Sen. Menendez defiant, House GOP at war, the Swift effect

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

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Sen. Bob Menedez remains defiant amid bribery charges and calls to resign. Prosecutors allege the Senator accepted cash, gold, a car, and more in exchange for his influence. Former Illinois Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich went to prison in 2012 after being found guilty of corruption charges. He joins to discuss both his, and Sen. Menendez’s cases. Plus, the US hurtles towards a government shutdown amid a House GOP war. And, Taylor Swift’s attendance at a Chief’s game sparks a nearly 400% hike in Travis Kelce jersey sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Coates. And tonight there are now even more calls you
0:12.0	guessed it, Senator Bob Menendez, to step down. But he says, look, he's not going anywhere.
0:18.4	And he says he can actually give you an explanation for those envelopes of nearly $500,000 in cash,
0:25.1	including those tucked into jackets.
0:29.2	For 30 years, I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my personal savings account,
0:36.5	which I have kept for emergencies and because of the history of my family facing confiscation in Cuba.
0:44.8	Now, he didn't address these on your screen, those gold bars, the stash of gold bars. He didn't
0:49.9	address the gift of the Mercedes-Benz convertible. And of course, he is absolutely innocent until
0:56.0	proven guilty in a court of law. And he is not the first lawmaker to even face corruption
1:01.6	allegations. In a moment, I'm going to talk to former Illinois Democratic governor, Rod Blagojevich.
1:06.7	He served eight years of a 14-year sentence for pay for play crimes. Plus, as you know, we are on
1:13.8	the brink yet again of a shutdown of the federal government as of 1150.9 pm this coming Saturday.
1:21.4	And Suika McCarthy has a pretty stark choice to make. Will he save his job or the government?
1:28.4	Is that really the rock in the hard place that we're at right now? Well, right wing hard,
1:32.5	my honors are threatening just that. And now, well, Donald Trump.
1:40.4	And everyone, she also spoke and broke the internet over the weekend. You see her right right there.
1:45.1	I'm talking about Taylor Swift, of course, and Travis Kelsey's, but not what everyone's talking about.
1:50.4	Are they dating or not? I can't really pretend to care, but I can tell you she has an effect
1:56.4	on Jersey sales. And could she have a role in another way on the actual Kansas City team?
2:03.2	We'll talk about that. I want to begin by bringing in the former Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich.
2:08.3	She went to prison in 2012 after being found guilty of corruption charges. His sentence was commuted
2:14.9	by then President Donald Trump in 2020. Governor, it's nice to see you again. How are you?
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