Indicted, Again

These talks aren’t getting any less depressing.

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High Steaks Podcast

Donald Trump is indicted for mishandling classified documents, but do Republican voters care? Kristen Soltis Anderson, founding partner of Echelon Insights, joins to contextualize the recent polling while Steve worries that no amount of indictments will get him out of buying Sarah a steak dinner.

–CBS Indictment Poll

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  1. William Hodes

    Gavin Newsom to the rescue. Because he's from Claifornia, he brings the bonus of knocking out Harris also, courtesy of the 12th Amendment.

    Steve wins that side of the bet.

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    Seth

    How is this episode not titled, "Reindicted and It Feels So Good."

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  3. Joe1776

    I agree with the sentiment that electing Biden does not mean the adults would be back in control. Just yesterday Biden has a pride celebration where a guy decides he will show off his breast implants outside on the white house lawn.
    https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/rose-montoya-exposes-breasts-during-white-house-pride-party-after-meeting-biden/

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    C C Writer

    Just started listening. I hadn't known about this podcast and I may not have time to listen to it regularly. But I want to go on record as saying I think Steve is right about who won't be the nominees.

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    1. Joe1776

      I agree: Trump won't win. I think DeSantis is going to start moving ahead and once he gets even he will never lose ground on Trump. He just talked about moving the FBI out of DC and really reshaping it. That sort of concrete policy will go over well with republicans that are actually worried about the swamp.

      Biden, I think it is just a matter of predicting a medical issue. If he stays about as healthy as he has been he will win the primary. It is likely that the republicans are discovering huge scandals but I think the press and DOJ will cover for him and nullify it pretty well at least through the primary. He can just say "it's debunked malarkey" and no one in our corrupt press will actually try to pin down some answers.

      He has never even given a coherent answer to the question "Are you the big guy?" If it were a republican that question would be shouted at every press conference until it was extensively and repeatedly answered. But you would think Biden is Putin. Only one press member dared ask, Biden just yelled at him incoherently, and that was the end of it. Actually now I cant find the clip maybe it was a different question Biden got angry about and maybe he was never asked if he was the big guy. In any case, I can't find him giving a coherent answer to that question. If anyone has a clip I would like to see it. Since he was never asked by our incredibly uncurious press when it is later proved he was the big guy he can say he never denied it.

      Just like no one ever asked Hillary when she knew she was paying for the Steele dossier? I mean we eventually find out the whole thing was fabricated by Hillary's campaign and there is no questioning at all! No one ever asked Obama why he used a pseudonym when he emailed Hillary at her server address. Most of our press is a joke.

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        C C Writer

        I don't even know what that "big guy" question was all about, never heard of it before. And I don't want to know.

        And no, I'm not pro-Biden. He's one of the people I don't vote for.

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        1. Joe1776

          That's fine. I know you read the dispatch, and your post proves the dispatch does not cover the republican perspective of Biden's scandals. Why don't you want to know about it?

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            C C Writer

            Why would the details matter? I didn't vote for him, and I never will. I already know there are scandals and I know he has made some bad decisions in office. I just don't care to take a deep dive into it. My time is limited, and I'd rather spend it finding out about things that would make a difference to me.

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  5. Joe1776

    One Question to those who are so shocked and upset about Trump revealing classified information to someone without clearance: What do you think of Biden and Garland having his personal lawyers look for classified material - none of which had clearance to read classified documents?

    https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/garland-biden-lawyers-search-classified-docs-draws-criticism

    I don't understand how the DOJ can be so cavalier with them literally telling uncleared lawyers they can look through these documents and then expect everyone to freak out that Trump talked about something that was classified. I too am much more concerned about our DOJ being used as a weapon then I am about Biden or Trump letting uncleared people know national secrets. Both are concerning, but our entire DOJ being corrupt is a much bigger concern.

    What I don't understand is none of this should be surprising. Sure Trump knew he had those documents. Sure Biden knew about Hunter selling promises of political influence. Of course, Hillary knew millions of her dollars was being spent cooking up conspiracy theories against Trump with the help of foreign nationals like Steele and Danchenko. Of course, she knew classified information was making it on her server. To act like we should be surprised about any of these facts is what is hard for me to understand.

    Of course, Trump will be indicted for them but the democrats won't. (If you think republicans are really surprised by this, such that they would change their opinion about Trump, you are not at all reading the same media republicans are. Conservatives already knew he had the documents and already knew he was lying about it.) Of course the DOJ will use scorched earth tactics against trump even violating attorney client privilege but kid gloves with Biden and Hillary and their lawyers. I mean I used to think differently back in 2016 but now? I can't un-see the bias over the past 7 years.

    https://thefederalist.com/2023/04/14/19-times-democrats-and-doj-deliberately-politicized-law-enforcement/

    https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/19/think-the-fbi-deserves-the-benefit-of-the-doubt-this-laundry-list-of-corruption-should-make-you-think-again/



    Everyone was saying the quiet part out loud a while back. First Trump was surely going to be convicted just for having these classified documents - it is an open and shut case we were told on advisory opinions. We got leaked photos from the fbi showing the classified documents. He is done he should be prosecuted just like republicans were saying Hillary should have been prosecuted!

    But then we found out Biden was hiding from the public the fact that people found improperly stored classified documents, until after the midterms. And when it is a democrat scandal nothing leaks. So after the midterms we find that out. Everyone even you guys on the dispatch were saying well this means Trump won't be prosecuted. No one was saying "well I guess they will both be prosecuted as these are open and shut cases!" Everyone knows rule #1 of this DOJ is: Important democrats never get prosecuted. This seemed ok with everyone at the dispatch no one even expressed the slightest twinge of disappointment in our DOJ that the only reason Trump wouldn't be prosecuted was because that would be too obvious Biden should also be prosecuted and that would violate the number one rule.

    Yes republicans are more concerned about the corrupt double standards of our DOJ. Are any democrats concerned about the double standard? Or are they all willing to turn a blind eye to the fact that the DOJ was fine letting uncleared Biden lawyers see classified material but outraged trump let some uncleared person hear classified information? I would actually like justice to be blind. I don't want our DOJ targeting Democrats any more then I want them targeting republicans. I want them both to be prosecuted when they are committing crimes and they both clearly are.

    From your podcast you would never guess that most Americans think the sitting president was corrupt for selling promises of political influence to foreign powers -let alone republicans. It wasn't even mentioned. And the issue is the FBI is burying it.

    As for the Georgia case Steve keeps saying trump threatened Georgia officials and it seems Sarah agrees something illegal happened. Can you please give me the quote from the transcript you are referring to because I read the transcript of that phone meeting and I don't see anything illegal about it.

    https://thefederalist.com/2023/02/22/oops-georgias-get-trump-grand-jury-forewoman-accidentally-confirms-the-recommended-charges-are-bunk/

    Here is the transcript:
    https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/trump-brad-raffensperger-phone-call-transcript/index.html

    What did he say in that call that was illegal? Leftist papers have suggested that Trump was asking him to simply make up 12000 votes, but that is just not true. He wanted to meet because he claimed he knew of various issues that would cover that spread and he wanted it investigated.

    Do you have anyone that actually reads republican media on the staff? I know you guys have conservatives but republican media is different. I am afraid you will never understand the republican perspective that has been created over the past 7 years unless you see the reporting that is being done on that side. If you have been reading republican news you would not have been surprised that Trump was indicted or really much of what is happening.

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  6. David Murphey

    So where's the creamed spinach recipe?!?!

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  7. Philebus

    As the others have said, it's a no-go.

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    Wilhelm

    Let me know when this podcast works please. Thanks!

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    1. Adaam James

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        Wilhelm

        I've tried this several different ways. And it just doesn't work. I was getting the feed and now I don't. No idea what changed.
        Just keep posting it here, if you don't mind. Thanks.

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            Wilhelm

            That beats frustration for me. And my problem simply may be because I'm a techno-bumble. But without knowing the mean age of you subscribers, I'm betting I'm not alone in that. ;)

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        Wilhelm

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  9. David Curtiss

    I just joined. Why am I still locked out of High Steaks?

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      Sarah Isgur vertical-nib Author

      Welcome!!

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        Matt.Knudson

        Sarah, any idea why the link does not work?

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            Matt.Knudson

            I am a member. Have been since The Dispatch launched.

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    Lmvega

    Sarah and Steve- you really need to come back to Houston once the results are in because H-town has the best steakhouses (and restaurants) in the US. Three places for your consideration:

    Vic and Anthony's: https://www.vicandanthonys.com
    Pappas Bros Steakhouse: https://pappasbros.com/the-menu/
    Perry's Steakhouse: https://perryssteakhouse.com/#

    All have creamed spinach; Perry's has a pork chop to die for (in addition to steak) and Pappas Bros has a very very extensive wine list (https://pappasbros.com/the-wine/#destination).

    I have a similar bet with my brother that neither Trump nor DeSantis will get the RNC nomination...full steak dinner, wine/cocktails, and dessert

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