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Speaker 1: Good morning, keeps, and welcome to wok F Daily with

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Speaker 1: me your girl Daniel Moody Recording from the Home Bunker. Folks,

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Speaker 1: I'm very excited to welcome back to okay F Daily

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Speaker 1: our friend Glenn Kirshner. Glenn and I pre tape this

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Speaker 1: ahead of today's court appearance by Donald Trump and Jack

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Speaker 1: Smith before Judge chunkin to discuss a gag order. And

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Speaker 1: in this conversation with Glenn, we go and we talk

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Speaker 1: about all of Trump's legal woes, but in particular between

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Speaker 1: what is happening in down in Georgia this month, as

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Speaker 1: well as what will be happening as you're listening to

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Speaker 1: this in Washington, d C. You know, and here's what

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Speaker 1: I will say, folks, as you've been, you know, listening

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Speaker 1: to the show. There are so many more important things

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Speaker 1: we are currently living with, where you know, lawlessness reigns supreme.

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Speaker 1: And you know, again, while I recognize and you know,

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Speaker 1: through the conversations that I have on this show and

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Speaker 1: have stated, particularly over last week, that we know that

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Speaker 1: there are more important things and more important places to

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Speaker 1: transpiring inside of our judicial system. For right now, it

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Speaker 1: continues to hold and I'm just looking friends, you know,

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Speaker 1: at the the Federal Circuit. I'm not even going to

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Speaker 1: But how these judges move with regard to recognizing the

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Speaker 1: threat and the danger to our country that Donald Trump

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Speaker 1: that Donald Trump has continued to break the rules, move

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Speaker 1: the gold posts, understanding that the rules don't apply to him.

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Speaker 1: And you know, you can look no further than George

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Speaker 1: are currently indicted. But why did these people think that

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Speaker 1: judiciary shakes out, because this is our last hold, you know,

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Speaker 1: us all how to prepare for what is coming next.

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Speaker 1: But coming up next with this conversation is our friend

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Speaker 1: Glenn Kirshner. Folks, it has been a while since we've

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Speaker 1: Justice Matters, Glenn Kirshner on Woke a f Daily to

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Speaker 1: give us a primer into where we are in the

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Speaker 1: legal dull drums of Donald Trump. Glenn, let's start out

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Speaker 1: with Georgia and what is transpired there, because Jim Jordan,

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Speaker 1: House Judiciary Committee in many ways. But I would love

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Danielle, I think we need to go

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Speaker 2: back to Jim Jordan criminally defying a congressional subpoena himself.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it is mind boggling to think that a

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Speaker 2: evidence about a president of the United States trying to

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Speaker 2: But against that backdrop, he then tried to interfere, misuse

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Speaker 2: And it is mind boggling to me that the Department

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Speaker 2: So Fawnie Willis pushed back hard, sent the letter, i

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Speaker 2: and you, mister fed have no right interfering in the

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Speaker 2: is it? So she's not giving an inch, and now

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Speaker 2: we have to see what the next move might be.

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Speaker 1: So let's pretend for a moment that Jim Jordan isn't

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Speaker 1: Trump and the other seventeen co conspirators on are state crimes.

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Speaker 1: Jim Jordan is the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

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Speaker 1: So tell me how this would make sense if, in fact,

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Speaker 2: Here is the best Jim Jordan has. He can say,

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Speaker 1: Now, because Jim Jordan has the ability to just ignore

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Speaker 2: So if I were Fannie Willis, I would be doing

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Speaker 2: Constitution's separation separation of powers. Right. The Tenth Amendment says,

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Speaker 2: And then there was some negotiating and Alvin Bragg ended

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Speaker 1: And what court would that go through? Would that be Georgia,

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Speaker 2: It's a great question. I think technically you might be

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Speaker 2: But if we look at New York as a guide,

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Speaker 2: So it may very well be a Georgia federal court

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Speaker 1: of like all of Donald Trump's attorney's attempts to slow

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a great question. I do think the courts

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Speaker 2: They held strong when Judge Aleen Cannon literally abused her

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Speaker 2: judicial authority. Not my opinion, that's what the Eleventh Circuit

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Speaker 2: Sort of much of what we saw in New York

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Speaker 2: ultimately Alvin Bragg provided some information, you know, probably that

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Speaker 2: But we all know that's not what Jim Jordan is doing.

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Speaker 2: Has Jim Jordan subpoena district attorneys from the other forty

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Speaker 2: prosecuting his political benefactor, Donald Trump. So this is as

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, let's shift gears now and move over to

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Speaker 1: Jack Smith. Now, what we have seen of Jack Smith

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Speaker 2: You know, it's about time somebody imposed a gag order

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Speaker 2: How about we feel protective regarding the witnesses Donald Trump

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Speaker 2: They would be in pre trial detention instantly. Because the

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Speaker 2: You know, and our system of government, our institutions, refuse

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Speaker 2: what the risk is because here and I agree with you,

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Speaker 1: With a couple of minutes that we have left, you're

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Speaker 2: And she may not rule instantly, Okay, listen to the arguments.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I suspect I obviously don't know how Judge chuck

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Speaker 2: So Judge Chuckin, who is up to the task. I

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Speaker 1: If this happens, Glenn, he violates it.

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Speaker 1: jury selection begins and chunk and rules to see where

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Speaker 1: we land, and I hope it will land Donald Trump

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Speaker 1: in prison. Let me just say that, but we appreciate

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Speaker 1: you as always.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Danielle.

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Speaker 1: That is it for me today. Dear friends on woke

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Speaker 1: a f as always, Power to the people and to

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Speaker 1: all the people. Power, get woke and stay woke as fuck.