Welcome to the commentary magazine daily podcast today is Thursday March 16th, 2023.

I'm John Pudhord's the editor of commentary magazine again, commending to your attention are April issue at commentary dot org all up for your barruzile pieces by our own Christine Rosen, our own Matt connetty, our own john pudhord's

Gary saw moreson on the Russian view of war Joseph Epstein on what is taste.

Really wonderful issue please go to commentary dot org and read it if you are subscriber and if you were not a subscriber become a subscriber with me as always executive editor a greenwald hype.

Hi John media commentary columnist Christine Rosen high Christine.

Hi John.

And Washington commentary columnist and like Christina senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Matthew connetty hi Matt hi John.

Guys, I just want to commend to your attention something else aside from the April issue and online commentary dot org.

So as you know, MSNBC is a rather more than ordinarily consumed with the subject of Donald Trump.

It is, you know, it's maybe it's not really an old East Asian now because Trump, of course, is going to be a candidate for president, but it the Nicole wall of show at four o'clock is basically the Trump show it's every dates Trump and two interesting things happened yesterday want to bring bring to you.

So Michael Cohen Trump's personal, you know, if Tom Hagen were an idiot, Michael Cohen would be his Tom Hagen.

Testified before the Manhattan or Manhattan DA's grand jury yesterday in the pending, I guess indictment of Trump's for painting a dime of Trump in the stormy Daniels pay off case for which Cohen himself has already been.

And then he was convicted of a, he was convicted of a felony and sentenced to three and a half years in jail and then actually served almost no time because of COVID and other things.

Cohen, you know, said, you know, do you don't need to worry about stormy to the Trump hating Nicole wall of audience.

Fantastic witness.

So this is where we get into what exactly is Elvin Bragg them and had an idea doing because if the two key witnesses that are going to bring Trump down are convicted fraudster Michael Cohen.

And a porn star and I don't, I mean, a sex worker porn star I would use a more blatant term for sex worker, but I don't want to get crosswise of too many people.

I don't know if they're the only witnesses. I don't know who's the witness. We don't even know what the case is.

But MSNBC and its desperate effort to shore up its four o'clock ratings and other things.

I'm literally, I've got to find this. I'm sorry I had it and then I lost it.

Well, as you find it, I do think it shows the tenuousness of the case that is being built against Trump.

And look, it's not just a mega people. It's not just the Wall Street Journal that saying this is a potentially weak case.

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