Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Michael Cohen Show on our continued
journey to two hundred and fifty thousand subscribers. Again, my friends,
this is not the time to unsubscribe. There's so much
going on, so much to unpack. This is the time
to stay subscribed and to share with friends, because each
and every day, more and more people are being nominated
by Trump for cabinet and administration physicians. Some of them
are somewhat confusing, to say the least. The one that dominated,
completely dominated yesterday's news cycle was the nomination which came
out of nowhere by the way of Matt Gates for
Attorney General. And what we need to do is we
need to watch some clips and to discuss everyone's response
to it. Now, I want to begin this episode by
talking about my personal experience with Matt Gates. You see,
here's a tweet that he posted in twenty nineteen, and
it was right after I had testified before the House
Oversight Committee February twenty seven, twenty nineteen. I've personally apologized
to Michael Cohen that's my Twitter or ex handle, for
referencing his private family in the public square, regardless of
disagreements family members should be off limits from attacks from representatives, senators,
and presidents, including myself. Let's leave the Cohen family alone.
But there's also there's another there's another post that he
actually put up which kind of explained exactly what this
was all about. They were unhappy. He is a fierce
protector and has been now for a long time of
Donald Trump and was unhappy that I was testifying before
the House Oversight Committee. Now I want to say this
about it. Unlike Bill Barr, who clearly was involved in
the un constitutional remand of me back to Otisville because
I refused to waive my First Amendment constitutional rights, say
whatever you want about Matt Gates. We squared it off,
we turn around, he apologized, I accepted it. We moved on,
and you know what, We've actually had a one or
two communications where I wanted him on my Maya Culpa podcast.
He has not gone ahead and done that, but I
asked him, can you care to join me on my
top rated podcast, Maya Kulpa. We just received exceeded fifty
million downloads since it's launched. Obviously, lots to discuss, so
please let me, you know know either way, and his
response to me I'll consider it for sure. I do
owe you one. I'll never forget the grace you once
showed me when I was an asshole. Now I want
to say this, it takes a big man to turn
around and to respond like that, and to say that
regardles the fact he hasn't come on the podcast. It
takes a big man. Now. I don't know what his
qualifications are to be Attorney General, but I do want
to turn around and say, of all of the people
that have fucked me over, of all the people that
have done wrong by me, he happens to be one
of maybe less than a handful, that actually came out
and apologized for it. So I'm not gonna be I'm
not gonna be too harsh on the guy. What I
intend to do is to basically show you what other
people are saying, because most people are confused at this pick. Again,
it came out of nowhere. He was not in the
running for AG through the transition team. Here's a clip
of senators not eager to discuss the nomination. Play the clip.
Speaker 2: I'm very double.
Speaker 1: I'm not Matt Gates. You have a profission process.
Speaker 3: I don't know yet.
Speaker 1: I think about that one are you have any concerns
about it? We'll see reading Matt Gates is confirmable, we
find out what. Senator Kennedy, what do you think of
Matt Gates Attorney General? Every Thanksgiving? When you don't want
to answer, go right to the happy Thanksgiving clip? All right.
Now here's Senator Lisa Murkowski's reaction. Play that clip.
Speaker 4: I don't think it's a serious nomination for the attorney general.
We need to have a serious attorney general, and I'm
looking forward to the opportunity to consider somebody that is serious.
This one, this one was not on my Bengal card.
Speaker 1: And now here's Senator Susan collins reaction.
Speaker 4: I was shocked that he has been nominated. If the
nomination proceeds, I'm sure that there will be an extensive
background check by the FBI and public hearings and a
lot of questions. Says.
Speaker 1: Here's Representative Max Miller's reaction. Play that clip.
Speaker 5: I just think it's silly. I believe that the president
is probably rewarding him for being such a loyal soldier
to the president. But the President is smart enough and
his team is smart enough to know that mister Gates
will never get confirmed by the Senate. Mister Gates breaks
things to breaks things, and then once he breaks it,
he breaks it even more. And that is somebody who
should not be the Attorney General of the United States.
I can tell you I'm not the only one out
of two hundred and probably twenty two that will end
up with that is happy that he is leaving this conference.
Speaker 1: Okay, and now let me show you Senator Mark Wayne
Mullen's reaction. Play that clip, zort, Are you going to
vote for mac Gaates?
Speaker 6: You know Matt Gates, And either's no question that we've
had our differences. They've been very public about it. I
completely trust President Trump's decision making on this one. But
at the same time, he's got to come to Congress
and sell and sell. There's a lot of or to
the Senate and sell and self. There's a lot of
questions that are going to be out there. He's got
to answer those questions and hopefully he's able to answer
the questions right and if he can, then we'll we'll
go through the confirmation process.
Speaker 1: Center. Okay, Okay, Now let me show you Lindsey Graham,
who went on Fox News with Hannity to discuss the nomination.
And I bring this up because in what I showed
you early early on, Sean Hannity and Matt Gates, by
the way, are friendly. Matt Gates was the one who
reached out to Sean Hannity in order to get all
my information so that he could send me the apology letter.
Play that clip.
Speaker 3: He won the election, he deserves a chance to pick
his cabinet. I am predisposed to allow him to do that.
I think Matt, Matt Gates is very bright. I think
he's qualified. He'll have a hearing and he'll have some
tough questions to answer. But to every Republican, please follow
a process to give President Trump the ability to pick
the people he thinks can do the job, and give
Matt a chance. And you have a history of that,
you do it for everybody, do it for everybody.
Speaker 1: And yeah, look again, every president has the right to
pick their cabinet, but there is confirmation process by the Senate. Unfortunately,
Matt Dates has rubbed a lot of people the wrong
way over the course of the years. Will Donald Trump's
presidential win and the fact that many of them are
beholden to him, will that have any effect upon their decision?
Making I don't know. Again, I don't hold that crystal ball,
because it was then discussed that Todd Blanche could be
considered for deputy attorney general. He played the clip.
Speaker 7: I can report tonight that the President elect is seriously
considering naming his lead attorney, Todd Blanche to serve as
the next deputy attorney general. Now, nothing has been finalized
or announced. I should note for.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't see that one. Nevertheless, like I said,
there's a lot of positions that need to be filled.
I want to remind you that in twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen,
all the positions were never filled, right, you know, So
this transition team, they're just pushing people forward. And Todd
Blanche like several other lawyers, and mil Beauvet and others,
Susan Necklace, these were all people that worked for Trump.
We already Lena hobb is going to be Press secretary.
But of course Laura Trump I always somehow manages to
get involved, and now since Marco Rubio's appointment, she may
actually want his position. This is great. Here's what she
said on Hannity Play the clip.
Speaker 2: Likewise, if I am able to serve, I would love
to serve the people of Florida. This is my home
state now and has been for three years. This is
where Eric and I live, and truly to have that opportunity,
I think would be incredible. No one knows better than
I do the America First Agenda or the goals of
Donald Trump in the coming four years. So if I
am asked, I would love to consider it. But I
have yet to have a conversation with Governor DeSantis, so
we will have to see.
Speaker 1: Let me just say this right off the bat, if
she wants that spot, she will end up becoming a
congress person. There's no doubt in my mind. It's that
red area of Florida that Matt Gates had controlled and
sat as a member of Congress for several years now.
There is no doubt in my mind that she will
ultimately again. And I don't know if you have to
live in the area or not, because I know that
they don't. They live in Palm Beach. If you have
to move there, I don't know. There's so many different
rules across this country for how open seats get picked
and chosen, whether you got to live there or you
maybe just have to rent the house. I don't know
how that works. Again, We're gonna have to wait and see.
So I want to end this episode on some comments
from Representative Yasmine Crockett on Trump's cabinet picks. Play that
clip process.
Speaker 8: We are just in uncharted territory. But if anybody is surprised,
then I say, you haven't been paying attention because the
reality is that we have someone that is not qualified
morally or otherwise to be president of the United States,
So why would his appointments be qualified. These are people
that have railed against diversity, equity and inclusion, trying to
say that diverse candidates are somehow not qualified. But the
reality is that what they want to do is more
of this is put people that are not qualified and say, well,
you know what, because he's my homeboy, he is qualified.
That's not enough. That is what the good old boy
system has always been about. And it's why we have
not ever reached our maximum potential because we do take
the real qualified people out of the running because they
don't bend the knee, or because culturally they're background is
a little different.
Speaker 1: Yeah, look, there's going You could listen to two hundred
different people on this and you could end up with
about one hundred and fifty different answers. And I'm going
to say this, as I've said before in other episodes,
the choice is not ours. We made the choice. As
a country. We made the choice. Donald Trump will be
on January twentieth sworn in as the forty seven president
of the United States. It is the president who chooses
his cabinet. Whether we believe Matt Gates is or is
not competent to be Attorney general, whether there are ethical
or moral conditions that need to be discussed. I am
certain that that hearing, that confirmation hearing by the Senate
will be one of the most watched televised Senate confirmation
hearings of all time. Question becomes doesn't even matter? And
again I don't have the answer to that, none of
us do. And as always, thanks for listening. Hey everyone,
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