Podbit · Pivot
Kara Swisher predicts that while Trump himself will escape accountability, his children and the children of his cabinet members will eventually face prosecution for influence peddling — citing Trump sons' stakes in defense-linked Central Asian resource companies as a direct parallel to Hunter Biden's Burisma scandal.
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Kara closes with a prediction rooted in a New York Post report: Trump's sons are part-owners or investors in companies with major defense contracts to mine tungsten reserves in Central Asia — the same kind of influence peddling Republicans cited in Hunter Biden's Burisma connections. [1] — Kara Swisher "Kara Swisher predicts that while Trump himself will escape accountability, his children and the children of his cabinet members will eventu…" 1:11:02 She argues Trump himself is unlikely to face accountability before he dies, but that state-level prosecutions and federal cases will eventually catch up with his children and the children of Lutnik and other cabinet members. The symmetry is her point: Republicans were 'justifiably outraged' at Burisma, and the same standard should apply. Scott raises pardons; Kara says state charges offer a path around federal pardons. The show closes with calls to action, a plea for Michael Cymbalis to forgive Scott and restore the dick jokes, and production credits.
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