Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen

Last Wednesday’s MAGA insurrection may have been the end point for Trump’s divisive rhetoric but is likely the beginning of a much wider war. Within the ranks of the rioters was a more hardcore group of extremists who were bent on finding and exterminating lawmakers driven into hiding inside the Capitol. Pictures show rioters clad in tactical gear and Kevlar vests carrying zip ties to round up Senators. That they probably had inside help is a chilling development only now being revealed. We speak with broadcast legend Soledad O’Brien on the future of journalism in the wake of the Capital Riot and Trump’s disastrous tenure. 

The January 6th MAGA riots that saw thousands of Trump loyalists ransack the Capitol Building will stain the President’s legacy and will likely shadow the GOP for decades. The revulsion for Trump has grown to a fever pitch with scores of lawmakers calling for his removal from office. This was always the inevitable end for Donald Trump,  the violence a by product of the lies and divisive rhetoric he used to stoke fear and foment rage. The only surprise is that it took this long to happen. It was a heavy day and hard to watch. So we decided to lighten the mood by reaching out to Ben Stiller. Check out Michael’s hilarious conversation with the movie funny man to soothe your soul after so much chaos and insurrection. 

This week’s Mea Culpa looks at President Trump’s corrupt pardons and the repulsive self-dealing from the Trump Administration. MSNBC legal analyst and host of Justice Matters joins Michael to discuss the details.

The Trump is now considering imposing martial law to seize the voting machines in states he considers contested in the hopes of overturning the election. He is asking for Sidney Powell to be granted increased security clearance to lead the effort. We are now teetering on the edge of a full-on coup. Joining Michael to discuss these issues and more is Seth Abramson, the New York Times bestselling author of Proof of Corruption. Stay tuned for a wild week of unhinged conspiracy and madness as the President fights for his political life. 

With Monday’s Electoral College certification of the election results, Mitch McConnell and his gang of GOP rats finally recognized Joe Biden as President Elect. Unfortunately, not everyone was ready to accept reality including the President. A host of Trump loyalists swamped the airwaves vowing to continue the fight by sending a slate of alternate electors from contested swing states to the January 6th, Congressional meeting to certify the next president. Bill Barr resigned just moments after the electoral college vote; leaving Trump and his crimes without adult supervision for his last month in office. Plus, activist and “Sorry Not Sorry,” podcast host Alyssa Milano joins Michael to discuss these events and much more. 

It’s the end of the line for Donald Trump as the Electoral College finally meets and casts their votes for Joe Biden. While Trump vows to fight on, his MAGA warriors are targeting the GOP for failing to overturn the election in Trump’s favor. We also look back at the previous five weeks and pick out the highs and lows in Trump’s clown car coup attempt. Plus, Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox, author of Born Trump, joins Michael to discuss the future of the President’s off spring.

Comedian and NPR host Maz Jobrani joins Mea Culpa to examine this week’s worst Trump news. Plus, Rudy gets sidelined with Covid and Trump is secretly relieved to be rid of his serially flatulent legal mastermind. The Supreme Court laughs away the President’s legal challenge to the election while the Texas Attorney General prepares an equally baseless amicus brief to petition the court to invalidate millions of Biden votes and hand the election to Donald Trump. Will the President ditch Biden’s inauguration to kick off his campaign? And a look at Trump’s wish for herd immunity. Don’t miss a second!

The madness of King Donald arrived in the state of Georgia and has morphed into a Frankenstein’s monster that threatens to devour the Republican Party and doom their electoral chances in a pair of Senate run off races to be held January 5th. After releasing the Kraken of conspiracy and unsupported allegations of election fraud which saw members of their own party face death threats and online harassment, Trump proxies are now apoplectic at their own lawyers for advocating that voters boycott the election until these allegations are settled. Republican Party Reptiles like Newt Gingrich, who eagerly jumped on the conspiracy bandwagon weeks ago, now find themselves back peddling furiously; trying to put the genie back in the bottle. But it’s too late, leaving us to wonder, “has the whole world gone crazy?” Michael speaks with Law and Crime’s Adam Klasfeld to get these answers and more in a revealing conversation about what’s happening at the heart of these ridiculous lawsuits. 

Penn Jillette joins the Week in Review for a wide ranging conversation about Donald Trump and for the first time says what’s on the infamous Apprentice Tapes. Earlier we cover the week that was and examine the Trump Family and Rudy by proxy’s urgent need for preemptive pardons as the Trump presidency comes to an end.

Will Donald Trump be prosecuted after he leaves office? For the rule of law to be upheld in this country, Trump must answer for his many crimes. Michael speaks with Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI Assistant Director to ascertain how this will happen. 

A special Thanksgiving Day episode of Mea Culpa ponders what comes next as the formal transition begins. Trump pardons a Turkey and we shame the President’s Red Wall of senators who enabled this entire fiasco. Plus Brian Karem, Playboy’s Senior White House Correspondent takes us behind the scene in the White House. 

This week on Mea Culpa, Michael finds himself at peak frustration as the Trump Train barrels this country towards oblivion. How can a nation that is built upon reason find itself in such an unreasonable position, where a two-bit, wannabe despot can work the corners of our legal system to halt the entire transition of power? 

With the country exhausted from the trauma of this never ending election and the looming specter of death from COVID, we all are stuck in a terrible limbo. Searching for answers and rational thought, Michael speaks with Harvard University Professor of Constitutional Law, Laurence Tribe. One of the main architects of Al Gore’s recount fight from the 2000 election, Tribe has argued 35 cases in front of the Supreme Court and finds himself mired in the current mess; advising the Biden team from afar as one frivolous lawsuit after another is filed. His words provide a balm for the ever present irritation of Trump and his team of legal crows. 

On this episode of the Mea Culpa Week in Review, we examine the last 72 hours in the mind of Donald J. Trump as he attempts to overturn the election with his bogus fraud claims. 

In addition, we look at two of his most creepy errand boys, Lindsay Graham and Rudy Giuliani and wonder what sort of kompromat Trump possesses that they could stomach their roles in his defense. Rudy has gone even more batshit insane and was put in charge of Trump’s entire legal strategy while Lindsay Graham is driving around Washington in his windowless van looking to lure people in with promises of candy if they only throw out those legal ballots. 

Finally, we talk to national security expert John Cipher who for 28 years served in the CIA’s clandestine service ultimately as the European Chief of Station. He talks with Michael about the role disinformation plays  in President Trump’s overall strategy to undermine the election and how his goal of sewing chaos hues closely to that of Vladimir Putin. You don’t want to miss this episode.

Holed up inside the White House with a cadre of loyalists, including his idiot sons, the President and is sycophants are gorging on fast food and creating a foul odor of filth that has forced staffers to light rose scented candles and open windows to clear out the stench. It’s a black comedy no one could make up but it’s happening for real while a tidal wave of death washes over America from a second COVID wave. 

Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele joins Mea Culpa later in the episode to discuss how the Republican Party continues to enable the President and how he fears the next Donald Trump will be even worse. 

A wild ride of an election ends not with a bang but a whimper. Michael dissects Election Day and Trump’s despicable, 11th hour claim of voter fraud as well as the bitter divide that remains in this country. He speaks with Politico’s Natasha Bertrand about the potential for future chaos as Trump riles up his MAGA Army.

Michael rests his case against Donald J. Trump; placing his fate in the hands of the people. While confident of a Trump loss, he fears the President will not go quietly. A coming storm of chaos threatens this nation as Trump continues to propagate false narratives of voter fraud and the potential for unrest and violence. Will the President hold this nation hostage as it enters perhaps, its darkest moment? Plus, a conversation with Bakari Sellers. 

A deep dive into how the Republican Party became the party of Donald J. Trump. Mea Culpa will investigate the birth of a movement with no persistent ideology other than it’s leader. Former Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh joins Michael to explain how the Tea Party veered of course abc was swallowed by Trump. All this, plus it’s frightening end.

The Mea Culpa Week in Review looks at Donald Trump’s final, desperate days on the campaign trail and how his rallies have become a hub for misinformation. There are two realities at the moment, the one where COVID is real, it exists and the country is struggling to heal. Then there is Donald Trump’s MAGA America, where the virus is a hoax and construct of fake news. Later, Michael speaks with national security and counter-intelligence expert Malcolm Nance on the coming storm of chaos and violence on election day as well as the ongoing cyberterrorism threat to our elections from Russia and Iran.

Michael speaks with former US Attorney, Phillip Halpern who very publicly resigned last week out of protest and disgust for Attorney General William P. Barr’s shocking abuse of power. Halpern spent 36 years in his position at the Department of Justice; serving under 19 different Attorney’s General and six different presidents while prosecuting all manner of crime and government corruption.  Under Bill Barr though, Halpern says the Justice Department became just another appendage of the Trump administration with Barr acting as the president's sword and shield; saving him from the Mueller Report, impeachment and countless other high crimes and misdemeanors while intervening to save Trump’s corrupt cronies like Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Michael Flynn from prison. With just eight days to go before election day learn why Bill Barr might just be the most dangerous man in America.

In this special episode of Mea Culpa Investigates we examine the full scope of corruption, financial crimes and sleazy conflicts of interest engendered by Donald Trump throughout his administration. Not only will you get a full preview of the legal reckoning that awaits him, but we take a deep dive into Trump’s foreign entanglements to give you the full scope and magnitude of his blatant criminality. Forbes investigative reporter and author of White House Inc, Dan Alexander joins Michael in breaking down the numbers to show you where the bodies are buried. Don’t miss this episode.

It’s the Mea Culpa Week in Review. T-minus 12 days and counting until election day and Donald Trump is clearly losing badly. While it ain’t over till it’s over, this one appears to be headed towards a landslide victory for Joe Biden. One of the likely reasons, suburban women have abandoned Donald Trump; defecting in historic numbers. This threatens not just the presidency for Trump but down ballot races as well; suggesting a possible blue wave that would fundamentally reorder Washington as we know it. For the main event, Michael speaks with Olivia Troye, former Homeland Security advisor to Vice President Pence and Covid Task Force member. She resigned from the White house just eight weeks ago and describes a place that was more cult headquarters than presidential home. And where facts are not facts unless they adhere to the Trumpian narratives provided.  Troye endured years inside the belly of the beast; doing her best to make a difference only to be stymied by Trump’s increasingly incompetent actions. She tells Mea Culpa the whole saga. Thanks for listening…

This eye-opening episode of Mea Culpa features Lt. General Mark Hertling, former Commanding General of the US Army Europe, delivering a scathing assessment of Trump’s unfitness for command. We also learn how the entire command structure of the military loathes their commander in chief.

The foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer may be just the tip of the iceberg. Under the Trump presidency, right wing extremist groups have multiplied significantly and pose a grave domestic terror threat to the United States. In addition, through his own divisive rhetoric and coded language, the President has tolerated and encouraged the rise of violent, Pro Trump vigilante groups. Are these armed, right wing radicals, the foot soldiers for Trump’s new Maga Army? Plus, a conversation with Lincoln Project’s Jeff Timmer. The former Michigan GOP honcho and veteran campaign operative provides insight into how the kidnap plot is playing at a local level and discusses Trump’s party takeover and how the Republican Party might repair and redeem itself.

Mea Culpa turns its spotlight on the First Lady in this revealing episode about the true nature of Melania Trump. Michael speaks with Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, the New York Times bestselling author of Melania and Me, and the First Lady’s former best friend and confidante. She takes Michael deep into the East Wing of the White House; describing a hornets nest of deceit and complicity. Here we see a new side to Melania, gleefully taking the reins of power with the Trump marriage of convenience a twisted, real life version of House of Cards. Learn how she plotted against the equally petty Ivanka for a place in the spotlight and her secret plan to keep the First Daughter out of her way. Plus, explosive, never-before heard tapes of Melania denouncing porn star Stormy Daniels. Don’t miss this episode! (Please note the interview with Ms. Winston-Wolkoff took place prior to the President and First Lady’s Covid-19 diagnosis.) Post-Script: “When I wrote ‘Melania and Me’ I knew that every word of it would be subject to potential scrutiny, so I made sure everything in the book was not only accurate, but fully provable.  I will not sit back and allow the first Lady’s chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, continue claiming I am a “delusional paranoid liar,” and other similar names to discredit the veracity of Melania and Me. Because the White House’s false claims about my character and integrity continue, I’ve had to take all appropriate steps to defend my name, which is why I released the tapes.” -Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

This double episode of the Mea Culpa Week in Review covers the New York Times’ bombshell report on Trump’s tax evasion. Michael delves deep into how the revelations will effect the President’s fragile ego. Then it’s a super smack-down, debate special report showing Trump at his most unhinged; turning the debate stage into a wrestling ring. And finally, exclusive never before heard tapes of Fox News honcho Bill Shine working with Michael in 2016 to clean up the Trump/Megyn Kelly apology fiasco. Truly an insane episode. Don’t miss a second!

Omarosa Manigault Newman joins Michael Cohen on this week’s episode of Mea Culpa to discuss Trump’s racist agenda, how daughter-in-law Laura sought to buy her silence, and making fun of Ivanka’s ridiculous speaking voice. Plus, a serious look at the President’s cognitive decline and a Twitter message from Bette Midler. 

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