The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (05/07/2024):

3:05pm- Former President Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial resumed in New York City on Tuesday. The New York Times writes that Judge Juan Merchan “denied a request from [Trump’s] lawyers for a mistrial, after [the Trump defense team] complained that [Stormy] Daniels’s testimony was prejudicial.” Reporting from inside the courthouse, Maggie Haberman detailed that at one point adult film star Stormy Daniels was asked about a statement she signed in January of 2018 where she denied having an affair with Trump. You can read more courtroom updates here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/07/nyregion/trump-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels

3:30pm- Reporting from inside the courthouse, Jonathan Swain of The New York Times writes of Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial: “Trump’s lawyer, Susan Necheles, has successfully established that Stormy Daniels is refusing a court order to pay legal fees to Trump, which she was ordered to do six years ago after her defamation lawsuit against him was dismissed.” You can read more courtroom updates here: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/07/nyregion/trump-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels

3:50pm- Listeners weigh-in on the judge’s decision to allow adult film star Stormy Daniels to share salacious details of her alleged affair with former President Donald Trump. Could her testimony in court impact the jury’s final verdict?

4:05pm- On his podcast, film director and progressive activist Michael Moore implored Gen Z to create more encampments on college campuses across the country.

4:10pm- In 2016, Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner published an opinion piece in the New York Observer: “The Donald Trump I Know” where he explained that “Donald Trump is not anti-Semitic and he’s not a racist. Despite the best efforts of his political opponents and a large swath of the media to hold Donald Trump accountable for the utterances of even the most fringe of his supporters—a standard to which no other candidate is ever held.” Rich notes that the violent, antisemitic protesters living in encampments on college campuses are not Trump supporters—they are members of the Democrat party, but the media isn’t holding the left accountable. Isn’t that a double standard? You can read the full editorial here: https://observer.com/2016/07/jared-kushner-the-donald-trump-i-know/

4:30pm- Tudor Dixon—Former Republican Nominee for Governor of Michigan & host of The Tudor Dixon Podcast—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s prospects of winning Michigan in 2024. According to Real Clear Politics polling averages, Trump currently leads President Joe Biden by 1.2% in the swing state. Plus, Dixon reacts to Governor Kathy Hochul’s bizarre proclamation that black children from the Bronx are unfamiliar with computers. How is the media not destroying Hochul for the statement?

4:50pm- Journalists reporting from the courthouse note that the final moments of Tuesday’s “hush money” trial were filled with heated exchanges. At one point, Donald Trump’s attorney Susan Necheles accused Stormy Daniels of attempting to extort the former president. Daniels responded by repeatedly shouting “false!”

5:05pm- The Drive at 5 begins with Rich announcing an upcoming appearance on Fox News, and Henry fuming over faulty streaming equipment.

5:15pm- Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review writes that in Donald Trump “hush money” trial, humiliation is the point: “As porn star Stormy Daniels’s testimony unfolds, what has always been obvious becomes even more explicit: The point of this trial is to bruise Donald Trump politically—to humiliate him with a tawdry sexual episode from nearly 20 years ago that is utterly unnecessary to prove the charges in the indictment.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/stormy-testimony-shows-trumps-humiliation-is-the-point-of-braggs-prosecution/

5:40pm- After court concluded on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump spoke with the press briefly and declared that the case against him is a “complete disaster.” The trial will resume on Thursday.

5:50pm- Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post report: “Donald Trump’s Florida trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them has been pushed back indefinitely, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled Tuesday, increasing the chance that Trump’s New York criminal trial may be the only one to happen before the November election.” You can read the full report here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/trump-classified-documents-trial-delayed-cannon-florida/

5:55pm- While speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference, New York Governor Kathy Hochul bizarrely proclaimed that black children from the Bronx do not know about computers. Plus, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem continues to promote her book—and each interview is getting progressively more uncomfortable.

6:05pm- Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post report: “Donald Trump’s Florida trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing government efforts to retrieve them has been pushed back indefinitely, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon ruled Tuesday, increasing the chance that Trump’s New York criminal trial may be the only one to happen before the November election.” You can read the full report here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/05/07/trump-classified-documents-trial-delayed-cannon-florida/

6:20pm- In a recently resurfaced clip, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum can be heard explaining how he kills—and eats!—rattlesnakes. Is he now a lock to become Donald Trump’s Vice Presidential pick?

6:40pm- Guy Ciarrocchi— Fellow at The Commonwealth Foundation & Columnist at Broad + Liberty—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article, “Campus Protests Shine the Light on Failed Policies, Our Failed Education System, and Antisemitism.” You can read the full article here: https://broadandliberty.com/2024/05/07/guy-ciarrocchi-campus-protests-shine-the-light-on-failed-policies-our-failed-education-system-and-antisemitism/