1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:21,675 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio. Trump 2 00:00:22,035 --> 00:00:27,115 Speaker 1: presidential pardons were available for purchase as of February sixteenth, 3 00:00:27,275 --> 00:00:32,675 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, two million dollars each, half to him, half 4 00:00:33,235 --> 00:00:38,035 Speaker 1: to Rudy Giuliani, and on February seventh, twenty nineteen, Giuliani 5 00:00:38,075 --> 00:00:40,915 Speaker 1: revealed that if Trump lost the following year's election, there 6 00:00:40,995 --> 00:00:45,075 Speaker 1: was a plan already in place to claim quote voter fraud, 7 00:00:45,835 --> 00:00:48,915 Speaker 1: and he repeatedly discussed the plan with his business associate 8 00:00:48,995 --> 00:00:53,515 Speaker 1: Lev Parnis. That is what a woman suing Rudy Giuliani 9 00:00:53,595 --> 00:00:58,195 Speaker 1: for sexual abuse says Giuliani told her all in just 10 00:00:58,235 --> 00:01:00,915 Speaker 1: a nine day span in twenty nineteen, And she says 11 00:01:00,955 --> 00:01:03,915 Speaker 1: she has countless recordings of their encounters and I don't 12 00:01:03,915 --> 00:01:06,115 Speaker 1: know if she recorded any of this, and I don't 13 00:01:06,155 --> 00:01:08,155 Speaker 1: know if she's telling the truth. And I have even 14 00:01:08,235 --> 00:01:10,235 Speaker 1: less of an idea whether or not he was telling 15 00:01:10,275 --> 00:01:13,595 Speaker 1: the truth. But a representative of Special Counsel Jack Smith 16 00:01:13,675 --> 00:01:17,315 Speaker 1: needs to be at her figurative door today with a 17 00:01:17,355 --> 00:01:20,835 Speaker 1: subpoena for the tapes, than for her testimony about pardons 18 00:01:20,835 --> 00:01:24,355 Speaker 1: for sale and the concoction of the voter fraud conspiracy 19 00:01:24,475 --> 00:01:27,995 Speaker 1: twenty one months before the election, because if there is 20 00:01:28,035 --> 00:01:33,235 Speaker 1: a chance that any of this is true, Rudy Giuliani 21 00:01:33,315 --> 00:01:39,115 Speaker 1: will flip like a cheeseburger. The alleged victim's name is 22 00:01:39,155 --> 00:01:41,435 Speaker 1: Noel Dunfie. And not for a moment do I want 23 00:01:41,475 --> 00:01:44,915 Speaker 1: to seem insensitive to her or the two year ordeal 24 00:01:45,035 --> 00:01:49,315 Speaker 1: she has documented in her lurid and nauseating suit against him. 25 00:01:49,795 --> 00:01:52,195 Speaker 1: I mean, this thing reads like the script for a 26 00:01:52,195 --> 00:01:57,235 Speaker 1: Fellini film, somewhere between Casanova and Satyricon. It is, in 27 00:01:57,235 --> 00:02:00,875 Speaker 1: fact so disturbing, so lurid, that it is not until 28 00:02:00,875 --> 00:02:04,955 Speaker 1: the one hundred and twenty fourth numbered paragraph in her 29 00:02:05,075 --> 00:02:10,155 Speaker 1: seventy page filing that her attorney writes, quote Giuliani told 30 00:02:10,155 --> 00:02:13,355 Speaker 1: miss Dunfie about a plan that had been prepared for 31 00:02:13,595 --> 00:02:18,155 Speaker 1: if Trump lost the twenty twenty election. Specifically, Giuliani told 32 00:02:18,235 --> 00:02:21,475 Speaker 1: Miss Dunfie that Trump's team would claim that there was 33 00:02:21,555 --> 00:02:25,115 Speaker 1: quote voter fraud and that Trump had actually won the election. 34 00:02:25,715 --> 00:02:29,035 Speaker 1: This plan was discussed at several business meetings with Giuliani 35 00:02:29,075 --> 00:02:34,075 Speaker 1: and Lev Parness. It is eight paragraphs and nine days 36 00:02:34,155 --> 00:02:38,315 Speaker 1: later that Dunphee's attorney claims Giuliani quote also asked Miss 37 00:02:38,395 --> 00:02:42,435 Speaker 1: Dunfie if she knew anyone in need of a pardon, 38 00:02:43,315 --> 00:02:47,395 Speaker 1: telling her that he was selling pardons for two million dollars, 39 00:02:47,675 --> 00:02:51,115 Speaker 1: which he in President Trump would split, and he told 40 00:02:51,155 --> 00:02:54,235 Speaker 1: Miss dunfee that she could refer individuals seeking pardons to him, 41 00:02:54,755 --> 00:02:57,075 Speaker 1: so long as they did not go through the normal 42 00:02:57,315 --> 00:03:01,475 Speaker 1: channels of the Office of the Pardon Attorney, because correspondence 43 00:03:01,475 --> 00:03:04,435 Speaker 1: going to that office would be subject to disclosure under 44 00:03:04,475 --> 00:03:09,635 Speaker 1: the Freedom of Information Act. The purported price list for 45 00:03:09,675 --> 00:03:12,755 Speaker 1: pardons is obviously the most glaring possible criminal act that 46 00:03:12,795 --> 00:03:15,955 Speaker 1: the Special Council could pursue, but it is rather those 47 00:03:15,995 --> 00:03:18,515 Speaker 1: supposed meetings with Leb Parnis and the discussion of a 48 00:03:18,595 --> 00:03:22,715 Speaker 1: voter fraud scheme in February twenty nineteen that pertains most 49 00:03:22,715 --> 00:03:26,555 Speaker 1: immediately to Jack Smith's investigation because Smith is centering in 50 00:03:26,595 --> 00:03:29,835 Speaker 1: on the subsequent process by which Trump defrauded his own 51 00:03:29,875 --> 00:03:34,795 Speaker 1: cultists by soaking them for millions in monetary contributions to 52 00:03:34,835 --> 00:03:37,435 Speaker 1: an effort to repair a stolen election he already knew 53 00:03:37,475 --> 00:03:41,795 Speaker 1: full well wasn't stolen, and the idea that the operational 54 00:03:41,875 --> 00:03:45,795 Speaker 1: part of this conspiracy had begun, to say nothing of 55 00:03:45,875 --> 00:03:49,195 Speaker 1: the January sixth. Conspiracy that it all had begun at 56 00:03:49,275 --> 00:03:52,755 Speaker 1: least two years before January sixth adds an extra layer 57 00:03:52,875 --> 00:04:00,235 Speaker 1: of venality to Trump's criminal presidency. For MS Dunfie, wrightes 58 00:04:00,275 --> 00:04:03,955 Speaker 1: she was often ordered to work naked in Giuliani's presence. 59 00:04:04,315 --> 00:04:10,035 Speaker 1: This is understandably, utterly justifiably a case about how she claims, 60 00:04:10,235 --> 00:04:11,955 Speaker 1: and I think from reading it, the better word is 61 00:04:11,995 --> 00:04:16,435 Speaker 1: demonstrates how Juliani manipulated her into sex, bullied her, abused her, 62 00:04:16,835 --> 00:04:20,315 Speaker 1: committed battery on her. As she alleges. Her suit is 63 00:04:20,755 --> 00:04:25,675 Speaker 1: remarkably detailed, dates, places, names, hate filled. Giuliani rants about Blacks, 64 00:04:25,675 --> 00:04:28,435 Speaker 1: about Jews, about other groups, all of it reeking with 65 00:04:28,515 --> 00:04:34,355 Speaker 1: the kind of verisimilitude the artists call it verisimilitude that 66 00:04:34,435 --> 00:04:36,755 Speaker 1: anybody who has been around Rudy Giuliani for more than 67 00:04:36,835 --> 00:04:38,995 Speaker 1: thirty minutes out of the last thirty years would say, Yeah, 68 00:04:39,035 --> 00:04:42,675 Speaker 1: that sounds like him. I will leave most of the 69 00:04:42,715 --> 00:04:47,115 Speaker 1: conduct MSS Dunfie's attorneys describe in the gutter with Rudy, 70 00:04:47,555 --> 00:04:51,435 Speaker 1: where he and they belong, except for paragraph one nine, 71 00:04:52,315 --> 00:04:54,435 Speaker 1: which is as familiar to those of us who had 72 00:04:54,475 --> 00:04:57,955 Speaker 1: the misfortune to meet this sleees bag Juliani as any 73 00:04:58,035 --> 00:05:00,755 Speaker 1: of the abuses alleged or the women manipulated, or the 74 00:05:00,795 --> 00:05:05,515 Speaker 1: debts left unpaid sound familiar. His driving emotion for the 75 00:05:05,595 --> 00:05:09,355 Speaker 1: length of his public life has been envy, envy mixed 76 00:05:09,395 --> 00:05:14,755 Speaker 1: with usually futile fantasies of revenge. Here is paragraph one 77 00:05:15,075 --> 00:05:20,275 Speaker 1: nine quote. Throughout the employment and attorney client relationship, Giuliani 78 00:05:20,315 --> 00:05:24,635 Speaker 1: forced miss Dunfie to perform oral sex on him. He 79 00:05:24,715 --> 00:05:28,835 Speaker 1: often demanded oral sex while he took phone calls on 80 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:36,875 Speaker 1: speakerphone from high profile friends and clients, including then President Trump. 81 00:05:38,875 --> 00:05:41,475 Speaker 1: Giuliani told miss Dunfee that he enjoyed engaging in this 82 00:05:41,595 --> 00:05:45,355 Speaker 1: conduct while on the telephone because it made him quote 83 00:05:45,795 --> 00:05:52,915 Speaker 1: feel like Bill Clinton unquote just the sleaziest human alive 84 00:05:53,035 --> 00:05:57,195 Speaker 1: Rudy Giuliani. And in a final note from the Dunfee lawsuit, 85 00:05:58,155 --> 00:06:01,755 Speaker 1: fueled throughout their relationship, she says, by what she portrays 86 00:06:02,155 --> 00:06:08,875 Speaker 1: as almost NonStop consumption by Juliani of alcohol and viagra, 87 00:06:11,235 --> 00:06:16,795 Speaker 1: red pill or blue pill, Rudy, I don't want to 88 00:06:16,835 --> 00:06:18,755 Speaker 1: say this is a busy day, but honest to God, 89 00:06:18,755 --> 00:06:21,875 Speaker 1: there are four different lead stories. Five. If you want 90 00:06:21,875 --> 00:06:25,675 Speaker 1: to split hairs, I'll hold the Trump CNN scandal latest, 91 00:06:25,675 --> 00:06:30,035 Speaker 1: and instead go here. One of our Biden informants is missing. 92 00:06:30,675 --> 00:06:34,275 Speaker 1: No no, no, wait, two of our Biden informants are missing. 93 00:06:34,395 --> 00:06:36,635 Speaker 1: No no wait, we're not really sure how many of 94 00:06:36,675 --> 00:06:41,155 Speaker 1: our Biden informants are missing. And John Durham's indictments are missing. 95 00:06:41,475 --> 00:06:57,395 Speaker 2: For God's sake, somebody call the cops. 96 00:06:59,875 --> 00:07:03,475 Speaker 1: Thank you, Nancy Faust. First it was the hapless congressman 97 00:07:03,595 --> 00:07:06,555 Speaker 1: James Comers planning, matter of fact, lead to the gullible 98 00:07:06,595 --> 00:07:10,955 Speaker 1: Maria Bartiromo on Sunday that quote, we can't track down 99 00:07:10,995 --> 00:07:14,435 Speaker 1: the informant. We're hopeful that the informant is still there. 100 00:07:15,075 --> 00:07:19,195 Speaker 1: The whistleblower knows the informant, but that the informant was 101 00:07:19,195 --> 00:07:23,155 Speaker 1: in the spy business, so who knows. And even Bartiomo 102 00:07:23,275 --> 00:07:27,195 Speaker 1: noticed there was something wrong with that. Hold on a second, Congressman, 103 00:07:27,795 --> 00:07:30,115 Speaker 1: did you just say the whistleblower or the informant is 104 00:07:30,155 --> 00:07:36,795 Speaker 1: now missing? Spoiler alert, there is no informant. Now. It 105 00:07:36,875 --> 00:07:41,155 Speaker 1: is Marjorie Taylor Green fuzzing up whether the whistleblower is 106 00:07:41,235 --> 00:07:44,235 Speaker 1: the informant or now, just try to wrap your head 107 00:07:44,275 --> 00:07:50,835 Speaker 1: around this idea. Just perhaps, just perhaps the informant is 108 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:56,915 Speaker 1: the whistleblower. Quote, we have not lost the submarine. That 109 00:07:56,995 --> 00:08:01,035 Speaker 1: whistleblower is very safe, but he does fear for his life, 110 00:08:01,755 --> 00:08:07,475 Speaker 1: and rightfully so. Uh huh fote Wait, Barney Rubbell has 111 00:08:07,515 --> 00:08:11,395 Speaker 1: more quote other whistleblowers. Yes, they are missing. They're either 112 00:08:11,435 --> 00:08:13,475 Speaker 1: in court, they're in jail, or we cannot talk with 113 00:08:13,515 --> 00:08:17,355 Speaker 1: them at this time because they can't be found. Green 114 00:08:17,475 --> 00:08:20,995 Speaker 1: then added with certainty, even though the information from her 115 00:08:21,035 --> 00:08:23,915 Speaker 1: is actually from Congressman Comber, which is in turn from 116 00:08:23,955 --> 00:08:26,995 Speaker 1: a rumor, which is in turn from an alleged document, 117 00:08:27,075 --> 00:08:30,395 Speaker 1: which was in turn reported by purported informant who we 118 00:08:30,475 --> 00:08:33,555 Speaker 1: know about only because of the supposed whistleblower, who knows 119 00:08:33,555 --> 00:08:36,435 Speaker 1: about an allegation in a document called an FBI Form 120 00:08:36,555 --> 00:08:39,195 Speaker 1: one zero two to three, and a form one zero 121 00:08:39,235 --> 00:08:42,715 Speaker 1: two to three is just for unsubstantiated rumors reported to 122 00:08:42,795 --> 00:08:45,995 Speaker 1: the FBI. So when Marge says this, it deserves the 123 00:08:46,035 --> 00:08:51,435 Speaker 1: exact weight of anything that you've heard. Seventh hand, she says, quote, 124 00:08:51,675 --> 00:08:55,235 Speaker 1: our investigation is so important that this will bring down 125 00:08:55,275 --> 00:09:01,075 Speaker 1: the president of the United States. Spoiler alert, there is 126 00:09:01,115 --> 00:09:06,715 Speaker 1: no investigation. It's so bad, so obvious that even Larry 127 00:09:06,795 --> 00:09:09,475 Speaker 1: Kudlow who was not only on Fox, but who was 128 00:09:09,595 --> 00:09:13,275 Speaker 1: in the last Trump administration, said on the Area yesterday 129 00:09:13,315 --> 00:09:15,835 Speaker 1: that the last link in this chain the Republicans claim 130 00:09:15,915 --> 00:09:18,555 Speaker 1: they have the one that actually ties any of this, 131 00:09:19,195 --> 00:09:23,875 Speaker 1: whatever it is to President Biden, you know, doesn't exist. 132 00:09:24,475 --> 00:09:26,675 Speaker 1: There is no last link, or, as Cudlow put it 133 00:09:26,755 --> 00:09:29,635 Speaker 1: during a live interview with Senator Ron Johnson, we haven't 134 00:09:29,755 --> 00:09:35,035 Speaker 1: fingered him. And Johnson, who is not a genius, explained 135 00:09:35,075 --> 00:09:38,035 Speaker 1: that the fact that there isn't that last link means 136 00:09:38,515 --> 00:09:41,755 Speaker 1: the last link is just out there, being hidden somewhere. 137 00:09:43,595 --> 00:09:45,675 Speaker 1: But it's even dumber than that. And when you say 138 00:09:45,675 --> 00:09:50,115 Speaker 1: something is dumber than Ron Johnson, that is astonishingly dumb. 139 00:09:51,355 --> 00:09:54,875 Speaker 1: The Republicans who are pretending there is an investigation can't 140 00:09:54,875 --> 00:09:59,915 Speaker 1: even keep their own stories straight individually. The headline over 141 00:09:59,995 --> 00:10:02,835 Speaker 1: the report by the impeccable Philip Bump of The Washington 142 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:08,115 Speaker 1: Post is perfect quote Representative James Comber is looking for 143 00:10:08,275 --> 00:10:15,915 Speaker 1: anti Biden evidence, also his informant. Bump then writes that 144 00:10:16,035 --> 00:10:19,195 Speaker 1: Comer's office tells him that when Comber told Bartaromo about 145 00:10:19,235 --> 00:10:23,355 Speaker 1: the missing informant, Comber quote was not talking about the 146 00:10:23,355 --> 00:10:27,155 Speaker 1: whistleblower related to the FBI one zero two three form, 147 00:10:27,195 --> 00:10:30,915 Speaker 1: but rather quote someone who had provided information related to 148 00:10:30,955 --> 00:10:37,795 Speaker 1: the Biden family finances. Spoiler alert, there is no information. 149 00:10:39,435 --> 00:10:41,635 Speaker 1: If you want to have even more fun with this, 150 00:10:41,995 --> 00:10:45,395 Speaker 1: and it's not just a laugh, obviously, the conservatives are 151 00:10:45,395 --> 00:10:50,795 Speaker 1: eating this up. They expect Biden's resignation or impeachment before sunset. 152 00:10:50,835 --> 00:10:53,875 Speaker 1: They really think it will happen right now. I mean 153 00:10:53,875 --> 00:10:56,515 Speaker 1: some of them are hyperventilating so much that the QAnon 154 00:10:56,595 --> 00:10:59,315 Speaker 1: folks would be saying, jeez, you do know there's nothing there, right, 155 00:11:00,155 --> 00:11:02,035 Speaker 1: But if you do want to have more fun with this, 156 00:11:02,555 --> 00:11:05,435 Speaker 1: The CNN reporter Annie Grayer is voting a source who 157 00:11:05,435 --> 00:11:10,595 Speaker 1: says the quote missing informant is you ready? Are you seated? 158 00:11:11,435 --> 00:11:13,635 Speaker 1: You got the water out of your mouth. The missing 159 00:11:13,715 --> 00:11:18,515 Speaker 1: informant is quote an Israeli professor who is wanted by 160 00:11:18,555 --> 00:11:26,075 Speaker 1: the US for arms dealing. How could this possibly get dumber? 161 00:11:26,715 --> 00:11:30,075 Speaker 1: How could this possibly send up more warning signs, even 162 00:11:30,155 --> 00:11:33,235 Speaker 1: to Trumpists who will believe anything that reassures them that 163 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:39,435 Speaker 1: the Emperor is too wearing clothes. Fox's Senior congressional correspondent. 164 00:11:40,075 --> 00:11:45,115 Speaker 1: Imagine having to do that job. Fox's Senior Congressional correspondent, 165 00:11:45,275 --> 00:11:48,075 Speaker 1: Chad Pergram, and you know him. He's the guy who 166 00:11:48,075 --> 00:11:51,435 Speaker 1: can make his mouth into a perfectly straight line like 167 00:11:51,515 --> 00:11:54,875 Speaker 1: a cartoon character to show you he's damned serious sort 168 00:11:54,915 --> 00:12:00,795 Speaker 1: of job. Chad Pergram writes. Quote. Comer's office says that 169 00:12:00,835 --> 00:12:07,315 Speaker 1: the Chairman was using the term whistleblower and informant interchangeably. 170 00:12:09,995 --> 00:12:14,675 Speaker 1: Spoiler alert, Jamie Comer can't tell his informant from his whistleblower. 171 00:12:16,795 --> 00:12:19,515 Speaker 1: You know, if he's having trouble with this whistle blowing thing, 172 00:12:20,435 --> 00:12:28,035 Speaker 1: he clearly needs to contact Rudy Giuliani. The problem with 173 00:12:28,075 --> 00:12:32,555 Speaker 1: stuff like Jamie Comber's invisible informant blower is that in 174 00:12:32,595 --> 00:12:36,635 Speaker 1: the wrong hands, it turns into a Special Council investigation. Yesterday, 175 00:12:36,675 --> 00:12:40,075 Speaker 1: John Durham turned in his report his investigation into the 176 00:12:40,115 --> 00:12:43,915 Speaker 1: Trump William Barr right wing claim that the FBI I 177 00:12:44,035 --> 00:12:46,955 Speaker 1: acting on behalf of the deep state, cooked up Russiagate, 178 00:12:47,075 --> 00:12:51,035 Speaker 1: made up a story to tarnish Trump, even though you know, 179 00:12:51,155 --> 00:12:54,955 Speaker 1: Russiagate produced thirty seven indictments, a bunch of convictions and 180 00:12:54,995 --> 00:12:58,755 Speaker 1: guilty pleas, and diplomatic sanctions, and the Trump family met 181 00:12:58,755 --> 00:13:00,755 Speaker 1: with the Russians who were willing to provide dirt on 182 00:13:00,835 --> 00:13:03,715 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton, and everybody knows that, and it's documented al 183 00:13:03,795 --> 00:13:06,595 Speaker 1: and it was precipitated by Trump asking Russia to hack 184 00:13:06,675 --> 00:13:10,995 Speaker 1: American computer networks until somebody there could steal Hillary Clinton's emails, 185 00:13:11,155 --> 00:13:16,635 Speaker 1: which they then did. The Durham report consists of nothing, 186 00:13:17,835 --> 00:13:22,475 Speaker 1: no indictments, no litigation, no calls for punishment, just concludes 187 00:13:22,515 --> 00:13:26,955 Speaker 1: the FBI. Durham thinks shouldn't have investigated any of it, 188 00:13:27,835 --> 00:13:32,195 Speaker 1: just like that. That's it now. The FBI Inspector General 189 00:13:32,235 --> 00:13:34,355 Speaker 1: said some of the initial evidence that jump started the 190 00:13:34,355 --> 00:13:38,995 Speaker 1: investigation was dubious, but that the investigation itself was entirely justified. 191 00:13:39,395 --> 00:13:44,115 Speaker 1: Durham's report consists of him basically saying, no, it wasn't 192 00:13:45,475 --> 00:13:47,635 Speaker 1: Just like if I issued a report consisting of one 193 00:13:47,675 --> 00:13:50,795 Speaker 1: page reading, I think that beard that John Durham has 194 00:13:50,875 --> 00:13:54,275 Speaker 1: is actually a fake. I think it's a Mrkin. Only 195 00:13:55,115 --> 00:13:57,795 Speaker 1: my report didn't cost taxpayers at least six and a 196 00:13:57,795 --> 00:14:00,915 Speaker 1: half million dollars and wasn't used to cover up the 197 00:14:01,075 --> 00:14:04,515 Speaker 1: criminal presidency of Donald John Trump. And by the way, 198 00:14:04,515 --> 00:14:06,315 Speaker 1: that six and a half million dollars as of the 199 00:14:06,395 --> 00:14:08,195 Speaker 1: last time we were told how much it had cost, 200 00:14:08,515 --> 00:14:12,075 Speaker 1: which was at the end of last year. I mean, 201 00:14:12,555 --> 00:14:16,795 Speaker 1: remember what right wing media, especially Fox News, especially Sean Hannity, 202 00:14:16,915 --> 00:14:20,515 Speaker 1: Remember who they told their addicts, We're going to be 203 00:14:20,675 --> 00:14:25,275 Speaker 1: exposed and indicted and revealed by Lord God Almighty, John 204 00:14:25,395 --> 00:14:29,795 Speaker 1: Durham and the Durham Investigation. These are the people who 205 00:14:29,795 --> 00:14:31,035 Speaker 1: are going to go to jail for the rest of 206 00:14:31,075 --> 00:14:37,395 Speaker 1: their lives or be hanged. You ready. James Baker, John Brennan, 207 00:14:37,475 --> 00:14:40,995 Speaker 1: James Clapper, Hillary Clinton, James Comy, Loretta Lynch, Andrew McKay, 208 00:14:41,035 --> 00:14:45,195 Speaker 1: Bruce or Nelly or Lisa Page, Samantha Power, Rod Rosenstein, 209 00:14:45,355 --> 00:14:49,035 Speaker 1: Peter Struck, Sally Yale and of course the evil mastermind 210 00:14:49,675 --> 00:14:55,555 Speaker 1: Bruck who said Obama or as it turns out, none 211 00:14:55,595 --> 00:15:01,235 Speaker 1: of the above. The Durham investigation indicted none of them. 212 00:15:02,075 --> 00:15:09,875 Speaker 1: The Durham investigation blamed none of them. Spoiler alert, there 213 00:15:10,035 --> 00:15:19,075 Speaker 1: is no Durham investigation. Leads story number four, the Trump 214 00:15:19,195 --> 00:15:22,955 Speaker 1: CNN scandal. Firstly, there is a new Trump CNN scandal. 215 00:15:23,035 --> 00:15:24,875 Speaker 1: Jake Tapper went over to the dark side, I mean 216 00:15:24,995 --> 00:15:28,715 Speaker 1: completely went over at about the Durham report, no less. 217 00:15:28,955 --> 00:15:32,315 Speaker 1: But back to the first scandal, that town hall crowd 218 00:15:32,835 --> 00:15:35,355 Speaker 1: made up of nothing but four hundred Republican New Hampshire 219 00:15:35,395 --> 00:15:40,115 Speaker 1: primary voters supporting all kinds of candidates across section of 220 00:15:40,155 --> 00:15:44,955 Speaker 1: the New Hampshire Republican primary voting. Populace Well, one of 221 00:15:44,995 --> 00:15:47,755 Speaker 1: those New Hampshire voters. Sure looks like he was a 222 00:15:47,875 --> 00:15:51,875 Speaker 1: National Football League team owner and rabid Trump cultist. In fact, 223 00:15:51,915 --> 00:15:54,875 Speaker 1: he was Trump's ambassador to the United Kingdom, who's worth 224 00:15:54,875 --> 00:15:57,515 Speaker 1: five point seven billion dollars. And guess what he does 225 00:15:57,555 --> 00:16:01,555 Speaker 1: not vote in New Hampshire. He was a ringer. That's next. 226 00:16:01,675 --> 00:16:14,315 Speaker 1: This is countdown, this countdown with Keith Oberman. I've lost track. 227 00:16:14,395 --> 00:16:18,755 Speaker 1: This is what four lead stories? Speaking of that number four, 228 00:16:19,275 --> 00:16:23,235 Speaker 1: what did Chris lickt get himself out of prostituting for Trump? 229 00:16:23,635 --> 00:16:26,315 Speaker 1: With that town hall? We could go tomorrow? He got 230 00:16:26,355 --> 00:16:32,955 Speaker 1: himself fourth place. On Friday Night CNNFL to fourth in 231 00:16:32,995 --> 00:16:36,155 Speaker 1: a three team league, an average of three hundred and 232 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:40,195 Speaker 1: thirty five thousand total viewers in primetime. That is a million, 233 00:16:40,275 --> 00:16:43,955 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand behind Fox, three quarters of a million 234 00:16:43,995 --> 00:16:52,595 Speaker 1: behind MSNBC, and twenty two thousand behind Newsmax, Honest to God, 235 00:16:53,875 --> 00:16:59,675 Speaker 1: Newsmax and Anderson Cooper after he condescendingly scolded his viewers 236 00:16:59,875 --> 00:17:03,955 Speaker 1: and claimed they were all living in silos. Most cable 237 00:17:03,995 --> 00:17:07,515 Speaker 1: news shows in primetime drop from Thursday to Friday. Cooper 238 00:17:07,755 --> 00:17:11,915 Speaker 1: he dropped twenty eight percent, And there is no indication 239 00:17:11,995 --> 00:17:15,715 Speaker 1: that LICKT and CNN have reached rock bottom yet, either 240 00:17:15,715 --> 00:17:19,075 Speaker 1: in the ratings or the public revulsion. The Daily Beast 241 00:17:19,155 --> 00:17:21,955 Speaker 1: last night not only quoted a CNN source who called 242 00:17:22,035 --> 00:17:26,795 Speaker 1: the Trump town hall our chernobyl, but added that LICKD 243 00:17:26,875 --> 00:17:29,715 Speaker 1: is fawning over a reporter from the magazine The Atlantic 244 00:17:29,995 --> 00:17:33,555 Speaker 1: who was writing a profile about LICKT. And somehow CNN 245 00:17:33,635 --> 00:17:37,035 Speaker 1: and LICKT have convinced themselves it's going to be a 246 00:17:37,355 --> 00:17:43,395 Speaker 1: glowing profile of the boss. Well, you do glow when 247 00:17:43,435 --> 00:17:47,515 Speaker 1: you are radioactive. On the other hand, one noted media 248 00:17:47,555 --> 00:17:50,715 Speaker 1: critic has now slammed CNN for not having made a 249 00:17:50,755 --> 00:17:54,115 Speaker 1: bigger deal of how high their ratings really were. I 250 00:17:54,395 --> 00:17:56,915 Speaker 1: was amazed to see that they were traumatized by what 251 00:17:57,075 --> 00:18:01,875 Speaker 1: took place. Trump told a new news site called The Messenger, 252 00:18:01,915 --> 00:18:04,275 Speaker 1: which despite the name, is not for religious nuts. They 253 00:18:04,315 --> 00:18:06,795 Speaker 1: should have said, we had a tremendous ratings night, one 254 00:18:06,835 --> 00:18:11,435 Speaker 1: of the best in years, many years, and spiked the football. 255 00:18:11,515 --> 00:18:14,355 Speaker 1: I would try to explain to Trump the nightmare. Reality 256 00:18:14,395 --> 00:18:17,035 Speaker 1: here that at nine to fifteen Wednesday night, as the 257 00:18:17,035 --> 00:18:20,755 Speaker 1: thing ended, CNN had three million, one hundred thousand viewers, 258 00:18:20,795 --> 00:18:23,875 Speaker 1: but by nine to fifteen Friday night, two million, eight 259 00:18:23,915 --> 00:18:26,955 Speaker 1: hundred and seven thousand of them had left. But by 260 00:18:26,955 --> 00:18:30,355 Speaker 1: that point Trump would have wandered off looking for a mirror. 261 00:18:31,435 --> 00:18:35,595 Speaker 1: Plus that football analogy he made brings up something curious. 262 00:18:36,275 --> 00:18:39,675 Speaker 1: One lit match in a forest fire, to be sure, 263 00:18:40,475 --> 00:18:45,075 Speaker 1: but important. Nonetheless, more of CNN's claims about the Trump 264 00:18:45,115 --> 00:18:50,675 Speaker 1: disaster their Chernobyl continue to fall apart principle. Among them 265 00:18:50,835 --> 00:18:54,635 Speaker 1: this continuing insistence that the audience was just four hundred 266 00:18:54,675 --> 00:18:57,195 Speaker 1: Republicans and independents who are planning to vote in the 267 00:18:57,235 --> 00:19:02,635 Speaker 1: New Hampshire Republican primary, and not say four hundred Trump supporters, 268 00:19:02,715 --> 00:19:05,675 Speaker 1: so rabid and so senior in the cult that Chris 269 00:19:05,755 --> 00:19:08,835 Speaker 1: Christy and New Hampshire Governor Chris Sinunu each said they 270 00:19:08,875 --> 00:19:12,715 Speaker 1: recognized most of them by face, and Christy said CNN 271 00:19:12,915 --> 00:19:15,755 Speaker 1: had made a deal with Trump to negotiate over who 272 00:19:15,955 --> 00:19:20,115 Speaker 1: was and who was not in that crowd. Now that 273 00:19:20,235 --> 00:19:25,275 Speaker 1: dispute is presented in microcosm. Was Woody Johnson in that crowd? 274 00:19:25,315 --> 00:19:28,955 Speaker 1: Who's Woody Johnson? Apart from being the most redundant name 275 00:19:29,075 --> 00:19:31,715 Speaker 1: in sports, Woody Johnson is co owner of the New 276 00:19:31,795 --> 00:19:35,035 Speaker 1: York Jets, and he was Trump's ambassador to the UK 277 00:19:35,635 --> 00:19:39,395 Speaker 1: and lost in the avalanche of reproach since the debacle, 278 00:19:39,875 --> 00:19:43,395 Speaker 1: a tweet from Tim Miller of The Bulwark saying that 279 00:19:43,475 --> 00:19:47,515 Speaker 1: as the thinly disguised rally ended, Trump said thank you Woody, 280 00:19:47,915 --> 00:19:52,755 Speaker 1: good luck Woody, and mimicked throwing a football. Other sources 281 00:19:52,795 --> 00:19:56,235 Speaker 1: said Woody Johnson was seen for a second or two 282 00:19:56,755 --> 00:20:00,035 Speaker 1: on a camera shot of the crowd. The news site 283 00:20:00,595 --> 00:20:03,395 Speaker 1: jay dot com had a long piece asking whether or 284 00:20:03,435 --> 00:20:06,675 Speaker 1: not Woody Johnson was actually in attendance at the Trump rally. 285 00:20:07,395 --> 00:20:09,715 Speaker 1: We reached out to the Jets. They wouldn't comment. They 286 00:20:09,715 --> 00:20:12,595 Speaker 1: wouldn't even make a no comment. The point is Trump 287 00:20:12,715 --> 00:20:15,275 Speaker 1: seems to have confirmed himself that Woody Johnson was in 288 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:17,835 Speaker 1: the crowd. And guess what. Woody Johnson owns a lot 289 00:20:17,835 --> 00:20:21,275 Speaker 1: of homes, He's worth nearly six billion dollars, but he 290 00:20:21,315 --> 00:20:24,035 Speaker 1: don't live in Hampshire. So now it's not just a 291 00:20:24,115 --> 00:20:27,115 Speaker 1: question of how many Trump supporters were planted in that crowd, 292 00:20:27,515 --> 00:20:31,315 Speaker 1: but how many out of state Trump supporters were and 293 00:20:31,355 --> 00:20:34,235 Speaker 1: who put them there? And why did CNN let Trump 294 00:20:34,315 --> 00:20:38,075 Speaker 1: put them there? Ultimately, also, this is not just about 295 00:20:38,115 --> 00:20:43,155 Speaker 1: how much CNN damaged democracy and normalized Trump's fire hose 296 00:20:43,275 --> 00:20:46,635 Speaker 1: of lies approached to inconvenient reality. It's also about how 297 00:20:46,635 --> 00:20:50,515 Speaker 1: many different ways it did those two things. If it 298 00:20:50,595 --> 00:20:54,155 Speaker 1: looked to you that after the first commercial break, Trump 299 00:20:54,555 --> 00:20:58,915 Speaker 1: lied more, lied faster, was more abusive to the CNN 300 00:20:58,995 --> 00:21:02,755 Speaker 1: stooge Caitlin Collins than he had been, you were right. 301 00:21:03,315 --> 00:21:07,155 Speaker 1: Axios Now reports during that first commercial break, Trump advisor 302 00:21:07,275 --> 00:21:09,835 Speaker 1: Jason Miller, he is the one with the completely circular 303 00:21:09,995 --> 00:21:12,875 Speaker 1: pumpkin shaped head and the beard and no neck of 304 00:21:12,915 --> 00:21:16,275 Speaker 1: any kind. He took Trump backstage and showed him what 305 00:21:16,315 --> 00:21:19,315 Speaker 1: we must call, for want of a better term, mean tweets. 306 00:21:20,395 --> 00:21:25,595 Speaker 1: Axios reports Trump was shown tweets from Alexandria Acasio Cortes 307 00:21:25,875 --> 00:21:29,435 Speaker 1: and Andrew Yang and the Lincoln Project and others, and 308 00:21:29,475 --> 00:21:32,715 Speaker 1: he was apparently particularly fired up by AOC's reference to 309 00:21:33,035 --> 00:21:38,075 Speaker 1: a public attack on a sexual abuse victim. Axios wrote, quote, Trump, 310 00:21:38,155 --> 00:21:41,955 Speaker 1: who had been getting miffed at Collin's persistent questioning, went 311 00:21:42,075 --> 00:21:46,115 Speaker 1: out all pumped up for the second block. The website 312 00:21:46,115 --> 00:21:49,435 Speaker 1: now reports the snake handlers who managed Trump are talking 313 00:21:49,555 --> 00:21:56,315 Speaker 1: to several networks about high profile interviews and more town halls. 314 00:21:57,835 --> 00:22:02,155 Speaker 1: As you wonder about that, Yes, the people running NBC 315 00:22:02,235 --> 00:22:07,195 Speaker 1: News and MSNBC definitely would put on a town hall 316 00:22:07,435 --> 00:22:09,475 Speaker 1: or something similar with Trump, but I do not think 317 00:22:09,515 --> 00:22:14,195 Speaker 1: they will not on MSNBC. Would they do it on CNBC, 318 00:22:14,355 --> 00:22:17,955 Speaker 1: You bet your ass. As you wonder about what other 319 00:22:18,035 --> 00:22:20,675 Speaker 1: networks are willing to go through this again with Trump, 320 00:22:21,795 --> 00:22:24,675 Speaker 1: I will point out again that we are crossing the 321 00:22:24,715 --> 00:22:28,675 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty two hour mark since this monstrosity ended, 322 00:22:28,715 --> 00:22:32,435 Speaker 1: and none of CNN's people, not one of the television anchors, 323 00:22:32,955 --> 00:22:36,795 Speaker 1: like Cooper, like Wolf Blitzer, like Jake Tapper, like John King, 324 00:22:36,915 --> 00:22:41,635 Speaker 1: Dana Bash, Aaron Burnett, not one has spoken out against 325 00:22:41,635 --> 00:22:46,635 Speaker 1: what happened against their Chernobyl, the people licked has turned 326 00:22:46,675 --> 00:22:51,115 Speaker 1: to to save CNN. Bill Maher, Charles Barkley, Gail King 327 00:22:51,355 --> 00:22:59,075 Speaker 1: have also all remained silent. Honestly, Chuck, you want any 328 00:22:59,155 --> 00:23:02,995 Speaker 1: part of this. You want to ruin your good name 329 00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:06,235 Speaker 1: and your good will for a network that in less 330 00:23:06,235 --> 00:23:09,835 Speaker 1: than one week lost its journalistic reputation and lost the 331 00:23:09,915 --> 00:23:14,875 Speaker 1: battle for a third place to newsbacks you want to 332 00:23:14,915 --> 00:23:20,155 Speaker 1: play in the CBA instead of the NBA. There is 333 00:23:20,235 --> 00:23:23,875 Speaker 1: one micro update about the one person at CNN with 334 00:23:23,915 --> 00:23:26,835 Speaker 1: the courage to even mildly criticize the fiasco, the media 335 00:23:26,875 --> 00:23:30,435 Speaker 1: reporter Oliver Darcy the Daily Beast again quote. Darcy had 336 00:23:30,475 --> 00:23:34,195 Speaker 1: previously told colleagues that he has contemplated resigning from CNN 337 00:23:34,275 --> 00:23:38,715 Speaker 1: over this incident, which a network spokesperson now tells Confider 338 00:23:38,835 --> 00:23:44,995 Speaker 1: the Daily Beasts column is not happening. In point of fact, 339 00:23:46,115 --> 00:23:50,995 Speaker 1: on this unfortunate front, the ranks of vs CNN seem 340 00:23:51,075 --> 00:23:56,155 Speaker 1: to be growing. We've already heard Cooper's credibility destroying silo remark, 341 00:23:56,595 --> 00:24:00,075 Speaker 1: from which he will never recover. There was Poppy Harlowe's 342 00:24:00,195 --> 00:24:03,715 Speaker 1: sycophantic congratulations to her co anchor Caitlyn Collins, and loudest 343 00:24:03,755 --> 00:24:08,235 Speaker 1: of all also congratulating Kitlin Collins was Kitwin Collins. But 344 00:24:08,435 --> 00:24:11,475 Speaker 1: yesterday something happened in a story that was only indirectly 345 00:24:11,595 --> 00:24:15,195 Speaker 1: tied to the Trump town hall that augurs poorly for 346 00:24:15,355 --> 00:24:19,675 Speaker 1: any of the network's bulwarks from even acknowledging that if 347 00:24:19,715 --> 00:24:23,515 Speaker 1: it is your chernobyl, you should flee and you should 348 00:24:23,515 --> 00:24:26,635 Speaker 1: probably tell all those townspeople out there to flee as well. 349 00:24:28,075 --> 00:24:31,515 Speaker 1: When that John Durham nothing berger hit on Monday afternoon 350 00:24:31,515 --> 00:24:34,595 Speaker 1: with its no evidence, no new information, and no indictments. 351 00:24:34,915 --> 00:24:38,875 Speaker 1: As I outlined earlier, Jake Tapper indicated he had welcomed 352 00:24:38,915 --> 00:24:43,995 Speaker 1: his new insect overlord. Chris licked to Tapper and thus 353 00:24:43,995 --> 00:24:48,355 Speaker 1: to Tapper's audience. The blank Durham pages were quote devastating 354 00:24:48,355 --> 00:24:51,795 Speaker 1: to the FBI and to a degree it does exonerate 355 00:24:51,835 --> 00:24:56,275 Speaker 1: Donald Trump. Neither of those things is true. On the 356 00:24:56,275 --> 00:24:59,915 Speaker 1: other hand, neither of those things matters. As of last Friday, 357 00:25:00,035 --> 00:25:02,835 Speaker 1: Jake Tapper's two hour early evening show was averaging one 358 00:25:02,875 --> 00:25:06,275 Speaker 1: hundred and nineteen thousand viewers in the demo rating viewers 359 00:25:06,355 --> 00:25:09,635 Speaker 1: aged twenty five to fifty four. That makes his the 360 00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:14,875 Speaker 1: twenty first or twenty second highest rated program on cable news. Now. 361 00:25:14,875 --> 00:25:17,915 Speaker 1: That number is called the demo rating because it is 362 00:25:17,955 --> 00:25:22,595 Speaker 1: the advertising demographic, the one the advertisers care about. The 363 00:25:22,675 --> 00:25:27,035 Speaker 1: advertisers who tomorrow will convene at the theater at Madison 364 00:25:27,075 --> 00:25:31,355 Speaker 1: Square Garden to hear the annual upfront sales pitch from 365 00:25:31,395 --> 00:25:35,515 Speaker 1: Warner Brothers Discovery. The people who now own CNN and 366 00:25:35,635 --> 00:25:42,155 Speaker 1: employ Jake Tapper Ohen also employ his new insect overlord. 367 00:25:55,875 --> 00:25:59,675 Speaker 1: Coming up, back to Rudy. If you think Giuliani's deterioration 368 00:25:59,795 --> 00:26:04,435 Speaker 1: from America's mayor to America's betrayer began in two thousand 369 00:26:04,875 --> 00:26:08,755 Speaker 1: three or so two thousand and six, no, sir, tried 370 00:26:08,755 --> 00:26:13,435 Speaker 1: a decade earlier, or two decades earlier. The story of 371 00:26:13,515 --> 00:26:15,995 Speaker 1: the day in the nineties when I am seed a 372 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:19,915 Speaker 1: baseball event with Rudy Giuliani while he was mayor of 373 00:26:19,955 --> 00:26:23,115 Speaker 1: the City of New York, and he didn't have the 374 00:26:23,155 --> 00:26:29,035 Speaker 1: slightest idea where he was. But that was before the 375 00:26:29,075 --> 00:26:33,275 Speaker 1: invention of viagra. First, the daily round up of the misgrants, 376 00:26:33,355 --> 00:26:36,355 Speaker 1: morons and Dunning Kruger effect specimens who constitute today's worst 377 00:26:36,435 --> 00:26:42,235 Speaker 1: persons in the world. The bronze ron Siemensini, who spoke 378 00:26:42,275 --> 00:26:44,755 Speaker 1: out at a press event run by the New Jersey 379 00:26:44,795 --> 00:26:49,075 Speaker 1: Senator Bob Menendez opposing the so called congestion pricing system 380 00:26:49,115 --> 00:26:51,315 Speaker 1: scheduled to come into effect in New York City, which 381 00:26:51,355 --> 00:26:53,155 Speaker 1: is patterned after the one that has been used for 382 00:26:53,195 --> 00:26:55,435 Speaker 1: many years in London. You want to bring a car 383 00:26:55,675 --> 00:27:01,075 Speaker 1: into Midtown that'll cost to like sixteen bucks mister Simoncini 384 00:27:01,315 --> 00:27:04,595 Speaker 1: replied with the memorable line, you say this works in London, 385 00:27:05,075 --> 00:27:07,875 Speaker 1: London where they drive on the other side, this has 386 00:27:07,915 --> 00:27:12,035 Speaker 1: to work in Jersey for sheer sophistry. That has to 387 00:27:12,075 --> 00:27:15,355 Speaker 1: be one of the greatest dumb things ever said. But 388 00:27:15,435 --> 00:27:18,635 Speaker 1: there's more. In trying to figure out who mister Siemensini 389 00:27:18,835 --> 00:27:21,715 Speaker 1: was and why he was there, I googled him. I 390 00:27:21,795 --> 00:27:24,715 Speaker 1: discovered that at this event he was identified as the 391 00:27:24,755 --> 00:27:29,675 Speaker 1: executive director of the Fair Congestion Pricing Alliance. But I 392 00:27:29,715 --> 00:27:31,915 Speaker 1: also found it. I guess there's a chance there's more 393 00:27:31,915 --> 00:27:35,155 Speaker 1: than one Ron Siemensini in New Jersey who gets quoted 394 00:27:35,195 --> 00:27:39,835 Speaker 1: in all the big controversial stories. I also found Ron Siemensini, 395 00:27:39,955 --> 00:27:44,195 Speaker 1: executive director of the Jersey City Property Owners Association, and 396 00:27:45,035 --> 00:27:48,875 Speaker 1: Ron Siemensini, executive director of the Miles Square Taxpayers Association, 397 00:27:49,515 --> 00:27:53,835 Speaker 1: and Ron Siemensini, presenter of the Hudson County Property Rights Coalition, 398 00:27:54,515 --> 00:27:57,955 Speaker 1: and Ron Siemensini spokesperson for Hudson Regional Health and Ron 399 00:27:57,955 --> 00:28:01,475 Speaker 1: Siemensini spokesperson of the New Jersey Apartment Association, and Ron 400 00:28:01,475 --> 00:28:05,875 Speaker 1: Siemensini spokesperson for Sudler Companies and Ron's vice chairman of 401 00:28:05,915 --> 00:28:10,955 Speaker 1: Axiom Communications and Ron Seamen CD, chairman of the Meadowlands 402 00:28:11,155 --> 00:28:18,195 Speaker 1: Area y MCA. He's he's a professional press conference talker. 403 00:28:19,195 --> 00:28:22,595 Speaker 1: Runner up. Beth Ayles, widow of the late Roger Ales, 404 00:28:22,595 --> 00:28:24,635 Speaker 1: who married him in nineteen ninety eight, and thus she 405 00:28:24,715 --> 00:28:27,675 Speaker 1: sat silent as he harrised and attacked countless women at 406 00:28:27,715 --> 00:28:33,315 Speaker 1: Fox before he died. She tweeted yesterday, Happy heavenly birthday, 407 00:28:33,395 --> 00:28:36,395 Speaker 1: Roger Ales. It took you twenty years to build Fox 408 00:28:36,435 --> 00:28:39,435 Speaker 1: News into the powerhouse it was, and only six years 409 00:28:39,435 --> 00:28:42,315 Speaker 1: for the murdocks to reak havoc. Rupert thought he could 410 00:28:42,315 --> 00:28:44,835 Speaker 1: do your job. What a joke. He has the check 411 00:28:44,875 --> 00:28:48,235 Speaker 1: book but could never come close to your genius. Rip 412 00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:56,555 Speaker 1: Missus Ales. Roger's not in heaven but our winner, Missouri 413 00:28:56,675 --> 00:29:01,995 Speaker 1: Senator Josh Hawley. Today, finally, after years it seems of waiting, 414 00:29:02,195 --> 00:29:06,915 Speaker 1: they are publishing Josh Hawley's new book, Manhood, The masculine 415 00:29:06,995 --> 00:29:13,555 Speaker 1: virtues America needs, so starting today, Josh Hawley's Manhood is 416 00:29:13,595 --> 00:29:18,435 Speaker 1: available for twenty nine ninety nine. Josh, this is it. 417 00:29:19,235 --> 00:29:22,355 Speaker 1: This is your Manhood, two hundred and fifty six pages. 418 00:29:22,875 --> 00:29:27,635 Speaker 1: It's not very long, is it? Or thick Holly, Today's 419 00:29:28,475 --> 00:29:30,635 Speaker 1: worst Person. 420 00:29:30,915 --> 00:29:33,155 Speaker 2: And look God, I love podcasts. I can get away 421 00:29:33,195 --> 00:29:33,715 Speaker 2: with anything. 422 00:29:33,835 --> 00:29:53,315 Speaker 1: Word still ahead on Countdown. Just when you were able 423 00:29:53,355 --> 00:29:56,195 Speaker 1: to chase away that earlier image of Rudy Juliana on 424 00:29:56,235 --> 00:30:00,875 Speaker 1: the speakerphone to Trump during World sex. Here I am 425 00:30:00,915 --> 00:30:05,915 Speaker 1: about to tell you another Giuliani story. An I a stink. Happily, 426 00:30:05,995 --> 00:30:10,195 Speaker 1: everybody's pants stay on in this Giuliani story. First in 427 00:30:10,275 --> 00:30:12,355 Speaker 1: each edition of Countdown, we feature a dog in need 428 00:30:12,395 --> 00:30:15,475 Speaker 1: you can help. Every dog has its day. Good news. Free, 429 00:30:16,035 --> 00:30:18,675 Speaker 1: the seventy seven pound brindle puppy at the New York 430 00:30:18,715 --> 00:30:23,515 Speaker 1: Pound Free has been saved. Thank you. Now we have 431 00:30:23,555 --> 00:30:26,835 Speaker 1: two dogs at the Notorious Kills Shelter in DeVore, California. 432 00:30:27,155 --> 00:30:29,875 Speaker 1: These young shepherd mixes are about a year old each. 433 00:30:30,115 --> 00:30:33,915 Speaker 1: Simba is brown and black. Duke is light tan and black. 434 00:30:34,155 --> 00:30:36,195 Speaker 1: They have been there barely two weeks, yet they're already 435 00:30:36,195 --> 00:30:39,275 Speaker 1: marked for death. It is appalling. They need our pledges 436 00:30:39,315 --> 00:30:41,435 Speaker 1: to help defray the costs of a rescue to save 437 00:30:41,515 --> 00:30:44,915 Speaker 1: them and train them. Duke is buoyant and Simba is 438 00:30:44,955 --> 00:30:47,595 Speaker 1: your standard shepherd with the sad eyes as if he 439 00:30:47,675 --> 00:30:49,635 Speaker 1: knows where he is and what's going to happen? If 440 00:30:49,675 --> 00:30:51,755 Speaker 1: you can pledge to help financially. You can find them 441 00:30:51,755 --> 00:30:55,955 Speaker 1: both on my Twitter feeds and your pledge will encourage 442 00:30:55,995 --> 00:30:59,515 Speaker 1: a rescue to rescue them. Hi, thank you, and Simba 443 00:30:59,555 --> 00:31:12,515 Speaker 1: and Duke, thank you. And through the number one story 444 00:31:12,515 --> 00:31:15,235 Speaker 1: on the countdown and my favorite topic, me and things 445 00:31:15,275 --> 00:31:19,195 Speaker 1: I promised not to tell. I hear this question about 446 00:31:19,275 --> 00:31:23,875 Speaker 1: Rudy Giuliani a lot. When did his life go so 447 00:31:23,995 --> 00:31:29,555 Speaker 1: horribly horribly wrong? Here was America's mayor the rock in 448 00:31:29,595 --> 00:31:32,915 Speaker 1: the hours of crisis, after nine to eleven? What is 449 00:31:32,955 --> 00:31:36,115 Speaker 1: he now? After literally years of tried to sell the 450 00:31:36,155 --> 00:31:39,995 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden laptop story. Who does the Hunter Biden laptop 451 00:31:40,035 --> 00:31:46,995 Speaker 1: story bite him? Four seasons gardening, the mascara running down 452 00:31:46,995 --> 00:31:51,675 Speaker 1: his face, gashes, emissions at phony election hearings, the Sasha 453 00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:57,515 Speaker 1: Baron Cohen film. I mean, even back then, I thought 454 00:31:57,515 --> 00:32:00,355 Speaker 1: it was nuts that people actually thought Rudy Giuliani was 455 00:32:00,395 --> 00:32:02,595 Speaker 1: the front runner for the two thousand and eight Republican 456 00:32:02,635 --> 00:32:06,235 Speaker 1: presidential nomination. What he was whly held to be just 457 00:32:06,315 --> 00:32:08,995 Speaker 1: that in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven, 458 00:32:09,995 --> 00:32:13,435 Speaker 1: And by the time it happened, he was already on 459 00:32:13,515 --> 00:32:16,715 Speaker 1: his way to spending millions of dollars to finish last. 460 00:32:17,555 --> 00:32:20,955 Speaker 1: But it was the final nail in the coffin in 461 00:32:20,995 --> 00:32:24,195 Speaker 1: which he still lives. At a Democratic debate in two 462 00:32:24,235 --> 00:32:27,195 Speaker 1: thousand and seven, October thirtieth, before the field shook out 463 00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:30,675 Speaker 1: everybody but Obama and Hillary, one of the other candidates 464 00:32:30,755 --> 00:32:34,715 Speaker 1: was excoriating the Republicans and their exploitation of terrorism and 465 00:32:34,755 --> 00:32:38,675 Speaker 1: the al Qaeda attacks, and that other candidates said of Giuliani, quote, 466 00:32:39,395 --> 00:32:42,795 Speaker 1: there's only three things he mentions in a sentence, A noun, 467 00:32:43,195 --> 00:32:48,635 Speaker 1: a verb, and nine to eleven. The candidate was Joe Biden. 468 00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:51,915 Speaker 1: The phrase a noun, a verb and nine to eleven 469 00:32:52,155 --> 00:32:56,035 Speaker 1: ended Rudy Giuliani's career, and Giuliani's dislike of Joe Biden, 470 00:32:56,595 --> 00:33:00,635 Speaker 1: many decades old, turned to hatred at that exact moment, 471 00:33:00,755 --> 00:33:02,875 Speaker 1: which is why we got to where we got to 472 00:33:02,995 --> 00:33:07,155 Speaker 1: in twenty and twenty. That was also the exact moment 473 00:33:07,155 --> 00:33:10,155 Speaker 1: at which any hopes Julianni had of being elected anything 474 00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:15,755 Speaker 1: anywhere ever again vanished. But it was clear to me 475 00:33:16,035 --> 00:33:19,075 Speaker 1: as far back as September two thousand and one. That's sadly, 476 00:33:19,155 --> 00:33:21,395 Speaker 1: what we saw at that time was a bad man 477 00:33:21,435 --> 00:33:24,715 Speaker 1: having a few good days before that month was out. 478 00:33:24,795 --> 00:33:29,555 Speaker 1: Giuliani's response to the attack on democracy was to himself 479 00:33:29,755 --> 00:33:33,195 Speaker 1: attack democracy, to propose that the November election to choose 480 00:33:33,235 --> 00:33:37,075 Speaker 1: his successor to be mayor of New York should be postponed, 481 00:33:37,715 --> 00:33:39,795 Speaker 1: or that at least he should stay on for a 482 00:33:39,835 --> 00:33:46,115 Speaker 1: few months as co mayor because he was irreplaceable. There 483 00:33:46,155 --> 00:33:49,475 Speaker 1: had always been more subtle hints that Giuliani was never 484 00:33:49,515 --> 00:33:52,475 Speaker 1: a good man, just a slightly smarter one, a more 485 00:33:52,595 --> 00:33:56,195 Speaker 1: debious one. The venomous Rudy, the scheming Rudy, the a 486 00:33:56,435 --> 00:34:00,835 Speaker 1: moral Rudy, the Rudy with a bad song in his heart, 487 00:34:01,235 --> 00:34:04,155 Speaker 1: leaked out from time to time, and often inside the 488 00:34:04,155 --> 00:34:07,315 Speaker 1: world of sorts, which is where I met him. You 489 00:34:07,355 --> 00:34:11,795 Speaker 1: will remember. Rudy Giuliani was a professional New York Yankees fan. 490 00:34:12,395 --> 00:34:15,435 Speaker 1: He always went to the games for free, mind you, 491 00:34:15,555 --> 00:34:20,115 Speaker 1: dugout seats for himself, his wife, his other wife, his 492 00:34:20,155 --> 00:34:24,355 Speaker 1: next wife, the kids, the friends. When I still had 493 00:34:24,355 --> 00:34:27,155 Speaker 1: friends at Yankee Stadium, they estimated Rudy used to cost 494 00:34:27,195 --> 00:34:30,915 Speaker 1: them thousands of dollars every time he showed up. He 495 00:34:31,075 --> 00:34:35,395 Speaker 1: always left via the clubhouse. He always wore a Yankees cap. 496 00:34:36,035 --> 00:34:38,915 Speaker 1: He billed himself as quote the number one Yankee fan. 497 00:34:38,995 --> 00:34:41,835 Speaker 1: And then when the Boston Red Sox were playing in 498 00:34:41,875 --> 00:34:43,795 Speaker 1: the two thousand and seven World Series, when he was 499 00:34:43,835 --> 00:34:47,275 Speaker 1: campaigning for president in New Hampshire, Rudy Giuliani suddenly announced 500 00:34:47,315 --> 00:34:50,675 Speaker 1: he was rooting for the Red Sox. This is like 501 00:34:50,795 --> 00:34:54,635 Speaker 1: being a Trump fan and announcing you are rooting for democracy. 502 00:34:56,155 --> 00:35:00,755 Speaker 1: But I went back with Rudy Giuliani even longer than that. 503 00:35:01,835 --> 00:35:04,355 Speaker 1: In nineteen ninety five or nineteen ninety six, I was 504 00:35:04,395 --> 00:35:07,835 Speaker 1: asked by the Deputy Mayor of New York City, Fran Writer, 505 00:35:08,275 --> 00:35:10,955 Speaker 1: and the staff of the Baseball Hall of Fame to 506 00:35:11,155 --> 00:35:14,795 Speaker 1: travel from ESPN in Connecticut, literally to the steps of 507 00:35:14,875 --> 00:35:18,035 Speaker 1: New York City Hall to mc an event for what 508 00:35:18,195 --> 00:35:21,635 Speaker 1: must have been thirty five members of the Baseball Hall 509 00:35:21,675 --> 00:35:25,155 Speaker 1: of Fame, maybe the largest group of them ever assembled 510 00:35:25,195 --> 00:35:29,195 Speaker 1: in one place in one moment in time. The Deputy 511 00:35:29,235 --> 00:35:32,475 Speaker 1: Mayor approached me and the Mayor a few steps behind 512 00:35:32,515 --> 00:35:35,755 Speaker 1: her on that gorgeous spring day. As she began to 513 00:35:35,835 --> 00:35:40,795 Speaker 1: introduce us, she realized he had begun to wander off. Ruddy, Ruddy, 514 00:35:41,475 --> 00:35:44,875 Speaker 1: she bellowed, he wandered back, Rudy, This is Keith Olberman 515 00:35:44,915 --> 00:35:47,675 Speaker 1: from ESPN. He's going to be the MC. You will 516 00:35:47,675 --> 00:35:50,795 Speaker 1: have to introduce him after you speak. The mayor seemed 517 00:35:50,795 --> 00:35:54,515 Speaker 1: to be having trouble focusing on me or anything else. 518 00:35:55,235 --> 00:35:57,795 Speaker 1: I thought of the old joke, just keep your eyes 519 00:35:57,835 --> 00:36:01,515 Speaker 1: on the oberman in the middle. He extended a hand, 520 00:36:01,955 --> 00:36:06,875 Speaker 1: missed mine, then recalibrated. As we shook hands, he grunted. 521 00:36:07,915 --> 00:36:10,475 Speaker 1: The Deputy mayor now roared at him, Rody, you have 522 00:36:10,555 --> 00:36:14,275 Speaker 1: to introduce him. His name is Keith Alderman from ESPN. 523 00:36:14,555 --> 00:36:19,475 Speaker 1: He's the MC. Guliani turned and looked at her like 524 00:36:19,555 --> 00:36:23,635 Speaker 1: he'd never seen her before. He grunted again. Deputy Mayor 525 00:36:23,795 --> 00:36:27,995 Speaker 1: writer now screamed at Rudy Giuliani, repeat it to me. 526 00:36:30,395 --> 00:36:32,835 Speaker 1: He looked at me, then he looked back at her 527 00:36:33,275 --> 00:36:36,875 Speaker 1: and he said, his name is Keith Alderman from ESPN. 528 00:36:37,035 --> 00:36:41,715 Speaker 1: He's the MC. With annoyance. Writer said thank you, and 529 00:36:41,835 --> 00:36:47,315 Speaker 1: Juliani smiled and wandered off again, and I half seriously thought, 530 00:36:48,355 --> 00:36:52,475 Speaker 1: did I just meet a body double? Is he a replicant? 531 00:36:52,795 --> 00:36:55,835 Speaker 1: Is he a well built robot? This can't be the 532 00:36:55,875 --> 00:37:00,235 Speaker 1: actual mayor? Well it was. I took my seat in 533 00:37:00,275 --> 00:37:02,075 Speaker 1: the front row of the stage that had been built 534 00:37:02,115 --> 00:37:04,795 Speaker 1: atop the City Hall steps. As the crowd gathered, and 535 00:37:04,835 --> 00:37:07,155 Speaker 1: it was a good one, maybe three or four hundred people. 536 00:37:07,955 --> 00:37:10,715 Speaker 1: The President of the Hall of Fame spoke first. The 537 00:37:10,755 --> 00:37:14,395 Speaker 1: Mayor sat next to me. Giuliani leaned in at one 538 00:37:14,395 --> 00:37:17,875 Speaker 1: point and whispered to me, your name is Keith Alverman 539 00:37:18,275 --> 00:37:23,955 Speaker 1: from ESPN. You're the MC I talk, I introduce you. 540 00:37:25,195 --> 00:37:29,075 Speaker 1: I said something encouraging, and he smiled broadly like a 541 00:37:29,155 --> 00:37:33,475 Speaker 1: child who was about to get some candy. The President 542 00:37:33,515 --> 00:37:35,955 Speaker 1: of the Baseball Hall of Fame wrapped up introduced Giuliani, 543 00:37:35,995 --> 00:37:37,995 Speaker 1: who bounced up to the stage and thanked him and 544 00:37:38,475 --> 00:37:41,595 Speaker 1: got his name wrong. He then launched into his speech, 545 00:37:41,675 --> 00:37:44,315 Speaker 1: taking credit for the great weather in the terrific early 546 00:37:44,355 --> 00:37:46,355 Speaker 1: season performance of the New York Yankees and the New 547 00:37:46,395 --> 00:37:50,795 Speaker 1: York Mets and the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, 548 00:37:50,875 --> 00:37:52,995 Speaker 1: who had moved out of New York in nineteen fifty seven. 549 00:37:53,075 --> 00:37:54,795 Speaker 1: But if he had been mayor then they wouldn't have 550 00:37:54,795 --> 00:37:56,595 Speaker 1: moved out in New York, would have the four teams 551 00:37:56,635 --> 00:37:58,715 Speaker 1: it deserves, and look at all these great players. Will 552 00:37:58,755 --> 00:38:00,315 Speaker 1: Let me now turn it over to a good friend 553 00:38:00,355 --> 00:38:02,715 Speaker 1: of mine and a great baseball man, and he looked 554 00:38:02,715 --> 00:38:11,635 Speaker 1: at me and he forgot everything. Silence, titters of laughter 555 00:38:11,755 --> 00:38:14,395 Speaker 1: from the crowd, And finally he looked the other way 556 00:38:14,395 --> 00:38:17,315 Speaker 1: behind him, where the Deputy mayor had her head in 557 00:38:17,395 --> 00:38:21,675 Speaker 1: her hands. Rudy Giuliani into a microphone that picked up everything. 558 00:38:21,715 --> 00:38:25,995 Speaker 1: He said, said loudly, what's his name? Who is he? 559 00:38:27,755 --> 00:38:30,915 Speaker 1: And now the titters of laughter in the crowd turned 560 00:38:30,915 --> 00:38:33,195 Speaker 1: to a little bit louder laughter, and some of the 561 00:38:33,235 --> 00:38:36,395 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame players seated behind me gave me pats 562 00:38:36,395 --> 00:38:41,035 Speaker 1: of consolation on my shoulder. Fran Ryder screamed, Keith Alderman 563 00:38:41,115 --> 00:38:46,075 Speaker 1: from ESPN, the MC you repeated it to me. Juliani 564 00:38:47,355 --> 00:38:49,155 Speaker 1: turned back to the crowd as if there had been 565 00:38:49,155 --> 00:38:51,235 Speaker 1: no way they could have heard or seen any of this, 566 00:38:51,635 --> 00:38:54,275 Speaker 1: and he said, so let me turn it over to 567 00:38:54,315 --> 00:38:56,795 Speaker 1: a good friend of mine and a great baseball man, 568 00:38:57,315 --> 00:39:07,755 Speaker 1: Keith Obelman, our NC from ESPM. I just sat there, 569 00:39:09,275 --> 00:39:13,035 Speaker 1: more laughs, more consolations from the players behind me. I 570 00:39:13,075 --> 00:39:15,795 Speaker 1: can still hear the laugh of the late Detroit Tigers 571 00:39:15,835 --> 00:39:19,155 Speaker 1: great alkyline rising above the others. Al later came over 572 00:39:19,195 --> 00:39:22,675 Speaker 1: to commiserate, as I thought, should I get there and 573 00:39:22,715 --> 00:39:27,355 Speaker 1: say thank you, Mayor Dinkins, or better yet, thank you, 574 00:39:27,635 --> 00:39:32,395 Speaker 1: Mayor LaGuardia. I then concluded, no, I can't do that. 575 00:39:32,595 --> 00:39:36,315 Speaker 1: I'm representing ESPN. I'm representing the Baseball Hall of Fame. 576 00:39:36,875 --> 00:39:40,435 Speaker 1: As I thought that, he said it again. So now 577 00:39:40,515 --> 00:39:43,995 Speaker 1: I got up and I told the crowd sorry, I 578 00:39:44,155 --> 00:39:47,875 Speaker 1: wasn't sure he meant me. So if you are saying 579 00:39:47,915 --> 00:39:51,595 Speaker 1: to yourself, what on earth happened to Rudy Giuliani with 580 00:39:51,635 --> 00:39:54,795 Speaker 1: that brown schitz pouring down his face, I am saying 581 00:39:54,795 --> 00:39:57,795 Speaker 1: to you, he has been this crazy for at least 582 00:39:57,995 --> 00:40:01,755 Speaker 1: thirty years. You were just lucky enough to have not 583 00:40:01,955 --> 00:40:18,195 Speaker 1: previously noticed. I've done all the damage I can do. Here. 584 00:40:18,355 --> 00:40:20,755 Speaker 1: Here are the credits. Most of the music was arranged, produced, 585 00:40:20,795 --> 00:40:23,315 Speaker 1: and performed by Brian Ray and John Phillips Chanel, who 586 00:40:23,355 --> 00:40:26,915 Speaker 1: are the Countdown musical directors. All orchestration and keyboards by 587 00:40:26,955 --> 00:40:30,595 Speaker 1: John Phillip Schanelle, guitarist, bass and drums by Brian Ray, 588 00:40:30,755 --> 00:40:34,675 Speaker 1: produced by Tko Brothers. Other Beethoven selections have been arranged 589 00:40:34,675 --> 00:40:37,595 Speaker 1: and performed by the group No Horns Allowed. The sports 590 00:40:37,675 --> 00:40:40,235 Speaker 1: music is the Olderman theme from ESPN two, and it 591 00:40:40,275 --> 00:40:43,275 Speaker 1: was written by Mitch Warren Davis courtesy of ESPN, Inc. 592 00:40:43,715 --> 00:40:47,115 Speaker 1: Musical comments by Nancy Fauss the best baseball stadium organist ever. 593 00:40:47,595 --> 00:40:50,595 Speaker 1: Our announcer was my friend Larry David. Everything else is 594 00:40:50,595 --> 00:40:53,435 Speaker 1: pretty much my fault. So that's countdown for this, the 595 00:40:53,475 --> 00:40:56,035 Speaker 1: eight hundred and sixty first day since Donald Trump's first 596 00:40:56,075 --> 00:40:59,315 Speaker 1: attempted coup against the democratically elected government of the United States. 597 00:40:59,515 --> 00:41:02,555 Speaker 1: Don't forget to keep arresting him while we still can. 598 00:41:03,315 --> 00:41:06,155 Speaker 1: My next scheduled countdown is to tomorrow. Till then I'm 599 00:41:06,155 --> 00:41:11,435 Speaker 1: your NC from ESPN Keith Albelman, Good morning, good afternoon, goodnight, 600 00:41:12,075 --> 00:41:22,475 Speaker 1: and Suffering Sucketash Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production 601 00:41:22,715 --> 00:41:27,995 Speaker 1: of iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, 602 00:41:28,075 --> 00:41:31,475 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.