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GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

Tainted “Meat and Potatoes”— Andrew McCarthy on Political Trials, Public Tribulations | GoodFellows: John Cochrane, Niall Ferguson, Andrew McCarthy, H.R. McMaster, and Bill Whalen | Hoover Institution

GoodFellows: Conversations from the Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution

News Commentary, Government, News, News:news Commentary, Politics

4.8658 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Former president Donald Trump faces at least four criminal trials that could overshadow the Republicans’ presidential nominating process—and maybe fatally wound him in a general election—while a legal cloud hangs over President Biden due to an ongoing investigation into his son’s business affairs.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Bill Whalen, the host of Goodfellows. Thanks for listening to the audio version of the show,

0:04.4

but we want to let you know that Goodfellows is primarily a video production, and you're missing a lot of

0:08.8

extra features by only listening to our show. Give it a look by going to Hoover.org forward slash

0:14.4

Goodfellows to see what you're missing. Thanks. It's a witch hunt. It's just a continuation of a witch hunt.

0:21.0

They want to silence you.

0:22.5

They want to silence you.

0:23.9

And they mean silence because I have four of them now.

0:26.6

If you look, I mean, this is not even possible for over the next last couple of months.

0:34.6

It's Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023, and welcome back to Goodfellows, a Hoover Institution broadcast

0:39.6

examining social, economic, political, and geopolitical concerns.

0:43.5

I'm Bill Whalen.

0:44.2

I'm a Hoover Distinguished Policy Fellow.

0:45.9

I'll be your moderator today.

0:47.4

I have to report that we have our full complement of Goodfellows with us today.

0:50.5

That includes the historian Neil Ferguson, the economist John Cochran, from

0:54.6

another closed location somewhere deep in the heart of Texas. And of course, our resident

0:58.8

eternal optimist, Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, they are Hoover Institution's senior

1:03.6

fellows all. And joining us today for a conversation about the law and the 2024 election is

1:10.0

Andy McCarthy.

1:15.1

Andy is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, a National Review contributing editor,

1:19.3

an author of the book, Ball of Confusion, the Plot to Riggin election to Destroy a Presidency.

1:24.2

Andy McCarthy also once served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York,

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