SBF Trial, Menendez Scandal, Broken Elections

Lost Debate

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Failed cryptocurrency founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial kicked off this week. Rikki and guest co-host Isaac Saul explain what you need to know about the case and what we can expect from the proceedings. Many congressional Democrats have called for New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez to resign after being indicted on federal bribery charges in September. Is this the right move? Finally, the hosts discuss the current state of elections and why so many people complain about a broken system without taking action to fix it. Time Stamps Menendez Scandal - 0:14 Broken Elections - 11:55 SBF Trial - 31:13 Leave us a voicemail with your thoughts on the show! 321-200-0570 Subscribe to our feed on Spotify: http://bitly.ws/zC9K Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3Gs5YTF Subscribe to our Substack: https://thelostdebate.substack.com/ Follow The Branch on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebranchmedia/ Follow The Branch on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebranchmedia Follow The Branch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebranchmedia The Branch website: http://thebranchmedia.org/ Lost Debate is also available on the following platforms: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-debate/id1591300785 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vTERJNTc1ODE3Mzk3Nw Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-lost-debate iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-lost-debate-88330217/ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/752ca262-2801-466d-9654-2024de72bd1f/the-lost-debate

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Lost Debate, a show for Political Eclectics.
0:04.0	I'm Ricky Schlatte and I'm here again with Isaac Saul from The Tangle Newsletter to break
0:09.7	down the latest.
0:10.7	Thanks so much for being here.
0:11.7	Yeah, thanks for having me.
0:12.7	Always glad to be back.
0:14.7	So today we're going to do three great topics, some scandal in the Senate with New Jersey
0:20.3	Senator Menendez and the gold bars that are just
0:23.9	chilling in his closet, apparently. We're going to talk about the ways that our election
0:29.2	system is broken and how we could actually make meaningful reform to help get our country back
0:34.6	on track. And of course, tap into the, like,
0:39.6	new Elizabeth Holmes trial,
0:41.4	in my opinion, at least,
0:42.7	with SBF showing up in court just today.
0:46.6	So without further ado,
0:48.5	let's talk about those gold bars.
0:51.0	So my home state is not looking too proud right now with Menendez, our senator,
0:57.4	who now has a trial date set in a corruption case, which will take place next May.
1:02.7	And he and his wife, Nadine, are accused of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes,
1:08.7	much of which came from Egyptian businessmen and officials
1:12.4	in the form of $500,000 in cash that was stuffed in jacket pockets when they raided their homes,
1:20.3	13 gold bars that were found, and also some original recording from my co-worker here at the
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