The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1:

3:05pm- Rich is back! After surgery, and a two-and-a-half-week recovery, Rich makes his triumphant return to the afternoon show. How did the surgery go? And how did Rich spend the last couple weeks? He saw Sound of Freedom, Mission Impossible 7, and the latest Indiana Jones movie—which, unsurprisingly, wasn’t great.

3:15pm- On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump revealed that federal prosecutors have informed him he is the target of an investigation for his role in the January 6th, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol—and subsequent alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Special Counsel Jack Smith has declined to comment. According to a report from Charlie Savage of The New York Times, Trump could face obstruction and fraud charges. You can read Savage’s complete report here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/politics/target-letter-trump-obstruction-fraud-charges.html

3:30pm- Country Music Television has stopped airing Jason Aldean’s music video, “Try That in a Small Town”, where the singer speaks out against rioting and violence against law enforcement officers. The song has, bizarrely, become controversial because some have accused it of being critical of “left-wing” violence.

3:45pm- Professor John Yoo— the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley & a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Donald Trump recently receiving a “target letter” from Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding a federal investigation into the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Will Trump face charges? PLUS, Woodrow Wilson is one of the worst presidents ever. Does he even deserve a subpar New Jersey rest stop with a Sbarro?

4:05pm- On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee heard testimony from two Internal Revenue Service (IRS) whistleblowers who allege Hunter Biden received special treatment from the Department of Justice while under investigation for tax fraud. Whistleblower Gary Shapley claimed that he has documented conversations indicating U.S. Attorney for Delaware David Weiss did not have final say in prosecutorial decisions, and even attempted to bring charges against Hunter in California and Washington D.C. but was reject—which contradicts Attorney General Merrick Garland’s claims.

4:15pm- During Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing, Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) noted that IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler have not changed their testimony at any point—though, the justice department has “changed their story three times” in the past several months. Rep. Jordan also said that federal bureau of investigation (FBI) officials corroborated Shapley and Ziegler’s accusations.

4:40pm- Phil Kerpen—President of American Commitment—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent opinion editorial, “Shapiro Flip Shows Teachers Unions Own the Democratic Party.” Kerpen writes, “The one place where school choice looked to have bipartisan support was Pennsylvania, whose Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro, campaigned on a choice measure for kids stuck in the worst performing 15 percent of schools in the state. Shapiro even went on national FOX News to tout school choice, and negotiated a budget agreement with the Republicans who control his state Senate to enact it into law. But that’s where the feel-good bipartisan story ended, because at the last-minute Shapiro snapped into party line under pressure from the teacher’s union, broke his campaign promise, and said he would veto the very program he campaigned on.” You can read Kerpen’s full article here: https://www.americancommitment.org/shapiro-flip-shows-teachers-unions-own-the-democratic-party/

5:05pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Country Music Television “cancelling” singer Jason Aldean for taking a stand against “left-wing” violence, In & Out for banning masks, and Anne Applebaum’s latest piece in The Atlantic claiming that Tennessee isn’t a democracy. You can pre-order his next book here: https://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Liberal-Teacher-Told-ebook/dp/B0BDZMZJ4C?ref_=ast_author_dp

5:20pm- Matt is a traitor for producing the morning show, Henry went on vacation, and the return of the Afternoon Mystery Movie Clip!

5:40pm- CNN’s John King applauded Special Counsel Jack Smith for eating lunch at Subway?!?!

5:45pm- Following news that Donald Trump will likely be federally charged for the events of January 6, 2021, Sonny Hostin of The View suggested that the former president could be considered a “flight risk.”

6:05pm- Rich is back! After surgery, and a two-and-a-half-week recovery, Rich makes his triumphant return to the afternoon show. How did his surgery go? Learn all about Rich’s colon!

6:10pm- On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump revealed that federal prosecutors have informed him he is the target of an investigation for his role in the January 6th, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol—and subsequent alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Special Counsel Jack Smith has declined to comment. According to a report from Charlie Savage of The New York Times, Trump could face obstruction and fraud charges. You can read Savage’s complete report here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/us/politics/target-letter-trump-obstruction-fraud-charges.html

6:20am- Who would win the Democratic party’s presidential nomination in the event Joe Biden decides not to run for reelection in 2024? According to a new poll, the three front runners would be Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

6:45pm- Country Music Television has stopped airing Jason Aldean’s music video, “Try That in a Small Town”, where the singer speaks out against rioting and violence against law enforcement officers. The song has, bizarrely, become controversial because some have accused it of being critical of “left-wing” violence.