Honor of being the president and ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation. Its my pleasure to begin this evening by recognize seeing a few special guests. And ill start with a member of our board of directors the former governor of california, wilson and first lady gayle wilson. You. Steve craig, a member of the board of directors of the Richard Nixon foundation. Maureen nunn, longtime board member. Sandy quinn, the board member and former president of the Nixon Foundation. Dr. Daniel stroupe, president of Chapman University and a member of the board. And thank you to all of our Board Members that are here tonight. Id also like to recognize lisa sparks, chairwoman of the Orange County board of education and fred whitaker, chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County. Thank you both for being here. I want to acknowledge and thank all of the members of the president s council, the Associates Club in our audience and, those who are watching tonight online as well. Because your support thi
an autocrat facing dozens of ny charges with an ax to grind against the government he seeks to lead. that s a question that republican candidates are either unable to answer or unwilling to answer at this moment. there s now just one major challenger to ex-president trump after florida governor ron desantis dropped out and endorsed donald trump. it s hard to remember but for a time, ron desantis was seen as the much vaunted trump slayer, the one candidate who could break the hold on trump that he had on the voters in the republican party. appeal to those alienated by trump and ultimately beat joe biden. back in 2022, the new yorker asked, can ron desantis displace donald trump as the combatant in chief? the new york times asked, quote, is ron desantis the future of the republican party? but a las as it turned out, voters didn t want a trump alternative, they wanted trump. that became clear as his legal troubles mounted with every indictment the trump got stronger in the pol
doctored out, you know, whatever that you, you know, step thing he does to south lawn and with an unusual mark on his now look really closely because apparently he just removed what s called a cpap machine moments earlier. he was just sleepy. well, you know, he needs to be friends with mark levin because you get a call at 7 a.m.. did you read this piece, adam schiff? and i m like, no. anyway, according to reports, biden goes to bed early, wakes up. his few lucid hours are largely unprintable with few scheduled events, as we all know. still, there are much bigger problems at 1600 pennsylvania avenue tonight than biden s mental and physical decline. biden s house of cards mark my words, it is crumbling before this nation s eyes. the media have been ignoring it. they will not be able to ignore much longer. now his beloved attorney general, merrick garland, now been exposed. garland has promised over and over again that the u.s. attorney look into hunter biden. david weiss
it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a