The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (08/15/2023):

3:05pm- On Monday night, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced former president Donald Trump has been indicted for racketeering for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. 18 others were charged as well—including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell. Corinne Ramey and James Fanelli of The Wall Street Journal write, “If Trump wins the next presidential election, he could attempt to pardon himself in any federal case or steer the Justice Department to retreat from Smith’s charges. In Georgia, he would lack the ability to wipe away a state conviction or prison term. Even if Trump were to seek a state pardon, he wouldn’t be eligible to do so until after serving a sentence for any conviction. In Georgia, any such pardon would be determined by a state board, not the governor.” You can read their full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/georgia-case-presents-unique-challenges-for-trumpand-prosecutors-4dd6ee37

3:35pm- In a video posted to Truth Social, former president Donald Trump addressed the wildfires that have devastated Hawaii—tragically killing nearly one hundred people making it one of the deadliest wildfires in recent U.S. history.

3:45pm- Is the Georgia indictment Donald Trump’s greatest legal concern yet?

4:05pm- While speaking in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday, President Joe Biden promised that he would soon be visiting Hawaii to assess the damage caused by wildfires in Maui. Biden explained: “I don't want to get in the way…I want to be sure we don't disrupt the ongoing recovery efforts.”

4:15pm- While appearing on Fox News with Sean Hannity, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said of the charges brought against Donald Trump: “All four of these cases are designed to get quick convictions…these prosecutors don’t care about convictions being reversed on appeal because that will come after the election.”

4:20pm- Late last week, the Marion County Record—a small-town, family-owned newspaper located in Kansas—was raided by local law enforcement resulting in the confiscation of computers, cellphones, and other work materials. Some of the information collected in the raid included unflattering information about the community’s police chief. The incident has raised constitutional concerns—has the First Amendment been violated? You can read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/business/media/kansas-marion-newspaper-police-raid.html

4:30pm- Andy Mulvihill—CEO and Co-Owner of Crystal Springs Resort & former Vice President of the New Jersey State Board of Education—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss the state’s Board of Education passing an equity measure that mandates students be separated by “gender identity” for sexual education courses.

4:45pm- During Monday night’s press conference announcing the indictment of Donald Trump, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was unable to explain how an identical indictment was accidentally posted to a government website on Monday morning before promptly being deleted.

5:00pm- The Drive at 5: During Monday night’s press conference announcing the indictment of Donald Trump, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis stated: "I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on Friday the 25th day of August 2023."

5:15pm- Prior to indicting former president Donald Trump, Judge Robert McBurney cracked jokes in the court room. Is this cause for concern?

5:25pm- In his latest editorial for National Review, former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Andrew C. McCarthy writes of the Georgia indictment of Donald Trump: “The DA is turning to the organized-crime [RICO] law because she can’t charge an overarching conspiracy to achieve a criminal objective.” You can read McCarthy’s article, “Fani Willis’s Flawed RICO Charge against Trump,” here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/fani-williss-flawed-rico-charge-against-trump/

5:55pm- Rachel Zegler, who is playing Snow White in Disney’s remake of the 1937 cartoon, has been promoting the new film by slamming the classic film. In one red carpet interview, Zegler accused the movie’s prince of being a “stalker.”

6:05pm- According to an article written by Sue Reid of The Daily Mail, a lesbian speed dating event has been accused of being transphobic for saying only biological females were eligible to participate. You can read the full article here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12401009/Lesbian-speed-dating-event-sparks-transphobia-row-organisers-insist-adult-human-females-attend-popular-weekly-event.html

6:10pm- On Monday night, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced former president Donald Trump has been indicted for racketeering for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. 18 others were charged as well—including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell. Corinne Ramey and James Fanelli of The Wall Street Journal write, “If Trump wins the next presidential election, he could attempt to pardon himself in any federal case or steer the Justice Department to retreat from Smith’s charges. In Georgia, he would lack the ability to wipe away a state conviction or prison term. Even if Trump were to seek a state pardon, he wouldn’t be eligible to do so until after serving a sentence for any conviction. In Georgia, any such pardon would be determined by a state board, not the governor.” You can read their full article here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/georgia-case-presents-unique-challenges-for-trumpand-prosecutors-4dd6ee37

6:35pm- According to a new report featured int the book “Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden’s Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End”, the Biden Administration had two opportunities to prevent the suicide bombing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan.