The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Episode (04/05/2023):

3:05pm- In their most recent article for Politico, journalists Kyle Cheney, Erica Orden, and Josh Gerstein write, “Alvin Bragg’s case against Donald Trump is running into a wall of skepticism—including from left-leaning legal experts, liberal pundits and some of Trump’s Republican detractors who have otherwise been eager to see him held accountable.” You can read the full article here: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/05/alvin-bragg-case-against-trump-00090602

3:15pm- On Tuesday former President Donald Trump was arraigned in New York City, appearing before State Supreme Court Justice Juan M. Merchan and pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. As NewsBusters notes, even mainstream media outlets like ABC and NBC News have expressed skepticism about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s legal reasoning for bringing charges against Trump.

3:45pm- After pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, former President Donald Trump delivered an address from Mar-a-Lago—insisting that the only crime he is guilty of is “fearlessly” defending “our nation.” Trump explained, “from the beginning the Democrats spied on my campaign. They attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations…Russia, Russia, Russia…” During the speech, Trump also referred to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as a partisan “criminal” and claimed President Joe Biden has caused more damage to the country than the “five worst presidents together”.

4:05pm- According to a hilarious report from Lee Brown of The New York Post, following former President Donald Trump’s indictment, online searches for adult films featuring Stormy Daniels have increased by 32,000%. The Zeoli Army reacts to this hard-hitting news…

4:30pm- Eli Lake—Contributing Editor at Commentary Magazine & Host of “The Re-Education Podcast”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest article at The Free Press, “Alvin Bragg’s Dangerous Stunt.” Lake writes, “Many campaign finance law experts say it’s unclear whether hush money would be an in-kind contribution to a political campaign, since Trump himself has said he made the payments to spare his family from embarrassment—not to win the 2016 election. What’s more, President Biden’s own Justice Department, which would be the appropriate venue to prosecute this case, has declined to do so—presumably, because there’s not much there there. Finally, reporting violations of campaign finance law are almost never prosecuted as felonies.” You can read the full editorial here: https://www.thefp.com/p/alvin-braggs-dangerous-stunt

5:00pm- The Drive at 5: Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Taboo: 10 Facts You Can’t Talk About”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his most recent editorial on National Review, “California’s Reparations Proposals Are a Mess.” Dr. Reilly writes, a “panel in San Francisco has recommended cash or check payments of $5 million to every eligible black city resident…Given that no living black Americans were ever slaves, and few Californians are survivors of pre-1954 Southern Jim Crow, any coherent argument for reparations rests simply on the claim that black people would be $(X) better off absent the course of history—and so are owed $(X) amount of money. However, the practical problem with any figure like ‘$5,000,000’ is that the entire median wealth gap between blacks and whites—at the multiple-person household level—is well under $200,000.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/04/californias-reparations-proposals-are-a-mess/

5:30pm- The Mystery Movie Clip- Matt sides with Henry over Rich…it was a mistake…

5:40pm- While briefly taking questions from the White House press on Tuesday, President Joe Biden stated that “it remains to be seen” if rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (A.I.) could be dangerous.

5:45pm- During her Wednesday press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre explained that changing gender is “something for a child and their parent to decide” and that state-level legislation preventing gender affirming surgery for children is anti-trans.

5:55pm- Who has the best cheesesteak in Philadelphia? According to a poll from The Philadelphia Inquirer it’s Dalessandro’s.

6:05pm- On Tuesday former President Donald Trump was arraigned in New York City, appearing before State Supreme Court Justice Juan M. Merchan and pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. As NewsBusters notes, even mainstream media outlets like ABC and NBC News have expressed skepticism about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s legal reasoning for bringing charges against Trump. Is the case legally risky?

6:10pm- MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle criticized former President Donald Trump for fundraising off being criminally charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. According to Axios, former President Donald Trump raised an estimated $5 million in the first 48 hours after news he had been indicted by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

6:30pm- John Yoo— the Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California at Berkeley & a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss former President Donald Trump being charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. After reading the unsealed indictment, Professor Yoo concludes that the Manhattan District Attorney’s charges against Trump are “weaker than we thought.” Will the case be dismissed before a trial even begins?