1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,040 Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Michael Cohen Show on our continued 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:06,960 journey to two hundred and fifty thousand subscribers. Again, my friends, 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,119 this is not the time to unsubscribe. There's so much 4 00:00:10,199 --> 00:00:13,119 going on, so much to unpack. This is the time 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,920 to stay subscribed and to share with friends, because each 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:22,120 and every day, more and more people are being nominated 7 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:27,320 by Trump for cabinet and administration physicians. Some of them 8 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:31,519 are somewhat confusing, to say the least. The one that dominated, 9 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:38,000 completely dominated yesterday's news cycle was the nomination which came 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,439 out of nowhere by the way of Matt Gates for 11 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,679 Attorney General. And what we need to do is we 12 00:00:45,759 --> 00:00:50,759 need to watch some clips and to discuss everyone's response 13 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,000 to it. Now, I want to begin this episode by 14 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:58,920 talking about my personal experience with Matt Gates. You see, 15 00:00:59,039 --> 00:01:02,640 here's a tweet that he posted in twenty nineteen, and 16 00:01:02,679 --> 00:01:07,439 it was right after I had testified before the House 17 00:01:07,519 --> 00:01:12,680 Oversight Committee February twenty seven, twenty nineteen. I've personally apologized 18 00:01:12,719 --> 00:01:17,040 to Michael Cohen that's my Twitter or ex handle, for 19 00:01:17,159 --> 00:01:21,359 referencing his private family in the public square, regardless of 20 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:27,400 disagreements family members should be off limits from attacks from representatives, senators, 21 00:01:27,519 --> 00:01:32,280 and presidents, including myself. Let's leave the Cohen family alone. 22 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:37,200 But there's also there's another there's another post that he 23 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:40,519 actually put up which kind of explained exactly what this 24 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:44,079 was all about. They were unhappy. He is a fierce 25 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:47,359 protector and has been now for a long time of 26 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,280 Donald Trump and was unhappy that I was testifying before 27 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:54,000 the House Oversight Committee. Now I want to say this 28 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,640 about it. Unlike Bill Barr, who clearly was involved in 29 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:03,840 the un constitutional remand of me back to Otisville because 30 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:07,840 I refused to waive my First Amendment constitutional rights, say 31 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,360 whatever you want about Matt Gates. We squared it off, 32 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:17,080 we turn around, he apologized, I accepted it. We moved on, 33 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,360 and you know what, We've actually had a one or 34 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:24,479 two communications where I wanted him on my Maya Culpa podcast. 35 00:02:24,759 --> 00:02:27,080 He has not gone ahead and done that, but I 36 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,960 asked him, can you care to join me on my 37 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:34,400 top rated podcast, Maya Kulpa. We just received exceeded fifty 38 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:39,360 million downloads since it's launched. Obviously, lots to discuss, so 39 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:42,719 please let me, you know know either way, and his 40 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:46,439 response to me I'll consider it for sure. I do 41 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:49,879 owe you one. I'll never forget the grace you once 42 00:02:49,919 --> 00:02:53,840 showed me when I was an asshole. Now I want 43 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,000 to say this, it takes a big man to turn 44 00:02:57,039 --> 00:02:59,599 around and to respond like that, and to say that 45 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,400 regardles the fact he hasn't come on the podcast. It 46 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:06,439 takes a big man. Now. I don't know what his 47 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:11,599 qualifications are to be Attorney General, but I do want 48 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:14,039 to turn around and say, of all of the people 49 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:17,840 that have fucked me over, of all the people that 50 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,759 have done wrong by me, he happens to be one 51 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:25,319 of maybe less than a handful, that actually came out 52 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,280 and apologized for it. So I'm not gonna be I'm 53 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:31,120 not gonna be too harsh on the guy. What I 54 00:03:31,159 --> 00:03:36,080 intend to do is to basically show you what other 55 00:03:36,199 --> 00:03:40,879 people are saying, because most people are confused at this pick. Again, 56 00:03:41,039 --> 00:03:44,080 it came out of nowhere. He was not in the 57 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:49,879 running for AG through the transition team. Here's a clip 58 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,879 of senators not eager to discuss the nomination. Play the clip. 59 00:03:56,319 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: I'm very double. 60 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: I'm not Matt Gates. You have a profission process. 61 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 3: I don't know yet. 62 00:04:04,919 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: I think about that one are you have any concerns 63 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,719 about it? We'll see reading Matt Gates is confirmable, we 64 00:04:11,919 --> 00:04:14,560 find out what. Senator Kennedy, what do you think of 65 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:22,519 Matt Gates Attorney General? Every Thanksgiving? When you don't want 66 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,240 to answer, go right to the happy Thanksgiving clip? All right. 67 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:31,000 Now here's Senator Lisa Murkowski's reaction. Play that clip. 68 00:04:31,759 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 4: I don't think it's a serious nomination for the attorney general. 69 00:04:34,959 --> 00:04:39,319 We need to have a serious attorney general, and I'm 70 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:45,800 looking forward to the opportunity to consider somebody that is serious. 71 00:04:45,879 --> 00:04:49,120 This one, this one was not on my Bengal card. 72 00:04:50,439 --> 00:04:53,079 Speaker 1: And now here's Senator Susan collins reaction. 73 00:04:54,959 --> 00:05:00,199 Speaker 4: I was shocked that he has been nominated. If the 74 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:05,240 nomination proceeds, I'm sure that there will be an extensive 75 00:05:05,319 --> 00:05:11,079 background check by the FBI and public hearings and a 76 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:12,240 lot of questions. Says. 77 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,720 Speaker 1: Here's Representative Max Miller's reaction. Play that clip. 78 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,519 Speaker 5: I just think it's silly. I believe that the president 79 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,519 is probably rewarding him for being such a loyal soldier 80 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,560 to the president. But the President is smart enough and 81 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,560 his team is smart enough to know that mister Gates 82 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,399 will never get confirmed by the Senate. Mister Gates breaks 83 00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:34,720 things to breaks things, and then once he breaks it, 84 00:05:34,759 --> 00:05:37,160 he breaks it even more. And that is somebody who 85 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,439 should not be the Attorney General of the United States. 86 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,439 I can tell you I'm not the only one out 87 00:05:42,439 --> 00:05:44,399 of two hundred and probably twenty two that will end 88 00:05:44,519 --> 00:05:47,800 up with that is happy that he is leaving this conference. 89 00:05:48,439 --> 00:05:51,600 Speaker 1: Okay, and now let me show you Senator Mark Wayne 90 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:55,199 Mullen's reaction. Play that clip, zort, Are you going to 91 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:56,160 vote for mac Gaates? 92 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:59,160 Speaker 6: You know Matt Gates, And either's no question that we've 93 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,680 had our differences. They've been very public about it. I 94 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:07,399 completely trust President Trump's decision making on this one. But 95 00:06:07,439 --> 00:06:09,240 at the same time, he's got to come to Congress 96 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,040 and sell and sell. There's a lot of or to 97 00:06:11,079 --> 00:06:12,439 the Senate and sell and self. There's a lot of 98 00:06:12,519 --> 00:06:14,279 questions that are going to be out there. He's got 99 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:17,759 to answer those questions and hopefully he's able to answer 100 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:20,360 the questions right and if he can, then we'll we'll 101 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:21,720 go through the confirmation process. 102 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: Center. Okay, Okay, Now let me show you Lindsey Graham, 103 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,680 who went on Fox News with Hannity to discuss the nomination. 104 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,800 And I bring this up because in what I showed 105 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:39,879 you early early on, Sean Hannity and Matt Gates, by 106 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:43,480 the way, are friendly. Matt Gates was the one who 107 00:06:43,519 --> 00:06:46,480 reached out to Sean Hannity in order to get all 108 00:06:46,519 --> 00:06:50,560 my information so that he could send me the apology letter. 109 00:06:50,759 --> 00:06:51,639 Play that clip. 110 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 3: He won the election, he deserves a chance to pick 111 00:06:55,560 --> 00:07:00,360 his cabinet. I am predisposed to allow him to do that. 112 00:07:01,079 --> 00:07:04,319 I think Matt, Matt Gates is very bright. I think 113 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,199 he's qualified. He'll have a hearing and he'll have some 114 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:12,360 tough questions to answer. But to every Republican, please follow 115 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:16,399 a process to give President Trump the ability to pick 116 00:07:16,439 --> 00:07:19,360 the people he thinks can do the job, and give 117 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:21,519 Matt a chance. And you have a history of that, 118 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,560 you do it for everybody, do it for everybody. 119 00:07:25,839 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 1: And yeah, look again, every president has the right to 120 00:07:31,959 --> 00:07:38,399 pick their cabinet, but there is confirmation process by the Senate. Unfortunately, 121 00:07:39,319 --> 00:07:43,480 Matt Dates has rubbed a lot of people the wrong 122 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:48,480 way over the course of the years. Will Donald Trump's 123 00:07:51,879 --> 00:07:55,120 presidential win and the fact that many of them are 124 00:07:55,199 --> 00:08:00,439 beholden to him, will that have any effect upon their decision? 125 00:08:00,519 --> 00:08:05,240 Making I don't know. Again, I don't hold that crystal ball, 126 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:12,399 because it was then discussed that Todd Blanche could be 127 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,720 considered for deputy attorney general. He played the clip. 128 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 7: I can report tonight that the President elect is seriously 129 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,680 considering naming his lead attorney, Todd Blanche to serve as 130 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,639 the next deputy attorney general. Now, nothing has been finalized 131 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,279 or announced. I should note for. 132 00:08:28,959 --> 00:08:33,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't see that one. Nevertheless, like I said, 133 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,519 there's a lot of positions that need to be filled. 134 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,360 I want to remind you that in twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen, 135 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:46,840 all the positions were never filled, right, you know, So 136 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,360 this transition team, they're just pushing people forward. And Todd 137 00:08:50,399 --> 00:08:54,720 Blanche like several other lawyers, and mil Beauvet and others, 138 00:08:54,759 --> 00:08:58,960 Susan Necklace, these were all people that worked for Trump. 139 00:08:59,519 --> 00:09:02,240 We already Lena hobb is going to be Press secretary. 140 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:07,480 But of course Laura Trump I always somehow manages to 141 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:13,559 get involved, and now since Marco Rubio's appointment, she may 142 00:09:13,639 --> 00:09:19,159 actually want his position. This is great. Here's what she 143 00:09:19,279 --> 00:09:21,279 said on Hannity Play the clip. 144 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,159 Speaker 2: Likewise, if I am able to serve, I would love 145 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,720 to serve the people of Florida. This is my home 146 00:09:26,759 --> 00:09:28,960 state now and has been for three years. This is 147 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,559 where Eric and I live, and truly to have that opportunity, 148 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,240 I think would be incredible. No one knows better than 149 00:09:36,279 --> 00:09:39,240 I do the America First Agenda or the goals of 150 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,240 Donald Trump in the coming four years. So if I 151 00:09:42,279 --> 00:09:45,080 am asked, I would love to consider it. But I 152 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:48,360 have yet to have a conversation with Governor DeSantis, so 153 00:09:48,399 --> 00:09:49,240 we will have to see. 154 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:52,879 Speaker 1: Let me just say this right off the bat, if 155 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:58,759 she wants that spot, she will end up becoming a 156 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:03,679 congress person. There's no doubt in my mind. It's that 157 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:10,519 red area of Florida that Matt Gates had controlled and 158 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,799 sat as a member of Congress for several years now. 159 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,159 There is no doubt in my mind that she will 160 00:10:19,279 --> 00:10:22,240 ultimately again. And I don't know if you have to 161 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:24,679 live in the area or not, because I know that 162 00:10:24,759 --> 00:10:29,519 they don't. They live in Palm Beach. If you have 163 00:10:29,639 --> 00:10:33,159 to move there, I don't know. There's so many different 164 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:38,679 rules across this country for how open seats get picked 165 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,279 and chosen, whether you got to live there or you 166 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:42,799 maybe just have to rent the house. I don't know 167 00:10:43,159 --> 00:10:47,000 how that works. Again, We're gonna have to wait and see. 168 00:10:48,039 --> 00:10:51,879 So I want to end this episode on some comments 169 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:58,600 from Representative Yasmine Crockett on Trump's cabinet picks. Play that 170 00:10:58,679 --> 00:10:59,720 clip process. 171 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,759 Speaker 8: We are just in uncharted territory. But if anybody is surprised, 172 00:11:04,279 --> 00:11:06,639 then I say, you haven't been paying attention because the 173 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,759 reality is that we have someone that is not qualified 174 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,759 morally or otherwise to be president of the United States, 175 00:11:12,919 --> 00:11:17,080 So why would his appointments be qualified. These are people 176 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,879 that have railed against diversity, equity and inclusion, trying to 177 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:25,000 say that diverse candidates are somehow not qualified. But the 178 00:11:25,039 --> 00:11:27,320 reality is that what they want to do is more 179 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,720 of this is put people that are not qualified and say, well, 180 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:34,799 you know what, because he's my homeboy, he is qualified. 181 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,240 That's not enough. That is what the good old boy 182 00:11:37,320 --> 00:11:39,759 system has always been about. And it's why we have 183 00:11:39,879 --> 00:11:43,440 not ever reached our maximum potential because we do take 184 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:47,639 the real qualified people out of the running because they 185 00:11:47,639 --> 00:11:51,240 don't bend the knee, or because culturally they're background is 186 00:11:51,279 --> 00:11:51,919 a little different. 187 00:11:52,759 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, look, there's going You could listen to two hundred 188 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,440 different people on this and you could end up with 189 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,600 about one hundred and fifty different answers. And I'm going 190 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:08,000 to say this, as I've said before in other episodes, 191 00:12:09,759 --> 00:12:14,039 the choice is not ours. We made the choice. As 192 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:17,720 a country. We made the choice. Donald Trump will be 193 00:12:17,799 --> 00:12:22,120 on January twentieth sworn in as the forty seven president 194 00:12:22,159 --> 00:12:24,960 of the United States. It is the president who chooses 195 00:12:25,159 --> 00:12:28,919 his cabinet. Whether we believe Matt Gates is or is 196 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,919 not competent to be Attorney general, whether there are ethical 197 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:36,600 or moral conditions that need to be discussed. I am 198 00:12:36,799 --> 00:12:41,440 certain that that hearing, that confirmation hearing by the Senate 199 00:12:41,639 --> 00:12:46,720 will be one of the most watched televised Senate confirmation 200 00:12:46,919 --> 00:12:52,960 hearings of all time. Question becomes doesn't even matter? And 201 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,480 again I don't have the answer to that, none of 202 00:12:55,559 --> 00:12:59,559 us do. And as always, thanks for listening. 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