Podcast appearances and mentions of Andrew C Mccarthy

Hugh discusses the One Big Beautiful Bill and former President Biden's health with Rep. Jodey Arrington, Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Andrew C. McCarthy, Rep. Jason Smith, Rich Lowry, Rep. Lisa McClain.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh discusses Pope Leo XIV with Vice President J.D. Vance, Matt Continetti, Ben Domenech, and Andrew C. McCarthy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh discusses Harvard's tax-exempt status and California considering letting community college students be allowed to sleep in their cars, with Noah Rothman, Jonathan Williams, David Drucker, Adm. Mark Montgomery (USN, Ret.), Andrew C. McCarthy, John Ondrasik, and Bethany Mandel.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh opens the show by setting the baseline for assessment of the big break with the appearance of free trade and talks with John Ashbrook, Dan Schlessinger, Sen. Tom Cotton, Jonathan Williams, Andrew C. McCarthy, and Jim Talent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Senator Tom Cotton, Dr. Michael Oren, Doug Burgum, Bethany Mandel, Vic Matus, and Andrew C. McCarthy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Seth Leibsohn welcomes Andrew C. McCarthy, a respected legal educator and former federal prosecutor, to discuss the case of Mahmud Khalil, a former Columbia student facing deportation for alleged terrorist activity. McCarthy argues that Khalil's actions, such as mediating between protesters and the university, go beyond protected free speech and may constitute extortion or material support for terrorism, providing legal grounds for deportation despite claims of First Amendment protections.

Andrew C. McCarthy, senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and best-selling author, joins the show by phone to discuss his opinion piece "Does the Constitution really protect Columbia agitator Mahmoud Khalil from deportation?" and the case for deporting the Palestinian activist. The Democrats' further shift leftward. Are we getting closer to another 9/11-type terror event in the near future?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: 6:05pm- Last week, in a post to X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote: “Those who support designated terrorist organizations, including Hamas, threaten our national security. The United States has zero tolerance for foreign visitors who support terrorists. Violators of U.S. law—including international students—face visa denial or revocation, and deportation.” On Sunday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Mahmoud Khalil—a former Columbia University graduate student and a lawful permanent resident alien—who has been outspoken about his support for the terrorist organization Hamas. The Trump Administration intends to deport Khalil, who was born in Syria. But does this infringe upon free speech rights? In National Review, legal expert Andrew C. McCarthy notes that Khalil's association with, and vocal support for, Hamas are debatable grounds for deportation—however, Khalil likely engaged in unlawful activities, citing the numerous arrests that occurred as a result of destructive, unauthorized on-campus protests. This makes the case against Khalil more compelling. The New York Post reported that Khalil was also being investigated as a possible national security threat. 6:20pm- While appearing on Fox News with Laura Ingraham, Sec. Linda McMahon weighed-in on the Department of Education eliminating nearing 2,000 staff positions—explaining it is the “first step in eliminating bureaucratic bloat.” 6:40pm- Ryan Manion—Chief Executive Officer of the Travis Manion Foundation & Author of “The Knock at the Door”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to preview the 2025 1210 WPHT Radiothon benefiting the Travis Manion Foundation which will take place next Friday, March 21st. You can learn more about the foundation here: https://www.travismanion.org.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- After meeting with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that Ukraine has agreed to terms for an immediate ceasefire with a willingness to enter “immediate negotiations to end this conflict [with Russia] in a way that's enduring and sustainable." National Security Advisor Mike Waltz added, “The president has made it clear…that all fighting needs to end.” 3:15pm- Last week, in a post to X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote: “Those who support designated terrorist organizations, including Hamas, threaten our national security. The United States has zero tolerance for foreign visitors who support terrorists. Violators of U.S. law—including international students—face visa denial or revocation, and deportation.” On Sunday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Mahmoud Khalil—a former Columbia University graduate student and a lawful permanent resident alien—who has been outspoken about his support for the terrorist organization Hamas. The Trump Administration intends to deport Khalil, who was born in Syria. But does this infringe upon free speech rights? In National Review, legal expert Andrew C. McCarthy notes that Khalil's association with, and vocal support for, Hamas are debatable grounds for deportation—however, Khalil likely engaged in unlawful activities, citing the numerous arrests that occurred as a result of destructive, unauthorized on-campus protests. This makes the case against Khalil more compelling. The New York Post reported that Khalil was also being investigated as a possible national security threat. 3:40pm- In recent days, Tesla's stock has tumbled and there have been a growing number of social media influencers advocating for a Tesla boycott in response to CEO Elon Musk's work on behalf of the Trump Administration. In a show of support, President Donald Trump bought a Tesla at the White House on Tuesday.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (03/11/2025): 3:05pm- After meeting with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that Ukraine has agreed to terms for an immediate ceasefire with a willingness to enter “immediate negotiations to end this conflict [with Russia] in a way that's enduring and sustainable." National Security Advisor Mike Waltz added, “The president has made it clear…that all fighting needs to end.” 3:15pm- Last week, in a post to X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote: “Those who support designated terrorist organizations, including Hamas, threaten our national security. The United States has zero tolerance for foreign visitors who support terrorists. Violators of U.S. law—including international students—face visa denial or revocation, and deportation.” On Sunday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Mahmoud Khalil—a former Columbia University graduate student and a lawful permanent resident alien—who has been outspoken about his support for the terrorist organization Hamas. The Trump Administration intends to deport Khalil, who was born in Syria. But does this infringe upon free speech rights? In National Review, legal expert Andrew C. McCarthy notes that Khalil's association with, and vocal support for, Hamas are debatable grounds for deportation—however, Khalil likely engaged in unlawful activities, citing the numerous arrests that occurred as a result of destructive, unauthorized on-campus protests. This makes the case against Khalil more compelling. The New York Post reported that Khalil was also being investigated as a possible national security threat. 3:40pm- In recent days, Tesla's stock has tumbled and there have been a growing number of social media influencers advocating for a Tesla boycott in response to CEO Elon Musk's work on behalf of the Trump Administration. In a show of support, President Donald Trump bought a Tesla at the White House on Tuesday. 4:05pm- Susan Crabtree—RealClearPolitics National Political Correspondent—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her new book, “Fools Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All,” which releases today! In the book, Crabtree investigates, among other things, Governor Gavin Newsom's ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Crabtree says of Newsome: “he acts like he can run for president via podcast when his state is in shambles.” Plus, could Mel Gibson run for governor of California? You can find the book here: https://a.co/d/1g9qLKf. 4:40pm- In recent days, Tesla's stock has tumbled and there have been a growing number of social media influencers advocating for a Tesla boycott in response to CEO Elon Musk's work on behalf of the Trump Administration. In a show of support, President Donald Trump bought a Tesla at the White House on Tuesday. While speaking with the press, President Trump said he does not believe the country will experience a depression, hilariously adding that “Trump is always right.” 4:50pm- Confirmed: On April 28th, the Philadelphia Eagles will visit President Donald Trump at the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory. 5:00pm- The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a stopgap spending bill that will fund the government through September—avoiding a potential government shutdown at midnight on Friday. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is expected to vote against the continuing resolution, meaning Republicans cannot afford any other defects assuming Democrats vote in unison against the bill. 5:20pm- While appearing on Fox News, Trump Administration Special Envoy Steve Witkoff revealed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote a letter to President Donald Trump apologizing for his adversarial attitude while visiting the Oval Office earlier this month. 5:25pm- After meeting with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed that Ukraine has agreed to terms for an ...

Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Sen. Tom Cotton, Andrew C. McCarthy, Byron York, and James Lileks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh focuses much of the program on Israel as Prime Minister Netanyahu sits down with President Trump, with guests Haviv Rettig Gur, Noah Rothman, and Byron York, and also explores President Trump’s authority over the FBI with Andrew C. Mccarthy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh covers the news of the day and talks with Noah Rothman, David Drucker, Bret Baier, Andrew C. McCarthy, Dr. Michael Oren, Lahav Harkov, and James Lileks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:00pm- Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review & former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article for National Review, “Trump Turns to Supremes in Plea to Halt Friday Sentencing.” McCarthy notes that while progressives in New York want to brand Donald Trump as a convicted felon, the rest of the country isn't on the same page—and that “lawfare” had a catastrophic impact on Democrats in the 2024 election. You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-turns-to-supremes-in-plea-to-halt-friday-sentencing/ 5:20pm- Rich is broadcasting LIVE…from a hospital bed? Unfortunately, Rich's bad luck with health/medicine continues—he's dealing with an infection. But if you hear beeping during the broadcast, don't panic: his I.V. simply ran out. 5:25pm- While broadcasting from Los Angeles, Fox News reporter Jonathon Hunt explained that firefighters, sadly, do not have the resources to continue fighting all of the wildfires in California. 5:35pm- Matt Rooney—Founder of SaveJersey.com & host of The Matt Rooney Show on 1210 WPHT (Sunday's 7pm to 10pm)—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss New Jersey politics. You can find his work at: https://savejersey.com

Hugh covers the rapid fall of the Assad regime over the weekend and talks with Charles C.W. Cooke and Andrew C. McCarthy, Jim Geraghty, and Heath Hardage Lee on her new book "The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington's Most Private First Lady." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 - Political commentator and legal expert Andrew C. McCarthy joins the show. How does Andy feel about Pete Hegseth? How nice is it to have an influx of youth in our politics? Will these cases against Trump both get dismissed? Andy weighs in. How about those Mets? And other pleasantries. 210 - Money Melody 215 - Winner? 220 - Central Bucks School district made another declaration on transgender women playing in girls sports, much to Dom's chagrin. Is there a problem in north Philadelphia with non-english speaking students? 235 - More on Central Bucks overreaction to a Trump presidency. Trump has apparently spoken to John Thune. Your calls. 250 - Lightning Round!

12 - Dom kicks off today's show with the news that the Senate Majority leader votes have been cast and we're down to two candidates. Bob Casey needs to concede as Bucks County is continuing to count “every vote” that still trickles in. Breaking news: Thune has become the Senate Majority leader. 1205 - Is Scott Jennings gunning for the WH Press Secretary role? 1210 - How will Trump approach mass deportation? 1215 - Side - underrated villain 1220 - Dom discusses the secret election of John Thune and compares it to the Papacy. Your calls. 1230 - RNC Chairman Michael Whatley joins us to celebrate the big wins and to tell us what's coming down the pipeline. How effective was the mail-in ballot/low propensity vote strategy? The RNC is preparing to immediately try and flip blue states to more purple and even red. Did anything post-election surprise Whatley? Voters flocked to Trump because they understood Kamala would double down on all the destructive Joe Biden policies. How effective was the messaging on transgender women playing girls sports?What do we expect from the Press Secretary in the next admin? 1250 - Your calls. 1 - Governor Mike Huckabee joins us today. What is his role as Ambassador to Israel going to entail? You can count on him to serve the Presidency dutifully. How does he feel about the ‘Make America Healthy Again' movement that RFK Jr. is bringing to the White House? This administration will not be like it was 8 years ago, they are going to hit the ground running. 110 - Your side question calls. The Hitler comments still fall flat. 120 - Syracuse Football Coach Fran Brown doesn't shower after losses to show his team he doesn't deserve because he let them down. We need this guy in Philadelphia. Hegseth is taking heat for his past comments on women in combat. Are they going after Huckabee? 140 - We take the live audio of John Thune's statements after being elected as Majority speaker and get Dom's reaction. 150 - Your calls. 2 - Political commentator and legal expert Andrew C. McCarthy joins the show. How does Andy feel about Pete Hegseth? How nice is it to have an influx of youth in our politics? Will these cases against Trump both get dismissed? Andy weighs in. How about those Mets? And other pleasantries. 210 - Money Melody 215 - Winner? 220 - Central Bucks School district made another declaration on transgender women playing in girls sports, much to Dom's chagrin. Is there a problem in north Philadelphia with non-english speaking students? 235 - More on Central Bucks overreaction to a Trump presidency. Trump has apparently spoken to John Thune. Your calls. 250 - Lightning Round!

Hugh covers the news of the morning and talks with Matt Continetti, Mary Katharine Ham, Andrew C. McCarthy, Rep. Michael Waltz, Comfortably Smug, Sen. Deb Fischer, and Scott Baugh.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2 4:00pm- Former President Donald Trump participates in a faith-focused town hall event with Lt. Governor Burt Jones in Georgia. While taking questions from the audience, Trump emphasized his support for Israel. 4:20pm- Matthew Whitaker—Former Acting United States Attorney General & currently a Senior Advisor for the American First Policy Institute (AFPI)—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about his bus tour throughout Pennsylvania on behalf of the Trump campaign. Whitaker also reacts to President Joe Biden calling for Donald Trump to be locked up. 4:40pm- Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior fellow at National Review, former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, & author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest National Review article, “Nathan Wade's Lawfare Amnesia.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/10/nathan-wades-lawfare-amnesia/

Senate GOP Whip John Thune joined Hugh to discuss the 2024 Senate Map, Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan fact-checks Kamala Harris on Americans in combat zones because David Muir and Linsey Davis wouldn't and Rich Lowry and Andrew C McCarthy join Hugh to dissect the debate.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

12 - Dom asks the question “What do you want to see from the candidates in the debate?” We play audio from Kellyanne Conway refuting false abortion claims from Jose Aristimuno and Bernie Sanders calling out Kamala for dropping her left-wing policies. 1205 - Side question: What is a name-brand item that you know is better than the rest of its competitors? 1215 - Why does Kamala Harris and the left want to tax your tips? How will this affect the elite waiters and bartenders who pull in over 75K a year? 1230 - Continuing on Kamala's plan to tax tips. 1245 - Andrew C. McCarthy, columnist for National Review and Fox News personality, joins the program. What is Andy's reaction to Judge Marchan's decision to postpone Trump's sentencing to after the election? Shifting to the case Jack Smith is making against Trump, while he can't get anyone to pick up his case for trial, he can keep leaking info about it. So his next best course of action is asking the Supreme Court if there are any faults in the Presidential Immunity claims and going after those. When will we see Andy on Fox again? And the Mets?

12 - Dom asks the question “What do you want to see from the candidates in the debate?” We play audio from Kellyanne Conway refuting false abortion claims from Jose Aristimuno and Bernie Sanders calling out Kamala for dropping her left-wing policies. 1205 - Side question: What is a name-brand item that you know is better than the rest of its competitors? 1215 - Why does Kamala Harris and the left want to tax your tips? How will this affect the elite waiters and bartenders who pull in over 75K a year? 1230 - Continuing on Kamala's plan to tax tips. 1245 - Andrew C. McCarthy, columnist for National Review and Fox News personality, joins the program. What is Andy's reaction to Judge Marchan's decision to postpone Trump's sentencing to after the election? Shifting to the case Jack Smith is making against Trump, while he can't get anyone to pick up his case for trial, he can keep leaking info about it. So his next best course of action is asking the Supreme Court if there are any faults in the Presidential Immunity claims and going after those. When will we see Andy on Fox again? And the Mets? 1 - Promoting an upcoming event. The National FOP has endorsed President Trump. Left-wing outlets are questioning why. How much more do we need to demonize mail-in balloting when we have made a concerted effort to make sure Republicans are taking advantage of all alternate voting options? 110 - Who will be at the debate? 120 - Don't mess with South Philly. Still no arrests for the fake Kamala posters. We welcome back Joe from South Philly and now Leighann Savloff, two Philadelphians who have gone viral for their reactions to left-wing lunacy. Joe explains how a bus will be taking whoever is willing and able to support Trump, and you can sign up on the Trump Force 47 to join fellow like minded individuals at a debate rally. 130 - Dom then moves to the Springfield, Ohio controversy where Haitians and other immigrant groups are clashing culturally with American values. For example: eating escaped household pets. 140 - Returning to the Springfield, Ohio news by playing something JD Vance had said months ago about this very migrant issue. We also play audio from an exasperated woman who may have no choice but to move. 145 - How will the height difference between Trump and Kamala play to voters? 150 - Your calls regarding Haitian migrants overrunning a caller's hometown. 2 - We continue on with more audio from the Springfield, Ohio council meeting where one citizen details the behaviors of the Haitians, including the decapitations and eating of ducks. More calls. 215 - Dom's Money Melody 220 - Esteemed Lawyer Alina Habba joins the program. Turns out she was late because she was talking strategy with President Trump. The two discuss the decision from Judge Marchan to postpone the trial until after the election. Alina argues it is unfair and unconstitutional to have essentially one person overseeing our justice department. Will we see Alina in Dinesh d'souza's upcoming film? Now that Jack Smith has gotten what he wanted, will he continue to pursue January 6th. 225 - Who will be in the Spin Room? 240 - Kamala has no self-awareness when discussing politics at a very partisan spice shop. 250 - Lightning Round!

Hugh speaks with veteran federal prosecutor and National Review senior writer Andrew C. McCarthy about the attempt to kill former President Trump and McCarthy's analysis of where the murderer's motives fit in the long and tragic spectrum of political violence in America over the past 60 years. Bethany Mandel, Jim Geraghty and Rich Lowry add their analysis and Mike Gallagher sets the scene in Milwaukee as the GOP convention prepares to open.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a spate of end-of-term decisions, the Supreme Court released its decision on the question of presidential immunity, ruling that the president has broad protections from criminal prosecution for “official acts,” a presumption of immunity for likely official acts, and zero immunity for private acts. Does this now mean that the U.S. now has a “king” as head of state, someone above the law, as many have implied? Can the president really release Seal Team 6 to kill political rivals without consequence? The answer is simple: No. Rather, the Court continued the job of rebalancing our Republic in favor of three branches, with Congress as the clear venue for trying any president for high crimes and misdemeanors. What does the ruling mean for Trump's pending trials? And how is criticism of the Court eroding it as an American institution? Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and the author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency. Previously, he served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.Read the transcript here.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:05pm- Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Election Attorney Linda Kerns join The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss their tireless efforts to protect the integrity of the 2024 election. Visit https://protectthevote.com/pennsylvania/ to learn more about volunteering as a poll watcher or worker in Pennsylvania. And you can find Kerns at: www.lindakernslaw.com. 5:20pm- National Review's Andrew C. McCarthy wonders, “have we seen the last of the Trump trials?” He writes: “I don't think so. Or let me at least put it this way: I think those who look at the calendar, look at the negative reaction in much of the country to Alvin Bragg's patently politicized prosecution of [Donald] Trump, and pronounce lawfare at an end are overconfident.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/have-we-seen-the-last-of-the-trump-trials/ 5:40pm- On Thursday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the SAFE for Kids Act arguing that “our kids are worth fighting for.” But does this new legislation give the state's Attorney General far too much regulatory power over social media? It certainly seems like it. Rich notes that the bill also seems to do away with anonymity online. 5:55pm- While appearing on The View, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci said the only crime he is guilty of is “trying to save people's lives.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (06/20/2024): 3:05pm- During a CNN panel discussion, host Dana Bash suggested she is hesitant to play videos of Joe Biden for fear that snippets of the content will be used to portray the president as old and feeble. Earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre baselessly claimed that Republicans were using “cheap fakes” to make President Biden look bad. But, as Rich notes, the videos are not fake, and no one is making them look any worse than they otherwise would be—Biden is making himself look bad all on his own. 3:30pm- During last week's G7 meeting in Italy, a video went viral when Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni appeared to corral President Joe Biden who—at that moment—was staring into the woods. Biden's campaign team has argued that the video is a “cheap fake,” and that the zoomed in version of the original video fails to display a paratrooper Biden was speaking with. However, as Matt explains, the original version of the video may be even more damning than the “cheap fake!” 3:40pm- Speaking with Anderson Cooper on CNN, New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman revealed that Donald Trump is taking next week's presidential debate very seriously, working tirelessly to prepare for it. 3:45pm- While appearing on MSNBC, former Meet the Press host Chuck Todd told Katy Tur that Donald Trump appears to be getting his 2016 “swagger” back—which could be bad news for Joe Biden in the 2024 election. 4:05pm- Elizabeth Pipko—Spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's upcoming campaign rally at Temple University's campus in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, June 22nd. Pipko is a former model, a 2016 Trump campaign staffer, and author of the book, “Finding My Place: Making My Parents' American Dream Come True.” 4:30pm- If you could give former President Donald Trump one piece of advice prior to next week's presidential debate, what would it be? Listeners react—explaining that Trump should focus on the economy and foreign policy (not personal insults). Others say Trump should avoid becoming entangled in claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Above all, most listeners agree that Trump must remain positive and optimistic by highlighting his record as president. 5:05pm- Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Election Attorney Linda Kerns join The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss their tireless efforts to protect the integrity of the 2024 election. Visit https://protectthevote.com/pennsylvania/ to learn more about volunteering as a poll watcher or worker in Pennsylvania. And you can find Kerns at: www.lindakernslaw.com. 5:20pm- National Review's Andrew C. McCarthy wonders, “have we seen the last of the Trump trials?” He writes: “I don't think so. Or let me at least put it this way: I think those who look at the calendar, look at the negative reaction in much of the country to Alvin Bragg's patently politicized prosecution of [Donald] Trump, and pronounce lawfare at an end are overconfident.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/have-we-seen-the-last-of-the-trump-trials/ 5:40pm- On Thursday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the SAFE for Kids Act arguing that “our kids are worth fighting for.” But does this new legislation give the state's Attorney General far too much regulatory power over social media? It certainly seems like it. Rich notes that the bill also seems to do away with anonymity online. 5:55pm- While appearing on The View, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci said the only crime he is guilty of is “trying to save people's lives.” 6:05pm- In his latest piece, Shawn McCreesh of The New York Times bizarrely claims Donald Trump is trying to reset expectations for next week's presidential debate, explaining: “The former president has set a low bar for President Biden's performance at next week's matchup. Now, he is preparing supporters for the possibility that Mr. Biden clears it.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/us/politics/trump-biden-debate-expectations.html 6:15pm- During a CNN panel discussion, host Dana Bash suggested she is hesitant to play videos of Joe Biden for fear that snippets of the content will be used to portray the president as old and feeble. Earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre baselessly claimed that Republicans were using “cheap fakes” to make President Biden look bad. But, as Rich notes, the videos are not fake, and no one is making them look any worse than they otherwise would be—Biden is making himself look bad all on his own. 6:25pm- While appearing on MSNBC, former Meet the Press host Chuck Todd told Katy Tur that Donald Trump appears to be getting his 2016 “swagger” back—which could be bad news for Joe Biden in the 2024 election. 6:50pm- Katie Jerkovich of The Daily Wire writes: “A sequel to the 1987 Mel Brooks monster hit ‘Star Wars' parody ‘Spaceballs' is in the works, with actor Josh Gad and Brooks on board producing the upcoming film. Amazon MGM Studios confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that a sequel to the 1980s comedy is in early development with Gad not only on board to produce, but star in as well.” You can read the full story here: https://www.dailywire.com/news/spaceballs-2-is-happening-with-mel-brooks-producing

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- On Thursday, jurors began their second day of deliberation in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial. Trump has been charged with having concealed payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounts to falsified business records which ultimately influenced the 2016 election. Will we get a verdict today? What happens if former President Trump is found guilty—and could it impact his election prospects? 3:30pm- Marist National Polling's 2024 Presidential Election poll for the month of May shows that Donald Trump leads Joe Biden 54% to 42% among independent voters. Though the poll shows Biden ahead of Trump nationally (50% to 49%) “among those who say they will definitely vote.” Interestingly, Biden had a 5-point lead with that group in last month's poll. 3:40pm- The Trump campaign released a brand-new advertisement where they insist the only verdict that matters is the verdict at the ballot box in November. 3:50pm- While appearing on Fox News, Andrew C. McCarthy explained the bizarre instructions Judge Juan Merchan gave to the jury prior to deliberation—in order to convict former President Donald Trump, the jury is not required to agree on which crime was committed. And in a piece he wrote for National Review, McCarthy explained, Judge Merchan “effectively concealed what should have been fatal holes in [the prosecution's] case.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05.30.2024): 3:05pm- On Thursday, jurors began their second day of deliberation in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial. Trump has been charged with having concealed payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounts to falsified business records which ultimately influenced the 2016 election. Will we get a verdict today? What happens if former President Trump is found guilty—and could it impact his election prospects? 3:30pm- Marist National Polling's 2024 Presidential Election poll for the month of May shows that Donald Trump leads Joe Biden 54% to 42% among independent voters. Though the poll shows Biden ahead of Trump nationally (50% to 49%) “among those who say they will definitely vote.” Interestingly, Biden had a 5-point lead with that group in last month's poll. 3:40pm- The Trump campaign released a brand-new advertisement where they insist the only verdict that matters is the verdict at the ballot box in November. 3:50pm- While appearing on Fox News, Andrew C. McCarthy explained the bizarre instructions Judge Juan Merchan gave to the jury prior to deliberation—in order to convict former President Donald Trump, the jury is not required to agree on which crime was committed. And in a piece he wrote for National Review, McCarthy explained, Judge Merchan “effectively concealed what should have been fatal holes in [the prosecution's] case.” 4:05pm- Janiyah Thomas—Black Media Director for Donald Trump's 2024 Presidential Campaign—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to react to President Joe Biden's appearance at Girard College in Philadelphia on Wednesday, where the president attempted to appeal to Black voters. Plus, why did Biden bring out Elmo during yesterday's event?!?! 4:15pm- FLASHBACK: Remember when then-Senator Kamala Harris routinely suggested Joe Biden supported segregationists and racist policies?   4:40pm- BREAKING NEWS: The jury has reached a verdict in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial. 5:05pm- Jason Willick, a columnist at The Washington Post, writes: “Speaking of calling electoral legitimacy into question because of missing information, let's say the jury convicts Trump and that voters go to the polls this November thinking he is a felon and deny him a second term — and that the conviction is tossed later on appeal. Steinglass said democracy is subverted when voters lack “accurate information about the candidates.” But in that (plausible) hypothetical, their information would be inaccurate in a major way: Trump would have been wrongfully convicted. Would that mean the 2024 election was illegitimate?” You can read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/29/trump-prosecutors-election-denial/ 5:10pm- BREAKING NEWS: Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 charges. 5:15pm- David Gelman—Criminal Defense Attorney & Surrogate for Donald Trump's Legal Team—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to react to the breaking news that former President Trump has been found guilty on all 34 charges brought against him by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Sentencing has been scheduled for July 11th—though, Gelman tells the show that Trump's legal team will immediately appeal the decision. 5:20pm- Speaking to the press following the jury's guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump said that he will fight the decision—and that the final verdict will be on November 5th when Americans select their next president. He emphasized: “We will fight for our Constitution. This is long from over.” 5:35pm- In response to Donald Trump's guilty verdict, Joe Biden posted on social media: “There's only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box. Donate to our campaign today.” 5:50pm- Listeners react to the verdict in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial. One caller argues this is one of the darkest days in American history—not because Trump was found guilty, but because the legal system has been politicized and weaponized. 6:05pm- Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 charges. So, what happens next? Rich continues to hear from listeners as they react to the breaking news. 6:15pm- David Gelman—Criminal Defense Attorney & Surrogate for Donald Trump's Legal Team—rejoins The Rich Zeoli Show to offer more reaction to the guilty verdict in the “hush money” case. Gelman argues that the appeals process needs to be resolved immediately. Could the case be heading to the Supreme Court? 6:40pm- Jonah Bromwich of The New York Times writes: “Alvin Bragg is asked whether he will request a prison sentence, and whether Trump's violations of his gag order should figure in. Bragg says they will wait to comment on that until sentencing, in July.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/30/nyregion/trump-trial-verdict

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:05pm- In a new Wall Street Journal editorial, Libertarian Walter E. Block argues that Libertarian voters in swing states should cast their ballots for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump—not Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver. You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/libertarians-should-vote-for-trump-4ef84994?mod=opinion_lead_pos8 5:15pm- Jurors began deliberation in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial on Wednesday—they were dismissed for the day after several hours and will resume at 9:30am on Thursday. Trump has been charged with having concealed payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounts to falsified business records which ultimately influenced the 2016 election. 5:30pm- Donald Trump spoke to the press after leaving court on Wednesday—and explained that the trial would have been over by now if he had a “fair judge.” 5:40pm- While appearing on Fox News, Andrew C. McCarthy explained the bizarre instructions Judge Juan Merchan gave to the jury prior to deliberation—in order to convict former President Donald Trump, the jury is not required to agree on which crime was committed. And in a piece he wrote for National Review, McCarthy explained, Judge Merchan “effectively concealed what should have been fatal holes in [the prosecution's] case.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/29/2024): 3:05pm- Jurors have begun deliberation in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial. Could we get a verdict before the end of the day? Trump has been charged with having concealed payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounts to falsified business records which ultimately influenced the 2016 election. 3:30pm- While appearing on Fox News, Andrew C. McCarthy explained the bizarre instructions Judge Juan Merchan gave to the jury prior to deliberation—in order to convict former President Donald Trump, the jury is not required to agree on which crime was committed. And in a piece he wrote for National Review, McCarthy explained, Judge Merchan “effectively concealed what should have been fatal holes in [the prosecution's] case.” 3:40pm- Dr. Ben Carson—Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development & a Retired Neurosurgeon and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University—joins The Rich Zeoli and reacts to Joe Biden's appearance at Girard College in Philadelphia on Wednesday, where the president attempted to appeal to black voters. Dr. Carson argues that it'll take more than one trip to Philadelphia to stifle the enormous progress Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made with black voters. Dr. Carson's new book— “The Perilous Fight: Overcoming Our Culture's War on the American Family”—which he co-authored with his wife Candy Carson, is available here: https://a.co/d/5RggqEs 3:55pm- While speaking from Girard College in Philadelphia on Wednesday, President Joe Biden asked, “what do you think Trump would have done on January 6 if black Americans had stormed the Capitol?...This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd's murder.” He went on to compare former President Donald Trump to a “landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin.” 4:05pm- Jurors began deliberation in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial on Wednesday—they were dismissed for the day after several hours and will resume at 9:30am on Thursday. Trump has been charged with having concealed payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounts to falsified business records which ultimately influenced the 2016 election. 4:20pm- Before entering court on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump told members of the press that “Mother Theresa could not beat those charges,” questioning Judge Juan Merchan's impartiality. 4:30pm- Billy Binion of Reason.com writes, “the Sixth Amendment was originally seen as vital to preserving liberty. Yet it has been consistently watered down” and that “Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch rebuked one such way today: the use of six-member juries, as opposed to the historical practice of 12-person panels” in his opinion for Cunningham v. Florida. You can read Binion's full article here: https://reason.com/2024/05/28/an-embarrassing-mistake-neil-gorsuch-rails-into-floridas-use-of-6-person-juries/ 4:40pm- According to a new report, Florida has had more unprovoked shark attacks since 1837 than any other state—with 928! Plus, would you rather be bit by a shark or become a movie star? How is this even a question?!?! 5:05pm- In a new Wall Street Journal editorial, Libertarian Walter E. Block argues that Libertarian voters in swing states should cast their ballots for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump—not Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver. You can read the full editorial here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/libertarians-should-vote-for-trump-4ef84994?mod=opinion_lead_pos8 5:15pm- Jurors began deliberation in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial on Wednesday—they were dismissed for the day after several hours and will resume at 9:30am on Thursday. Trump has been charged with having concealed payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounts to falsified business records which ultimately influenced the 2016 election. 5:30pm- Donald Trump spoke to the press after leaving court on Wednesday—and explained that the trial would have been over by now if he had a “fair judge.” 5:40pm- While appearing on Fox News, Andrew C. McCarthy explained the bizarre instructions Judge Juan Merchan gave to the jury prior to deliberation—in order to convict former President Donald Trump, the jury is not required to agree on which crime was committed. And in a piece he wrote for National Review, McCarthy explained, Judge Merchan “effectively concealed what should have been fatal holes in [the prosecution's] case.” 6:05pm- The New York Times has targeted Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for flying an American flag upside down in response to a confrontation with a neighbor displaying a political message with an expletive. It was flown by Alito's wife—a sign of distress following the conflict. Additionally, Alito has been criticized by the left for having flown an “Appeal to Heaven” flag from his shore house in New Jersey—with the left arguing it's an insurrectionist symbol. However, the flag is associated with George Washington and John Locke and remains the official maritime flag of Massachusetts. 6:30pm- While appearing on The View, First Lady DOCTOR Jill Biden said that if Donald Trump were to appoint one more Justice to the Supreme Court, Americans would “lose all our rights!” 6:45pm- Christopher Cadelago, Sally Goldenberg, and Elena Schneider write that Democrats are in a full-blown freakout over the 2024 election cycle—specifically Joe Biden's potential performance at the top of the ticket. “A pervasive sense of fear has settled in at the highest levels of the Democratic Party over President Joe Biden's reelection prospects, even among officeholders and strategists who had previously expressed confidence about the coming battle with Donald Trump.” You can read the full article here: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/28/democrats-freakout-over-biden-00160047

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- Jurors have begun deliberation in the Donald Trump “hush money” trial. Could we get a verdict before the end of the day? Trump has been charged with having concealed payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounts to falsified business records which ultimately influenced the 2016 election. 3:30pm- While appearing on Fox News, Andrew C. McCarthy explained the bizarre instructions Judge Juan Merchan gave to the jury prior to deliberation—in order to convict former President Donald Trump, the jury is not required to agree on which crime was committed. And in a piece he wrote for National Review, McCarthy explained, Judge Merchan “effectively concealed what should have been fatal holes in [the prosecution's] case.” 3:40pm- Dr. Ben Carson—Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development & a Retired Neurosurgeon and Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University—joins The Rich Zeoli and reacts to Joe Biden's appearance at Girard College in Philadelphia on Wednesday, where the president attempted to appeal to black voters. Dr. Carson argues that it'll take more than one trip to Philadelphia to stifle the enormous progress Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made with black voters. Dr. Carson's new book— “The Perilous Fight: Overcoming Our Culture's War on the American Family”—which he co-authored with his wife Candy Carson, is available here: https://a.co/d/5RggqEs 3:55pm- While speaking from Girard College in Philadelphia on Wednesday, President Joe Biden asked, “what do you think Trump would have done on January 6 if black Americans had stormed the Capitol?...This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd's murder.” He went on to compare former President Donald Trump to a “landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin.”

Hugh, very reluctantly, discusses the NYC trial of former President Trump with Andrew C. McCarthy, former AUSA in the SDNY and the very best analyst of these proceedings anywhere. Hugh also talks with Mary Katharine Ham about how the trial is “playing” with suburban moms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:05pm- The Drive at 5 begins with Rich announcing an upcoming appearance on Fox News, and Henry fuming over faulty streaming equipment. 5:15pm- Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review writes that in Donald Trump “hush money” trial, humiliation is the point: “As porn star Stormy Daniels's testimony unfolds, what has always been obvious becomes even more explicit: The point of this trial is to bruise Donald Trump politically—to humiliate him with a tawdry sexual episode from nearly 20 years ago that is utterly unnecessary to prove the charges in the indictment.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/stormy-testimony-shows-trumps-humiliation-is-the-point-of-braggs-prosecution/ 5:40pm- After court concluded on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump spoke with the press briefly and declared that the case against him is a “complete disaster.” The trial will resume on Thursday. 5:50pm- Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post report: “Donald Trump's Florida trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them has been pushed back indefinitely, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled Tuesday, increasing the chance that Trump's New York criminal trial may be the only one to happen before the November election.” You can read the full report here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/trump-classified-documents-trial-delayed-cannon-florida/ 5:55pm- While speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference, New York Governor Kathy Hochul bizarrely proclaimed that black children from the Bronx do not know about computers. Plus, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem continues to promote her book—and each interview is getting progressively more uncomfortable.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/07/2024): 3:05pm- Former President Donald Trump's “hush money” trial resumed in New York City on Tuesday. The New York Times writes that Judge Juan Merchan “denied a request from [Trump's] lawyers for a mistrial, after [the Trump defense team] complained that [Stormy] Daniels's testimony was prejudicial.” Reporting from inside the courthouse, Maggie Haberman detailed that at one point adult film star Stormy Daniels was asked about a statement she signed in January of 2018 where she denied having an affair with Trump. You can read more courtroom updates here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/07/nyregion/trump-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels 3:30pm- Reporting from inside the courthouse, Jonathan Swain of The New York Times writes of Donald Trump's “hush money” trial: “Trump's lawyer, Susan Necheles, has successfully established that Stormy Daniels is refusing a court order to pay legal fees to Trump, which she was ordered to do six years ago after her defamation lawsuit against him was dismissed.” You can read more courtroom updates here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/07/nyregion/trump-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels 3:50pm- Listeners weigh-in on the judge's decision to allow adult film star Stormy Daniels to share salacious details of her alleged affair with former President Donald Trump. Could her testimony in court impact the jury's final verdict? 4:05pm- On his podcast, film director and progressive activist Michael Moore implored Gen Z to create more encampments on college campuses across the country. 4:10pm- In 2016, Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner published an opinion piece in the New York Observer: “The Donald Trump I Know” where he explained that “Donald Trump is not anti-Semitic and he's not a racist. Despite the best efforts of his political opponents and a large swath of the media to hold Donald Trump accountable for the utterances of even the most fringe of his supporters—a standard to which no other candidate is ever held.” Rich notes that the violent, antisemitic protesters living in encampments on college campuses are not Trump supporters—they are members of the Democrat party, but the media isn't holding the left accountable. Isn't that a double standard? You can read the full editorial here: https://observer.com/2016/07/jared-kushner-the-donald-trump-i-know/ 4:30pm- Tudor Dixon—Former Republican Nominee for Governor of Michigan & host of The Tudor Dixon Podcast—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's prospects of winning Michigan in 2024. According to Real Clear Politics polling averages, Trump currently leads President Joe Biden by 1.2% in the swing state. Plus, Dixon reacts to Governor Kathy Hochul's bizarre proclamation that black children from the Bronx are unfamiliar with computers. How is the media not destroying Hochul for the statement? 4:50pm- Journalists reporting from the courthouse note that the final moments of Tuesday's “hush money” trial were filled with heated exchanges. At one point, Donald Trump's attorney Susan Necheles accused Stormy Daniels of attempting to extort the former president. Daniels responded by repeatedly shouting “false!” 5:05pm- The Drive at 5 begins with Rich announcing an upcoming appearance on Fox News, and Henry fuming over faulty streaming equipment. 5:15pm- Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review writes that in Donald Trump “hush money” trial, humiliation is the point: “As porn star Stormy Daniels's testimony unfolds, what has always been obvious becomes even more explicit: The point of this trial is to bruise Donald Trump politically—to humiliate him with a tawdry sexual episode from nearly 20 years ago that is utterly unnecessary to prove the charges in the indictment.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/stormy-testimony-shows-trumps-humiliation-is-the-point-of-braggs-prosecution/ 5:40pm- After court concluded on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump spoke with the press briefly and declared that the case against him is a “complete disaster.” The trial will resume on Thursday. 5:50pm- Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post report: “Donald Trump's Florida trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them has been pushed back indefinitely, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled Tuesday, increasing the chance that Trump's New York criminal trial may be the only one to happen before the November election.” You can read the full report here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/trump-classified-documents-trial-delayed-cannon-florida/ 5:55pm- While speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference, New York Governor Kathy Hochul bizarrely proclaimed that black children from the Bronx do not know about computers. Plus, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem continues to promote her book—and each interview is getting progressively more uncomfortable. 6:05pm- Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post report: “Donald Trump's Florida trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them has been pushed back indefinitely, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled Tuesday, increasing the chance that Trump's New York criminal trial may be the only one to happen before the November election.” You can read the full report here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/trump-classified-documents-trial-delayed-cannon-florida/ 6:20pm- In a recently resurfaced clip, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum can be heard explaining how he kills—and eats!—rattlesnakes. Is he now a lock to become Donald Trump's Vice Presidential pick? 6:40pm- Guy Ciarrocchi— Fellow at The Commonwealth Foundation & Columnist at Broad + Liberty—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article, “Campus Protests Shine the Light on Failed Policies, Our Failed Education System, and Antisemitism.” You can read the full article here: https://broadandliberty.com/2024/05/07/guy-ciarrocchi-campus-protests-shine-the-light-on-failed-policies-our-failed-education-system-and-antisemitism/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (04/22/2024): 3:05pm- Later today, former President Donald Trump returns to The Rich Zeoli Show for an exclusive interview! Make sure to tune in at 5:00pm—you won't want to miss it! 3:10pm- Jonah E. Bromwich and Kate Christbek of The New York Times write: “The Manhattan district attorney's office and lawyers for Donald J. Trump presented opening statements to jurors on Monday, with prosecutors accusing the former president of entering a criminal conspiracy while the defense sought to discredit two key witnesses. A prosecutor, Matthew Colangelo, began by telling jurors that Mr. Trump had conspired with his former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, and the publisher of The National Enquirer, David Pecker, to conceal damaging stories during his 2016 campaign.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/22/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial/the-opening-arguments-gave-a-preview-of-how-the-two-sides-will-present-the-case?smid=url-share 3:30pm- Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review writes of former President Donald Trump's “hush money” trial which began Monday morning: “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is an election denier. In the trial that began in earnest this morning, he and his assistant prosecutors are trying to hoodwink the jury into believing that they have formally accused Trump of stealing the 2016 election—as if that were an actionable criminal charge.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/david-pecker-will-be-braggs-first-witness/ 4:05pm- On Saturday, the House of Representatives passed four foreign aid bills totaling $95 billion—including a package that would send $60 billion to Ukraine. The bills had cleared a procedural hurdle on Friday with bipartisan support—316 to 94, passing with more Democrat than Republican support. The aid package includes a measure that, if passed in the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden, would force Chinese company ByteDance to sell its popular social media platform TikTok to an American-based company—citing a threat to national security. Refusal to sell TikTok would result in the app being banned in the United States. 4:10pm- Eric Boehm of Reason writes: “Tech companies and First Amendment groups are calling attention to a provision in a domestic spying bill that they say would significantly expand the federal government's power to snoop on Americans' digital communications—potentially by forcing employees of private businesses to become informants. The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a global trade group that represents major tech companies including Google and Microsoft, is calling for last-minute changes to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), which could get a final vote in the Senate on Friday. The bill's primary purpose is to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows U.S. intelligence agencies to scoop up communications between Americans and individuals abroad. But the bill also includes a provision that ‘vastly expands the U.S. government's warrantless surveillance capabilities, damaging the competitiveness of U.S. technology companies large and small, and arguably imperiling the continued global free flow of data between the U.S. and its allies,' the ITI said in a statement this week.” You can read the full report here: https://reason.com/2024/04/19/how-the-fisa-reauthorization-bill-could-force-maintenance-workers-and-custodians-to-become-government-spies/ 4:30pm- Dave McCormick—Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania & former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs during the George W. Bush Administration—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to preview tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary, and his campaign to unseat Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) in November's general election. You can learn more about his campaign here: https://www.davemccormickpa.com 4:45pm- While speaking to the press before boarding Air Force One last Wednesday, President Joe Biden seemingly suggested that his uncle was eaten by cannibals in New Guinea…wait. what? The White House later clarified that Biden's uncle had not been eaten by cannibals—however, according to reports, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea is not happy about the unsubstantiated claim! 5:00pm- President Donald Trump—the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee— joins The Rich Zeoli Show to preview Tuesday's Pennsylvania Primary. President Trump weighs-in on numerous topics including the Biden Administration's indifference towards securing the U.S. Southern border, biological males competing in women's sports, Congressional renewal of FISA, and his ongoing fight against politically motivated legal charges which are preventing him from campaigning in key swing states. President Trump jokes of President Joe Biden's numerous policy failures: “Jimmy Carter was brilliant by comparison.” Plus, are we on the precipice of World War III? President Trump notes that prior to Biden taking office “you never heard this kind of language. You never heard this before when it was the Trump Administration—nobody talked about World War III.” He goes on to implore Pennsylvanians to “get out to vote!” 5:30pm- Author Les Leopold joins The Rich Zeoli Show to talk about his new book, “Wall Street's War on Workers: How Mass Layoffs and Greed Are Destroying the Working Class and What to Do About It.” You can find his book here: https://a.co/d/aUfaEoA 6:05pm- Jonah E. Bromwich and Kate Christbek of The New York Times write: “The Manhattan district attorney's office and lawyers for Donald J. Trump presented opening statements to jurors on Monday, with prosecutors accusing the former president of entering a criminal conspiracy while the defense sought to discredit two key witnesses. A prosecutor, Matthew Colangelo, began by telling jurors that Mr. Trump had conspired with his former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, and the publisher of The National Enquirer, David Pecker, to conceal damaging stories during his 2016 campaign.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/22/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial/the-opening-arguments-gave-a-preview-of-how-the-two-sides-will-present-the-case?smid=url-share 6:15pm- Speaking outside of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on Monday, former President Donald Trump grilled New York Attorney General Letitia James for her refusal to accept his $175 million bond in a civil fraud case. Later in the day, James agreed to accept the bond after minor modifications. 6:30pm- While appearing on Fox News, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said that Congressional reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—without new safeguards—is similar to giving a fox the keys to the hen house.   6:40pm- Irsa Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a student at Barnard College at Columbia University, was recently suspended for anti-Israel protests and refusing to leave a makeshift encampment on campus. Despite Jewish leadership at Columbia suggesting that Jewish students are no longer safe on campus due to the threat of violence from radical leftist protesters, Teen Vogue decided to write a glowing piece about Hirsi this weekend. On Monday, Columbia University was forced to hold classes online.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- Later today, former President Donald Trump returns to The Rich Zeoli Show for an exclusive interview! Make sure to tune in at 5:00pm—you won't want to miss it! 3:10pm- Jonah E. Bromwich and Kate Christbek of The New York Times write: “The Manhattan district attorney's office and lawyers for Donald J. Trump presented opening statements to jurors on Monday, with prosecutors accusing the former president of entering a criminal conspiracy while the defense sought to discredit two key witnesses. A prosecutor, Matthew Colangelo, began by telling jurors that Mr. Trump had conspired with his former fixer, Michael D. Cohen, and the publisher of The National Enquirer, David Pecker, to conceal damaging stories during his 2016 campaign.” You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/04/22/nyregion/trump-hush-money-trial/the-opening-arguments-gave-a-preview-of-how-the-two-sides-will-present-the-case?smid=url-share 3:30pm- Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review writes of former President Donald Trump's “hush money” trial which began Monday morning: “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is an election denier. In the trial that began in earnest this morning, he and his assistant prosecutors are trying to hoodwink the jury into believing that they have formally accused Trump of stealing the 2016 election—as if that were an actionable criminal charge.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/david-pecker-will-be-braggs-first-witness/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: 4:05pm- Bruce LeVell—Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump & Former Small Business Advisory Advocate for the White House—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the 2024 campaign, Trump's New York City trial over “hush money” payments, and President Joe Biden's recent trip to Scranton. 4:25pm- While appearing on CNN, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman ridiculously accused Donald Trump of glaring at her in court after she reported that Trump may have fallen asleep during legal proceedings. 4:30pm- Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review Institute & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Donald Trump's ongoing “hush money” trial. Trump was indicted for attempting to conceal payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that the payment concealment amounted to falsified business records which influenced the 2016 election. McCarthy hilariously notes that Bragg's legal argument seems to imply that it's acceptable for a politician to pay-off adult film actresses with campaign funds provided the transactions are properly documented! You can learn more about his book here: https://www.encounterbooks.com/books/ball-of-collusion/.   4:50pm- On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fischer v. United States—a case which will determine whether obstruction laws can be used to charge January 6th defendants. While questioning U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, Justice Neil Gorsuch asked if “pulling a fire alarm before a [Congressional] vote” would qualify as obstruction, potentially resulting in up to 20-years of federal imprisonment. Notably, Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building just prior to the House holding its vote on a stopgap spending measure—allegedly to delay the vote.

Andrew C. McCarthy joins the podcast today to talk about how the prosecutions of Donald Trump may be violating critical Constitutional and procedural protections for defendants who stand accused of crimes before the bar—and why that matters. Give a listen.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (02/28/2024): 3:05pm- On Wednesday, during a speech from the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership position at the end of the term in November. Though, he does not plan to resign from the Senate. McConnell, now 82-years-old, has served in the U.S. Senate for nearly 40-years and has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007. You can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4494536-mcconnell-to-step-down-as-senate-gop-leader/ 3:15pm- According to reports from both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, during a White House meeting on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) joined Democrat leadership—President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries—in pressing Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) to vote on a bill that would send tens-of-billions of dollars of foreign aid to Ukraine. The bill, which passed in the Senate, has stalled in the House of Representatives. 3:40pm- On Tuesday, Michigan held its Republican and Democrat primaries. Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley 68% to 27%. Meanwhile President Joe Biden won 81% of the vote—though, “uncommitted” received a shocking 101,000 votes, or 13% of the Democrat electorate. According to estimates, “uncommitted” earned enough support to be awarded 2 delegates. Perhaps most alarming for Democrats, “uncommitted”—which beat Biden in Dearborn and Hamtramck, both of which have large Arab American populations—also performed well in East Lansing and Ann Arbor, two college towns. Is Biden struggling to appeal to young voters? And what could that mean for Biden in a general election? 4:05pm- On Wednesday, President Joe Biden had his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center—though, he received no cognitive test. During her White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that Biden “passes a cognitive test everyday” as president. You can read more here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/president-biden-gets-annual-physical-amid-concerns-about-age-76a608c9?mod=hp_lead_pos3 4:15pm- While appearing on CNN with Erin Burnett, former Obama Administration Advisor Van Jones reacted to the idea that Robert Kennedy Jr. might be able to win traditionally Democrat voters in swing states who may be unhappy with President Joe Biden's policies. Jones noted that Kennedy is “on track to be in enough states to cost Joe Biden the presidency.” 4:30pm- David Kappos—Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under Barack Obama (2009-2013)—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss a Biden Administration proposal that would reinterpret the Bayh-Dole Act which deals with the development of intellectual property arising from research funded by the federal government—with ownership of the invention/patent being granted to the entity responsible for actually conducting the research. Rather than alter the bill through the legislative process, President Joe Biden may act unilaterally via executive order. And under Biden's proposed alteration to the Bayh-Dole Act's framework, he would weaken patent ownership—hobbling technological, medical, and scientific innovation done at universities, for example, in the process. A letter to Biden, signed by Kappos and other former government officials, states: “We believe the adoption of the Draft Framework would destabilize our nation's entire technology transfer system which is central to U.S. innovation, and we thus implore you to withdraw the framework in its entirety.” 4:50pm- After a seven-hour deposition, Hunter Biden and his attorney Abbe Lowell emerged from an office building on Capitol Hill. Lowell briefly spoke with members of the press and claimed that Republican members of Congress were unable to produce any evidence that Hunter Biden, or the Biden family, ever engaged in corrupt business practices. 5:00pm- Regina Egea—President of the Garden State Initiative (GSI) & served as Chief of Staff to former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Governor Phil Murphy's proposal that New Jersey adopt a corporate tax rate of 11.5%, which would be the highest in the entire country. How would this new proposed exorbitant tax impact job creation throughout the state? 5:20pm- Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal writes: “The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Donald Trump must stand trial on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, after lower courts rejected his claim that he is entitled to absolute immunity because he was president at the time. The court's move means it will have final say on an issue the judiciary never confronted before Trump. But it also means the former president has bought himself at least another couple of months before any trial, which had been scheduled to start in early March before the immunity battle scuttled those plans.” You find more on this developing story here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-to-say-if-donald-trump-must-stand-trial-in-2020-election-conspiracy-case-1b7f4e3f 5:40pm- Phil Kerpen—President of American Commitment—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's announcement that he will be stepping down at the end of the term in November. Who is likely to replace him as leader of the Senate Republican Conference? Kerpen thinks it might be Sen. John Thune (R-SD) who currently serves as Senate Minority Whip. Plus, according to reports, Congressional leaders have agreed to a short-term bill to avoid a partial government shutdown which was at risk of occurring at the end of the week. And did Governor Gavin Newsom really exempt Panera Bread from new state minimum wage laws because they contributed to his campaign? You can learn more about American Commitment here: https://www.americancommitment.org/about/ 6:05pm- Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review writes: “[Donald] Trump's legal team has asked the Appellate Division-First Department to accept a $100 million bond for the purposes of enabling him to appeal the civil-fraud judgment against him and of stopping New York attorney general Letitia James from beginning to execute that judgment—i.e., to start seizing his property if he can't pay up in cash. The problem, of course, is that the judgment against him is $450 million—with interest, which continues to accrue at about $112,000 per day.” You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/trump-tells-new-york-appeals-court-he-cant-post-full-bond/ 6:10pm- Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal writes: “The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Donald Trump must stand trial on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, after lower courts rejected his claim that he is entitled to absolute immunity because he was president at the time. The court's move means it will have final say on an issue the judiciary never confronted before Trump. But it also means the former president has bought himself at least another couple of months before any trial, which had been scheduled to start in early March before the immunity battle scuttled those plans.” You find more on this developing story here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-to-say-if-donald-trump-must-stand-trial-in-2020-election-conspiracy-case-1b7f4e3f 6:15pm- On Wednesday, President Joe Biden had his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center—though, he received no cognitive test. During her White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that Biden “passes a cognitive test everyday” as president. You can read more here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/president-biden-gets-annual-physical-amid-concerns-about-age-76a608c9?mod=hp_lead_pos3 6:20pm- While appearing on CNN with Erin Burnett, former Obama Administration Advisor Van Jones reacted to the idea that Robert Kennedy Jr. might be able to win traditionally Democrat voters in swing states who may be unhappy with President Joe Biden's policies. Jones noted that Kennedy is “on track to be in enough states to cost Joe Biden the presidency.” 6:25pm- From his Truth Social account, former President Donald Trump said: “Legal Scholars are extremely thankful for the Supreme Court's Decision today to take up Presidential Immunity. Without Presidential Immunity, a President will not be able to properly function, or make decisions, in the best interest of the United States of America. Presidents will always be concerned, and even paralyzed, by the prospect of wrongful prosecution and retaliation after they leave office. This could actually lead to the extortion and blackmail of a President. The other side would say, ‘If you don't do something, just the way we want it, we are going to go after you when you leave office, or perhaps even sooner.'” You can find the post here: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112011584636454428 6:40pm- On Wednesday, during a speech from the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership position at the end of the term in November. Though, he does not plan to resign from the Senate. McConnell, now 82-years-old, has served in the U.S. Senate for nearly 40-years and has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007. You can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4494536-mcconnell-to-step-down-as-senate-gop-leader/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review writes: “[Donald] Trump's legal team has asked the Appellate Division-First Department to accept a $100 million bond for the purposes of enabling him to appeal the civil-fraud judgment against him and of stopping New York attorney general Letitia James from beginning to execute that judgment—i.e., to start seizing his property if he can't pay up in cash. The problem, of course, is that the judgment against him is $450 million—with interest, which continues to accrue at about $112,000 per day.” You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/02/trump-tells-new-york-appeals-court-he-cant-post-full-bond/ Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal writes: “The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Donald Trump must stand trial on charges he plotted to overturn the 2020 election, after lower courts rejected his claim that he is entitled to absolute immunity because he was president at the time. The court's move means it will have final say on an issue the judiciary never confronted before Trump. But it also means the former president has bought himself at least another couple of months before any trial, which had been scheduled to start in early March before the immunity battle scuttled those plans.” You find more on this developing story here: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-to-say-if-donald-trump-must-stand-trial-in-2020-election-conspiracy-case-1b7f4e3f On Wednesday, President Joe Biden had his annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center—though, he received no cognitive test. During her White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted that Biden “passes a cognitive test everyday” as president. You can read more here: https://www.wsj.com/politics/president-biden-gets-annual-physical-amid-concerns-about-age-76a608c9?mod=hp_lead_pos3 While appearing on CNN with Erin Burnett, former Obama Administration Advisor Van Jones reacted to the idea that Robert Kennedy Jr. might be able to win traditionally Democrat voters in swing states who may be unhappy with President Joe Biden's policies. Jones noted that Kennedy is “on track to be in enough states to cost Joe Biden the presidency.” From his Truth Social account, former President Donald Trump said: “Legal Scholars are extremely thankful for the Supreme Court's Decision today to take up Presidential Immunity. Without Presidential Immunity, a President will not be able to properly function, or make decisions, in the best interest of the United States of America. Presidents will always be concerned, and even paralyzed, by the prospect of wrongful prosecution and retaliation after they leave office. This could actually lead to the extortion and blackmail of a President. The other side would say, ‘If you don't do something, just the way we want it, we are going to go after you when you leave office, or perhaps even sooner.'” You can find the post here: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112011584636454428 On Wednesday, during a speech from the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that he would be stepping down from his leadership position at the end of the term in November. Though, he does not plan to resign from the Senate. McConnell, now 82-years-old, has served in the U.S. Senate for nearly 40-years and has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007. You can read more here: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4494536-mcconnell-to-step-down-as-senate-gop-leader/

The Department of Justice released a report that Joe Biden willfully retained classified documents – but can't be tried because - long story short - he is non compos mentis. The Dems are outraged. Is it justified? On the other side of the aisle, Trump is facing 14th Amendment charges to keep him off the ballot. Is that legal? And finally, the House is mired in debates ongoing about passing a border bill. What was wrong with the Senate bill? As usual, there is a lot going on this week – but we have the guest to help us understand it all.Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.Download the transcript here.

Andrew C. McCarthy, senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and best-selling author, joins the show by phone to discuss Special Counsel Robert K. Hur's report on President Biden's handling of classified documents after his tenure as Vice President and his latest piece at National Review. The continuing crisis at the White House. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Dr. Nicole Saphier—board-certified diagnostic and interventional radiologist, professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, & Fox News contributor—joins The Rich Zeoli Show. What can we expect when former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in January? You can find Dr. Saphier's latest book, “Panic Attack: Playing Politics with Science in the Fight Against COVID-19,” here: https://www.nicolesaphiermd.com/books Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review Institute & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article, “Jockeying Over Hunter Biden House Testimony.” McCarthy writes: “Hunter [Biden]'s legal team has reacted to the [Congressional] subpoena by agreeing that he will show up but demanding that the testimony be held in public…A subpoena is not a suggestion. It is an order enforceable by legal penalties. By agreeing that he will attend, Hunter is putting a brave face on what's no more than an acknowledgement that he will do what he is legally compelled to do. He is demanding that the hearing be public because he knows Republicans will refuse.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/jockeying-over-hunter-biden-house-testimony/ Senator Rand Paul—United States Senator from Kentucky & Author of “Deception: The Great Covid Cover-Up”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show. Throughout the book Sen. Paul presents evidence that COVID-19 likely originated in a Wuhan, China laboratory and was a by-product of dangerous gain-of-function research. Was the research funded by U.S. taxpayers? And did Dr. Anthony Fauci attempt to cover-up the virus's origin? Sen. Paul says, “if I had it my way, Anthony Fauci would already be wearing pinstripes.” Plus, Sen. Paul reacts to Elon Musk's assessment that, prior to his ownership, Twitter suppressed Republican posts at 10x the rate of Democrats—accusing the social media platform of ostensibly being “a state publication.” Sen. Paul believes “without question Elon Musk is right.” You can order Sen. Paul's new book here: https://www.regnery.com/9781684515134/deception/

Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent article, “Hunter Biden Business Partner's Testimony Tightens Joe's Burisma Noose.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/hunter-biden-business-partners-testimony-tightens-joes-burisma-noose/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (07/20/2023): 3:05pm- On Thursday afternoon, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released testimony which alleges then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a bribery scheme involving Burisma—a Ukrainian energy firm—in 2015. Andrew C. McCarthy and Jack Crowe, of National Review, summarize: “According to an unidentified informant businessman, the founder of Burisma recounted being pressured by then-Vice President Joe Biden to put Biden's son Hunter on the Ukrainian energy company's board, and for $10 million in bribes—$5 million each to Joe and Hunter Biden—in order to use Biden's political influence to force the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/bidens-pressured-burisma-founder-into-paying-10-million-bribe-to-get-prosecutor-fired-fbi-source-claims/ 3:20pm- According to reports, Burisma founder and CEO Mykola Zlochevsky possesses 17 recordings which implicate the Biden family in a bribery scheme— "two of the recordings included Joe Biden, and the remaining 15 recordings only included Hunter Biden." You can read Brooke Singman's Fox News report here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/grassley-releases-unclassified-fbi-form-containing-details-of-biden-criminal-bribery-scheme-with-burisma-ceo 3:40pm- If the Burisma bribery allegations against Joe Biden prove to be accurate, will he remain the Democratic party's presidential nominee in 2024? 3:50pm- Matt is going to Italy next week—which means Henry and his mullet will be accompanying Rich to Jersey shore for the show's LIVE broadcast at The Grand Hotel of Cape May on Friday July 27th. 4:05pm- On Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before a House Judiciary Subcommittee on censorship. Ironically, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) attempted to end the hearing before it even began—baselessly alleging that Kennedy harbored racist and antisemitic views. Kennedy vehemently denied Wasserman-Schultz' reprehensible claims, exclaiming: "I want to say this while I'm on the record. In my entire life…I have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or antisemitic." 4:15pm- During his opening statement at Thursday's House Judiciary hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, Kennedy noted that free speech is the basis of Democracy and that “the First Amendment was not written for easy speech it was written for speech that nobody likes you for.” 4:30pm- Dr. E.J. Antoni— Economist & Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to recap President Joe Biden's trip to Philadelphia where he touted “Bidenomics.” But is the economy really as strong as the Biden Administration proclaims? In his newest editorial, Dr. Antoni debunks that narrative and explains that “Bidenomics is quietly robbing you blind.” You can read Dr. Antoni's latest article here: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jul/19/how-bidenomics-quietly-robbing-you-blind/ 4:50pm- CNN's John King applauded Special Counsel Jack Smith for eating lunch at Subway?!?! 5:05pm- On Thursday afternoon, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released testimony which alleges then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a bribery scheme involving Burisma—a Ukrainian energy firm—in 2015. Andrew C. McCarthy and Jack Crowe, of National Review, summarize: “According to an unidentified informant businessman, the founder of Burisma recounted being pressured by then-Vice President Joe Biden to put Biden's son Hunter on the Ukrainian energy company's board, and for $10 million in bribes—$5 million each to Joe and Hunter Biden—in order to use Biden's political influence to force the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/bidens-pressured-burisma-founder-into-paying-10-million-bribe-to-get-prosecutor-fired-fbi-source-claims/ 5:15pm- On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee heard testimony from two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers who allege Hunter Biden received special treatment from the Department of Justice while under investigation for tax fraud. Whistleblower Gary Shapley claimed that he has documented conversations indicating U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss did not have final say in prosecutorial decisions, and even attempted to bring charges against Hunter in California and Washington D.C. but was reject—which contradicts Attorney General Merrick Garland's claims. 5:20pm- While testifying before a House Judiciary hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, former New York Post writer Emma-Jo Morris claimed that the Biden Administration worked with social media companies to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the 2020 presidential election. 5:35pm- Daniel Turner—Founder & Executive Director of Power the Future—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to recap President Joe Biden's speech in Philadelphia. During his visit to the Philly shipyard, Biden bragged about the strength of his economy and announced “the first ever offshore wind sale in the Gulf of Mexico.” 5:55pm- Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) celebrated national hot dog day in an awkward video that has now gone viral on social media. 6:05pm- Country Music Television has stopped airing Jason Aldean's music video, “Try That in a Small Town”, where the singer speaks out against rioting and violence against law enforcement officers. The song has, bizarrely, become controversial because some have accused it of being critical of “left-wing” violence. 6:15pm- On Thursday, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before a House Judiciary Subcommittee on censorship. Ironically, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) attempted to end the hearing before it even began—baselessly alleging that Kennedy harbored racist and antisemitic views. Kennedy vehemently denied Wasserman-Schultz' reprehensible claims, exclaiming: "I want to say this while I'm on the record. In in my entire life…I have never uttered a phrase that was either racist or antisemitic." 6:35pm- Conor Fitzpatrick— Attorney at Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss a 17-year-old rising high school senior who was suspended after satirizing his school principal via a series of memes posted to Instagram. Though the memes were tame, the school suspended the student. FIRE notes, “the First Amendment bars public school employees from acting as a 24/7 board of censors, and the lawsuit seeks to cement Supreme Court law that schools cannot punish students for nondisruptive, private, off-campus speech.”

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: On Thursday afternoon, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released testimony which alleges then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a bribery scheme involving Burisma—a Ukrainian energy firm—in 2015. Andrew C. McCarthy and Jack Crowe, of National Review, summarize: “According to an unidentified informant businessman, the founder of Burisma recounted being pressured by then-Vice President Joe Biden to put Biden's son Hunter on the Ukrainian energy company's board, and for $10 million in bribes—$5 million each to Joe and Hunter Biden—in order to use Biden's political influence to force the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/bidens-pressured-burisma-founder-into-paying-10-million-bribe-to-get-prosecutor-fired-fbi-source-claims/ According to reports, Burisma founder and CEO Mykola Zlochevsky possesses 17 recordings which implicate the Biden family in a bribery scheme— "two of the recordings included Joe Biden, and the remaining 15 recordings only included Hunter Biden." You can read Brooke Singman's Fox News report here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/grassley-releases-unclassified-fbi-form-containing-details-of-biden-criminal-bribery-scheme-with-burisma-ceo If the Burisma bribery allegations against Joe Biden prove to be accurate, will he remain the Democratic party's presidential nominee in 2024? Matt is going to Italy next week—which means Henry and his mullet will be accompanying Rich to Jersey shore for the show's LIVE broadcast at The Grand Hotel of Cape May on Friday July 27th.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: On Thursday afternoon, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) released testimony which alleges then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a bribery scheme involving Burisma—a Ukrainian energy firm—in 2015. Andrew C. McCarthy and Jack Crowe, of National Review, summarize: “According to an unidentified informant businessman, the founder of Burisma recounted being pressured by then-Vice President Joe Biden to put Biden's son Hunter on the Ukrainian energy company's board, and for $10 million in bribes—$5 million each to Joe and Hunter Biden—in order to use Biden's political influence to force the firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor who was investigating Burisma.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/bidens-pressured-burisma-founder-into-paying-10-million-bribe-to-get-prosecutor-fired-fbi-source-claims/ On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee heard testimony from two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers who allege Hunter Biden received special treatment from the Department of Justice while under investigation for tax fraud. Whistleblower Gary Shapley claimed that he has documented conversations indicating U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss did not have final say in prosecutorial decisions, and even attempted to bring charges against Hunter in California and Washington D.C. but was reject—which contradicts Attorney General Merrick Garland's claims. While testifying before a House Judiciary hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, former New York Post writer Emma-Jo Morris claimed that the Biden Administration worked with social media companies to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the 2020 presidential election. Daniel Turner—Founder & Executive Director of Power the Future—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to recap President Joe Biden's speech in Philadelphia. During his visit to the Philly shipyard, Biden bragged about the strength of his economy and announced “the first ever offshore wind sale in the Gulf of Mexico.” Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) celebrated national hot dog day in an awkward video that has now gone viral on social media.

The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (06/02/2023): 3:05pm- Shortly after delivering the commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday, President Joe Biden took a scary fall—thankfully, after being helped up by several secret service agents he appeared to be ok. While some questioned whether this was a symptom of his advanced age, members of the mainstream media were quick to jump in and dismiss those fears. 3:10pm- June 1st kicked off Pride Month. An NBC Nightly News report from Stephanie Gosk bemoaned the fact that several companies have begun to be less vociferous in their support/participation in Pride Month—specifically, elements of the LGBTQ+ community that have been outspoken in their support for “gender affirming” procedures on children. For example, following backlash from parents, the Target retail chain removed children's swimsuits that promised to “bind” and “tuck”—appealing to transgender-identifying kids. 3:15pm- JPMorgan has downgraded Target's stock after backlash stemming from their sale of trans-merchandise for children. Caroline Downey of National Review writes, “[t]he stock was demoted from overweight, which means the broker has a positive outlook on the company's prospects due to its current share price and that the stock is considered a strong buy, to neutral, which means the broker believes the investor should hold the stock as its price may not change.” You can read more here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jpmorgan-downgrades-target-stock-amid-backlash-over-lgbt-merchandise/#:~:text=Target%27s%20stock%20was%20downgraded%20on,the%20store%27s%20LGBT%20product%20campaign 3:35pm- During a town hall-style interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, former President Donald Trump mocked Chris Christie's presumed run for president in 2024—pointing out that the former New Jersey Governor is barely polling at 1%. 3:45pm- State Senator Ed Durr—representing New Jersey's 3rd Legislative District—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his reelection campaign. In 2022, Durr grabbed national headlines when he pulled a major election day upset win over former NJ Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney. 4:05pm- On Friday, the Labor Department released its May jobs report indicating that the U.S. economy added 339,000 new jobs. However, as economist Dr. EJ Antoni notes, a significant number of those new jobs were courtesy of government employment—with real hourly and weekly earnings still struggling due to inflation. 4:15pm- According to a report from Patrick Thomas of The Wall Street Journal, beef prices in the U.S. are on the rise due to inflation which has “pushed up prices for fuel, feed and equipment”—complicated by “[s]evere drought in many key cattle-producing states, such as Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, parched grazing pastures, requiring spending on supplemental feed such as alfalfa and hay—which are up more than 20% on average from the prior year.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/beef-prices-high-summer-barbecue-12a08905?mod=hp_lead_pos5 4:20pm- While appearing on MSNBC, White House Economic Advisor Bharat Ramamurti said he believes that middle class families are doing well and, consequently, the economy is doing well under President Joe Biden's leadership. However, as RNC research notes, the average American family has lost roughly $10,000 paying for increased costs from inflation since President Biden took office. 4:30pm- According to Andrew C. McCarthy, “FBI director Chris Wray reached a compromise with committee chairman James Comer (R-KY)” regarding a House Oversight Committee subpoenaed document which is alleged to show members of the Biden family were receiving payments from foreign nationals for policy influence while Joe Biden was Vice President. McCarthy writes, that “[t]he FBI will bring the subpoenaed document at the center of the dispute to the House on Monday. There, Comer and the committee's ranking member, Jamie Raskin (D-MD), will review it and receive a related briefing from the bureau.” You can read the article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/06/comer-and-wray-strike-compromise-staving-off-oversight-committee-contempt-citation/ 4:40pm- Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling agreement that has now passed in the House and Senate. Dr. Coates also talks about French President Emmanuel Macron's call for NATO to provide stronger security guarantees for Ukraine. But won't the burden of additional spending to support Ukraine be disproportionately placed on American taxpayers—not France? 5:05pm- Comedian Chrissie Mayr joins The Rich Zeoli Show. Last month, Chrissie made fun of transgender-activist Dylan Mulvaney during her stand-up show and immediately received backlash from members of the audience—causing the clip to go viral on social media. 5:20pm- During a town hall-style interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, former President Donald Trump mocked Chris Christie's presumed run for president in 2024—pointing out that the former New Jersey Governor is barely polling at 1%. 5:30pm- Earlier this week, former President Donald Trump criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' handling of the COVID-19 pandemic—going as far as to compare him unfavorably to former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. In response, DeSantis exclaimed Trump's “whole family moved to Florida under my governorship!” 5:45pm- During an interview with the Babylon Bee, Elon Musk discussed the line of code that Twitter executives had used to suppress Tweets on the social media platform prior to his ownership. 6:05pm- JPMorgan has downgraded Target's stock after backlash stemming from their sale of trans-merchandise for children. Caroline Downey of National Review writes, “[t]he stock was demoted from overweight, which means the broker has a positive outlook on the company's prospects due to its current share price and that the stock is considered a strong buy, to neutral, which means the broker believes the investor should hold the stock as its price may not change.” Meanwhile, Bud Light continues to struggle financially following its affiliation with transgender-activist Dylan Mulvaney. Target's market capitalization has dropped a massive $12 billion dollars, while Anheuser-Busch—parent company of Bud Light—has lost roughly $5 billion in market capitalization. You can read Downey's article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jpmorgan-downgrades-target-stock-amid-backlash-over-lgbt-merchandise/#:~:text=Target%27s%20stock%20was%20downgraded%20on,the%20store%27s%20LGBT%20product%20campaign 6:30pm- June 1st kicked off Pride Month. An NBC Nightly News report from Stephanie Gosk bemoaned the fact that several companies have begun to be less vociferous in their support/participation in Pride Month—specifically, elements of the LGBTQ+ community that have been outspoken in their support for “gender affirming” procedures on children. If companies are seeking to support oppressed groups, why isn't there a month supporting Uyghur Muslims in China? 6:50pm- During a recent press conference, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—son of Pierre Trudeau, and definitely not a Cuban dictator—talked about the merits of recycling!

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 2: On Friday, the Labor Department released its May jobs report indicating that the U.S. economy added 339,000 new jobs. However, as economist Dr. EJ Antoni notes, a significant number of those new jobs were courtesy of government employment—with real hourly and weekly earnings still struggling due to inflation. According to a report from Patrick Thomas of The Wall Street Journal, beef prices in the U.S. are on the rise due to inflation which has “pushed up prices for fuel, feed and equipment”—complicated by “[s]evere drought in many key cattle-producing states, such as Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas, parched grazing pastures, requiring spending on supplemental feed such as alfalfa and hay—which are up more than 20% on average from the prior year.” You can read the full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/beef-prices-high-summer-barbecue-12a08905?mod=hp_lead_pos5 While appearing on MSNBC, White House Economic Advisor Bharat Ramamurti said he believes that middle class families are doing well and, consequently, the economy is doing well under President Joe Biden's leadership. However, as RNC research notes, the average American family has lost roughly $10,000 paying for increased costs from inflation since President Biden took office. According to Andrew C. McCarthy, “FBI director Chris Wray reached a compromise with committee chairman James Comer (R-KY)” regarding a House Oversight Committee subpoenaed document which is alleged to show members of the Biden family were receiving payments from foreign nationals for policy influence while Joe Biden was Vice President. McCarthy writes, that “[t]he FBI will bring the subpoenaed document at the center of the dispute to the House on Monday. There, Comer and the committee's ranking member, Jamie Raskin (D-MD), will review it and receive a related briefing from the bureau.” You can read the article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/06/comer-and-wray-strike-compromise-staving-off-oversight-committee-contempt-citation/ Dr. Victoria Coates—former Deputy National Security Advisor & Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling agreement that has now passed in the House and Senate. Dr. Coates also talks about French President Emmanuel Macron's call for NATO to provide stronger security guarantees for Ukraine. But won't the burden of additional spending to support Ukraine be disproportionately placed on American taxpayers—not France?

Andrew C. McCarthy—Senior Fellow at National Review Institute & Author of “Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest his latest editorial at National Review, “How the Bidens Got Rich.” McCarthy writes: “Are the Biden investigations serious? Yes, though more for what they portend for national security and the state of our politics than as a matter of potential criminal jeopardy. As the evidence mounts, ever more risible are the president's claims of noninvolvement in the Biden family's leveraging of his political influence for eye-popping paydays courtesy of corrupt, anti-American regimes. Yet the Biden Justice Department remains indifferent.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2023/06/12/how-the-bidens-got-rich/