Adam and Olivia discuss the conspiracy theory at the heart of Trump’s impeachment
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
00:00:10,700 –> 00:00:14,600
Wait till the transparent, you
the phone number.
2
00:00:30,200 –> 00:00:33,800
Hey everybody, Welcome to
conspiracy to show.
3
00:00:33,800 –> 00:00:37,100
I’m Adam Todd Brown.
I’m Olivia hide our, and we are
4
00:00:37,100 –> 00:00:39,400
your hosts for the next two
weeks.
5
00:00:39,400 –> 00:00:41,300
Yeah, we recorded them out of
order.
6
00:00:41,300 –> 00:00:44,100
We just oh yeah, we just
recorded a doozy of an episode
7
00:00:44,100 –> 00:00:47,000
that’s going up next week, sure.
It’s like momento you can listen
8
00:00:47,000 –> 00:00:49,700
to them backwards and get the
full picture exactly.
9
00:00:49,800 –> 00:00:54,000
But today, we’re talking about
some timely news.
10
00:00:54,100 –> 00:00:56,500
Yes.
Yes, this is ripped from the
11
00:00:56,500 –> 00:00:58,400
headlines.
One order style.
12
00:00:58,500 –> 00:01:00,100
Hell yeah.
Hell is Dick Wolf’s?
13
00:01:00,100 –> 00:01:02,500
Yeah, we are the Dick Wolf of
podcast.
14
00:01:04,700 –> 00:01:09,600
We’re talking about the to
conspiracy theories that are at
15
00:01:09,600 –> 00:01:12,800
the heart of Trumps impeachment,
right?
16
00:01:12,800 –> 00:01:15,800
Trial.
And I have in the notes.
17
00:01:15,900 –> 00:01:19,700
So fun going to be a really good
time.
18
00:01:19,700 –> 00:01:24,100
Yeah.
Lots of lots of very like normal
19
00:01:24,100 –> 00:01:25,800
things.
Happening throughout the
20
00:01:26,200 –> 00:01:29,800
throughout this entire mess of
everything.
21
00:01:29,800 –> 00:01:32,500
Yeah, it’s been a good run.
It’s been a good run since 2k
22
00:01:32,500 –> 00:01:35,700
16, I’ve just been having the
time of my life, hasn’t
23
00:01:35,700 –> 00:01:37,100
everyone?
I mean, it’s been so good for
24
00:01:37,100 –> 00:01:40,100
comedy.
Yeah, I did man, punk music and
25
00:01:40,100 –> 00:01:42,300
punk.
Music, just the best punk music
26
00:01:42,300 –> 00:01:45,300
is coming out now.
Yeah, it sure is.
27
00:01:47,000 –> 00:01:51,200
So yeah we’re talking about
people have been asking me to do
28
00:01:51,200 –> 00:01:53,800
some sort of impeachment
episode.
29
00:01:53,800 –> 00:01:56,100
Yeah.
And it’s like covering the
30
00:01:56,100 –> 00:01:59,600
actual impeachment trial.
It’s like how many different
31
00:01:59,600 –> 00:02:02,600
people do you want to hear say
the same thing right?
32
00:02:02,700 –> 00:02:07,300
There’s really not a lot of
interesting details in the
33
00:02:07,300 –> 00:02:09,500
impeachment trial like there’s
different people saying.
34
00:02:09,500 –> 00:02:11,900
Yep he did this also would I
don’t know.
35
00:02:11,900 –> 00:02:15,600
That would that be part of the
would that be appropriate for
36
00:02:15,600 –> 00:02:17,900
the conspiracy show?
No, it wouldn’t.
37
00:02:17,900 –> 00:02:20,500
But it also from an
entertainment standpoint.
38
00:02:20,500 –> 00:02:24,000
Be appropriate for any show
because it is not super
39
00:02:24,000 –> 00:02:27,500
entertaining.
Really boring, but there are two
40
00:02:28,300 –> 00:02:30,500
conspiracy theories.
If that’s what you want to call
41
00:02:30,500 –> 00:02:33,600
her.
That the entire thing, sort of
42
00:02:33,600 –> 00:02:36,900
centers around, right?
And we’re going to talk about
43
00:02:36,900 –> 00:02:41,000
those in about whether there’s
any Credence to either of them.
44
00:02:41,100 –> 00:02:45,200
Yeah, kind of the foundational
right in the, there’s only one
45
00:02:45,200 –> 00:02:48,000
that’s ever really called a
conspiracy and that’s
46
00:02:48,000 –> 00:02:49,300
crowdstrike.
Okay?
47
00:02:49,500 –> 00:02:52,200
Which is the one we’ll talk
about.
48
00:02:52,200 –> 00:02:53,800
First the other one is buries
Mama.
49
00:02:53,800 –> 00:02:56,000
Yeah.
But But related.
50
00:02:56,200 –> 00:03:00,600
Yeah, they are, they are
definitely related crowdstrike.
51
00:03:00,600 –> 00:03:04,500
The basic premise.
Is this the 2016 hacking of the
52
00:03:04,500 –> 00:03:10,800
DNC was a setup perpetrated with
help from Ukraine to fabricate
53
00:03:10,800 –> 00:03:14,900
computer records to frame Russia
for the hack which probably not.
54
00:03:14,900 –> 00:03:16,900
No.
I mean, that sounds like a lot
55
00:03:16,900 –> 00:03:19,900
of effort.
It’s a, it’s a whole lot of work
56
00:03:20,900 –> 00:03:25,000
to lose.
Yes, which is where like, So,
57
00:03:25,000 –> 00:03:29,000
like this whole, this this is
kind of one of those.
58
00:03:29,000 –> 00:03:32,400
This is one of the items is at
the heart of the whole, the DNC
59
00:03:32,400 –> 00:03:36,100
colluded to hack the election in
driver of Hillary Clinton.
60
00:03:36,500 –> 00:03:40,000
The thing that has always struck
me about that theory is that
61
00:03:40,100 –> 00:03:43,300
Hillary Clinton lost that
election.
62
00:03:43,500 –> 00:03:46,900
So write it it became pretty
apparent.
63
00:03:46,900 –> 00:03:51,000
That Trump was just going to
keep that suggestion in his back
64
00:03:51,000 –> 00:03:51,500
pocket.
Right?
65
00:03:51,500 –> 00:03:54,500
In case he lost.
Yeah, which I love.
66
00:03:54,600 –> 00:03:57,300
That in light of stuff like
that, there are still people in
67
00:03:57,300 –> 00:04:01,000
2020 who are like, Trump didn’t
want to be president, it really
68
00:04:01,000 –> 00:04:03,200
fucking wanted to be present,
wanted to win.
69
00:04:03,200 –> 00:04:05,000
Yeah.
And that’s his whole thing and
70
00:04:05,000 –> 00:04:07,600
he did.
And the fact that he wants to
71
00:04:07,600 –> 00:04:10,600
win again in 2020 is at the
heart.
72
00:04:10,700 –> 00:04:13,600
Yeah, of what’s Happening Here,
I think.
73
00:04:13,600 –> 00:04:17,100
And I think the idea of him
wanting to win the presidency,
74
00:04:17,100 –> 00:04:21,100
is a separate issue from the
idea of him wanting to have the
75
00:04:21,100 –> 00:04:25,900
job of President, right?
I think he Obviously is not very
76
00:04:25,900 –> 00:04:29,900
interested in the job of
President, as has been evidenced
77
00:04:29,900 –> 00:04:34,100
by how he treats those jobs.
Sure.
78
00:04:34,100 –> 00:04:36,400
Very casually.
I think we could say it’s one
79
00:04:36,400 –> 00:04:41,400
way to put it here and but the
fact that he wants he wants
80
00:04:41,400 –> 00:04:43,700
desperately to win in the
election though.
81
00:04:43,700 –> 00:04:46,700
Like that is the most important
thing to him, right?
82
00:04:46,800 –> 00:04:48,700
And he might, yeah, he probably
will.
83
00:04:48,800 –> 00:04:53,200
But so crowdstrike, it’s a
conspiracy that Trump has been
84
00:04:53,200 –> 00:04:56,300
tossing around since At least
2017.
85
00:04:56,300 –> 00:04:59,500
Yeah, that’s when he told the
Associated Press that he didn’t
86
00:04:59,500 –> 00:05:03,800
trust crowdstrike and that he
quote heard, it’s owned by a
87
00:05:03,800 –> 00:05:06,600
very rich Ukrainian.
Yeah.
88
00:05:06,600 –> 00:05:10,900
Which it’s not no, no.
The this story came back to life
89
00:05:10,900 –> 00:05:15,900
when the Trump Administration
tried to defend itself from
90
00:05:15,900 –> 00:05:20,100
allegations of wrongdoing.
Like the allegations at the
91
00:05:20,100 –> 00:05:22,700
heart of the impeachment, by
releasing a transcript of a
92
00:05:22,707 –> 00:05:24,500
call.
Trump had with you.
93
00:05:24,700 –> 00:05:29,200
Iranian president below, Tamir
zalenski and this move was
94
00:05:29,300 –> 00:05:35,100
vintage Trump for starters.
The title of the document, let
95
00:05:35,100 –> 00:05:39,700
me just boy so you can see this
live and him person.
96
00:05:39,800 –> 00:05:44,200
The title of the document as
released by the fucking White
97
00:05:44,200 –> 00:05:49,300
House is just the word
transcript with three count em,
98
00:05:49,300 –> 00:05:54,500
three exclamation points at the
end, our world is so stupid.
99
00:05:54,600 –> 00:05:58,300
And that is right off the bat
Trump as oh yeah.
100
00:05:58,300 –> 00:06:02,900
Fuck absolutely.
This whole thing is yeah, and S
101
00:06:03,000 –> 00:06:06,800
not a transcript.
No in the fine prints, a memo of
102
00:06:06,800 –> 00:06:09,800
the document itself.
It’s made clear that it’s quote,
103
00:06:09,900 –> 00:06:12,800
not a Verbatim transcript of a
discussion.
104
00:06:12,800 –> 00:06:16,300
Yeah, with so that’s what a
transcript is.
105
00:06:16,300 –> 00:06:18,600
You verbatim is a redundant
term.
106
00:06:18,600 –> 00:06:21,300
Yeah I don’t know if I’m being
too sensitive here but I feel
107
00:06:21,300 –> 00:06:22,800
like the title is a little
misleading.
108
00:06:22,900 –> 00:06:25,000
Yes.
The transcript of Only with the
109
00:06:25,000 –> 00:06:28,300
3 exclamation point that really
sells me on ya.
110
00:06:28,300 –> 00:06:33,600
Its veracity and unfortunately
it did sell a bunch of people on
111
00:06:33,900 –> 00:06:36,300
it.
Seriousness it did which is
112
00:06:36,300 –> 00:06:39,500
insane because it actually kind
of made matters worse.
113
00:06:39,500 –> 00:06:44,600
Yeah because it’s just one of a
number of examples of either
114
00:06:44,600 –> 00:06:47,300
Trump or people in his
administration we’re going to
115
00:06:47,300 –> 00:06:52,400
play a really great video from.
Oh my God, that video is so he’s
116
00:06:52,400 –> 00:06:56,400
the will get to just like Like
they’ve admitted this several
117
00:06:56,400 –> 00:07:00,200
times and public, and in this,
memo is one of the places where
118
00:07:00,200 –> 00:07:02,900
they admitted it.
But here’s the part of the memo
119
00:07:02,900 –> 00:07:05,500
where things get conspiratorial.
This is a quote.
120
00:07:05,500 –> 00:07:07,600
I would like you to find out
what happened with this whole
121
00:07:07,600 –> 00:07:11,600
situation with Ukraine.
They say crowdstrike I guess you
122
00:07:11,600 –> 00:07:15,300
have one of your wealthy people
the server they say Ukraine has
123
00:07:15,300 –> 00:07:19,500
it that sounds like Trump to me
is what he talks like.
124
00:07:22,000 –> 00:07:26,300
So who the fuck is crowdstrike?
They are an Company hired by the
125
00:07:26,300 –> 00:07:32,600
DNC em to find and remove the
hackers responsible for the 2016
126
00:07:32,600 –> 00:07:36,800
breach of DN C servers the whole
emails, right?
127
00:07:36,800 –> 00:07:39,200
They were the first to produce
evidence that Russia was
128
00:07:39,200 –> 00:07:43,700
responsible for the DNC hack and
like I said, he’s been bringing
129
00:07:43,700 –> 00:07:47,700
them up since 2017 says they’re
owned by a very rich Ukrainian.
130
00:07:47,900 –> 00:07:51,900
They’re not say us firm race
based in California.
131
00:07:52,000 –> 00:07:54,700
Well whenever you can say that
Trump said that he heard Heard
132
00:07:54,700 –> 00:07:58,900
something, you know that that is
oh yeah obvious lie, that’s his
133
00:07:58,900 –> 00:08:03,000
favorite Lie cover up phrase.
I heard this.
134
00:08:03,500 –> 00:08:06,800
Yeah, like a two-year-old.
One of my favorite details of
135
00:08:06,800 –> 00:08:11,100
that DMC hack is how it happened
like John podesta just replied
136
00:08:11,100 –> 00:08:14,500
to an email that he shouldn’t
have because he’s old and dumb
137
00:08:14,500 –> 00:08:16,800
at computers.
Yeah, like everyone else in the
138
00:08:16,800 –> 00:08:20,000
government.
It’s like man don’t give like
139
00:08:20,100 –> 00:08:21,900
the government should be run on
paper.
140
00:08:22,800 –> 00:08:25,300
Like there should be no
computers in Government.
141
00:08:25,500 –> 00:08:28,200
None of our infrastructure
should be run by computers.
142
00:08:28,700 –> 00:08:30,300
I don’t care if we have
toddlers.
143
00:08:30,300 –> 00:08:32,700
All the turn and cranks.
Yeah, just a card catalog.
144
00:08:32,700 –> 00:08:35,299
Yeah, any of that?
Yeah, perfectly fine.
145
00:08:35,400 –> 00:08:41,500
But there is a theory among
right-wingers they argue that
146
00:08:41,500 –> 00:08:45,100
crowdstrike finder Dimitri
alperovitz, which was somehow
147
00:08:45,100 –> 00:08:49,900
compromised by Ukrainian
businessman, Victor pinchuk, who
148
00:08:49,900 –> 00:08:53,500
was a donor to the Atlantic
Council, which is a think tank
149
00:08:53,600 –> 00:08:57,400
that alperovitz.
Which was part of in 2016 and
150
00:08:58,000 –> 00:09:02,200
sure yeah people get compromised
all the time but also Victor
151
00:09:02,200 –> 00:09:04,300
pinchak.
Donated a hundred and fifty
152
00:09:04,300 –> 00:09:08,000
thousand dollars to the Trump
foundation in 2015.
153
00:09:08,400 –> 00:09:12,000
So the odds of him, a scant few
months later, right?
154
00:09:12,100 –> 00:09:18,000
Deciding to frame somehow frame
Trump or the, you know, I don’t
155
00:09:18,000 –> 00:09:20,700
know.
It makes me feel Dumber just
156
00:09:20,700 –> 00:09:25,500
like contemplating it, right?
Yeah, that that’s the Agnes is
157
00:09:25,700 –> 00:09:27,900
like people listening to this
podcast.
158
00:09:27,900 –> 00:09:32,300
You know me.
I’m very open to hearing your
159
00:09:32,300 –> 00:09:34,700
Arguments for any conspiracy
theory.
160
00:09:34,700 –> 00:09:37,500
Yeah.
Like I’m a nope.
161
00:09:37,500 –> 00:09:41,200
I’m very open to the possibility
that conspiracy theories happen.
162
00:09:41,200 –> 00:09:44,200
Absolutely I believe I believe
in several yeah.
163
00:09:44,300 –> 00:09:45,600
This is bullshit.
Yeah.
164
00:09:45,700 –> 00:09:48,900
This is easily proven false.
It is funny.
165
00:09:48,900 –> 00:09:52,000
Like I was just thinking like,
man, every time I come on here I
166
00:09:52,000 –> 00:09:54,400
feel like I have to talk about
some shit.
167
00:09:55,400 –> 00:10:01,200
Yeah, it’s just so blatantly not
even possible that.
168
00:10:01,200 –> 00:10:04,400
I feel bad for like feeling like
a nicer because I, you know, I
169
00:10:04,400 –> 00:10:07,600
also, you know, I’m not one to
like, trust the government.
170
00:10:07,600 –> 00:10:11,600
I’m not one to, you know, put my
faith in a lot of these
171
00:10:11,600 –> 00:10:16,400
institutions that are not have
not earned trust but like also,
172
00:10:16,400 –> 00:10:19,700
you know who else has an earned,
my trust try Donald Trump.
173
00:10:19,700 –> 00:10:23,200
He is the least trustworthy
person in the country.
174
00:10:23,500 –> 00:10:26,100
Yeah.
And I’m by no means a Joe.
175
00:10:26,100 –> 00:10:27,700
Biden guy.
Oh, absolutely.
176
00:10:27,700 –> 00:10:29,300
No.
I don’t want Joe Biden to be our
177
00:10:29,300 –> 00:10:32,000
next president.
The fact that he can is
178
00:10:32,000 –> 00:10:36,400
continually a front-runner.
Makes me so deeply.
179
00:10:36,400 –> 00:10:40,300
Deeply sad, right?
Just on a pure, like existential
180
00:10:40,300 –> 00:10:42,800
level.
So we have that on the record.
181
00:10:42,800 –> 00:10:44,800
Yes.
We are not Joe, Biden
182
00:10:44,800 –> 00:10:46,300
supporters.
Absolutely.
183
00:10:46,300 –> 00:10:51,400
Not that said, the allegations
made against Joe Biden and
184
00:10:51,400 –> 00:10:55,500
Hunter, Biden.
And against crowdstrike Are all
185
00:10:55,500 –> 00:10:59,700
things that countless people
time and time again, have
186
00:10:59,700 –> 00:11:04,400
refuted in so many different
ways and when it comes to
187
00:11:04,400 –> 00:11:08,600
crowdstrike the idea that they
somehow collaborated with
188
00:11:08,600 –> 00:11:14,700
Ukraine to pull off this
Russian, this hacking of the DNC
189
00:11:14,700 –> 00:11:17,400
servers, there’s so much more
evidence.
190
00:11:17,400 –> 00:11:20,700
That doesn’t involve crowdstrike
light at all that.
191
00:11:20,700 –> 00:11:24,400
Implicates Russia.
So it’s, it’s, it’s just the
192
00:11:24,600 –> 00:11:28,400
Thread that people with an
agenda come in and pick a bright
193
00:11:28,400 –> 00:11:34,100
and can find just enough of a
gap in that they can squeeze
194
00:11:34,100 –> 00:11:37,900
their nefarious agenda in there.
Like, you know, right can
195
00:11:37,900 –> 00:11:41,200
squeeze their own ideas of.
Like, this is what really went
196
00:11:41,200 –> 00:11:47,700
down and just some of the
details of this that have been
197
00:11:47,700 –> 00:11:50,900
disproven.
What about that missing server?
198
00:11:51,200 –> 00:11:55,800
Yeah, there is no missing server
the A of Ukraine, did not take
199
00:11:55,800 –> 00:12:00,300
one server and hide it deep
within the bowels of their
200
00:12:00,300 –> 00:12:03,600
infrastructure.
That’s not how computers work.
201
00:12:03,600 –> 00:12:06,600
The DNC had something like 100
servers, right?
202
00:12:06,700 –> 00:12:12,400
And the FBI has a digital image
of those servers, which is all
203
00:12:12,400 –> 00:12:14,300
you need?
Yeah, like it.
204
00:12:14,900 –> 00:12:18,400
It’s not like the physical
server is hiding any anything.
205
00:12:18,400 –> 00:12:21,200
It’s, all right information,
that’s on it that you need,
206
00:12:21,200 –> 00:12:25,100
right?
It’s, it’s like, implying That
207
00:12:25,200 –> 00:12:28,900
hacking into someone’s like
Google Drive account, wouldn’t
208
00:12:28,900 –> 00:12:30,800
be enough.
You’d have to eat, have to have
209
00:12:30,800 –> 00:12:34,400
the building right?
Where that server is housed to
210
00:12:34,400 –> 00:12:37,500
really get to the root.
It’s like no this is the cloud
211
00:12:37,500 –> 00:12:38,300
baby.
Yeah.
212
00:12:38,300 –> 00:12:40,900
Like it’s all like the FBI has
seen.
213
00:12:40,900 –> 00:12:42,600
What’s on these servers?
Yeah.
214
00:12:42,800 –> 00:12:46,500
And there is no evidence that
Ukraine had anything to do with
215
00:12:46,500 –> 00:12:48,700
hacking.
Yeah the DNC and like whether or
216
00:12:48,700 –> 00:12:52,300
not you trust, the FBI is a
separate issue.
217
00:12:52,300 –> 00:12:56,300
I mean like I get it but like
right, You know, when there’s
218
00:12:56,300 –> 00:12:59,300
enough overwhelming evidence, a
certain point, you kind of have
219
00:12:59,300 –> 00:13:03,400
to and this app that even even
on that count the thing about
220
00:13:03,400 –> 00:13:11,100
trusting the FBI like do I trust
the FBI in this case where
221
00:13:11,100 –> 00:13:13,800
they’re saying, we’ve seen
Hillary Clinton servers in the
222
00:13:13,800 –> 00:13:17,000
DNC servers and there’s nothing
that shady on them.
223
00:13:17,100 –> 00:13:21,100
I do kind of trust that because
this is the same FBI that two
224
00:13:21,100 –> 00:13:25,000
fucking days before the election
was like, where is Investigating
225
00:13:25,000 –> 00:13:27,000
Hillary Clinton again, because
of those emails.
226
00:13:27,400 –> 00:13:29,800
So like they’ve looked into it.
Yeah.
227
00:13:29,900 –> 00:13:32,000
And it probably cost her the
election.
228
00:13:32,000 –> 00:13:34,100
Yes.
This one of the main one, big
229
00:13:34,100 –> 00:13:37,700
things but so yeah.
In that case, I guess I should
230
00:13:37,700 –> 00:13:40,300
in general.
No, I don’t trust most
231
00:13:40,300 –> 00:13:42,300
Authority.
I don’t trust my fucking
232
00:13:42,300 –> 00:13:45,100
landlord I mean you should never
trust your land.
233
00:13:45,100 –> 00:13:49,100
Yeah, so yeah.
I mean, I don’t in this case, I
234
00:13:49,100 –> 00:13:51,600
guess I’m willing to give them
the benefit of the doubt.
235
00:13:51,600 –> 00:13:54,000
It seems like there’s enough
evidence here, right?
236
00:13:54,100 –> 00:13:57,000
The other A thing that people
bring up as being potentially
237
00:13:57,000 –> 00:14:00,700
Shady about.
This is why was some company,
238
00:14:00,800 –> 00:14:02,600
right?
Doing the investigation?
239
00:14:02,600 –> 00:14:05,000
This is just people who are
ignorant.
240
00:14:05,000 –> 00:14:07,000
Just don’t know how yet these
things work.
241
00:14:07,000 –> 00:14:09,600
Just pretending to be experts,
right?
242
00:14:09,600 –> 00:14:13,000
When there’s a situation like
this what crowdstrike is
243
00:14:13,300 –> 00:14:16,900
crowdstrike is what they call an
incident response, right?
244
00:14:16,900 –> 00:14:22,000
Group meaning you run a system
of computers with very important
245
00:14:22,000 –> 00:14:25,000
information on them.
Someone’s hacked into your Shit.
246
00:14:25,000 –> 00:14:27,800
They are like the Ghostbusters
of itea there.
247
00:14:27,800 –> 00:14:30,900
There’s there, there’s security
personnel there.
248
00:14:30,900 –> 00:14:34,100
There people who investigate
these things for companies,
249
00:14:34,100 –> 00:14:37,000
right?
And it’s easier for the FBI to
250
00:14:37,000 –> 00:14:40,700
contract with them instead of
doing that investigation
251
00:14:40,700 –> 00:14:43,800
ourselves.
Yeah, the thing is the FBI can
252
00:14:43,800 –> 00:14:47,700
do an investigation like that.
But why would they write when
253
00:14:48,100 –> 00:14:52,000
any other almost any, it firm is
capable of conducting an
254
00:14:52,000 –> 00:14:55,200
investigation like this and then
the FBI takes it from there.
255
00:14:55,200 –> 00:14:58,400
Let the IT department can’t
enforce the law, right?
256
00:14:58,400 –> 00:14:59,800
They’re not busting down
warrants.
257
00:14:59,800 –> 00:15:01,600
They’re not collecting the
server’s.
258
00:15:01,700 –> 00:15:04,600
You know.
Right there just they are just
259
00:15:04,600 –> 00:15:08,800
doing number crunching and
basically like combing through
260
00:15:08,800 –> 00:15:11,200
and like taking out the damn
right?
261
00:15:11,200 –> 00:15:14,800
And copying and it’s not, it’s
all very technical, you know?
262
00:15:14,800 –> 00:15:18,700
I don’t even have no computer
expert but like, I know that
263
00:15:18,900 –> 00:15:22,400
that’s how you know, you’ve you
hire companies who their job is
264
00:15:22,400 –> 00:15:27,200
to do that stuff right instead.
Of the FBI dedicating time and
265
00:15:27,200 –> 00:15:29,200
man-hours.
Yeah, if you can learn to do it
266
00:15:29,200 –> 00:15:32,900
at DeVry, the FBI doesn’t need
to be involved like they can
267
00:15:32,900 –> 00:15:34,400
skip that step.
Yeah.
268
00:15:34,400 –> 00:15:36,900
And then you just pass along
whatever information you find
269
00:15:36,900 –> 00:15:39,500
and that’s what happened.
Here, crowdstrike did the
270
00:15:39,500 –> 00:15:43,600
initial investigation and then
pass that shit off to the FBI.
271
00:15:44,600 –> 00:15:47,400
Why does it matter for
impeachment though?
272
00:15:47,500 –> 00:15:50,500
Why do all these liberal Cuts
Olivia?
273
00:15:50,800 –> 00:15:54,200
I know I am a liberal cook.
Why do they think Trump with
274
00:15:54,400 –> 00:15:58,300
Held Aid to Ukraine until they
agreed to investigate this
275
00:15:58,300 –> 00:16:01,100
because that that is the
allegation here.
276
00:16:01,100 –> 00:16:03,500
That’s called a quid pro quo.
Not cool.
277
00:16:03,500 –> 00:16:09,800
No, bad illegal, highly illegal.
And here’s the thing, why do the
278
00:16:09,800 –> 00:16:11,600
libs believe?
This is?
279
00:16:11,600 –> 00:16:15,400
What Trump did.
It’s for no other reason than
280
00:16:15,400 –> 00:16:18,900
because the acting white house,
chief of staff said exactly
281
00:16:18,900 –> 00:16:22,800
those words, in front of a
television audience.
282
00:16:23,100 –> 00:16:24,300
And we’re going to listen to
that.
283
00:16:24,500 –> 00:16:29,700
Right now, Mick Mick Mulvaney is
one of the dumbest characters in
284
00:16:29,700 –> 00:16:34,300
this entire parade.
I’ll link to this video on the
285
00:16:34,300 –> 00:16:37,200
website.
It is shocking, is stupidity.
286
00:16:37,200 –> 00:16:39,900
The is shocking.
The physical performance is
287
00:16:39,900 –> 00:16:42,800
really important.
He has really caught off guard
288
00:16:42,800 –> 00:16:45,600
when they suggest that.
What he’s saying is illegal here
289
00:16:45,600 –> 00:16:47,800
or in any way.
A problem.
290
00:16:48,100 –> 00:16:53,100
He looks like he was cursed.
To always tell the truth.
291
00:16:53,800 –> 00:16:55,200
Why are we?
Fire style.
292
00:16:55,200 –> 00:16:58,000
Yeah.
And has just figured it out in.
293
00:16:58,000 –> 00:17:01,800
This is the first day every time
that he’s on TV right.
294
00:17:01,900 –> 00:17:07,400
Let’s listen to this is Mick.
Mulvaney the corruption related
295
00:17:07,400 –> 00:17:11,300
to the DNC server absolutely no
question about that but that’s
296
00:17:11,300 –> 00:17:12,700
it and that’s why we held up the
money.
297
00:17:12,800 –> 00:17:14,800
Now there was a report.
There you go man.
298
00:17:14,800 –> 00:17:18,300
For an investigation into the
Democrats was part of the reason
299
00:17:18,300 –> 00:17:21,300
that he it was on the to
withhold funding to Ukraine.
300
00:17:21,300 –> 00:17:24,300
The the look back to what
happened in 2006.
301
00:17:24,400 –> 00:17:27,300
Teen certainly was part of the
thing that he was worried about
302
00:17:27,300 –> 00:17:30,100
in corruption with that nation.
That is absolutely appropriate.
303
00:17:30,100 –> 00:17:32,900
Father.
Yeah, just described is a quid
304
00:17:32,900 –> 00:17:38,100
pro quo will not flow in less,
the investigation, he looks
305
00:17:38,100 –> 00:17:41,700
stunts like I have happened as
well.
306
00:17:41,700 –> 00:17:44,600
We do, we do that all the time
without?
307
00:17:46,800 –> 00:17:50,600
Okay, just keep digging really
upset with a political influence
308
00:17:50,600 –> 00:17:54,200
in foreign policy, so he has
since backtracked on.
309
00:17:54,400 –> 00:17:55,600
Those words.
Oh, really?
310
00:17:55,700 –> 00:17:58,600
Yeah, he’s like, Angie, you
gotta try and take it back.
311
00:17:58,600 –> 00:18:00,400
You bad.
You were on television, buddy.
312
00:18:00,400 –> 00:18:04,900
Like he is 100% admitting.
Yeah, that the president is like
313
00:18:04,900 –> 00:18:08,400
did what he’s accused and we do
it all the time, all the time.
314
00:18:08,400 –> 00:18:13,800
So our main, that’s what we do.
We’re or a mob presidency which
315
00:18:14,100 –> 00:18:17,500
that part is so insane, like
that should be like he should
316
00:18:17,500 –> 00:18:20,900
have just been impeached, right.
Then there’s actually like there
317
00:18:20,900 –> 00:18:24,200
should be some alternate route
where evidence is that clear?
318
00:18:24,500 –> 00:18:27,900
All right, let’s just well your
you get a golden ticket to
319
00:18:27,900 –> 00:18:30,300
Hollywood?
You’re moving on without having
320
00:18:30,300 –> 00:18:32,100
to compete in the rest of the
competition.
321
00:18:32,600 –> 00:18:35,500
We will see you in the finals.
President Trump, he would still
322
00:18:35,500 –> 00:18:38,400
have a perfectly fine career.
If you didn’t go to prison.
323
00:18:38,600 –> 00:18:40,100
Oh yeah.
I’d rather you would go to
324
00:18:40,108 –> 00:18:42,600
prison.
Yeah, probably not.
325
00:18:42,700 –> 00:18:46,800
I kind of hope that there’s
some, it’s somewhere been
326
00:18:46,800 –> 00:18:50,400
suggested that he won’t go to
prison after he leaves office
327
00:18:50,400 –> 00:18:52,900
because otherwise he’s never
going to leave office, right?
328
00:18:52,900 –> 00:18:57,300
He will die in office.
And then his kids will ya take
329
00:18:57,300 –> 00:18:59,100
up the mantle.
It will be dealing with God
330
00:18:59,100 –> 00:19:01,800
Emperor.
Baron Trump in a giant fucking
331
00:19:01,800 –> 00:19:07,000
kid worm suit weirdly.
This was all really good for
332
00:19:07,000 –> 00:19:11,700
crowd strikes stock prices.
I love capitalism.
333
00:19:11,700 –> 00:19:15,000
Oh yeah.
When Adam Schiff kicked off the
334
00:19:15,000 –> 00:19:18,600
impeachment hearings by
referring to quote the
335
00:19:18,600 –> 00:19:23,900
discredited, 2016 crowdstrike,
conspiracy theory stock shot up
336
00:19:23,900 –> 00:19:26,500
11.
That great which I guess stands
337
00:19:26,500 –> 00:19:28,600
to reason.
I mean, sure if there were
338
00:19:28,600 –> 00:19:31,900
people out there on the fence
about whether crowdstrike was
339
00:19:31,900 –> 00:19:34,100
involved in all this.
Yeah.
340
00:19:34,300 –> 00:19:39,100
But yeah, I don’t know that,
that a good for them, I guess.
341
00:19:39,100 –> 00:19:42,900
Yeah, I mean, fuck them.
Yeah, I was really, I was really
342
00:19:42,900 –> 00:19:46,800
worried that they were going to
go under and I’ve been sewing,
343
00:19:46,800 –> 00:19:48,700
right?
So many jobs would be loud
344
00:19:48,700 –> 00:19:54,000
strike brand that shadowy group
of 12 fucking hackers and a room
345
00:19:54,000 –> 00:19:58,000
and California somewhere.
I mean like crowdstrike is an
346
00:19:58,000 –> 00:20:01,600
objectively Sinister name.
Yeah, if you don’t want to wind
347
00:20:01,600 –> 00:20:06,400
up in conspiracy theories, he
may be change that name.
348
00:20:06,900 –> 00:20:09,300
A like that.
How about crowd help?
349
00:20:09,300 –> 00:20:12,300
Yeah.
Or I don’t know, Internet
350
00:20:12,300 –> 00:20:16,700
Security Technologies.
Associates like just go fucking
351
00:20:16,700 –> 00:20:21,500
Bland Diamond industry.
Even tell fucking Tony’s
352
00:20:21,500 –> 00:20:24,200
computers.
Yeah anything but crowdstrike
353
00:20:24,500 –> 00:20:27,700
Strike.
It’s the crowdstrike.
354
00:20:27,700 –> 00:20:30,600
Like I certainly want this to be
some evil organization.
355
00:20:30,600 –> 00:20:33,200
I don’t want like that.
I don’t want a crowd that I am
356
00:20:33,200 –> 00:20:36,800
in to be strew but like like
Blackwater.
357
00:20:36,900 –> 00:20:39,700
Yeah, they had a scary name era.
Scary.
358
00:20:39,700 –> 00:20:42,900
Fucking are pretty scary, very
scary company.
359
00:20:43,000 –> 00:20:47,100
But crowdstrike has the really
scary name and just some it
360
00:20:47,100 –> 00:20:49,300
Pros.
I mean, I mean they were hired
361
00:20:49,300 –> 00:20:51,600
by the DNC.
Yeah, I mean, I don’t know.
362
00:20:51,600 –> 00:20:54,200
So they must do something right
or wrong.
363
00:20:54,300 –> 00:20:56,800
Bunch of black hats probably
Chris.
364
00:20:57,100 –> 00:21:02,000
Chris Hemsworth is in there.
So, where did this Theory
365
00:21:02,000 –> 00:21:04,300
originated?
I put that in here because the
366
00:21:04,300 –> 00:21:07,600
really popular claim is that it
started with Russia.
367
00:21:07,700 –> 00:21:10,700
Right?
But that’s not actually true.
368
00:21:10,700 –> 00:21:12,700
It’s a little more complicated
than that.
369
00:21:13,400 –> 00:21:16,700
As pointed out by the Atlantic,
the theory that Ukraine
370
00:21:16,700 –> 00:21:20,900
interfered on behalf of Hillary
Clinton started in 2016.
371
00:21:20,900 –> 00:21:24,600
In Ukraine with a newspaper
article that was published List
372
00:21:24,600 –> 00:21:29,400
in that country and the reason
it starts there I think we cover
373
00:21:29,400 –> 00:21:33,200
this a little more later in the
episode but that article
374
00:21:33,200 –> 00:21:38,200
mentioned this black Ledger that
had all of these payments to
375
00:21:38,200 –> 00:21:41,100
Paul manafort, right?
Twelve point seven million
376
00:21:41,100 –> 00:21:47,300
dollars and when Trump and his
clan, say that Ukraine
377
00:21:47,300 –> 00:21:51,100
interfered in our election to
try and get Hillary Clinton
378
00:21:51,100 –> 00:21:52,700
elected.
That’s all they mean.
379
00:21:52,700 –> 00:21:54,700
Yeah.
All they’re saying is Uh, is,
380
00:21:54,700 –> 00:21:58,200
well, they leak damaging
information about Paul manafort
381
00:21:58,300 –> 00:22:01,500
and it might have made Trump
look bad, and they’re
382
00:22:01,500 –> 00:22:06,500
interfering in our election.
Like, what I love that is not
383
00:22:06,500 –> 00:22:09,600
the same thing.
I love the idea though, what a,
384
00:22:09,600 –> 00:22:16,200
what, a lovely fantasy land that
after everything, that Trump has
385
00:22:16,200 –> 00:22:20,100
said and done in public on
camera.
386
00:22:20,200 –> 00:22:23,900
That the thing that might make
him look bad that he’s worried
387
00:22:23,900 –> 00:22:29,000
about Is something from like one
of his campaign managers, right?
388
00:22:29,000 –> 00:22:32,500
Like who gives a shit, buddy,
greatest care that.
389
00:22:32,500 –> 00:22:34,800
That could have come out and it
would have done nothing to his
390
00:22:34,800 –> 00:22:38,700
campaign.
A be a spy, like our top fucking
391
00:22:38,700 –> 00:22:41,000
military guy for a while.
Dude.
392
00:22:41,100 –> 00:22:44,100
I think this is kind of minor.
Yeah, it’s very not me.
393
00:22:44,100 –> 00:22:46,500
Not my like Paul manafort went
to jail, right?
394
00:22:46,500 –> 00:22:49,500
But I don’t know.
He’s a bad person like pal, man.
395
00:22:49,500 –> 00:22:52,500
For it’s a bad guy but I just
don’t think that I have.
396
00:22:52,700 –> 00:22:56,300
It’s just so wild to me to think
Like that that ledger coming
397
00:22:56,300 –> 00:22:59,500
out, could have negatively
affected Trump’s campaign at
398
00:22:59,500 –> 00:23:01,500
all.
Yeah, there’s no fucking way.
399
00:23:01,500 –> 00:23:05,300
That’s the like because I feel
like that’s a thing that in his
400
00:23:05,400 –> 00:23:10,500
over you know over the time of
History will get lost about 2016
401
00:23:10,900 –> 00:23:17,700
is how it just kept escalating
and how nothing could stick to
402
00:23:17,700 –> 00:23:21,600
him ever.
It’s a one of the most bizarre
403
00:23:21,800 –> 00:23:24,200
ascents that you’ve ever seen
in.
404
00:23:24,300 –> 00:23:28,500
Yeah, decks like literally
scandals that hat would have
405
00:23:28,500 –> 00:23:32,400
ruined every single other person
just people running for
406
00:23:32,400 –> 00:23:35,700
president, like yeah.
Just people Studio executive.
407
00:23:35,800 –> 00:23:39,300
If those scandals came out
things that would ruin every
408
00:23:39,300 –> 00:23:42,100
single other candidate who has
ever run for president.
409
00:23:42,100 –> 00:23:45,300
Like if Billy Bush was the one
saying grab him by the pussy at.
410
00:23:45,300 –> 00:23:48,400
Oh my God it would have been it
would have been giving homeless
411
00:23:48,400 –> 00:23:49,600
right near the end.
Yeah.
412
00:23:49,600 –> 00:23:54,300
Well and like and if you know,
if he had said if Billy bush, It
413
00:23:54,300 –> 00:23:59,200
said that on a tape with like
Barack Obama nearby it would
414
00:23:59,200 –> 00:24:02,000
have ruined Barack Obama’s
political career, right?
415
00:24:02,000 –> 00:24:04,100
Even if he didn’t say it like ya
know what I mean?
416
00:24:04,100 –> 00:24:07,800
Like that’s how nothing much.
Nothing was sticking.
417
00:24:08,000 –> 00:24:11,900
And just the idea that this
thing, this Paul manafort thing
418
00:24:11,900 –> 00:24:15,300
that though, that was that,
that’s that was real, crane
419
00:24:15,300 –> 00:24:18,400
being bad have that could have
changed everything.
420
00:24:18,500 –> 00:24:23,100
Yeah, so funny to me, right?
And so that’s kind of like
421
00:24:23,100 –> 00:24:26,700
there’s all these Russian
Disinformation groups out there.
422
00:24:26,900 –> 00:24:30,200
One of the big ones is called
the internet research agency and
423
00:24:30,200 –> 00:24:33,300
a few months after that article
came out, they kind of latched
424
00:24:33,300 –> 00:24:35,500
onto the theory and started
spreading it.
425
00:24:35,500 –> 00:24:38,800
And that’s where the idea that
it’s a russian-born conspiracy
426
00:24:38,800 –> 00:24:41,700
comes from.
But again, as this Atlantic
427
00:24:41,700 –> 00:24:44,500
article that I’ll link to points
out, the people really
428
00:24:44,500 –> 00:24:47,400
responsible for spreading, this
conspiracy theory is the
429
00:24:47,400 –> 00:24:48,900
American, right?
Yeah.
430
00:24:49,000 –> 00:24:52,600
Like, they’re the ones who are
yeah of creating this, the most,
431
00:24:52,600 –> 00:24:56,500
because it, at least at Attempts
to because their brains are
432
00:24:56,500 –> 00:24:59,000
broken and these sorts of things
just appeal to them.
433
00:24:59,300 –> 00:25:01,900
Like right, they’ll believe any
sort of conspiracy theory, as
434
00:25:01,900 –> 00:25:04,700
long as it fits within their,
like, it doesn’t even have to
435
00:25:04,700 –> 00:25:08,500
fit within their world view.
It just has to rhyme with it
436
00:25:08,500 –> 00:25:10,700
enough that they can latch onto
it.
437
00:25:10,700 –> 00:25:13,300
Yeah.
And the Atlantic says, it’s the
438
00:25:13,300 –> 00:25:16,200
American far, right?
But I would just argue just the
439
00:25:16,200 –> 00:25:17,400
right.
Like, Republican.
440
00:25:17,400 –> 00:25:20,300
Oh, yes, mainly him.
Republicanism is extremely far,
441
00:25:20,300 –> 00:25:22,500
right?
Like that has it’s been brought
442
00:25:22,500 –> 00:25:25,300
up by like in the Pietschmann
hearings.
443
00:25:25,300 –> 00:25:29,100
Yeah still several times even
though it’s been discredited.
444
00:25:29,100 –> 00:25:33,300
Yeah over and over.
So that’s that’s crowdstrike.
445
00:25:33,500 –> 00:25:36,300
Yeah.
The other conspiracy theory and
446
00:25:36,300 –> 00:25:39,500
I put conspiracy and quotes here
because it’s never really
447
00:25:39,500 –> 00:25:42,000
referred to as a conspiracy
theory.
448
00:25:42,000 –> 00:25:44,800
But this is the moment more
important of the two.
449
00:25:45,000 –> 00:25:48,600
This is the one that led to the
pretty quid pro quo, right?
450
00:25:48,700 –> 00:25:51,900
Phone call and it involves a
company called Burr yzma
451
00:25:52,000 –> 00:25:58,500
Holdings and Even if there’s no
wrongdoing on the part of the
452
00:25:58,500 –> 00:26:01,900
Biden’s, right?
It is weird that Hunter Biden
453
00:26:01,900 –> 00:26:04,400
was on the board of this
company.
454
00:26:04,400 –> 00:26:09,100
The largest oil and gas
extracting company in Ukraine in
455
00:26:09,100 –> 00:26:12,200
2014, hundred Biden joins their
board.
456
00:26:12,200 –> 00:26:13,800
Right?
A couple months after getting
457
00:26:13,800 –> 00:26:15,300
kicked out of the Navy for doing
coke.
458
00:26:15,300 –> 00:26:17,900
Yeah, which that’s fine.
I mean sure.
459
00:26:18,000 –> 00:26:22,100
It, you know, the thing about
this whole thing is, yeah, it’s
460
00:26:22,100 –> 00:26:25,900
weird that he’s on there, but it
Seemed like a pretty standard
461
00:26:25,900 –> 00:26:28,700
case of Washington nepotism,
right?
462
00:26:28,700 –> 00:26:31,500
Like the vice president’s kid is
never going to struggle to find
463
00:26:31,500 –> 00:26:35,200
some cushy job, right?
And the reason it’s kind of
464
00:26:35,200 –> 00:26:39,400
conflict of interest e is Joe.
Biden was the Obama
465
00:26:39,400 –> 00:26:42,300
administration’s, like Point
person when it came to Ukraine,
466
00:26:42,300 –> 00:26:44,500
right?
So the fact that Hunter Biden
467
00:26:44,500 –> 00:26:47,400
got this job and Ukraine after
being kicked out of the Navy, it
468
00:26:47,400 –> 00:26:50,300
does seem like there could be
like, he might have pulled some
469
00:26:50,300 –> 00:26:53,500
strings to get him.
Absolutely, it’s not great and
470
00:26:53,500 –> 00:26:57,400
it could have Of just as easily
been this company in Ukraine,
471
00:26:57,400 –> 00:27:00,100
which as we’ll talk about, was
under investigation.
472
00:27:00,100 –> 00:27:01,100
Oh, yeah.
A bunch.
473
00:27:01,500 –> 00:27:03,500
It could have been them.
Who was like?
474
00:27:03,500 –> 00:27:06,200
Well, maybe if we hire 100,
Biden, right?
475
00:27:06,200 –> 00:27:09,600
That’s going to like, keep the
heat off us as it pertains to
476
00:27:09,600 –> 00:27:13,200
the Obama Administration.
But either way, he gets this job
477
00:27:13,500 –> 00:27:19,400
at Burger yzma in 2014.
And that’s kind of the, that’s
478
00:27:19,400 –> 00:27:22,300
the starting point.
I guess he gets this job.
479
00:27:22,500 –> 00:27:26,800
The founder of Barista is a
Named Nikola Tesla Tchaikovsky.
480
00:27:27,000 –> 00:27:29,700
Okay.
And he has been investigated
481
00:27:29,800 –> 00:27:31,000
multiple time.
Yes.
482
00:27:31,300 –> 00:27:36,100
Over allegations specifically
allegations that he procured the
483
00:27:36,100 –> 00:27:40,300
money to start buries my
Holdings through crime, okay.
484
00:27:40,400 –> 00:27:44,200
Which if that’s true do the
responsible thing and record a
485
00:27:44,208 –> 00:27:49,300
rap album up what is long as you
documented in an entertaining
486
00:27:49,300 –> 00:27:51,200
way?
They were all we’re always very
487
00:27:51,200 –> 00:27:55,700
accepting of that kind of
surprised more of These Shifty,
488
00:27:55,700 –> 00:27:58,900
big business.
Capitalists don’t do that sort
489
00:27:58,900 –> 00:28:00,700
of thing.
Yeah, it’d be pretty.
490
00:28:00,700 –> 00:28:02,000
Perfect has released a rap
album.
491
00:28:02,000 –> 00:28:05,700
Just do a fucking rabbit.
In the raps, talk about how much
492
00:28:05,700 –> 00:28:08,800
your Crock-Pot, how you sold
drugs, to start your company.
493
00:28:08,800 –> 00:28:11,900
Exactly.
And that would be a Hit album if
494
00:28:11,900 –> 00:28:14,400
the beat is sick.
I might like it, the Beats got
495
00:28:14,400 –> 00:28:16,900
to be sick, is it?
Got its got a corporate money.
496
00:28:16,900 –> 00:28:19,800
I mean except it’ll be able to
pay the the best producers,
497
00:28:19,800 –> 00:28:21,600
right?
Get DJ khaled’s in there.
498
00:28:23,800 –> 00:28:27,800
So, Thing is no investigation,
has ever turned up any crimes,
499
00:28:27,800 –> 00:28:30,900
right?
And that includes a massive UK
500
00:28:30,900 –> 00:28:35,300
investigation in 2014 that
concluded, none of the evidence.
501
00:28:35,300 –> 00:28:39,300
And this is a quote establishes,
reasonable grounds for a belief
502
00:28:39,300 –> 00:28:44,000
that his assets were unlawfully
acquired as a result of
503
00:28:44,000 –> 00:28:47,900
misconduct in public office.
Again, this all happens right
504
00:28:47,900 –> 00:28:53,300
around the time. 100, Biden
joins the board and into August
505
00:28:53,300 –> 00:28:58,300
2014, Teen Ukraine opens their
own investigation into his love?
506
00:28:58,300 –> 00:29:00,300
Chesky.
I want to know what this guy’s
507
00:29:00,300 –> 00:29:01,400
like.
Yeah.
508
00:29:01,400 –> 00:29:04,100
He’s got to be a real fucking
carrot.
509
00:29:04,100 –> 00:29:08,600
Like, just I just picturing like
just a real like creepy.
510
00:29:08,600 –> 00:29:13,000
You just cannot trust right.
Like, he might not be a bad
511
00:29:13,000 –> 00:29:15,900
person but like, there’s just
something about him where you’re
512
00:29:15,900 –> 00:29:17,600
just.
Like, I don’t know.
513
00:29:17,600 –> 00:29:19,600
I don’t know.
How did he get that money?
514
00:29:19,700 –> 00:29:22,200
No one knows gotta investigate.
Yeah.
515
00:29:22,300 –> 00:29:24,000
But Ukraine investigates.
Yeah.
516
00:29:24,300 –> 00:29:27,500
They don’t find anything.
Yeah, and this is like still
517
00:29:27,500 –> 00:29:32,900
2014 basically, right?
So all of the, by all accounts
518
00:29:32,900 –> 00:29:35,600
and we’ll get dig into it a
little more later, all of the
519
00:29:35,600 –> 00:29:40,400
investigations into Purisima by
2016 were pretty much dead.
520
00:29:40,500 –> 00:29:43,300
And that’s very important yet,
or it will become important
521
00:29:43,300 –> 00:29:46,700
later.
But in later in 2014, going back
522
00:29:46,700 –> 00:29:49,800
to then, Ukraine passes a law
establishing, the National
523
00:29:49,800 –> 00:29:54,000
anti-corruption Bureau and both
the United States and Europe.
524
00:29:54,100 –> 00:29:58,700
Acquire the Ukrainian government
to fund it in exchange for Aid,
525
00:29:58,700 –> 00:30:01,400
right?
Which if you’re sitting at home
526
00:30:01,400 –> 00:30:05,500
thinking, well that sounds like
a quid pro quo also it’s not no
527
00:30:06,000 –> 00:30:09,000
it’s us saying you need to crack
down on corruption, right,
528
00:30:09,000 –> 00:30:11,300
country or we’re not going to
give you Aid like right?
529
00:30:11,300 –> 00:30:18,100
That’s a standard thing and so
it’s very not specific, right?
530
00:30:18,100 –> 00:30:21,500
That’s like I think one of the
key differences right you’re not
531
00:30:21,500 –> 00:30:23,400
it’s not about one specific
thing.
532
00:30:23,400 –> 00:30:25,800
It’s just like You’ve got a lot
of corruption going on.
533
00:30:26,300 –> 00:30:29,600
You should crack down on it and
we’ll keep giving your aid but
534
00:30:29,600 –> 00:30:32,800
you have to pay for it.
Yeah it’s almost like a pre
535
00:30:32,800 –> 00:30:36,800
sanctions its tip, it’s kind of
messy, it like diplomacy and we
536
00:30:36,800 –> 00:30:39,600
slap sanctions on countries a
lot of times it’s because their
537
00:30:39,600 –> 00:30:41,400
human rights abusers.
Yeah.
538
00:30:41,400 –> 00:30:45,700
And we withhold funds and money
from them like North Korea,
539
00:30:45,900 –> 00:30:47,800
right?
We don’t give them Aid because
540
00:30:47,800 –> 00:30:51,800
they’re bad people and if they
started being good, which I’m
541
00:30:51,800 –> 00:30:54,000
saying that the element, not not
the bit.
542
00:30:54,100 –> 00:30:57,000
Yeah, the people are fine.
The government is kind of a
543
00:30:57,008 –> 00:30:59,800
nightmare just Kinda.
Yeah.
544
00:30:59,800 –> 00:31:03,600
And if that government somehow
became better, we probably give
545
00:31:03,600 –> 00:31:06,300
them more Aid money.
You would hope if we had a
546
00:31:06,300 –> 00:31:10,300
reasonable government, right?
That that’s not a crime, right?
547
00:31:10,400 –> 00:31:15,300
No asking, its diplomacy, it’s
avoiding War basically.
548
00:31:15,600 –> 00:31:20,400
And the thing is that part is
really important because this is
549
00:31:20,400 –> 00:31:26,300
still 2014 and Biden is still EP
and the United States is
550
00:31:26,500 –> 00:31:30,900
pressuring Ukraine to crack down
on corruption, right?
551
00:31:30,900 –> 00:31:34,500
Which would include his son, the
business that his sudden right
552
00:31:34,600 –> 00:31:38,100
is involved with because the the
implication from the Trump
553
00:31:38,100 –> 00:31:43,000
Administration is that Biden was
pressuring the government to
554
00:31:43,000 –> 00:31:46,200
fire this one particular
prosecutor, right?
555
00:31:46,200 –> 00:31:51,500
To protect his son, when the
truth is actually and this is a
556
00:31:51,500 –> 00:31:54,000
lot of people have attested to
this the United.
557
00:31:54,100 –> 00:31:58,400
States wanted this particular
prosecutor out of office because
558
00:31:58,400 –> 00:32:02,700
he wasn’t doing enough about
corruption and one of the
559
00:32:02,800 –> 00:32:06,200
factors leading to that was that
their investigation into
560
00:32:06,200 –> 00:32:09,700
Purisima failed like after so
many times, they thought this
561
00:32:09,700 –> 00:32:13,000
was going to be the guy who
might uncover some dirt on
562
00:32:13,000 –> 00:32:16,000
people and he gets in office and
he’s just not doing anything,
563
00:32:16,000 –> 00:32:18,200
right?
So not just the United States
564
00:32:18,200 –> 00:32:20,800
several countries in Europe.
Also were like you got to get
565
00:32:20,800 –> 00:32:22,900
rid of that guy.
Yeah, if we’re going to keep
566
00:32:22,900 –> 00:32:27,100
giving you a money, But when
this all really kicks off,
567
00:32:27,100 –> 00:32:28,500
there’s two things that
happened.
568
00:32:28,500 –> 00:32:32,200
Biden.
In 2016 has two meetings, with a
569
00:32:32,200 –> 00:32:35,900
one of the newly elected
presidents of Ukraine.
570
00:32:35,900 –> 00:32:40,700
And it’s during that meeting
where it’s suggested that we’re
571
00:32:40,700 –> 00:32:43,000
going to withhold Aid.
If you don’t start cracking down
572
00:32:43,008 –> 00:32:47,200
on corruption and in particular
you need to fire Victor shokan
573
00:32:47,200 –> 00:32:51,900
who is your top prosecutor and
that’s the sticking point for
574
00:32:51,900 –> 00:32:56,000
the Trump Administration.
Their it is he wanted Victor Sho
575
00:32:56,000 –> 00:33:00,100
can fired because Victor shokan
was the guy who would eventually
576
00:33:00,100 –> 00:33:03,800
investigate Burr yzma right and
that would bring up dirt on
577
00:33:03,800 –> 00:33:07,400
Hunter Biden.
But the problem with that
578
00:33:07,400 –> 00:33:13,500
argument is that, well, I should
add the that one thing is maybe
579
00:33:13,500 –> 00:33:16,400
the most important detail in the
Trump impeachment.
580
00:33:16,400 –> 00:33:18,400
Yeah.
Because what Trump wanted
581
00:33:18,400 –> 00:33:22,300
specifically, when people say
quid pro quo, he wanted in
582
00:33:22,300 –> 00:33:25,200
return for this Aid money.
Being released.
583
00:33:25,300 –> 00:33:28,800
He wanted the government of
Ukraine to at least announce
584
00:33:29,000 –> 00:33:33,900
that they were investigating Joe
Biden and Hunter, Biden for
585
00:33:33,900 –> 00:33:37,600
wrongly, influencing the
government of Ukraine to fire, a
586
00:33:37,608 –> 00:33:40,100
prosecutor to keep hundred Biden
out of jail.
587
00:33:40,100 –> 00:33:44,800
And he did that almost
immediately after a poll that
588
00:33:44,800 –> 00:33:47,500
showed that Biden had the best
chance of beating him in an
589
00:33:47,508 –> 00:33:50,800
election, right?
That’s the big problem.
590
00:33:51,200 –> 00:33:54,500
This poll comes out in 2018 at
illegal.
591
00:33:54,800 –> 00:34:00,800
And by this point, Joe Biden had
gone in front of, I think the
592
00:34:00,800 –> 00:34:04,700
Council on Foreign Relations in
2018 also.
593
00:34:04,700 –> 00:34:07,100
And was like, yeah, we put all
of that.
594
00:34:07,100 –> 00:34:10,699
Like he literally says, we
withheld, a billion dollars in
595
00:34:10,699 –> 00:34:16,199
aid until they fired this guy
and sounds crazy, but it was us
596
00:34:16,400 –> 00:34:20,199
basically requiring that they do
more right to crack down on
597
00:34:20,199 –> 00:34:23,900
corruption, but Trump wanted it
investigated.
598
00:34:24,100 –> 00:34:27,600
Other way and wanted the
president of Ukraine to announce
599
00:34:27,600 –> 00:34:30,600
this investigation was happening
because this poll had just come
600
00:34:30,600 –> 00:34:34,000
out that said Biden had the best
chance of beating Trump right in
601
00:34:34,000 –> 00:34:37,100
2020.
And like you said, highly
602
00:34:37,100 –> 00:34:38,900
illegal, that’s extremely
illegal.
603
00:34:39,199 –> 00:34:43,199
You can’t have that can’t lean
on a foreign government.
604
00:34:43,300 –> 00:34:47,699
The leader of a foreign country
to spy on our people.
605
00:34:47,800 –> 00:34:50,400
Yeah.
Like he wanted them to spy on
606
00:34:50,400 –> 00:34:53,900
Hunter and Joe Biden basically
and dig up whatever dirt they
607
00:34:54,000 –> 00:34:57,300
could on Hunter and Joe Biden.
He was asking them yet to do
608
00:34:57,300 –> 00:35:00,800
dirty work and like to start up
an investigation, just to kick
609
00:35:00,800 –> 00:35:04,800
up shit, right?
And their argument, like, the
610
00:35:04,800 –> 00:35:08,200
Trump administration’s
counter-argument, that Biden was
611
00:35:08,200 –> 00:35:11,700
actually pressuring, the
government for his own ends.
612
00:35:12,100 –> 00:35:14,900
Here’s a few different quotes.
There was no pressure from
613
00:35:14,900 –> 00:35:17,800
anyone from the u.s. to close
cases against Purisima.
614
00:35:18,000 –> 00:35:21,900
It was shelved by Ukrainian
prosecutors in 2014 and through
615
00:35:21,900 –> 00:35:26,000
2015, that is vitally.
Lee Casco former deputy
616
00:35:26,000 –> 00:35:29,900
prosecutor General, who worked
under shokan and resigned
617
00:35:29,900 –> 00:35:34,300
because he regularly stymied
corruption investigations.
618
00:35:34,500 –> 00:35:38,700
So there’s that there’s there’s
also this quote, which is from
619
00:35:38,700 –> 00:35:43,200
Daria Clinic who is a Ukrainian
anti-corruption activist or
620
00:35:43,200 –> 00:35:45,600
Advocate, shokan was not
investigating.
621
00:35:45,600 –> 00:35:49,700
He didn’t want to investigate
Burr yzma and shokan was fired,
622
00:35:49,700 –> 00:35:53,400
not because he wanted to do that
investigation, but quite to the
623
00:35:53,400 –> 00:35:56,600
contrary Arie because he failed
that investigation.
624
00:35:56,700 –> 00:36:00,300
And if anyone out there feels
like, well, that’s just hearsay.
625
00:36:00,400 –> 00:36:04,200
That’s what those people say.
Also, consider that when the UK
626
00:36:04,200 –> 00:36:07,900
was investigating, buries Mama.
Victor Sho consent, buries m’,
627
00:36:07,900 –> 00:36:11,800
lawyers a letter, attesting to
the fact that they were not
628
00:36:11,800 –> 00:36:15,200
under investigation and there
was no case pending against
629
00:36:15,200 –> 00:36:15,800
them.
Yeah.
630
00:36:15,800 –> 00:36:20,900
So basically, Joe Biden if
anything was pressed, like, put
631
00:36:20,900 –> 00:36:25,300
pressure on Ukraine to remove
the guy who was helping To cover
632
00:36:25,300 –> 00:36:28,700
up his write.
It any support the kind of
633
00:36:28,700 –> 00:36:30,700
putting his son at Janice.
Yeah.
634
00:36:30,700 –> 00:36:33,500
Exactly.
When it might be the best
635
00:36:33,500 –> 00:36:35,800
political move that Joe Biden
has ever made.
636
00:36:35,900 –> 00:36:37,500
Yeah.
Tough love baby.
637
00:36:37,700 –> 00:36:42,800
I mean, he had his name, just
got kicked out of the Navy for
638
00:36:42,800 –> 00:36:44,600
being a cokehead.
Now, you want to go work in
639
00:36:44,600 –> 00:36:47,100
Ukraine?
He seems like a problem Hunter
640
00:36:47,100 –> 00:36:48,500
Biden.
Yes, yeah, probably.
641
00:36:48,500 –> 00:36:51,000
I don’t know much about him.
He’s either been kicked out of
642
00:36:51,008 –> 00:36:53,900
the Navy for cocaine and then is
working for this company.
643
00:36:54,000 –> 00:36:57,400
That keeps getting investigated
for corruption that’s true.
644
00:36:58,400 –> 00:37:02,700
So yeah, that’s I mean, there’s
not a lot to the allegations
645
00:37:02,700 –> 00:37:06,100
against Joe and Hunter Biden.
So this is going to be a shorter
646
00:37:06,100 –> 00:37:08,600
episode.
Everything about the impeachment
647
00:37:08,600 –> 00:37:11,600
though.
Stems from these two conspiracy
648
00:37:11,600 –> 00:37:12,500
theories.
Yeah.
649
00:37:12,600 –> 00:37:16,400
And Trump demanding that the
president of Ukraine investigate
650
00:37:16,400 –> 00:37:21,500
them in return for Aid.
Highly illegal tremely and so
651
00:37:21,500 –> 00:37:23,900
illegal.
Everything else that happens.
652
00:37:24,300 –> 00:37:27,600
And like, at one point, it came
out during the impeachment trial
653
00:37:27,600 –> 00:37:30,700
that Devin Nunes went and met
with this Victor shokan.
654
00:37:30,700 –> 00:37:31,700
Yes.
Yeah.
655
00:37:31,800 –> 00:37:35,900
To try and like, get more dirt
on honor and Joe Biden.
656
00:37:36,000 –> 00:37:40,500
He is Giuliani met with them.
Both of them are so stupid.
657
00:37:40,500 –> 00:37:44,400
Right.
Devin Nunes is such a moron just
658
00:37:44,400 –> 00:37:47,600
one of the dumbest people to
ever work in the government.
659
00:37:47,700 –> 00:37:50,000
Right.
And re Giuliani.
660
00:37:50,400 –> 00:37:54,000
What does he even do?
All he does is go on TV and At
661
00:37:54,008 –> 00:37:56,100
the crimes that seems to pretty
much.
662
00:37:56,100 –> 00:37:59,800
Yeah, he’s terrible lawyer, he’s
a terrible lawyer, he’s a
663
00:37:59,808 –> 00:38:03,000
terrible TV, get I mean, his
great TV guess because, you
664
00:38:03,000 –> 00:38:06,900
know, he’s going to say
something he shouldn’t like, but
665
00:38:06,900 –> 00:38:09,600
it might also damage National
Security.
666
00:38:09,700 –> 00:38:16,500
Yeah, when he says it, he’s like
the GG Allin of modern-day
667
00:38:16,500 –> 00:38:20,200
Politics as wipe and shit on
himself once again and it’s
668
00:38:20,200 –> 00:38:24,900
gonna be entertaining, right?
But is it, is it A little toxic.
669
00:38:24,900 –> 00:38:27,200
Yeah, you’re gonna feel good
about being entertained by it
670
00:38:27,200 –> 00:38:28,900
after that guy.
Probably not.
671
00:38:29,400 –> 00:38:34,400
So yeah that’s that’s the thing.
There’s not much to like if we
672
00:38:34,400 –> 00:38:39,900
were to from here go into all of
the allegations made against
673
00:38:39,900 –> 00:38:40,900
Trump.
Yeah.
674
00:38:41,100 –> 00:38:46,000
And Trump’s Administration in
relation to this Scandal it
675
00:38:46,000 –> 00:38:48,200
would be several more episodes,
right?
676
00:38:48,600 –> 00:38:52,900
Because they have done a whole
lot of wrong as it pertains to
677
00:38:52,900 –> 00:38:56,500
Ukraine.
We Didn’t even get into how they
678
00:38:56,500 –> 00:39:00,200
let this Ukrainian dude just
kind of pressure us into firing.
679
00:39:00,300 –> 00:39:03,900
Oh yeah our ambassador to
Ukraine like that’s a whole
680
00:39:03,900 –> 00:39:08,900
other thing, but it really is
just Trump is the kind of guy
681
00:39:09,100 –> 00:39:15,700
who his gut reaction to any
obstacle that he faces is to do
682
00:39:15,700 –> 00:39:18,800
a crime as shoot.
Like doesn’t even, he doesn’t
683
00:39:18,800 –> 00:39:21,100
even think about what crime is
he’s gonna do.
684
00:39:21,200 –> 00:39:25,200
That’s just how his brain works.
He just Flips immediately to
685
00:39:25,300 –> 00:39:27,800
our, I gotta do something
illegal to fix this bullshit,
686
00:39:27,900 –> 00:39:29,600
right?
And then that sin, then he,
687
00:39:29,800 –> 00:39:33,400
that’s what he does.
And it it’s it’s obvious.
688
00:39:33,400 –> 00:39:36,500
That the idea that he’s going to
surround himself with the
689
00:39:36,500 –> 00:39:40,500
smartest people, like you can
tell from that acting chief of
690
00:39:40,500 –> 00:39:44,100
staff video, where the guy’s
like, yeah, no, everything’s
691
00:39:44,100 –> 00:39:45,000
fine.
Yeah, yeah.
692
00:39:45,000 –> 00:39:45,600
Thanks.
I’m good.
693
00:39:45,600 –> 00:39:46,800
All we do that shit all the
time.
694
00:39:46,800 –> 00:39:49,100
What are you talking about?
That’s just how diplomacy works.
695
00:39:49,300 –> 00:39:52,900
And the fucking reporters are
like no it’s not ugh.
696
00:39:53,000 –> 00:39:55,800
Do you realize What you’re
saying you are admitting to
697
00:39:55,800 –> 00:39:57,900
several crimes and they’re like
huh?
698
00:39:59,400 –> 00:40:02,300
Mick Mulvaney?
What a fucking loser?
699
00:40:02,400 –> 00:40:05,200
Yeah.
Is he though?
700
00:40:05,200 –> 00:40:07,600
Or are we the losers?
Everyone’s The Loser.
701
00:40:07,600 –> 00:40:11,100
Yeah everyone’s a loser.
Every that is the theme of the
702
00:40:11,100 –> 00:40:15,200
last several years.
Yeah it kind of feels that way.
703
00:40:15,600 –> 00:40:19,300
So now you understand why
Trump’s being a yeah that’s a
704
00:40:19,500 –> 00:40:22,800
actually a very he concise
summation.
705
00:40:22,800 –> 00:40:26,900
He asked Crane to investigate
bogus allegations against the
706
00:40:26,900 –> 00:40:27,700
Biden’s.
Yeah.
707
00:40:27,800 –> 00:40:29,100
In return for Aid.
Money.
708
00:40:29,200 –> 00:40:32,600
And that’s very much illegal.
Yeah, don’t do it if you’re ever
709
00:40:32,600 –> 00:40:35,800
president don’t and someone
listening to this will be maybe
710
00:40:35,800 –> 00:40:38,200
one day.
Yeah and if you are don’t do
711
00:40:38,200 –> 00:40:39,100
that.
Don’t do this.
712
00:40:39,100 –> 00:40:41,600
Don’t do any of the things
outline.
713
00:40:41,600 –> 00:40:44,800
Oh and the unless your son is on
the board of some shady company
714
00:40:44,800 –> 00:40:48,900
in Ukraine but and you want to
put pressure on the government
715
00:40:48,900 –> 00:40:50,100
to investigate.
Yeah.
716
00:40:50,300 –> 00:40:51,900
Your little shithead son
amazing.
717
00:40:51,900 –> 00:40:55,200
That Joe Biden comes out.
Cooking, the best out of
718
00:40:55,200 –> 00:40:58,900
everybody in this whole thing.
Yeah, because he is a bit again.
719
00:40:59,100 –> 00:41:03,000
I am not of Joe Biden fan at.
I don’t want Joe Biden to be our
720
00:41:03,000 –> 00:41:06,100
prices really don’t.
I really, really don’t.
721
00:41:06,700 –> 00:41:09,800
And so yeah, that’s not what
this is.
722
00:41:09,800 –> 00:41:13,200
It’s just like he just happened
to be doing the right thing at
723
00:41:13,200 –> 00:41:16,700
this in all of this.
Like yeah, he just was doing
724
00:41:16,700 –> 00:41:19,600
normal VP shit.
Yeah, he was doing what pretty
725
00:41:19,600 –> 00:41:22,700
much everyone on the world stage
was calling for it to be done
726
00:41:22,700 –> 00:41:25,600
yet at the time, which was For
Ukraine to fire this.
727
00:41:25,600 –> 00:41:28,400
Prosecutor.
And actually start being a less
728
00:41:28,400 –> 00:41:29,800
corrupt Nation.
Yeah.
729
00:41:30,000 –> 00:41:34,200
And I’m sure that’s happened.
I you know, I can’t imagine that
730
00:41:34,200 –> 00:41:36,400
all on the up-and-up now.
Everything’s everything’s going
731
00:41:36,400 –> 00:41:38,200
to be great now.
Yeah, now that I don’t have been
732
00:41:38,200 –> 00:41:40,400
impeached.
Yeah the whole world.
733
00:41:40,400 –> 00:41:42,100
We got him.
We got him.
734
00:41:42,100 –> 00:41:48,900
He’s definitely going to have
long-term consequences.
735
00:41:49,300 –> 00:41:51,100
Yeah.
All positive though.
736
00:41:51,200 –> 00:41:52,700
Yeah.
It’s all everything’s going to
737
00:41:52,700 –> 00:41:54,800
be great.
Don’t You worry at all.
738
00:41:55,700 –> 00:41:58,800
Anyway, that’s our episode.
Next week, we have a bonus
739
00:41:58,800 –> 00:42:02,900
episode going up about the death
of Nancy spungen.
740
00:42:02,900 –> 00:42:04,600
Yeah.
Punk rock history.
741
00:42:04,600 –> 00:42:08,800
Yeah.
Punk rock meet me at the Hot
742
00:42:08,800 –> 00:42:13,300
Topic.
So check that out.
743
00:42:13,300 –> 00:42:15,500
If you’re a patreon subscriber
if you’re not.
744
00:42:15,600 –> 00:42:17,600
Hey, fuck you.
Oh right?
745
00:42:17,600 –> 00:42:18,400
Wow.
Wow.
746
00:42:18,400 –> 00:42:21,900
Is that too much?
I mean, I get it.
747
00:42:22,300 –> 00:42:24,900
Thank you for listening anyway.
Yes, There we go.
748
00:42:25,000 –> 00:42:26,700
Go back and edit first.
Yeah.
749
00:42:26,700 –> 00:42:28,100
The other thing out.
That’s fine.
750
00:42:28,500 –> 00:42:29,600
No, I’m joking.
We love you.
751
00:42:29,600 –> 00:42:31,800
Thank you for listening.
What do we have to plug?
752
00:42:31,800 –> 00:42:35,800
This is a free episode.
Make this count, follow me on
753
00:42:35,800 –> 00:42:40,400
Instagram at Adam, Todd Brown.
Top is Wendy and Twitter and
754
00:42:41,100 –> 00:42:45,100
check out, I got a new podcast
called celebrity tragic podcast
755
00:42:45,100 –> 00:42:48,500
with me and Carrie Martin, where
we talked about The Life and
756
00:42:48,500 –> 00:42:52,600
Times some of history’s, most
tragic celebrities, and the
757
00:42:52,600 –> 00:42:56,600
first one The Wellspring?
I think the first five episodes
758
00:42:56,600 –> 00:42:58,900
are going to be about.
Anna Nicole Smith, really?
759
00:42:58,900 –> 00:42:59,700
Yeah.
She’s okay.
760
00:43:00,000 –> 00:43:02,700
She’s season one.
So you’re doing like miniseries.
761
00:43:02,700 –> 00:43:05,200
Yeah, each Seasons about a
different celebrity.
762
00:43:06,000 –> 00:43:09,200
So check that out and Olivia,
what do you have to plug?
763
00:43:10,100 –> 00:43:11,400
You can find me on Twitter.
Hi, there.
764
00:43:11,400 –> 00:43:14,900
Hide our.
And I got a podcast, it’s going
765
00:43:14,900 –> 00:43:17,200
to be coming back eventually as
soon as my life returns to
766
00:43:17,200 –> 00:43:20,700
normal to, you know, something
resembling normal.
767
00:43:21,200 –> 00:43:23,800
And yeah, that’s called lowest
common.
768
00:43:23,900 –> 00:43:26,300
Operator, you can hear a bunch
of our old episodes or last one
769
00:43:26,300 –> 00:43:30,100
was about.
If you want to hear two hours of
770
00:43:30,300 –> 00:43:34,100
two people being kind of annoyed
at the new Star Wars movie, you
771
00:43:34,100 –> 00:43:37,600
can check that episode out very
nice.
772
00:43:37,700 –> 00:43:39,400
Yeah, the new Star Wars was
pretty annoying.
773
00:43:39,400 –> 00:43:42,100
It was extremely annoying.
All right, let’s get the fuck
774
00:43:42,100 –> 00:43:43,500
out of here.
Olivia said goodbye.
775
00:43:43,600 –> 00:43:44,800
Bye.
Goodbye everybody.
776
00:43:44,800 –> 00:43:45,300
We love you.