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Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen

Political Beatdown Full Episode - 1/13/2026

Political Beatdown with Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Michael Cohen and Ben Meiselas react to breaking news on Tuesday afternoon. All that and more on a new episode of Political Beatdown. Ultra Pouches: Don’t sleep on  @UltraPouches  . New customers get 50% Off with code BEAT at https://takeultra.com! #UltraPouches #ad Fast Growing Trees: Go to https://fastgrowingtrees.com/political now to get 15% off your entire order! Subscribe to Michael Cohen's YouTube channel for daily episodes! https://www.youtube.com/@TheMichaelCohenShow/featured Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticalBeatdown Add the Mea Culpa podcast feed: https://linktr.ee/meaculpapod Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.9

Welcome to Political Beatdown. I'm Ben Mysellis joined by Michael Cohen. We've got a lot to discuss.

0:39.3

Cohen, where do we start?

0:41.3

I mean, we can start with the federal judge in the Southern District of New York.

0:47.3

Judge Engelmeyer ordering the Department of Justice to respond if the judge has standing based on the protective orders in place and based

0:57.3

on the judge's supervisory responsibilities of a case to enforce compliance with the Epstein

1:03.9

Transparency Act. This follows Congress members Roe, Kana, and Massey, I think brilliantly sending

1:10.2

a letter to the judge flagging these

1:12.7

issues and the judge reviewed that letter and said, I want to understand what the DOJ's view is.

1:19.8

Do they have standing? Do any victims want to come forward and say they want this also?

1:26.9

I think it was a hint to the victims and the survivors who may have standing as well. Maybe you should file something. And then it asked the DOJ, should I appoint an independent monitor here. And I think the strategy by those members was executed perfectly. It's a strategy.

1:46.0

They're finally doing something.

1:48.0

But Ben, can we just break something down for a quick second?

1:51.0

Break it down, break it down.

1:53.0

Let's break it down.

1:55.0

So the House voted on this Epstein Transparency Act.

2:01.1

Yes.

2:04.6

It was immediately given to the Senate,

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