In short
The episode alleges that the Trump administration is pressuring the DOJ/FBI to weaponize prosecutions, specifically to indict former FBI Director James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause. It also claims a secret/targeted relationship between Trump and DOJ leadership is driving charges against Comey and New York AG Letitia “Tish” James.
Guests and backgrounds
“Pumps” (host; husband is a criminal defense attorney; claims contacts among U.S. attorneys) and “Lindsay Halligan” is discussed as a newly appointed Trump U.S. attorney; she is described as a former Miss Colorado USA 2010 pageant contestant. The episode also references “Pam Bondi” and “Eric Siebert” (Trump-appointed U.S. attorney forced out).
Key claims
A Trump appointee was fired after recommending no perjury/obstruction charges. A memo allegedly advised declining charges against Comey. The new U.S. attorney is portrayed as inexperienced and aligned with Trump’s bidding. The Comey firing is framed as Trump demanding loyalty during Russiagate.
Notable examples
Probable cause (grand jury standard ~51%); prosecutors’ memo about Comey; Comey’s reported White House dinner where he was asked to pledge loyalty; references to Truth Social urging rapid charges; mention of expected charges against Tish James for mortgage fraud.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOTrump's Influence on the DOJ
0:04 to 1:55
Discussion on how Trump allegedly manipulates the DOJ against his enemies.
“The Justice Department officials raced to charge James Comey as deadline looms.”
Probable Cause and Legal Proceedings
1:55 to 6:01
Explaining probable cause in the context of the investigation into James Comey.
“attorney will attempt to charge James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause.”
The Feud Between Trump and Comey
6:01 to 11:27
A deep dive into the ongoing conflict between Trump and Comey since 2016.
“Is a Trump sycophant to the highest order?”
Democratic Response and Leadership
11:27 to 12:44
Critique of the Democratic party's reaction to Trump's influence and actions.
“And Pam Bondi is just like, lapdog, can't get it done quick enough.”
Transcript
Automatic transcript. May contain errors.0:04The United States government has turned into concierge service for a completely broken , dementeded man, ka with a heart, about his weight, and is made in fact a whole, by a simple out of boy are interested inanti state that's not the perfect a And of course, he's going after James Comey. The Justice Department officials raced to charge James Comey as deadline looms. Prosecutors are moving forward days after President Trump ousted U.S. attorney who voiced doubts about charging former FBI director. And Pumps, I believe that this U.S. attorney had been investigating this for nine months, correct?
0:54Correct. He was a Trump appointee. Trump appointed him in Trump 2.0. But because there was no evidence or probable cause to charge James Comey, he got fired. Because Trump, as we saw with his true social post, he wants these people prosecuted that he doesn't like. So we can deduce from that in the tea leaves that he wants people to manufacture evidence. Of course he does. He's a criminal. So this leads me to all of the information we're currently getting out of sycophant, ass kisser, beta male, crazy eyed, cash money, Ching Ching Patel's FBI. And that's why I call bullshit on all of it, because I just it's crazy living in an America where we cannot trust our agencies and institutions at all.
1:46And even a Trump appointee can't be a big enough piece of shit for him. So moving along here, put up the next slide, Kylie. Newly appointed U.S. attorney will attempt to charge James Comey despite prosecutors finding no probable cause. Pumps, explain for the layman what probable cause is. The feds have to go to a grand jury and present their evidence, and they have to have the grand jury say it's more probable than not. I would say 51, 52 percent probable to indict. So his prosecutor that he appointed did not think there was a 51 % chance he could make these charges stick. Okay, and then here's an excerpt from that article.
2:30Earlier this week, prosecutors presented Lindsey Halligan, Trump's former personal attorney, whom he appointed to lead the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, with a detailed memo recommending that she declined to bring perjury and obstruction charges against Comey, the sources familiar with the memo said. So basically he has appointed somebody to go do his bidding. And let me ask you this. The text message or DM that it appeared that he sent to Pam Bondi that came out that was basically like, you're not prosecuting my enemies. Right. Does that lead a judge to throw this whole thing out because it's clear that this is targeted weaponization and abuse of his office?
3:17I think you could like a Democratic Justice Department or an independent Justice Department can make that claim. In this case, I don't think it will get that far because I don't think a grand jury will indict because they don't have probable cause. OK. And then who is Lindsay? All right. So put this up. Lindsay is a former Miss Colorado USA 2010 top five. There we have Lindsay Halligan. She was a pageant queen, and we all know who owned these pageants. Interestingly here, you guys, you cannot make this up. fourth runner up is Erica uh Franzvi who is now known as Erica Kirk so Trump's new attorney that has never tried a case in her life I don't think was in the in the pageant with Charlie Kirk's widow yeah third runner up Lindsay fourth runner up Erica all right let's listen to this great legal mind.
4:19Let's just listen to this. Pleasant past. Yeah, I mean, it's not about whitewashing. It's all about full context. So while slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly, unless you also talk about hope and progress. And I think we can, can you imagine getting on TV and saying, you can't talk about slavery unless you talk, talk about hope and progress. And even there, she was so inelogant while, while good. Do you remember that girl that was in the pageant? And it was probably about 15 years ago when they asked her and she's like, because Americans don't use maps and because of the Iraq and stuff like that.
5:12I mean, that's exactly the vibes that she's giving right there. Okay. And then moving along next one. We're being told this by three sources that an indictment of Comey is expected in the coming days. They're also saying that this same office is expected to charge Tish James, the New York attorney general with mortgage fraud. And of course, Donald Trump, we all saw posted on truth social in recent days, exhorting his attorney general to charge both of those people as soon as possible. But again, you know, this is grand juries are secret. This is a fluid situation. It's also important to know, though, that the U.S.
5:44attorney, the Trump appointed U.S. attorney in this office, Eric Siebert, was essentially forced out last week, in part because he was refusing to bring these cases. We're told that he was opposed to both to prosecuting both James and Comey on these grounds. and he's out now. And the new U.S. attorney is a former Donald Trump defense lawyer who's never prosecuted a case. All right. Stop right there. This broad has never prosecuted a case. Is a Trump sycophant to the highest order? This is everything that they spoke about. MAGA, all of the MAGA influencers and Fox News. It's a swamp. It's corrupt.
6:24Weaponization of government was mere projection. Absolutely. And so now they're coming in and they've made the government a swamp. And basically all of these agencies now are Donald Trump's kanks, evil concierge service. He wants them to curry favor for him. And this is a mob boss meets a dementia care center meets bad interior designer, meets broken malignant narcissist. This is bonkers. And what's so horrible, and I'm going to let Pump speak about this. My husband is a criminal defense attorney, and he has a lot of friends that are U.S. attorneys. And these are serious people that studied and believe in the rule of law.
7:10Thousands and thousands and thousands of attorneys. And they are making a mockery of this entire thing. Federal prosecutors are smart and they're dedicated. So this is a slap in the face to them. But I just want to remind Lindsay, all of Trump's attorneys that represented him in the election case, disbarred, suspended, sued, criminals now. So she needs to watch out because Trump may be immune from this stuff. But even this, this sounds a little outside the immunity if they wanted to prosecute him. She's not. Let's face it. The Roberts court is never going to make this man feel anything. You're right.
7:52Other than supported and coddled and rocked and breastfed and burped and a diaper change on top of it because we all know he wears diapers. And so what is this whole thing about this whole James Comey, Donald Trump feud? Because I remember back during 2016, James Comey totally fucked the Democrats. Absolutely. Hillary was up in the polls and then there was some emails and he comes out and announces it. And then she dropped in the polls and it was he totally fucked her and delivered the presidency, Trump 1.0, to Kanks, which led to all this later. So Kylie put this up. Giuliani, Trump fired Comey because former FBI director wouldn't say he wasn't a target in investigation.
8:47So basically when Trump came on, Comey was still the FBI director. And I guess at this point they were investigating Trump. Yes. Okay. Russiagate. Okay. So he wanted Comey to say publicly, Trump is not a target of Russiagate. And Comey couldn't do that in good conscience and an ethical nature. And so Trump got mad. And you just have to remember, Bill Barr went ahead and did Trump's bidding up to a point. Everybody that is in Trump's orbit, but they have to do what he says. And because he couldn't with an ethical conscience do, and I'm no fan of James Comey, but I'm just saying he was like, I can't do this.
9:32And so Trump's like, you're out. And then of course he goes back and forth on why he fired him. But his then attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said it straight up and then Trump said it. Then he tried to walk it back. Okay, and then let's one more tidbit here. The bizarre and toxic feud between Trump and the Comeys will run and run. And here's a little excerpt from this. The president told NBC News Lester Holt that he fired Comey over the investigation into the Russia collusion. Comey said that he was summoned to the White House for an uncomfortable one-on-one dinner with Trump a week into his first term and asked to pledge loyalty to the president in a breach of protocol by which FBI directors have sought distance from the Oval Office.
10:21So this all goes back to Trump 1.0 because he is so butthurt that Joe Biden beat him by like 8 to 10 million votes. Because once – here's the thing about Trump. When he's campaigning, sadly, the American public finds it entertaining and doesn't take him seriously. And then the moment he starts governing, all this fuckery happens. And in Trump 1.0, you had people that put up guardrails. Even Bill Barr, who was a total sycophant, wouldn't go as far as Trump wanted him to. And James Comey wouldn't. So he holds these little grudges. And now he's using the FBI, the DOJ, Homeland Security, everybody and anybody that he can to be his evil concierge service.
11:08And you know what? I look at this. Trump, you always hear him talk about loyalty. and he wanted Comey to make a loyalty pledge. People don't ask you to make a loyalty pledge unless they want you to do shady shit. It's a great point. I mean, you know, I've never asked you for a loyalty pledge because I've never asked you to break the law for me. I mean, it's just, it is so obscene how this whole thing works. And Pam Bondi is just like, lapdog, can't get it done quick enough. It's just, it's so fucking crazy. And it's such a layup for Democrats. We're playing two different games here and we're writing strongly worded letters and demanding sit down interviews.
11:50Meanwhile, as Putin, Netanyahu are dog walking Trump, Trump has Jeffries and Schumer. They're little Pomeranians with pink bows on their hair. And he's sitting in the oval, just evil, like Dr. Evil, just petting them and fluffing up their hair. It's unbelievably pathetic, the Democratic response to all of this. They should whip up and immediately say no across the board and quit fucking around. The American people would love it. Yeah, they would love it. They're dying for leadership, dying for it. All right. That's all we have with this unbelievable story. And we'll be back later today with more news.
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