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MEIDAS TOUCH COMMENTARY ... JUNE 26TH 2025

MeidasTouch: All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as GOP LOSES CONTROL at Hearing


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All HELL BREAKS LOOSE as GOP LOSES CONTROL at Hearing

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Jun 26, 2025

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the Republicans losing control at their hearings as even Melania got roasted by witnesses on live tv in addition to Trump Cabinet

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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY



Peter Burgess
Transcript
  • 0:00
  • all hell broke loose in the House of
  • Representatives and in the Senate as the
  • hearings that were being held by the
  • MAGA Republicans backfired in their face
  • so they had this witness Alex Norasta
  • he's a libertarian at the Ko Institute
  • and I don't know if the MAGA Republicans
  • in the House thought this guy was going
  • to be a favorable witness to them but he
  • started talking about how he goes 'Look
  • I think we should all be defending
  • Melania Trump here because let's face it
  • I understand that she probably got here
  • through uh immigration means that do not
  • meet the smell test but she's got to be
  • around Donald Trump and not a lot of
  • people can do that so maybe she should
  • get an award for that maybe you have to
  • give her an Einstein visa for being able
  • to tolerate the stench of the orange
  • Mussolini watch this guy play this clip
  • but I also want to defend Melania real
  • quick not everybody could marry Donald
  • Trump and I think that's quite an
  • achievement uh so I think she deserves

  • 1:02
  • credit for that nobody up here could
  • have done it you you saw it right i
  • couldn't do it uh but anyway so good
  • right here and then Democratic
  • Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett sees that
  • Norasta is going to be I think a pretty
  • favorable witness here so I want you to
  • watch as she then basically takes what
  • he says and then she's like 'Okay we
  • should talk about Melania and her
  • Einstein visa.' Yeah she was a model but
  • what type of model was she really when
  • she met Donald Trump at the KitKat Club
  • in New York City which was run by a guy
  • who would link wealthy Manhattan
  • business people to quote models from
  • Eastern Europe models here play this
  • clip and since we're talking about
  • integrity I'm confused as to why my
  • Republican colleagues aren't talking
  • about the lack of integrity when it
  • comes to the president's family's visas
  • let me remind y'all that Melania the

  • 2:00
  • first lady a model and when I say model
  • I'm not talking about Tyra Banks Cindy
  • Crawford or Naomi Campbell level applied
  • for and was given an EB1 visa and what
  • that stands for is an Einstein visa now
  • y'all that don't know let me tell you
  • how you receive an Einstein visa you're
  • supposed to have some sort of
  • significant achievement like being
  • awarded a Nobel Peace Prize or a
  • Pulitzer um being an Olympic medalist or
  • having other sustained extraordinary
  • abilities and success in sciences arts
  • education business or athletics last
  • time I checked the first lady had none
  • of those accolades under her belt it
  • doesn't take an Einstein to see that the
  • math ain't math in here okay and then
  • the libertarian Alex Nasta was really
  • getting on the nerves of someone like a
  • MAGA Republican Chip Roy and a guy like
  • a MAGA Republican Chip Roy tries to
  • claim right that he's like he has
  • libertarian views and he's
  • anti-government and anti-establishment

  • 3:01
  • watch what goes down here it's
  • unbelievable play this clip and she's
  • one of dozens hundreds thousands of
  • examples of Americans who are dead
  • because of policies that were advocated
  • for by the Biden administration and
  • people parading around as libertarians
  • miss Vaughn parading around
  • Mission
  • [Applause]
  • I don't have any time to listen to
  • libertarian
  • killing Americans because that's what
  • you're doing and you're hiding behind
  • Americans that is resulting in the death
  • of Americans that's a heck of a thing to
  • say to somebody sir that is totally
  • false that's the exception of that it's
  • true and everybody in America
  • great and talk about her daughter no
  • longer being with us beneath you as an
  • individual to say that to somebody and I
  • thought one of the powerful things as we
  • move to the Senate as well is you had uh
  • Democratic Senator Welch talking to Emil
  • Boove and Emil Boove is one of the top

  • 4:01
  • people at the Justice Department he was
  • Donald Trump's personal lawyer and Emil
  • Boove has now been nominated to be on
  • the third circuit court of appeals
  • basically one of the top judges in the
  • country and Emil Boove was the subject
  • of a massive whistleblower letter by
  • another top federal prosecutor who said
  • Emil Boove told all of the prosecutors
  • 'F the judges f them but use the curse
  • word f the judges don't follow what they
  • say do what the regime says but here's
  • another question where uh Senator Welch
  • just says 'Who who won the 2020
  • election?' And watch Emil Bo refuses to
  • answer that question
  • who won the 2020 election for president
  • of the United States president Biden was
  • certified as the winner of that election
  • so you give the standard answer you
  • can't say that he won because he got the
  • majority of votes and also got the
  • electoral college victory i I think this
  • the characterizations that you just made

  • 5:02
  • Senator are are both political and so I
  • can't address them under the cannons and
  • they're also tied up in ongoing help me
  • understand how it's political
  • to state
  • who got the most votes in any election
  • senator I'm just trying to be precise
  • i've the the process by which our
  • country declares the victor in an
  • election is a certification process
  • president Biden was certified now bring
  • in Democratic Senator Adam Schiff who
  • then asks the question crossexamines the
  • crap out of Emil Bo did you tell your
  • prosecutors who work for you at the
  • Department of Justice that courts need
  • to go f themselves and you should f what
  • the courts say watch this turn to the
  • meeting that Mr the whistleblower uh has
  • written an extensive complaint about uh
  • the hearing started with the chairman

  • 6:00
  • reading a social media post uh by uh the
  • deputy attorney general Blanch um who
  • was present today but not under oath nor
  • is that social media post under oath so
  • let me ask you since you are under oath
  • in the complaint it says Bouvet stated
  • that DOJ would need to consider telling
  • the courts [ __ ] you and ignoring any
  • such court order did you say anything of
  • that kind in the meeting
  • senator I have no recollection of saying
  • anything of that kind to the extent I
  • would you recall Mr
  • if you said or suggested during a
  • meeting with Justice Department lawyers
  • that maybe they should consider telling
  • the court 'Fuck you.' It seems to me
  • that would be something you'd remember
  • unless that's the kind of thing you say
  • frequently well I've certainly said
  • things encouraging litigators at the
  • department to fight hard for valid
  • positions that we have to take in and
  • have you frequently suggested that they
  • say [ __ ] you and ignore court orders is

  • 7:00
  • that also something you frequently do
  • such you might not remember doing it in
  • this occasion no and as I explained I
  • have never directed so did you or did
  • you not make those comments during that
  • meeting
  • which comments Senator
  • you really need me to repeat it did you
  • suggest as Mr ruani wrote that DOJ would
  • need to consider telling the courts
  • 'Fuck you,' and ignore any such court
  • order i did not suggest that there would
  • be any need to consider um ignoring
  • court orders at the point of that
  • meeting there were no court orders to
  • discuss well did you suggest telling the
  • courts [ __ ] you in any manner
  • i don't recall you just don't remember
  • that now that is how it is uh done right
  • there um next up I want to show you
  • Congresswoman Simon and as a lot of
  • these MAGA Republican witnesses they
  • start to invoke Dr martin Luther King Jr
  • here's what uh Congresswoman Simon says

  • 8:01
  • play this clip i want to be clear that
  • four out of the five of you
  • last year
  • posted on your social media
  • the words of Dr king and there are so
  • few folks who actually have studied who
  • are clear on the theology of freedom of
  • king very few of you have read and
  • studied and have sat in Ebenezer Baptist
  • Church so I would ask you you keep Dr
  • king's name out of your mouth if you
  • like me and the many scholars who will
  • be watching studied King you know that
  • he and the mothers and the fathers of
  • the civil rights movement and of the
  • movement for emancipation not only would
  • be struck by the conversations in this
  • room but would be shattered by the
  • consequence of lies of hatred of abuse
  • of this administration in the name of
  • folks who worked to make this country

  • 9:01
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  • 10:00
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  • putting in so one of the witnesses was
  • Carrie Lake who now runs Voices of
  • America she's basically trying to gut it
  • from within congress member Stanton is
  • from Arizona watch what he says to her
  • this is perfect play this clip there's a
  • more fundamental issue I want to address
  • today and that is character you see Miss
  • Lake we have both been public figures in
  • Arizona for a long time i've seen you in
  • action including your behavior in the
  • last two elections and let me be clear
  • about something the American people
  • cannot believe a word you say you ran
  • for governor in Arizona in 2022 you lost
  • fair and square instead of conceding you

  • 11:02
  • embarrassed yourself and our state by
  • lying again and again for years blaming
  • everything under the sun for your loss
  • except for your own toxic politics you
  • lie about that election to this very day
  • you lied about signatures on mail-in
  • ballots not matching those on file
  • proven wrong you lied about ballots
  • being intentionally misprinted and then
  • rejected in Republican areas total BS
  • you lied and said hundreds of thousands
  • of ballots were mishandled zero evidence
  • you claimed fake ballots were snuck into
  • batches before they were counted come on
  • you repeated these lies again and again
  • and you've said even recently quote 'I
  • am the dulyeleed governor they just
  • stole it.' Unquote give me a break miss
  • Lake your new role requires you to tell
  • the truth for decades whenever

  • 12:00
  • authoritarians and dictators suppress
  • the people and claim victory in
  • fraudulent elections Voice of America
  • countered those lies i can't imagine how
  • people fighting for democracy today and
  • around the world can trust someone who
  • has so shamelessly lied about her own
  • election well the gentleman you'll No I
  • will not and he goes on let's watch it
  • play this clip one final question the
  • gentle lady will suspend please go ahead
  • you make You lost for governor in 2022
  • to Katie Hobbs you lost even worse to
  • Ruben Ggo for Senate in 2024 well
  • Arizona has another election for
  • governor next year
  • will you do us all a favor and run it
  • back and run for governor again i yield
  • the gentle lady respond to that because
  • that was uh complete insanity i I wish I
  • could yield back the last five minutes
  • of my life actually and I want to
  • apologize to the people of Arizona that
  • we have somebody who's representing uh

  • 13:00
  • the folks in in one of our great parts
  • of the valley that doesn't care about
  • the integrity of our elections and he
  • goes on let's watch and play this clip
  • you were formally sanctioned by the
  • court miss Lake you have been sanctioned
  • twice for providing false information to
  • courts isn't that true yes or no i was
  • brave enough to fight our uh shoddy
  • elections and the courts have not caught
  • up that was a yes or no qu i guess the
  • answer is no let me reclaim my time you
  • have been sanctioned by both the United
  • States District Court and the Arizona
  • Supreme Court for quote making false
  • factual statements to the court and you
  • were sued for defamation by a Republican
  • election official Steven Richer he and
  • his family were subjected to harassment
  • and even death threats because of those
  • lies you told your supporters Richard
  • and fellow Republican County Supervisor
  • Bill Gates that they quote 'Sabotaged
  • election day you accused them of
  • deliberately printing the wrong image on
  • ballots to jam tabulators and injecting

  • 14:02
  • hundreds of thousands of phony ballots
  • what a joke.' And then Carrie Lake as
  • she starts getting more and more
  • defensive she holds up a photo of her
  • cult leader Donald Trump and she's like
  • 'Look at him look at his face look at
  • this man look at this look at him do we
  • all see him how freaking weird is this
  • play this clip.' But most of all what we
  • reviewed was an executive order March
  • 14th by the man who's in charge of the
  • executive branch his name is Donald
  • Trump do you have a record that you can
  • produce the chairman said you have a
  • bunch of things with you do you have a
  • record of what you reviewed and who you
  • reviewed to we reviewed the statute do
  • you have a record yes or no we have the
  • statute and we reviewed the statute yeah
  • we can pull that statute if you have a
  • not the statute the record of
  • individuals that you reviewed
  • interviewed or talked to before you
  • committed your actions of dismantling i

  • 15:02
  • worked with I talked to a lot of people
  • at the agency do you have a record of
  • that you could go back and look at
  • emails do you have a record do you want
  • me to pull emails i want you to show the
  • record of what you did Miss Lake well
  • you can tell me something that's not
  • verified
  • tell me show me the record because
  • that's what I hear often times in the
  • business you have to have a record show
  • me the wreck that you did what you did
  • that's all then you had Pam Bondi the
  • attorney general she was being asked
  • questions about Trump's memecoin dinner
  • and I want you to watch all of the
  • gaslighting here let me show it to you
  • here play this clip this solicitation of
  • investments in his personal product his
  • memecoin led to many people uh who were
  • coming from foreign countries attending
  • that dinner don't you think the American
  • people have a right to know and you said
  • yourself you're very concerned about
  • foreign influence on our our government

  • 16:00
  • senator it's it is
  • wildly offensive that you would accuse
  • President Trump of not protecting
  • American interest in our country when he
  • is the president that has shut down our
  • borders unlike Joe Biden President Trump
  • has done everything to make America safe
  • and you ask me the question and keep
  • America safe and you're trying to play a
  • gotcha question at a budget hearing when
  • you have murders left and right in your
  • state violent crimes and we are doing
  • everything we can to help your liberal
  • state whether you're liberal or not
  • we're going to do everything we can to
  • help the citizens of your state and
  • you're trying you're trying to avoid
  • that because you're trying to play a
  • gotcha question with the president of
  • the United States and it's not going to
  • work we're here to talk about our budget
  • for public safety uh I do believe that
  • as the leader of the Department of
  • Justice you should be concerned about
  • foreign influence there was obviously a

  • 17:00
  • lot of foreign influence and individuals
  • who said they were there for that that
  • reason and then Senator Mkeley says 'So
  • are you going to recommend any ethics
  • guidelines to make sure that foreign
  • influence doesn't find its way into the
  • doors of the White House?' More
  • gaslighting from here here play this
  • clip department volumes that you won't
  • answer the question about transparency
  • when the president is asking people to
  • invest in his company and his products
  • and that foreigners are attending these
  • events i think transparency would be
  • appropriate are you going to recommend
  • any ethics guidelines to make sure that
  • foreign influence does not find it way
  • in through the doors of the White House
  • how do you characterize foreigners the
  • illegal aliens that have flowed into our
  • country is that who you're talking about
  • you you don't want to talk about them
  • you don't want to talk about the crime
  • that has gone rampant throughout this
  • country and your state she's then asked
  • by Senator Murray so will you not allow
  • the conduct by Todd Blanch and Emil

  • 18:00
  • Boove to tell prosecutors at the DOJ to
  • go f the federal courts or don't effing
  • follow what the courts say or f them cuz
  • that seems to be unlawful if they're
  • doing that do you not support that or do
  • you support that here play this clip um
  • I just want you to confirm uh for this
  • you will not allow conduct like that at
  • the DOJ yes or no i will always support
  • and defend Amal Bo and I will defend
  • Todd Blanch they are two of the finest
  • people I know and two people I know let
  • me and then Congress member Stanton
  • asked Carrie Lake are you going to admit
  • that Trump lost the election play this
  • clip are you finally ready to admit you
  • lost the 2022 Arizona election
  • it saddens me that you are from Arizona
  • and you're okay with that that's a yes
  • or no question miss saddens me that you
  • are from Arizona i guess the answer is
  • no reclaiming my time the gentleman the
  • gentleman will suspend we'll stop the
  • clock for all present members are

  • 19:00
  • reminded to avoid engaging in
  • personality uh toward the president and
  • other members
  • okay and this is a member of the
  • administration so I would caution all to
  • stay on the subjects and stay off of
  • personalities please gentlemen may
  • continue yes and in this case these are
  • adjudicated lies courts of law have
  • determined that these are lies these are
  • not me saying it you didn't just lie to
  • the press really you took those lies to
  • court and then I like this last clip
  • right here of Democratic Senator
  • Elizabeth Warren saying just explain to
  • the American people what has changed in
  • the last six months that has caused the
  • Fed to forecast higher inflation right
  • now watch what civil normal intelligent
  • conversation looks like play this clip
  • so Chair Pal the Fed released its
  • updated economic projections last week
  • and I appreciate your summary but I want
  • to look at the trend lines here the

  • 20:00
  • Fed's outlook on inflation the labor
  • market and GDP growth have all gotten
  • worse compared to your economic
  • projections in December the latest
  • numbers show that the Fed is now
  • projecting higher inflation from 2.5% in
  • December now to 3.1%
  • higher unemployment from 4.3% to 4.5%
  • lower economic growth from 2.1%
  • projected just six months ago to 1.4% 4%
  • that you're now projecting chair Pal
  • what has changed in the last six months
  • that has caused the Fed to forecast
  • substantially higher inflation somewhat
  • higher unemployment and lower economic
  • growth than you did in December so some
  • of it is just taking signal from u data
  • reports that we've seen some of it is is
  • uh people working in the um possible
  • effects in the short term of tariffs we
  • have no view on the wisdom of or the
  • longerterm effects of trade policy it's

  • 21:01
  • not our job and by the way I should add
  • our forecasts are are generally and in
  • this case are are very very similar to
  • what outside forecast i understand that
  • i'm just using you as the gold standard
  • here i I know it's consistent but you
  • mentioned tariffs as one of the things
  • that has changed over the last six
  • months you know Donald Trump has become
  • president and the economy has headed
  • down not only does the Fed data now show
  • slower growth and higher prices this
  • year it sees slower growth and higher
  • prices over the next two years as well
  • and the Fed sees no longer term boost to
  • the economy or drop in inflation in
  • other words no upside to Trump's chaotic
  • tariff war or his other economic
  • policies well there you have it folks
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