Breaking!! Dems Fear Total Wipeout as Midterms Loom + A Conversation with Rick Wilson

THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

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News, Politics

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2026

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Mea Culpa welcomes back Rick Wilson, longtime Republican political strategist, turned Lincoln Project co-founder, and zealous anti-Trump activist. His regular column with The Daily Beast is a hilarious and spot-on must-read in the political community. Rick’s been published in The Washington Post, Politico, The Hill, The London Spectator, Rolling Stone, The New York Daily News, USA Today, The Bulwark and beyond and he’s constantly called upon for sharp political insights on the national news networks, including CNN and MSNBC. He’s also a fan favorite on Real Time with Bill Maher. A 30-year veteran of politics, Rick got his start in the 1988 Presidential campaign of George Herbert Walker Bush. And since has produced groundbreaking advertising and provided strategic counsel to political campaigns across the nation and around the world. Rick is also a best-selling author, his latest book is “Running against the Devil” and his #1 New York Times, best-seller, “Everything Trump Touches Dies” that defined the Trump era. Michael and Rick dig deep into the upcoming midterms, the January 6th committee and Trump.

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0:00.0	Mia Colba is coming live to Los Angeles Tuesday, November 1st.
0:09.9	Michael's guests will include the Emmy Award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin,
0:13.7	former Deputy Attorney General and Talking Fed's host Harry Lipman,
0:17.3	and the former Oathkeeper's national spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove.
0:21.5	It's an evening that you won't forget.
0:23.9	VIP tickets include a signed copy of Michael's new book and a meet and greet with Michael
0:28.2	before the show.
0:29.5	So get your tickets now at the L-Ray.com, T-H-E-L-R-E-Y.com.
0:35.1	Or find the link on Michael's social media handles or in this episode's description.
0:40.6	And now on with the show. This is Michael Cohen, and you're listening to the Mayor Culper podcast.
1:03.0	Well, it finally happened, folks.
1:05.2	On Friday, the January 6th committee formally issued its extraordinary subpoena to Donald Trump demanding
1:13.0	testimony from the former president who lawmakers say personally orchestrated a multi-part
1:19.5	effort to overturn the results of the 2020 elections.
1:23.1	So the nation is now seeing very literally the written roadmap, according to the January 6th
1:27.8	committee, to Donald Trump's coup culpability for the first time.
1:32.4	This is the formal letter summons and subpoena from the House January 6th committee.
1:37.1	And this new legally binding document cites evidence to show why Trump must, they say,
1:41.9	legally cooperate.
1:43.5	The nine-member panel issued a letter to Trump's lawyers
1:46.8	saying he must testify, either at the Capitol
1:50.4	or by video conference, beginning on or about November 14th
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