Trump admin desperation explodes with criminal probes

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David Pakman

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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-- On the Show -- Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, joins us to discuss the killing of Renee Good, and how to resist Trump and his ICE agents -- Donald Trump and his allies respond to scandals involving Nicolás Maduro and the killing of Renee Good by rejecting investigation and demanding absolute loyalty -- Donald Trump pressures the Justice Department to open a criminal probe into Jerome Powell after the Federal Reserve refuses to cut interest rates, and Powell publicly resists -- Newly released video of ICE agents killing Renee Good contradicts official claims of self defense and raises serious questions about the justification for deadly force -- Donald Trump abruptly leaves a high level meeting with oil executives to admire the White House ballroom construction project -- Kristi Noem repeatedly defends Donald Trump and law enforcement actions on television by rejecting video evidence and reframing any challenge to Trump as illegitimate -- Donald Trump delivers incoherent and contradictory answers to reporters on immunity, policing, health care, and foreign policy -- Congressman Jake Auchincloss confronts Fox News host Peter Doocy with the implications of defending the ICE shooting of Renee Good -- On the Bonus Show: Vivek Ramaswamy leaves social media after receiving racist messages, ICE shortens academy training to 47 days, the Pentagon moves to cut Mark Kelly's pension, and much more... ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman 🥐 Wildgrain: Use code DAVID for $30 off & free croissants FOR LIFE at https://wildgrain.com/david -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow (00:00) Start (01:29) Trump demands loyalty amid scandals (08:23) Trump targets Jerome Powell (19:23) ICE video contradicts self defense (26:45) Trump fixates on ballroom (31:12) Kristi Noem rejects video evidence (41:37) Josh Shapiro Interview (59:40) Trump rambles on key issues (1:08:24) Auchincloss dismantles Fox defense Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We are looking at what happens when a political movement gets backed into a corner and decides
0:05.7	that the answer is absolute and total loyalty, no matter how extreme things get.
0:11.5	We'll start with Trump and allies now defending behavior that in any normal political
0:16.3	environment would be completely indefensible.
0:19.9	And then we will go to the further escalation by the unleashing of a criminal probe against
0:26.6	Jay Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, because Donald Trump didn't get the interest
0:31.6	rates that he wants, which is a stunning abuse of power, but Powell refuses to be intimidated.
0:37.6	We're also going to break down the cell phone video taken by the involved ICE officer who
0:43.1	killed Renee Good, which is blowing apart the administration's version of events.
0:49.5	And then a totally surreal moment where Donald Trump wanders off during a high state's White House meeting
0:55.6	to look out the window and gaze towards an imaginary White House ballroom, which may or may not
1:02.9	ever come to fruition.
1:04.5	Christie Noam collapses on CNN.
1:07.2	Fox host Peter Ducey gets dismantled on live TV by our friend Jake Ockincloss and much more.
1:13.6	A show about desperation, loyalty tests, and what happens when reality is optional.
1:21.6	I was thinking over the weekend how in normal politics, in a normal political environment,
1:35.1	there is a breaking point at some point.
1:38.5	And what I mean by that is that something will happen that is so extreme and so obviously
1:43.1	wrong that allies start to hesitate,
1:47.0	loyalists start to question whether this is something we can still defend. You start hearing,
1:53.0	hedging, you hear we need to change the subject or we need more information and at the very least
2:00.0	you see people stop defending every
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