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.”