Live From Fulton County Jail + A Conversation with Ali Velshi

THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

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News, Politics

4.7 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Mea Culpa welcomes back, intrepid newsman, Ali Velshi. Host of “Velshi” and seemingly the favorite fill-in host of every other MSNBC Prime Time News Show. Velshi also reported live from the frontlines of the George Floyd protests, he was drenched during hurricane Ian. And dodged incoming fire from Russian artillery when he fearlessly reported live from the frontlines in Ukraine. A concerned citizen of the world, Velshi seems to be everywhere there is an injustice. He has been a contributor at CNN, Al Jazeera America, and NBC to name a few. He joins us on Mea Culpa amidst this historic moment of Trump’s fourth arrest. Just last week he read the entirety of the 98-page indictment on the air and into the historic record. This is a true moment of infamy.

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0:00.0	This is Michael Cohen and you're listening to the mayor called the podcast.
0:28.2	It's the moment you've all been waiting for.
0:30.2	Donald Trump was booked in Atlanta jail on Thursday in his fourth criminal arrest this year.
0:37.4	This time in a sweeping racketeering case, accusing him and his allies of conspiring to
0:43.7	reverse the 2020 election loss in Georgia.
0:48.1	He even has a new name.
0:49.8	From now on, he's to be referred to as inmate number P01135809.
0:57.6	He flew to Atlanta in his private plane from Newark, New Jersey and was immediately
1:02.3	whisked to the Fulton County jail in a motorcade with a police escort arriving at exactly
1:09.0	7.35pm.
1:12.0	He was then fingerprinted in photograph like any other perp accused of a state crime.
1:18.6	And that mugshot, holy shit!
1:22.1	There have been literally millions of pictures taken of American presidents, but never
1:26.6	like this.
1:28.4	What makes it all the more remarkable is that Trump was processed in jail in Atlanta only
1:34.0	24 hours.
1:35.0	24 hours after most of his rivals for the GOP nomination raised their hands in a presidential
1:42.6	debate in Wisconsin to say that they would support him if he becomes the GOP nominee.
1:50.0	The photo instantly becomes part of Trump's shit stain legacy as he confronts criminal
1:55.9	charges in four American cities while seeking to reclaim the White House.
2:02.2	His aid swiftly capitalized on the image, fundraising off the first mugshot in American
2:08.0	history of a former president as representative of the persecution that they contend Trump
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