Biden Returns! And His Speech Goes as Well as You Would Expect

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- While speaking with the press from the Oval Office alongside President Donald Trump on Monday, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele revealed that he has no plans to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia who was deported to El Salvador after the Trump Administration determined he was in the U.S. illegally and a member of the gang MS-13. In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court determined that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was, in part, the result of an “administrative error” and that the Trump Administration should “facilitate” his return to the United States. Though, after the error is corrected, Abrego Garcia would ultimately be eligible for deportation anyway. While speaking with the press, Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller denied an administrative error ever occurred. The Trump Administration also noted that because Abrego Garcia is a citizen of El Salvador, they have no recourse if Bukele denies their request for release. 3:10pm- In posts to social media, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) documented his trip to San Salvador, El Salvador where he hoped to negotiate the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. During an interview with Fox News, Attorney General Pam Bondi emphasized that Abrego Garcia is not a “Maryland man” as the “liberal media” continues to insist. She continued: “He’s a guy from El Salvador who is a part of one of the most violent gangs in our country.” 3:30pm- Zeoli Show action figures, Matt gets yelled at for misreading a text message, and Rich promotes his numerous appearances on television. 3:40pm- On Tuesday night during the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, former President Joe Biden delivered his first public speech since leaving office. During the address, Biden used outdated phrases, screamed at attendees, and was drowned out by background music—so, it went about as well as we expected. 3:50pm- According to The New York Post, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William Pulte has sent a federal criminal referral to the Department Justice—accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage fraud. Ironically, in the past, James has notably stated: “no one is above the law.” Weekday afternoons on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT, Rich Zeoli gives the expert analysis and humorous take that we need in this crazy political climate. Along with Executive Producer Matt DeSantis and Justin Otero, the Zeoli show is the next generation of talk radio and you can be a part of it weekday afternoons 3-7pm.

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0:16.0	So this is good.
0:17.2	We'll have a little bit of breaking news during the show today.
0:20.3	And yeah, we're excited.
0:22.3	So we're excited to bring it all to you. I'm very excited as well. You heard in that CBS News report that Judge Boasberg is going to hold the Trump administration in court, in contempt to court.
0:33.2	And the administration is going to appeal that. This was an interesting post I saw earlier today.
0:37.8	There's a woman making a lot of news.
0:39.5	Her name is Trisha McLaughlin.
0:41.6	She is the assistant secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.
0:46.1	She tweeted out the following about this guy, Garcia, because you heard that Senator Chris
0:50.4	Van Hollen in Maryland who said, I'm the first senator to go down there, but I'm not going to be the only senator to go down there. We're all going to go down there.
0:59.9	When Garcia was arrested, he was found with rolls of cash and drugs. All right, well, the rolls of cash are irrelevant. Cash is legal. I don't care about that, but drugs, not legal.
1:10.7	He was arrested with two other members of
1:12.4	MS-13. Two judges found that he was a member of MS-13. That finding has not been disturbed.
1:19.3	When arrested, he was wearing what is effectively MS-13's uniform. So I, you know, assuming that
1:27.2	I can't imagine she'd be putting out something that was inaccurate on that situation, that means the Democrats are then going down to El Salvador to advocate for the release of a gang member back into the United States of America.
1:37.9	I just don't know how that's smart politics. I really don't see how that's smart politics. I mean, call me crazy on this.
1:47.0	The other thing is that Gavin Newsom is now going to sue the Trump administration over tariffs.
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