes from twenty thousand, thirty thousand, 534 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,760 fifty thousand, eighty thousand. You know people, First of all, 535 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:22,159 eighty thousand is a massive, massive stadium. It's like, you know, 536 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:27,840 a college stadium. I don't recall even when he was, 537 00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:33,079 you know, running in twenty sixteen, filling up in eighty thousand. 538 00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,920 What he's doing now is he's filling up like gymnasiums, 539 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:40,760 where they just pack everybody into half the gymnasium, you know, 540 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,559 and then they take pictures from overhead to make it 541 00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:46,440 seem much larger, you know, than it is. But who 542 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,880 gives a shit why? It's honestly, it's why I turn 543 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:54,000 around and I constantly say in every single episode, please 544 00:35:54,079 --> 00:35:58,440 make sure. If if that isn't enough to get you 545 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,679 to ensure that you're properly registered as a Democrat in 546 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,719 order to vote in the twenty twenty four general election, 547 00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:09,719 I don't know what will Could you imagine this idiot 548 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:14,000 again in the White House? Can you imagine what he 549 00:36:14,079 --> 00:36:17,199 will do to our democracy? The fact that we could 550 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:23,239 even have a conversation about about how dangerous he is. 551 00:36:23,519 --> 00:36:27,199 Cassidy Hutchinson tonight, I think she was on MSNBC with 552 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:31,159 Ari Melburn was talking about how Donald Trump is. And 553 00:36:31,199 --> 00:36:35,320 I've been saying this much longer than Cassidy, that Donald 554 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:40,760 Trump is the greatest danger to American democracy in the 555 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:45,239 last one hundred years or more. All Right, So if 556 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:48,039 that in and of itself is not enough to ensure 557 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:54,440 that each and every one of you goes out, validates 558 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:58,079 that they are properly registered with the Board of Elections, 559 00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:02,440 helps out other family members, neighbors, co workers, et cetera, 560 00:37:03,079 --> 00:37:06,360 so that they too could be registered to vote, and 561 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,760 then make sure that they get to the ballot box, 562 00:37:09,039 --> 00:37:11,840 or they get to they get a mail in ballot, 563 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:17,400 whatever it takes. We need a massive, massive blue wave. 564 00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:20,960 We need to ensure that this isn't even a close 565 00:37:21,039 --> 00:37:23,920 call like the last one was. It was much closer 566 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,119 than people think. This one needs to be an absolute 567 00:37:27,199 --> 00:37:30,480 blowout because only by blowing them out will people like 568 00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:34,840 Marjorie Toilet Green or you know, or you know, Josh 569 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:38,599 Holey's on Matt Gates's. Only then will they realize that 570 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:43,239 they've been praying to a to a false god, right 571 00:37:43,480 --> 00:37:47,320 and that you know, they've been worshiping this golden calf, 572 00:37:48,079 --> 00:37:52,599 and it's just it's not real, all right, And that's 573 00:37:52,639 --> 00:37:56,519 how we will ultimately get rid of what's called trump Ism, 574 00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:57,039 you know. 575 00:37:57,119 --> 00:38:00,400 Speaker 1: And this is where leadership is so important. You know, 576 00:38:00,719 --> 00:38:07,000 people are very busy. Times are always tough and complicated, 577 00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:10,280 and we look to leaders to provide guidance. We look 578 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:15,159 to validators, right and leaders in the House of Representatives 579 00:38:15,559 --> 00:38:19,000 are supposed to, although they are not when it definitely 580 00:38:19,039 --> 00:38:22,800 comes to the Maga Republicans supposed to at the bare 581 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:28,639 minimum stand for our democracy and some modicm of competence 582 00:38:29,039 --> 00:38:31,159 and keep our government going. 583 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:32,760 Speaker 2: Yet time and time. 584 00:38:32,559 --> 00:38:36,280 Speaker 1: Again what we see is people like Tom Emmer, right, 585 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:41,320 who becomes the Speaker designate, is his first interest just 586 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:45,039 to be honest with the American people. No, it is 587 00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:49,559 so humiliating. He has to decorate his office with photos 588 00:38:49,639 --> 00:38:53,960 of Donald Trump, and then he reposts a video where 589 00:38:54,159 --> 00:38:57,840 Donald Trump doesn't just outright criticize him, and where Donald 590 00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:00,760 Trump's as well. I guess Emmer's my biggest now, and 591 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,800 we'll do whatever I want him to do. And Emmer 592 00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,000 like reposts that and says thank you, mister President. You 593 00:39:07,039 --> 00:39:12,920 know all of these Magga Republicans, they demean and degrade themselves, 594 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:18,239 they selflagellate themselves for this Maga Republican movement hoisted on 595 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,880 the cult of Donald Trump. And he repeatedly, whether you 596 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,400 watch it with Kevin McCarthy or now with Tom Emmer, 597 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,800 what does he do? He then just mocks the crap 598 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,519 out of them. And what happened with Tom Emmer today 599 00:39:34,599 --> 00:39:37,519 where he got the most votes to become the speaker 600 00:39:37,519 --> 00:39:41,599 design well, while the testimony was taking place in New York, 601 00:39:41,679 --> 00:39:44,159 Donald Trump, either during a break or at some point 602 00:39:44,199 --> 00:39:47,000 in time, put out a message saying that Tom Emmer 603 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,239 is a rhino and that he doesn't support Emmer. 604 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,000 Speaker 2: And that was it. 605 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:55,079 Speaker 1: Donald Trump put a post on his social media platform. Everybody, 606 00:39:55,199 --> 00:39:58,960 that means you can't be in the leadership position. How 607 00:39:59,039 --> 00:40:02,800 embarrassing and you aliating. And here is Donald Trump gloating 608 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:06,800 about it. After that, Tom Emmer's chance of becoming Speaker 609 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:09,760 of the House is gone simply because Donald Trump made 610 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:14,159 a post on social media calling Emmer a rhino. Play 611 00:40:14,159 --> 00:40:16,599 this clip, Tom Emmer, it looks. 612 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:17,039 Speaker 4: Like he's finished. 613 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:18,480 Speaker 2: Looks like the finished stud. 614 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:19,920 Speaker 4: Not a supporter. 615 00:40:20,159 --> 00:40:22,719 Speaker 7: It's a rhinout and looks like he's finished. 616 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,679 Speaker 2: We'll see you never know. 617 00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:32,039 Speaker 1: I'll let you know. Not a supporter, a rhino. When 618 00:40:32,079 --> 00:40:35,880 you put all of this connective tissue together, from where 619 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,280 we were in New York to Washington, d C. To 620 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,880 Georgia and to what you just saw in the halls 621 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:47,079 of the House of Representatives, you see where and why 622 00:40:47,119 --> 00:40:49,639 this chaos is taking place, and what we say here 623 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:54,840 over and over again on Political Beatdown. Our main thesis 624 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:59,760 here is that rather than just Democrats, Republicans, liberal progressive conservatives, 625 00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:09,360 Americans are craving intelligence, compassion, and unapologetically pro democracy leaders. 626 00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:13,639 Americans want their political leaders to be talking about issues 627 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:18,440 that matter to the American people. American people want adults 628 00:41:18,519 --> 00:41:22,559 in the halls of Congress and watching these magga Republicans 629 00:41:22,599 --> 00:41:26,280 being unable to even elect their own Speaker of the 630 00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:31,880 House intact themselves implode before our eyes. And then Michael 631 00:41:31,920 --> 00:41:36,280 Cohen have the audacity to maga splaining to us on 632 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:40,320 the deficit. Y'all, Maga Republicans are the ones who added 633 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:44,559 eight trillion dollars to the deficit. Other than for billionaires 634 00:41:44,599 --> 00:41:48,679 and deca millionaires, you, Maga Republicans, raise the taxes for 635 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:52,400 the rest of us. We don't need to be maga 636 00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:56,880 splaying to at all. We know what you are up to. 637 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:02,199 I want to remind everybody Patreon die slash Political Beatdown. 638 00:42:02,559 --> 00:42:06,320 As soon as Michael Cohen is able to share with 639 00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,960 us the specifics of his testimony when he is released 640 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:12,719 as a witness, he has promised to share it first 641 00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:17,920 here at patreon dot com. Slash Political Beatdown. Make sure 642 00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:21,519 you are subscribed right now, Michael Cohen, I know it 643 00:42:21,679 --> 00:42:25,840 was a very busy day for you. Would be an understatement, 644 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,239 so we're gonna let you go right now. But I 645 00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:31,039 want to give you the final word to our brigaders. 646 00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:35,119 Speaker 2: So two things. The first is, if you go to 647 00:42:35,199 --> 00:42:38,320 my Twitter account at Michael Cohen two one two, you'll 648 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:43,239 see at the very top is pinned that's you can 649 00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:47,639 send the letter to the Biden administration regarding the pardon. 650 00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:50,840 I'm literally ninety five percent finished with the application. I 651 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:55,239 intend on traveling to DC in order to hand deliver 652 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:58,679 it to the various different agencies so that there'll be 653 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,960 multiple copies there. And then what I intend to do 654 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:06,559 as well is to put up for our Political Beatdown 655 00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:10,760 Brigade some of the letters. I have six letters from 656 00:43:11,039 --> 00:43:15,880 very significant people like two Congress Members John Dean, I 657 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:19,639 have Nick Ackerman Asher and Gotplin Norm eisen I mean 658 00:43:19,679 --> 00:43:23,880 I have some very significant people here, you know, Ambassador 659 00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:30,519 Norm eisen All basically stating the fact that if I'm 660 00:43:30,519 --> 00:43:34,519 not worthy of a pardon technically, who is, especially based 661 00:43:34,559 --> 00:43:38,400 on the information that has come out. That's the first. 662 00:43:38,639 --> 00:43:41,840 The second is thank you all for you know, the 663 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,840 well wishes and so on. Yeah, my blood pressure is elevated, 664 00:43:47,559 --> 00:43:52,079 and I'm gonna try to you know, calm down because 665 00:43:52,119 --> 00:43:56,000 I have a very big day ahead of me tomorrow 666 00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,679 where you know, I get picked up very early in 667 00:43:58,719 --> 00:44:02,360 the morning. And I do want to say this. You know, 668 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:09,079 I was somewhat disappointed initially that the Attorney General's Office 669 00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:15,960 was not concerned about my safety, especially going and coming 670 00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:20,360 from the hearings today. Let me say I take that back. 671 00:44:21,199 --> 00:44:25,800 They set up for me two officers that came and 672 00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:31,400 picked me up. They had about thirty officers walked me 673 00:44:31,599 --> 00:44:36,760 up the stairs of sixty Center Street. They stayed with 674 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:42,199 me as I went through the megatronters and then was 675 00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,960 given admission to the you know, the courthouse. They had 676 00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:52,519 an elevator waiting for me and my lawyers along with them. 677 00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:55,960 They then escorted me to a green room. We were 678 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,880 basically locked into that room so nobody could get in. 679 00:45:00,599 --> 00:45:05,239 On top of that, the officers were posted outside that room. 680 00:45:05,519 --> 00:45:07,679 They then you know, did the same thing as they 681 00:45:07,679 --> 00:45:11,840 were returning me, you know, to my home. They are 682 00:45:12,079 --> 00:45:18,320 all absolutely fantastic. There's nothing but love for the court officers. 683 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:22,960 The new York City Police Department, all law enforcement. They 684 00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:29,400 were beyond spectacular in ensuring my safety to it and 685 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:33,559 from you know, the courthouse. So for that, I really 686 00:45:34,119 --> 00:45:36,480 want to thank them from the bottom of my heart. 687 00:45:36,559 --> 00:45:39,360 And if any of our brigadors happened to come across 688 00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:43,000 a police officer, just thank them for their service because 689 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:48,480 they are absolutely one hundred incredible And so thank you 690 00:45:48,559 --> 00:45:51,119 to our brigadors. And as far as who gets the 691 00:45:51,159 --> 00:45:55,000 two fingers salute, in fact, it's the entire GOP gets 692 00:45:55,039 --> 00:45:58,719 the two fingers salute today. Right, You're fucking up our country, 693 00:45:59,119 --> 00:46:03,320 do they not understand? And that very soon, very soon, 694 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,079 we're going to be in a situation again with the 695 00:46:06,119 --> 00:46:09,000 debt ceiling. We have other issues that need to be 696 00:46:09,559 --> 00:46:16,719 discussed and handled immediately, from Ukraine to Israel. There's so 697 00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:21,480 much that needs to be done. We need our members 698 00:46:21,679 --> 00:46:26,000 of Congress to be there working for us. And you know, 699 00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:29,400 here's a little head scratcher for them. It's your fucking job. 700 00:46:30,039 --> 00:46:32,480 That's what you were elected for, you know what, that's 701 00:46:32,480 --> 00:46:36,880 what you're getting paid for. So do your job. Stop 702 00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:39,880 the horseshit? Can you really, can you really tell me 703 00:46:40,199 --> 00:46:45,599 that there's not one person amongst the GOP who could 704 00:46:45,599 --> 00:46:49,519 be speaker that could obtain the two hundred and seventeen 705 00:46:49,679 --> 00:46:53,440 necessary votes without now blaming it on the fact that 706 00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:57,280 Democrats aren't voting for the Republican in order to keep them, 707 00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,960 that the Democrats didn't side with Mark Meadow to keep 708 00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:04,760 him as Speaker, seriously, and they say it with the 709 00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:10,639 straightest face. So stupid, It is so fucking stupid that 710 00:47:10,719 --> 00:47:14,280 it's scary. It's scary that they can lay that bullshit 711 00:47:14,519 --> 00:47:17,639 onto the American people the way that they do. So 712 00:47:18,519 --> 00:47:23,360 again to them, come on, care more about America than 713 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:26,599 you do about yourself and your reelection and you know 714 00:47:26,679 --> 00:47:27,519 what will be? 715 00:47:27,599 --> 00:47:31,480 Speaker 1: Okay yep, And you said Mark Meadows, but you're referring 716 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:32,280 to Kevin McCarthy. 717 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:33,480 Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Kevin McCarthy. 718 00:47:33,519 --> 00:47:36,199 Speaker 1: Potato potato potato, if you will. 719 00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:38,679 Speaker 2: Assholes, They look the same to me. 720 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,519 Speaker 1: And I want to thank again all of the Brigaders 721 00:47:41,519 --> 00:47:45,000 for watching this, and I want to just let everybody 722 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,639 know how grateful we are for you and Michael Cohen, 723 00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:54,519 how grateful this community is your courage well, and thank you, 724 00:47:54,599 --> 00:47:57,000 Thank you Michael Cohen for all that you do. 725 00:47:57,079 --> 00:47:58,039 Speaker 2: Everybody, thank you. 726 00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:02,440 Speaker 1: So much for watching this episodisode of Political Beatdown. 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