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Did Rudy Drop The Ball?

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani appears before Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar

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On today’s episode of The Daily Daily Caller Podcast, we go through Rudy Giuliani’s interview with Sean Hannity where the former New York City Mayor and current member of President Donald Trump’s legal team said the President repaid his personal attorney for the $130,000 Michael Cohen paid to porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their alleged affair in 2006.

Listen:

The media will focus on this as being in contradiction with the president’s claim on Air Force One, but how did it come about? Listening to the audio, you realize Hannity and Rudy were talking about different things — Hannity about the Steele dossier and how it was paid for, and Rudy the Cohen case.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers remarks before Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump rallies with supporters in Council Bluffs, Iowa, September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Will this matter? Did Rudy violate attorney-client privilege? And, exactly, would be illegal if Trump had repaid Cohen for the money? The answer is nothing, which is a point Rudy makes, too. It’s all explained in the show.

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Plus, is the idea of a “fixer” really as nefarious as the media is trying to make it out to be? Not really. Billionaires have people on staff who manage their lives, even without being directed, because when there is literally nothing in the world you can’t afford, your worldview changes — billionaires are different. It may seem obvious, but that reality has been largely ignored by the media.

Kanye West is still in the news, and still being attacked by liberals for the sin of suggesting people think for themselves. Why is this so threatening to the left? And why are even race-based blogs attacking him? We explain.

Give the show a listen, subscribe on iTunes, and comment below.

The Daily Daily Caller Podcast is a daily look and mocking of the news from a conservative perspective. Hosted by Derek Hunter, it is available in audio form Monday-Thursday and will have a video option on Fridays.

Derek Hunter is a columnist and contributing editor for The Daily Caller and author of “Outrage, INC: How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood” from HarperCollins, available June 19. Pre-order a copy here. Send compliments and complaints to derek@dailycaller.com or follow him on Twitter at @derekahunter.

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