they believed they were left wing institutions but never dug in deep to see what marxism did on campus. on poison ivy, we pull back the prestigious institutions. they've been effective. they bring in kids that are inclined to be woke already because the high schools are already gone and then it's like a finishing school for activism. used to be the professors were radical. now, the kids are radical, too. so you get these radical left wing protests. if you want to know how we're losing our country, watch poison ivy on foxnation right now. >> check it out on foxnation. by the way, the will cane show is now streaming live on fox news.com every day monday through thursday. go to foxnews.com or youtube, the fox news channel. join us live at 12:00 eastern. see you tomorrow morning on "fox & friends." that does it for us tonight. >> sean: welcome to "hannity."

so we're at the end of a very busy week. no one is happier by the way than president joe biden. he now gets to spend more quality time resting and relaxing at his home in delaware. now, of course, it has not been a very busy week or month for that matter for joe biden. now, yesterday he completed just his fifth public event in the last 27 days. according to rnc research, it was a short trip to north carolina where he attempted to talk about high-speed internet. well, instead, joe got dazed and confused as usual on stage, randomly starting to ask for someone named debra. debra wasn't there, but he thought he had just taken a picture with debra. maybe he just simply imagined it. take a look. >> i also want to mention commerce debra roth. where is debra? did she -- i just had my picture taken with her. that's probably why she left. [laughter] no, all kidding aside, but any

way, you can -- oh, she couldn't be here actually. that's not true. i got her mixed up, and she has -- you know, she fights very hard for the people of this district. she's up in washington right n now. >> sean: joe is often "mixed up." any way, he's not well. let's just be dead honest here. this man is not well. it's sad for him. it's sad that nobody in his life will intervene. it's also scary for all of us, everybody in the country, and frankly, it's a scary scenario for the world. the president of the united states of america clearly does not have the cognitive bandwidth to do any job. i don't think he could be a walmart greeter for that matter much less serve as the leader of the free world, and he's now running for re-election. this is the definition of insanity. now, to be fair, biden didn't just give a speech in north carolina. he also visited the delicious

greensboro-based chain cookout where he enjoyed some ice cream. it's joe's big reward for a hard day's work. this is such a ridiculous game that democrats are now playing. they trop biden out in front of a small crowd of hand-selected guests every few days and carefully guide him onto the stage. the fewer steps, the better. somebody is on stand by to walk him off stage left or stage right. they load a little script into the tell prompter with as little -- teleprompter with as little script as possible written by a staffer. they cross their fingers and hoping and praying joe biden could make it through the speech without botching it up that badly. we're all supposed to, what, pretend this is normal? this is ok? this is fine? your president is running on empty. as a result, our country is being run into the ground by woke, entitled, radical socialists who spend their entire lives in and around the

washington swamp and have zero understanding of the real world. you know, this is one of the major reasons why multiple polls show donald trump beating biden in a hypothetical matchup. now, the latest messenger, harris poll, has trump up by 11 with independent voters. another major reason for trump's polling edge appears to involve the many legal cases against him. americans now rightfully view donald trump as being politically persecuted facing off against an abusively biased system that's kurupted bipartisan bureaucrats -- corrupted by bipartisan bureaucrats. fannie willis now attempted to prosecute trump for more than a dozen felonies, rico charges, racketeering a charge, by the way, normally used for organized crime including drug dealers and gang members and the mafia. in order to pull that off, this aggressive prosecution, willis used a massive amount of taxpayer funding to hire outside

attorneys. some guy named nathan wade. now, according to allegations from a divorce proceeding, willis was having an affair with this lawyer and going on trips and tropical vacations with the lawyer who is being paid an obscene amount of money. the pair were even traveling together during their investigation into trump. now, of course, this is all, you know, seemingly financed by 654,000 dollars that fannie willis' alleged boyfriend earned from the taxpayers in fulton county, georgia. and to make matters worse, this guy has very limited experience prosecuting criminals outside of his work with traffic citations. so you gotta ask what's going on here? i think it's obvious to connect the dots, but as we speak, fannie willis, you know, beyond playing the race card, is desperately trying to squash this subpoena related to this alleged misconduct all while refusing to confirm or deny her

inappropriate affair allegations with the special prosecutor that she hired and paid the obscene amount of money to. and went on vacation with! the very same people, the people that proclaim no one is above the law seem to think they themselves are above the law when in reality many of these prosecutors are nothing but political hacks motivated by fame and fortune and an unyielding hatred for all things trump and, of course, they desire power. here with reaction, fox news legal analyst greg jaret, fox news contributor jason chaffetz. jason, let's start with you tonight. you know, when you have a guy that doesn't have a lot of experience in criminal prosecutions and you are paying him, you know, oh, three times what the fulton county d.a. herself is being paid and then she becomes the beneficiary of the high dollars that he's making off of her office to go on these elaborate vacations,

huh, i don't know. makes me scratch my head and say maybe there's a conflict here. i don't know, maybe i'm just naturally suspicious. i'm a florida resident now, but i did live many years in new york. maybe i'm too cynical. >> yeah, well that will happen when you live in new york. look, why won't she answer the most obvious question? is she having an affair, sexual relationship with the person she paid more than $600,000 to using taxpayer money? that's a pretty simple question. she runs to the church and claims that it's just because of their ethnicity that people are picking on her, but the country and certainly the people in the good state of georgia deserve to know if that $600,000 is going to her lover and the allegation of did she go to san francisco? did she go to napa valley? did she go on a cruise at the courtesy of this person who was paid this big contract? simple question, simple answer. she will not give it. >> sean: all right, let's get

your take from a legal standpoint. conflict of interest, greg jaret, any legality issues for fannie willis that you see? >> all of the above! you know, she still has to answer these accusations against her in the trump case that, you know, she hired her lover who was unqualified, paid him a whopping amount of money. together, they used that taxpayer money for lavish vacations. i mean, sean, that kind of collective self-enrichment smacks of on services fraud, misappropriation of public funds but their alleged relationship -- which as you point out neither one has denied -- is a serious violation of ethical rules that govern prosecutors. a personal interest in the outcome of a case, a conflict of interest borne by an alleged affair. and, of course, the appearance of impropriety. if proven true, it demands her

disqualification as the prosecutor. she has tainted the case, although it may not be enough to get all of the charges against trump and others dismissed, but, you know, equally troubling, sean, this guy nathan wade, her purported parramore, traveled twice to d.c. for meetings at the white house eight hours each. it's in the invoices he charged. >> sean: yeah, by the way, he charged for those hours and fannie willis also apparently met with the january 6th committee. hm. was there collusion going on? coordination going on? is that ok? >> oh, it -- well, first of all, it puts to light to willis' earlier statements that her prosecution of trump was never discussed or coordinated with his election opponent, but, look, all four of these indictments appear to have been planned and coordinated, because they were all perfectly timed so that the trials would occur

right in the middle of a presidential election. americans are pretty smart. they see this. those indictments have only solidified support for trump, because they see him as a victim of political machinations by democrats. >> sean: let's talk about that timing, jason chaifetz. a lot of these issues go back to 2020. why do they wait three years? why do they want the trial in the election year? and do you think that these trials will, in fact, take place this year? or do you believe that there's enough room, enough legal arguments to be made to delay it? >> i think they can delay them but the very fact that we continue to talk about this is exactly the play book that the democrats wanted. they could have brought these cases years ago if they thought there was some validity, but are you telling me that all of these cases, 91 counts, all of a sudden certainly came into fruition or going onto the court

calendar right at the beginning of january when we're in the middle of these caucuses and primaries? that's no accident. sometimes, the obvious -- it's just common sense. it's not a big conspiracy. it's just obvious. >> sean: what do you think, greg, from your standpoint? you know the law as well as anybody i know. do you see arguments that could be made that would be effective to delay all of these trials? well, in the case brought by the special counsel jack smith, he's got a couple of problems. first of all, the supreme court is already going to hear one of the many -- one of the main parts of his case against trump. if the high court tosses that out that does great damage to jack smith -- -- >> sean: that's not even trump's case. that was somebody that was charged about involvement. >> that's right. >> sean: so he would be the beneficiary if, in fact, the court ruled in favor of the

plaintiff here. >> that's right! and then there is the pending immunity issue as well, so i think that's going to delay that washington d.c. case. in new york, i don't think alvin has figured out yet what underlying crime trump committed. i don't think he really wants to try that case. and now you've got fannie willis. >> sean: yeah, we'll watch 'em all closely. appreciate both of you. greg jaret, thank you. jason chaifetz, thank you. my next guest say political outsider -- is a political outsider who burst onto the scene last year with a plan to slash the federal bureaucracy and drain the swamp. former 2024 presidential candidate vivek ram swamy is joining me now. last time we were on the show, you were pissed at me.

>> we had good debate last time. >> sean: i think you thrive on it having watched you in this campaign. i think you thrive on it. you live for it. you get energized by it. i think that's your personality. >> it is. >> sean: you got out of the race after iowa. you now appeared on stage with donald trump. and it was getting a little heated between both of you at the end of that campaign. you don't think nikki haley or governor desantis should stay in. why? >> at this point, i think it was fair to run this all the way through iowa, but the people spoke loudly and decisively, and i do see an opportunity here, sean. i know a lot of people might laugh at this idea, but i see an opportunity to reunite the country and that starts with reuniting our republican party so running it through iowa is fair game. i got about 8% support. i think i was about to get something similar in new hampshire. i think it was better to give

trump a decisive victory and i would ask anyone who was considering supporting me in new hampshire, libertarians included, to go into trump's direction into this primary. let's focus on taking the america first agenda to the next level. we can do that best by reuniting our party first and then reuniting this country. i do think donald trump -- this is why i endorsed him -- i think he's the best choice left in this. i think it needs to be an america first president. i think the america first movement reaches beyond the traditional boundaries of the republican party so i'm focused on bringing the next generation along with us, sean. we have a lot of young people that is moving in our direction that we can bring them. >> sean: i certainly after new hampshire and south carolina, there's a lot on the line for nikki haley in both of those states. if donald trump and the polls hold and he wins new hampshire and he's leading by a significant amount in south carolina, i'm not sure what her path would be towards the nomination. the earlier the republicans

unite, i think the better. i don't think new hampshire's system with an open primary where democrats could change the party affiliation up to pretty much the last minute and then, you know, reek havoc in a republican primary. that's been happening. thousands of democrats have reregistered as either independents or as republicans just so they can vote in the republican primary. that concerns me a little bit. your thoughts on that. >> well, one thing is i think we should stand against all forms of election interference in the g.o.p. primary, sean. so whether that's maine or colorado. one of the things i said is i would have voluntarily removed myself from the ballots in maine and colorado if they forcibly remove trump. the right answer for nikki haley and desantis was to do the same thing. anytime there's outside interference in the election in a g.o.m. primary, we should be united in standing against it. the fact we're not represents a bit of a problem. for a lot of reasons, i think

after new hampshire, i would say even before new hampshire, the right step is for haley and desantis to drop out and let's unite behind donald trump and make an america first movement that's bigger than one man and bigger than one party bringing the next generation along with us. the earlier that starts this year, the better that is going to be for our movement and country. that's where i stand. >> the agenda is simple. you control the borders and we become energy dominant, not just independent but dominant, we sell these resources and then we can cut taxes and start paying down the $40 trillion in debt. in terms of foreign policy, i agree with a lot of your points. i don't want americans involved in endless wars. i feel joe biden has just botched the whole ukraine effort by putting handcuffs from the beginning on zelenskyy. i do want to see israel win their war against terror because the islamic radical terrorists that attacked them on october 7th want to attack us. i think the world has to at some

point deal with iran, and that's where i wanted to specifically ask you, what do you do with the number one state sponsor of terror? there wouldn't be rebels armed as well as they are without the iranians. the same with hamas and hezbollah and the same with a lot of these groups. a lot of these go right to the mullahs in iran. should the world unite and make sure they should never get nuclear weapons and should they take out their refineries which is their ability to make money to foment terror? >> three things there, sean, first on the point on israel, israel is now proving it's able to get its job done. the number one thing we need to do is provide the diplomatic support that allows them to get their job done without having to be actually half in and half out which is worse for israel and worse for the united states. now you have biden second guessing their decisions. they don't need a back seat quarterback or armchair quarterback. that's not what they need. as we now move to the hooties. what's my rule of thumb,

whichever group that hits us, we hit you back 10 times harder. that has to be the rule. that's what i would tell my son if he was bullied in school. it's the same thing in human nature as in policy. is it in the world's interest and u.s.' interest to make sure iran never becomes nuclear equipped? absolutely. whether it's saudi arabia or iran, we should make sure that we stop nuclear proliferation in the middle east. i do think it was a mistake for the u.s. to engage in discussions about nuclear technology transfer to saudi arabia last year. that was something that was underdiscussed. keeping nukes out of iran's hands is a priority. where i'm different from others in the republican party is i don't believe a preemptive strike on iran is a good idea. to the contrary, i think we can deal with a lot of these threats diplomatically through smart use of our economic fortitude and become as you said energy dominant. we need to become annette export of technology which takes the

leverage out of our enemies on the global stage. that's the right focus. i think that's the right way forward. >> sean: not sure that's going to work though. there are reports that iran could be a month, two months, three months away from a nuclear weapon and marrying that to the radical ideology and their fomenting of terror, they'd be the people that would do it in my view. scary scenario. let me ask you this, you supported president trump. the president has talked about you maybe joining his administration if he's elected. any particular job that you would want? >> sean, the truth is i'm in this for the country. there's a lot of ways to drive change in this country inside and outside government. for the last few years, i've been doing it through the market. i started to strive to compete directly against black rock, state street and vanguard. that's what i was doing for the couple of years before i ran for u.s. president for the year running into it. and so i'm all in for the country. right now, my focus is making sure we do elect donald trump as the next president of the united states. it's not even about me, trump or

about one man. it's about this country. that's what i'm most focused on. whatever it is for the country, i'm all in to do the right thing. >> sean: listen, you got to get a lot of credit. you ran hard. you came out of nowhere. you got a lot of attention. you made a lot of people mad which was interesting to me. um, and i can sense your passion is real. i don't think you could fake that. and it'll be interesting to see what your future is in the world of politics. obviously, you're very young. i'm sure we'll be talking many times in the future. we appreciate you being back. thank you. all right, when we come back, piers morgan once a real big critic of donald trump is now saying trump's political comeback is in full swing. he'll explain what he means. that's coming up and much more straight ahead. there are some things that work better together. like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. voya helps you choose the right amounts without over or under investing.

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>> this is a fox news alert. i'm kevin corke in washington. south carolina senator tim scott has endorsed donald trump for president. it happened just a moment ago at a campaign event in new hampshire. that move considered a blow to presidential hopeful nikki haley. she, of course, appointed scott to the senate when she was south carolina's govern. the endorsement also comes a few days before the new hampshire primary and about a month ahead of the crucial south carolina primary. in weather news, 70 million americans under windchill alerts heading into the weekend. saturday is expected to be the coldest day. that's when 75% of the country is expected to wake up to below freezing temperatures. in the meantime, another round of snow also triggering a travel nightmare. 7,000 flights delayed today. 1,100 more were canceled. weather being blamed for the deaths of dozens.

this has been a tough winter, indeed. i'm kevin corke. now, back to "hannity." >> sean: all right, coming off his historic win in iowa on monday, piers morgan in a column for "the sun" said donald trump is more popular than ever and likened his comeback to that of frank sinatra citing trump's resilience and humor as two major factors in his resurgence here. joining us now to explain all of this is the host of "uncensored with piers morgan" there's no such thing as a censored piers morgan. we should say this at the outset here, the morning you walked off the set of the number one morning show in great britain, i wrote you. i said "whatever you do, don't quit!" and um, i don't know if -- i don't know if that message got to you or not but -- >> no, it did but you know what, sean? they said to me if you apologize to meghan markel for disbelieving her, then you could keep your job. the problem -- but the problem

was it would be like saying you'd apologize to pinocchio for believing pinocchio. i adecide -- i decided to walk. >> liberal joe i called him, scarborough used to claim he was a conservative. he's adopted this liberalism because he wants to be on television. he used to beg people here to please hire him and they didn't like the place he was working at so he figured, well, he's not going to get hired here. might as well do that. let's talk about what you see about trump. you'd been critical of president trump. i thought the speech he gave in iowa was gracious. i thought my last town hall with him was very measured, smart, funny. we're seeing a little bit different side of him. not talking as much about 2020 anymore and he's looking forward. i think it's helpful. >> well, hallelujah to that last point because when i last interviewed president trump, i

did say to him, i said, "look, you have to move on to looking back to 2020 all the time. you have to present a vision for america going forward for 2024 and you can get reelected." i noticed he's now stopped talking nearly so much about 2020. he's talking about 2024. and he's showing all the best sides of donald trump which you and i have always known have been there. he's shown the charm. he's shown the incredible resilience. he really is the comeback kid. i would have said a year ago there was no chance he would have done what he did in iowa. he also is showing that humor which seems to upset all the right people. you know, i thought the hilarious line he did in iowa when he said, "even if it kills you, basically, your vote will count." the people taking him that seriously are the same people that -- >> sean: he was half laughing when he said it. >> of course! of course! it was a joke so i think he put it altogether. donald trump is not an angel but nor is he a devil. i've always respected his

remarkable ability to withstand the kind of pressure that would knock off any other public figure i know. i remember talking to him many years ago about what happened in the financial crash of the mid-90's when all of his friends went under pretty much. i said, "how did you manage to keep going?" he said, "you know what? i had to not do what they were doing which is running home to mommy and crying and saying isn't life unfair? i dug down and i moved forward and carried through the storm." and i remembered that. i watched him do that this year whereas charge after charge after charge came after him and he got stronger and the polling for him improved. even though republicans don't really like donald trump could see there's a witch-hunt element to all of that, that the democrats are trying to kill him off, but by doing so, they're making him more popular and donald trump could feel that. and i watched him last night with you, sean, and i thought i see a guy right on top of his game, absolutely determined to

get back to the white house. i think he's pretty much got the nomination in the bag. i think he's going to win in new hampshire and south carolina quite comfortably. i think this is all over probably before super tuesday and then honestly, who would put money right now on donald trump not beating joe biden when joe biden can barely string a sentence together and could barely stand on his own two feet. >> sean: if it is joe biden, you said something that's key -- and this is unique for both of us -- is i've known donald trump almost 30 years, long before you ever contemplated a run for the presidency or getting involved in politics. in real life, he is one of the funniest people you'll ever meet, one of the most generous, gregarious, friendly, warm even. and he's one of the most interesting people you'll ever meet. >> and loyal. and loyal. >> sean: and extremely loyal. >> and he's like you like that. for example, you messaged me. donald trump rang me and wrote

to me numerous times in the next few months. i never forgot that you're the same. i think loyalty is a big trump card for him. now, you know, like i say, he's not perfect. there are many things i disagree with donald trump about and i've gone toe-to-toe with him about a few big issues. i'm not going to pretend for a moment that i think everything he's done is right but i do think jp morgan boss jamie diamond got it right. if you demonize anyone who voted for donald trump, you're demonizing 100 million americans. suddenly you don't understand why they're voting for him. last election was basically a referendum on trump who had a year of a global pandemic with all the catastrophic fallout and biden was able to hide in his bunker and exploit that and run as an anti-trump candidate. this time around if it is trump/biden, it'll be a referendum on joe biden's presidency which judging by his current approval ratings is incredibly unpopular with the american public.

very, very different battle. >> sean: and he doesn't have to change who he is. that's the interesting part of this. let trump be trump, and he is a fighter, but americans kind of need a fighter right now. the world stage needs an american leader. we see what is happening in europe. we see what is happening in the middle east. but the side of donald trump that we know that maybe doesn't show as often, i think it's to his benefit to also show that time, and it's sincere and not contrived. >> i think he's taking advice from you and other people and i think he's got to pivot. >> sean: no. he doesn't listen to me. >> i think he does actually more than probably that you get credit for but i do think that. he's frustrating donald trump. people do like him. i like him a long time. he's been very good to me. people who like him are frustrated by him. occasionally he'll do stuff and you go, come on! don't do that! i noticed that speech, he was very gracious and very warm. when he talks about being

inclusive, if he means that, my god, america needs to come together again. number one superpower in the world but so fractured and divided. if donald trump mark 2 back in the white house could be a force for unity, i'm all for it. >> sean: let me tell you, the world since joe biden's been president abdicating its role on the world stage hasn't been good for anybody. >> no. >> sean: and his policies worked. it's really that simple so -- piers, great to see you. i miss hanging out with you, my friend. hopefully see you soon. >> i would love that. >> sean: straight ahead, breaking news in the legal saga of alec baldwin. whoops. he's charged again. plus, why is los angeles and the innocence project raising eyebrows? mark geragos and pam bondi straight ahead. for 44 years mainly because i just love helping people. as i got older, it was just a natural part of aging, i felt that my memory was beginning to decline and that's when i started looking for something

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>> breaking news tonight. a grand jury has now indicted alec baldwin on the charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting on the set of that movie "rust." here with reaction, attorney mark geragos, former florida attorney general pam bondi. good to see you both. it was about a year ago, pam, they had initially indicted baldwin. they pulled back that initial indictment and one of the reasons given at the time by baldwin's attorney is that forensically, they didn't feel the gun had been examined well enough. my understanding is that they got the gun back but only after the fbi had taken the gun apart and they were able to put it back together and then they concluded that the only way that gun could have been fired is with somebody pulling the trigger of that was one thing that alec baldwin claimed he didn't do. it gets a little dicey in my mind if they took the gun apart and then they put it back

together and then they made the determination. is that problematic in your m mind. >> it is. it's going to be a tough case. you know, alex's defense attorney is a great defense attorney. i know he represents a lot of celebrities. they reconstructed basically the gun. but what they concluded was it took two pounds of trigger pull to pull that trigger. there were really great detectives on the case. if you remember, there was undercover video of alec baldwin when he was sitting in there. they're very concerned about that i think because he showed basically a lack of disregard for the victim, for her family when he was in that room being questioned by detectives. they walked out of the room. they watched his demeanor. he seemed to care more about himself. this isn't a murder case. this is involuntary manslaughter. all they have to do is prove

reckless disregard for the safety of others. he was the executive producer. there were complaints about the safety protocols on the set. >> sean: those are compelling reasons for the charges. we have to watch this play out in a courtroom. mark, what's your take on the facts as we know them now and now that they've decided to indict him yet once again? >> well, i have a real problem with the idea of indicting him again and taking this to a grand jury again. as you i think ably described, they had this case once. the fbi by all accounts had destroyed the gun in order to do the test. if what is being reported is true, they found yet another expert or forensic expert to reconstruct the gun and come up with yet another opinion after that reconstruction. to me, that's, you know, that expert shopping, you can always do that. that's generally something that's the hallmarks of a civil

case where you're fighting over money. i just think it's not something you should import into a fight for liberty in a criminal jurisdiction. and i would have issues with this. >> sean: put that aside. i've never heard of a gun -- and i've been a pistol marksman since about 11 years old. my mom was a prison guard and i got taught safety and security in guns when i was a young kid. any way, long story short, a trigger doesn't pull itself, mark. that was -- that to me was the shocking line. >> i would agree with that. and i will tell you one of the things that i said i think to you, sean, maybe a year ago, if i were his lawyer -- and as pam says, alex is a fine lawyer -- i probably would have tackled him when he gave that interview to george stephanopoulous. all that did was to open that up for them to knock that statement down so he wouldn't be looking at this in my humble opinion if

he hadn't had given that interview in the first place. >> sean: switching gears, the los angeles innocence project, they're now raising eyebrows after the group announced they're going to take out scott petersen's case which, mark, by the way, worked on after he was convicted of killing his wife and unborn child back in 2004. mark, you were involved in this case. you took a lot of heat publicly for even defending this guy. i kind of lost respect for the innocence project because i learned that they have too much, well, politics behind some of their decision-making. just my own observation. but with that said, they've done good work in the past. do you think there is evidence that can come up that might free scott petersen? do you believe that? >> well, when you say i've taken some heat for defending scott petersen -- >> sean: that's an understatement. >> that's one of the greatest understatements by sean hannity.

>> sean: i'm being subtle. >> it's been years and i still have people that get apoplectic about the defensive scott petersen and don't want to be bothered by what the evidence is. i've maintained his innocence all along. i think at one point i probably knew this evidence of this case in this trial better than anybody having tried it and lived it for several years. i have always been a fan of the innocence project in terms of, you know, the getting people exonerated off of death row and some of the great work that they do. i think this is important. i think it's important that you take cases where people are reviled, where people are hated and the conviction may be tainted because of that and you do a dispassionate examination. in fact, in some ways, it's too bad it's taken 20 years for that. >> sean: pam, usually that would deal with forensics. that's what the innocence project is well known for. i'm not sure what they might

have forensically or might believe exists forensically that would exonerate scott petersen or change his verdict. anything you can think of? >> no, exactly, sean, and you know, they've tried to unsuccessfully overturn some of my murder cases. yeah, they come in usually with forensics, with dna, but, here, it's based on what a juror put on her form from what we're hearing when she filled out her initial jury questionnaire. you know, we all watched that trial. scott petersen had the best defense in the country with mark geragos. mark is one of the best defense attorneys, if not the best defense attorney in the country. still is. was 20 years ago. but there was a lot of evidence against scott petersen. if you'll remember, lacey was 8 1/2 months pregnant. she went missing. he lied about his whereabouts. he said he went golfing. then he said he went fishing. then he said he had an afare with amber frey and lied to amber frey about when he knew lacey went missing.

there was a tremendous amount of evidence against him and the innocence project right now is not dealing with any of that as far as we know so far, just what a juror said whether they could truly be impartial. and this case has been taken up through the courts all the way multiple times to the supreme court. >> sean: all right, we're going to have to wait, watch and see. >> and affirmed! >> and we'll see if that holds. and, mark, maybe you'll have -- you'll give everybody you meet a reminder that you once represented him and maybe you'll get the same hatred i get when i'm in blue states like new york. any way, appreciate both of you coming on. thank you. all right, when we come back, according to a report, there is a weird chocolate obsession among white house staffers. the one and only jimmy failla is next straight ahead. to duckduckgo on all your devie

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>> sean: all right, a weird story out of politico. now, according to the report, once a month, the navy mess inside the white house, well, they distribute small boxes of m&ms or hershey's kisses packed in special boxes with the presidential seal and everything. some white house staffers allegedly lining up for hours for their chocolate with their laptops and sometimes even with their office chairs to work while they're waiting for their free chocolate. join joining us now the host of the brand-new hit show -- it's a hit show -- "fox news saturday night" with jimmy failla. i saw you ask dana perino if you're in trouble, who will you call first? i was honored she picked me, but she picked the right person because i know the right lawyers. i know i'll be able at a moment's notice to bail somebody out of any prison they're in. whatever trouble she got in, i'd be there. >> you're absolutely the number

one guy. the problem is, i can't afford to make you my emergency contact. >> sean: why not? >> because i know you'd charge me. >> sean: i wouldn't charming you! i would -- charge you. i would do it for free! >> you're the best. >> sean: you're lying through your teeth. it's funny but you're lying. >> i love you, man. >> sean: i would do whatever is necessary. i help my friends out. i'm a loyal person. first of all, i understand every president, they give away free stuff. when donald trump was president, i got "an official key to the white house." it was a gift. all right. thank you. i got cuff links once i think from the bush administration. i didn't get anything from obama or biden. i don't know why. >> that's crazy, because you -- >> sean: i know, right? they should be gracious. magnanimous. >> it's a thing. if you go back to the 90's when you started, bill clinton was

giving cigars to the interns. >> sean: for free. absolutely no charge. any way. >> any way. >> sean: so, on this issue, what are these people doing? they're supposed to be working. you know, these are the people that need parties because they're snowflakes and they don't like all of joe's policies in the middle east. >> that's what i mean. >> sean: even the interns are rebelling in joe's white house. that tells you a lot. >> oh, sean this whole administration when you look at it this way, it makes sense. the whole administration is a bunch of substitute teachers who don't have control of the classroom. do you remember being in school as a kid? if a weak sub came in and said they were -- >> sean: oh great. >> this dude better put a movie on fast or this class is going to be out of control! they have literally resorted to handing out candy to calm down the students. although i should warn the kids in this white house, you got to be careful what kind of candy you ask for, because if you ask for 100 grand, they'll give you a wire from ukraine. it's awkward.

now, you got money from -- >> sean: they did have cocaine found in hunter's holster. they only spent 10 days investigating the cocaine in the white house, but that was a real thorough investigation. are you telling me the white house, the most secure building -- supposedly -- on the face of this earth and this country that they can't figure out who brought cocaine into the white house? i have a few names that come to mind. i don't know -- [laughter] -- do you? >> i'm not going to name names but it rhymes with hunter biden. is it not funny, sean, that i can't get a bottle of poland spring onto a delta flight without the tsa taking me down! >> sean: oh my gosh, true! >> but you're getting bugger sugar on the floor of the white house, the most secure place in the nation. >> sean: i need an id to buy a jewel pod. i don't need an id when i go to

vote. >> crazy. >> sean: now, i'm registered in florida and got rid of my registration in new york for voting. maybe i do need voter id. i need to find out what the new rules are now that i'm a -- all right, let's go to the residents of lexington, kentucky. they're beaming a message into space asking aliens to descend upon their community and enjoy all it has to offer. apparently this is a stunt to attract ufo-loving tourists to lexington and the scientists who sent the message say they expect to take 40 years to reach its intended target in space. it's a long time to wait for visitors to come visit. >> true story, but if the aliens do come, um, gavin newsom is offering them free healthcare. [laughter] they'll get a stimulus check from the white house. i love kentucky, ok! kentucky has the bourbon trail. that's our friend james comer's district. these are fun, loving people. ufo tourists are tourists.

they won't have a pro-hamas protest in the middle of the highway. these people shower unlike the protesters i run into here in new york. i like the ufo crowd. i think they get a bad rap. >> they get a bad rap. too. they are a lot of people that show up in the area 51 place. they never want to release information about ufo's. >> no. >> sean: i think they should release it. i want them to release it. i want to know if there's other life out there that maybe god created and maybe we can learn from them. >> sean, as a former new york city cab driver, i have absolutely met people from other planets! [laughter] several planets you've heard of, two that you haven't. it's out there, man. i've driven them to laguardia. >> maybe naked cowboy. maybe they dress up as aliens. maybe you were drinking that day when you were driving your cab because that's probably the most stressful job on earth. um, but any way, jimmy failla, congrats on the show. the show is doing great. >> yep. >> sean: we're proud of you. we're happy for you. we wish you the best with it.

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