Bill Kristol: The Preposterous and Ridiculous Lies About the FBI
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What are the programming notes for this episode?
All right. Hey, guys, a few programming notes on this January 6th anniversary. Before we get to Bill, the first, we are launching a newsletter this week focused on the Trump immigration regime. It's going to be led by Adrian Carrasquillo. Love Adrian. Been working with him for a long time. He's a great reporter and he's great for this. He knows the immigration beat. He's been doing this for a while and just glad to have somebody of his caliber on one of what might be the most important or maybe top two or three most important issues. of the Trump administration. The newsletter is going to be called huddled masses. I'll be out twice a week. You can sign up at the Borg.com slash subscribe. If you haven't former congressional candidate, John Avalon has been in the extended Borg fam for a while now has a new pod series. We're hosting called how to fix it. The first episode of this season is out on civics education. Some folks have given us feedback. They're looking for more off the news, solutions-oriented content. I totally get that.
And I'm glad John is going to be taking that on and providing it. So the first episode of that is already out, How to Fix It with John Avalon. Number three, we're leaning into YouTube this year. We've been leaning into it. But me and Sam and others are going to be doing some interviews and hot takes that don't fit the daily pod schedule. I know a lot of you guys are kind of in a routine. I've got this routine with other pods where you've got your afternoon. It's a daily. And so when there are other things that don't really fit that schedule, either because of breaking news or because it's kind of a niche topic or somebody wrote an interesting article I want to go a little deeper on. We're going to be popping those up on YouTube.
So if you want more, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page. We'll also have a salutary announcement for somebody in the fam at the end of the pod. So please stick around for that. All right. Up next, it's Monday. So it's Bill Kristol.
Now we gather due to a selfish man's injured pride. and the outrage of supporters who he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months and stirred to action this very morning. What happened here today was an insurrection incited by the President of the United States.
What happened on January 6th, 2021?
Those who choose to continue to support his dangerous gambit by objecting to the results of a legitimate democratic election will forever be seen as being complicit in an unprecedented attack against our democracy. Fairly or not, they'll be remembered for their role in the shameful episode in American history. That will be their legacy.
That was Mitt Romney four years ago today. It certainly raises some questions about how the participants of that insurrection will now be remembered. And it's Monday, so I've got Bill Kristol here to discuss. Bill, what do you think? Is that going to be their legacy? We're on the four-year anniversary here of the January 6th insurrection.
You know, I hope it's their legacy on the eight-year anniversary or ninth or tenth or eleventh. But right now, the leader of that insurrection, the inspirer of it, kind of the organizer, really, Donald J. Trump, is going to be inaugurated in two weeks as president of the United States. His administration will be stuffed full of defenders, excusers, defenders, now cheerleaders for the January 6th insurrection and for the attempted coup that kind of preceded it for a couple of months within the government. And they're going to pardon Romney. Trump will pardon a lot of the January 6th. Romney might need a pardon in the next two weeks. He'll prosecute Romney and Liz Cheney, who told the truth about January 6th, and will pardon the January 6th rioters. So four years ago and the day after among conservatives, not just Mitt Romney. But among all kinds of people, this was the, you know, the one thing that everyone repudiated. This was shameful for people like Trump. They were telling him this is going to ruin your reputation.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the programming notes for this episode?
0:00–2:15
2
What happened on January 6th, 2021?
2:15–5:18
3
What is Bill Kristol's perspective on the January 6th insurrection?
5:18–11:45
4
How does Kash Patel's nomination relate to the FBI?
11:45
5
What are the implications of the January 6th committee's findings?
11:45–13:18
6
How do recent pardons relate to Trump's actions?
13:18–17:51
7
What are the concerns about political loyalty within the Republican Party?
17:51–20:56
8
How does the media portray the January 6th events today?
20:56–50:54
Speakers
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