case, having arrested people in the federal system and gotten them to flip, you get a 5k letter it s called. it s a letter written to the judge indicating, hey, this guy cooperated, gave us valuable information. cohen never even got a 5k letter from the doj, meaning even they don t trust this guy. he taped his client. now, listen, i m not suggesting all of this was seemly and on the up and up. tucker: no. i m simply suggesting to you things happen in the business world we may not like. yes, he is unifying in that all sides think he s a snake. tucker: i mean this without cruelty, but he seems a little dumb. and i do feel a little sorry for him. i feel sorry for any man headed to prison. i don t care what you did. i feel a little sad for you. but he seems like he was thrust into this position of prominence and he s bewildered like, how
the street, what kind of answers would you get? you would likely get a full range. he worked for vladimir putin. he colluded with the turks. he and carter page were seen reloading on the grassy knoll in dallas, that kind of thing. after 33 years do you view him as compromising the national security of the united states? mike flynn betrayed his country. it is unforgivable. but the greater crime was what to me in any view was treason. what flynn did in supporting a candidate who the russians were helping through this operation, so egregious. it s funny because it s treason. tucker: oh, it s treason. that s a pretty heavy charge.
you should know those are the rules. if you don t know that, that s just an idiot. was it okay to lie to el chapo when they infiltrated? tucker: if you don t like something, it s like either you don t like kids or you re on el chapo s side. and i just want to say for the record, i m anti-el chapo. i m glad you re anti-el chapo. tucker: thank you very much. thank you. tucker: michael cohen is doing three years in prison. he was just sentenced but he doesn t have to go for three months. he is on a publicity tour. the country has never been more divisive. and one of the hopes that i have out of the punishment that i ve
you don t think maybe that s a system inherently unfair? no. tucker: no? law enforcement agents infiltrate crime rings all the time and they lie about their identity and they lie about other things to gain access to people. so let s be clear what you re talking about here. are you saying that that should stop too? tucker: i don t know. no, i mean, i m all for cleaning up drug rings and stopping espionage. neither one faced a suggestion of prosecution because they re immune from that, not in the service of breaking up drug rings, but they just lied. but nobody cares and everybody s like, oh, it s okay. that doesn t bother you? i m still trying to figure out what the lie was to michael
and watching the video we recorded of this because it s not about comedy. it s about ordinary people up and down the country feeling like they can t say what they think. i have all kinds of people messaging me saying they don t agree. so what it s coming to is the fact that everybody feels like we re all kind of under arrest. we re all everything we say can and will be used against us in the court of public opinion. and they re coming for the comedians first because we re the ones that, as you say, are allowed to transgress. but everyone else feels it and that s why it has the resonance it has. tucker: thank you very much. god bless you for what you re doing. i appreciate it. thanks for having me, tucker. tucker: a free speech non-profit has sued the university of texas, saying the school has suppressed speech.