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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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>> John: WELCOME, WELCOME,

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WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!"

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I'M JOHN OLIVER.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING

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US.

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AND LET'S DIVE STRAIGHT IN THIS

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WEEK WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN

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CALLING STUPID WATERGATE 2:

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THE SCANDAL THAT'S LIKE GETTING

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A RUBBER CHICKEN STUCK IN YOUR

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ASS: IT'S OBVIOUSLY KIND OF

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FUNNY, BUT ALSO ACTUALLY SERIOUS

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AND SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE

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DONE ABOUT IT.

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THIS WEEK THE HOUSE CONTINUED

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CALLING WITNESSES AHEAD OF

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PUBLIC IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS THAT

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WILL START NEXT WEDNESDAY.

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BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY

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FIGURED OUT WHO IS REALLY TO

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BLAME FOR EVERYTHING AND CHOSE

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HIS DAILY HELICOPTER‐YELL TIME

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TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE:

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>> IT'S CALLED THE SWAMP.

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AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED?

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AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DID?

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A BIG FAVOR.

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I CAUGHT THE SWAMP.

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I CAUGHT THEM ALL.

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LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

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NOBODY ELSE COULD HAVE DONE THAT

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BUT ME.

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>> John: THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE

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DONALD TRUMP AT HIS

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DONALD TRUMP‐IEST.

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FIRST SCREAMING SOMETHING

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"I CAUGHT THE SWAMP."

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THEN DOUBLING DOWN ON IT ‐‐

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"I CAUGHT THEM ALL."

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AND FINALLY BRAGGING ABOUT HOW

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GREAT HE WAS AT DOING SOMETHING

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THAT DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING IN THE

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FIRST PLACE.

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NOTHING THERE MADE SENSE, AND

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YET YOU JUST KNOW IN TWO DAYS

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HIS WEBSITE WILL BE SOLD OUT OF

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"I CAUGHT THE SWAMP" HATS

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'CAUSE THAT'S THE FUCKING WORLD

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WE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW.

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BUT THAT WASN'T EVEN THE MOST

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DESPERATE DEFENSE OF THE

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PRESIDENT EMPLOYED THIS WEEK.

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THAT HONOR MUST GO TO

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LINDSEY GRAHAM ‐‐ A MAN WHOSE

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VERY FACE LOOKS LIKE A NANA

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WHO JUST FOUND OUT WHAT

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"THRUPLES" ARE.

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GRAHAM ARGUED THAT HE KNOWS THE

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PRESIDENT DIDN'T DEMAND A

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QUID PRO QUO WITH SOME

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SPECTACULAR LOGIC.

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>> WHAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE

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TRUMP POLICY TOWARD UKRAINE?

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IT WAS INCOHERENT.

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IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO.

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THEY SEEM TO BE INCAPABLE OF

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FORMING A QUID PRO QUO.

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>> John: SO WAIT, TO BE CLEAR

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HERE, GRAHAM'S DEFENSE HAS GONE

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FROM "THERE WAS NO QUID PRO QUO"

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TO "TRUMP IS TOO DUMB TO DO

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ONE."

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AND THAT ARGUMENT ALONE IS

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TERRIFYING.

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GRAHAM'S ESSENTIALLY SAYING,

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"THE PRESIDENT'S AN IDIOT.

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HE'S LIKE A BABY, STUMBLING

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AROUND AIMLESSLY IN A DIAPER

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FULL OF HIS OWN BOOM‐BOOM.

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AND THAT IS WHY HE MUST STAY IN

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OFFICE AND RETAIN ACCESS TO THE

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NUCLEAR CODES."

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BUT WHILE STUPID WATERGATE 2

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CONTINUES TO UNFOLD, THIS WEEK

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BROUGHT NEWS FROM THE PREVIOUS

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VERSION, STUPID WATERGATE 1:

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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE

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STUPID.

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NOW, YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE PLOT

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HERE WAS PRETTY SOLID.

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ESSENTIALLY, IT WAS ABOUT THE

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TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S CONTACTS WITH

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RUSSIA: WHO TALKED TO WHOM AND

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WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT KNOW?

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A LOT OF THAT CAME OUT IN THE

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MUELLER REPORT, BUT CERTAIN

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DETAILS, LIKE THOSE INVOLVING

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WIKILEAKS, WERE REDACTED BECAUSE

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THEY PERTAINED TO ONGOING CASES.

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WELL, THIS WEEK, THAT TRIAL IS

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‐‐ ONE OF THOSE CASES REACHED A

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COURTROOM.

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AT THE CENTER OF IT IS

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ROGER STONE, A STEAMPUNK

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ANDY WARHOL WHO IS IN A LOT OF

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TROUBLE.

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>> ROGER STONE'S TRIAL FOR

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ALLEGEDLY LYING TO CONGRESS GOT

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UNDERWAY IN A WASHINGTON, D. C.

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COURTROOM TODAY.

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FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARGUED THAT

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STONE LIED TO CONGRESS ABOUT HIS

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EFFORTS TO CONNECT WITH

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WIKILEAKS IN 2016 BECAUSE THE

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TRUTH LOOKED BAD FOR

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DONALD TRUMP.

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>> John: RIGHT.

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ROGER STONE IS ACCUSED OF LYING

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TO HAVE THE PRESIDENT'S BACK.

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NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH HAVING A

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LYING PRESIDENT ON

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HIS BACK, BECAUSE STONE HAS THIS

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ACTUAL TATTOO, WHICH IS SIMPLY

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THE WEIRDEST TATTOO I HAVE EVER

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NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S OF

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RICHARD NIXON, BUT BECAUSE IT'S

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BOTH TOO BIG AND NOT BIG ENOUGH,

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AND THE PLACEMENT IS TERRIBLE.

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IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY CENTER

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JUSTIFIED A NIXON JPEG AT THE

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TOP OF A BLANK WORD DOCUMENT.

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STONE STANDS ACCUSED OF

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MISLEADING CONGRESS ABOUT HIS

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HE CLAIMS THAT HE NEVER SPOKE

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DIRECTLY WITH JULIAN ASSANGE AND

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TESTIFIED IN 2017 THAT HE'D

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INSTEAD RELIED UPON AN

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INTERMEDIARY, SPECIFICALLY, THIS

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INTERMEDIARY, AND STONE HAS NOT

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REACTED WELL TO THAT, BECAUSE

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PROSECUTORS READ SOME OF

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STONE'S MESSAGES TO CREDICO IN

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COURT, AND THEY ARE ROUGH.

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>> STONE WRITES TO CREDICO,

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"YOU ARE A RAT, A STOOLIE.

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YOU BACKSTAB YOUR FRIENDS.

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I AM SO READY.

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LET'S GET IT ON.

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PREPARE TO DIE."

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>> John: HOLY SHIT.

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ALTHOUGH, I WILL SAY, IT'S

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ACTUALLY UNSURPRISING TO

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HEAR MAFIA‐STYLE THREATS COMING

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CONSISTS OF MOB BOSS HALLOWEEN

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COSTUMES FROM THE DISCOUNT RACK

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AND YET STONE HAS ARGUED THAT

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"PREPARE TO DIE" HAS BEEN TAKEN

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LAST YEAR, HE CLAIMED THE ONLY

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REASON HE SAID THAT WAS BECAUSE

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CREDICO "TOLD HIM HE HAD

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TERMINAL PROSTATE CANCER."

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EXCEPT THERE'S TWO PROBLEMS WITH

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THAT: ONE, CREDICO SAYS HE

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DOESN'T HAVE TERMINAL PROSTATE

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CANCER.

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AND EVEN IF HE DID, THAT'S A

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WEIRD THING TO SAY TO SOMEONE

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WHO DOES.

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GIFT SHOPS DON'T SELL

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"PREPARE TO DIE" BALLOONS.

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IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING HUMANS

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TEND TO SAY TO EACH OTHER.

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SO STONE IS IN SOME SERIOUS

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LEGAL TROUBLE HERE, AND LEGAL

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TROUBLE COSTS MONEY.

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BUT DON'T WORRY, 'CAUSE HE'S GOT

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THAT COVERED.

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>> YOU CAN HELP ME IN MY EPIC

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STRUGGLE FOR VINDICATION AND

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SURVIVAL BY ORDERING YOUR VERY

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OWN PERSONALLY SIGNED

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"ROGER STONE DID NOTHING WRONG"

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T‐SHIRT.

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PLEASE ORDER YOURS TODAY.

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>> John: WELL, THAT'S

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JUST RIDICULOUS.

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WE KNOW ROGER STONE DID AT LEAST

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ONE THING WRONG, AND THAT'S

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MAKING THAT FUCKING T‐SHIRT.

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ACTUALLY, TWO THINGS WRONG

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BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE TATTOO.

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IN FACT, THREE THINGS BECAUSE HE

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WORE THIS TO THE INAUGURATION.

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AND THAT'S BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO

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THE ALLEGED CRIMES HERE.

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I WOULD ARGUE A MORE ACCURATE

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T‐SHIRT WOULD SAY, "ROGER STONE

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DID LITERALLY EVERYTHING WRONG."

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BUT STONE ISN'T JUST SELLING

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T‐SHIRTS ONLINE TO COVER HIS

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LEGAL COSTS.

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YOU CAN ALSO BUY A HAT, A SPORTY

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TANK TOP, A HOODIE, AND A

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DOG TAG.

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AND FOR THOSE LOOKING TO SUPPORT

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STONE BUT UNABLE TO WEAR

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ANYTHING TOO POLITICAL AT WORK,

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CONSIDER THIS NONPARTISAN

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"I LOVE PORN STARS" T‐SHIRT,

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WHICH, ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCT

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DESCRIPTION, "ADDS STATEMENT TO

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CASUALLY ELEGANT APPEARANCE,"

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WHICH IS UNDENIABLY TRUE.

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OBJECTIVELY, A STATEMENT HAS

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BEEN ADDED THERE.

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SPECIFICALLY, THE STATEMENT

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"I LOVE PORN STARS."

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YOU CAN'T SAY IT HASN'T BEEN.

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BUT MY FAVORITE PIECE OF

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ROGER STONE MERCH IS WITHOUT A

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DOUBT THIS ACTUAL PRODUCT:

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A ROGER STONE STONE, AN

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ILLOGICALLY REAL ITEM THAT

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CONSENTING ADULTS CAN PAY $12

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FOR ‐‐ REDUCED FROM $15, BY THE

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WAY.

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THE ROGER STONE STONE IS SIGNED

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BY ROGER STONE HIMSELF, AND I

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DID NOT THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE

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FOR AN ORDINARY ROCK TO SOMEHOW

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BE MORE WORTHLESS.

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BUT IN A WAY, THIS ACTUALLY

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MIGHT BE THE PERFECT EMBLEM OF

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THIS WHOLE STUPID TIME WE'RE

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LIVING IN, BECAUSE IF ONE OF THE

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PRESIDENT'S KEY ALLIES IS A

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DISCOUNT DICK TRACY VILLAIN, WE

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MIGHT AS WELL FACE IT: WE HAVE

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ALL HIT LITERAL ROCK BOTTOM.

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AND NOW THIS.

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>> Announcer: AND NOW,

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CONSERVATIVES' FAVORITE

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>> WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID IT, IF

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YOU'RE NOT A LIBERAL BY THE TIME

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IF YOU'RE NOT A CONSERVATIVE BY

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THE TIME YOU'RE 40, YOU HAVE NO

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HEAD.

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>> WINSTON CHURCHILL.

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IF YOU'RE 20, YOU DON'T HAVE A

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HEART, IF YOU'RE NOT A

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CONSERVATIVE, YOU DON'T HAVE A

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BRAIN.

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>> IF YOU NOT A CONSERVATIVE BY

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THE TIME YOU'RE 40, YOU DON'T

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HAVE A BRAIN.

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>> IF YOU'RE NOT A LIBERAL WHEN

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YOU'RE YOUNG, AND NOT A

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CONSERVATIVE ‐‐

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>> IF YOU'RE NOT A SOCIALIST IN

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YOUR 20S, YOU HAVE NO HEART.

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>> IF YOU'RE NOT A SOCIALIST IN

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YOUR 20S, YOU HAVE NO HEART.

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>> WHEN YOU'RE IN YOUR 20S, IF

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YOU'RE NOT A SOCIALIST, YOU HAVE

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NO HEART.

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>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HEART

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WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU NEED TO

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HAVE A HEART, AND YOU BECOME

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CONSERVATIVE WHEN YOU'RE OLD.

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AND YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WHEN

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YOU'RE YOUNG.

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>> IF YOU'RE STILL A SOCIALIST

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AFTER YOU'RE 25, WHO SAID THAT?

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WHO SAID THAT?

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WINSTON CHURCHILL SAID THAT.

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>> HE ONCE SAID, ANY MAN WHO IS

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NOT A SOCIALIST WHEN HE IS 20

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HAS NO HEART, AND ANYONE WHO IS

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STILL A SOCIALIST WHEN HE IS 40

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HAS NO BRAIN.

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>> I THINK THAT WAS

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WINSTON CHURCHILL, BUT I MAY ‐‐

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>> THAT WASN'T, BUT IT IS OFTEN

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MISATTRIBUTED TO CHURCHILL.

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>> OKAY.

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WE'LL TAKE IT.

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>> John: MOVING ON.

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OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS

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LAWSUITS, THE REASON THE

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SENTENCE

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SENTENCE "GRETA THUNBERG

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ALLEGEDLY KILLED

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JEFFREY EPSTEIN" HAS THE WORD

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"ALLEGEDLY" IN IT.

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AND WE'LL GET TO THE MAIN

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SUBSTANCE OF OUR STORY IN A

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LITTLE BIT, BUT BEFORE WE DO, I

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NEED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE

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ON SOMETHING.

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YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT IN 2017,

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WE AIRED A PIECE ON THE COAL

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INDUSTRY THAT TOUCHED ON THIS

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MAN, BOB MURRAY, THE THEN‐CEO OF

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MURRAY ENERGY, THE LARGEST

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PRIVATELY‐HELD COAL COMPANY IN

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AMERICA.

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WE DISCUSSED HIS CLOSENESS TO

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PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIS COMPANY'S

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LAWSUIT TO BLOCK A RULE INTENDED

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TO LIMIT MINERS' EXPOSURE TO

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COAL DUST, AND HIS INSISTENCE

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THAT A DEADLY 2007 MINE COLLAPSE

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WAS THE RESULT OF A

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NATURALLY‐OCCURRING EARTHQUAKE,

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SOMETHING DECIDEDLY AT ODDS WITH

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A GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION,

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WHICH FOUND THAT IT WAS CAUSED

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BY UNAUTHORIZED MINING

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PRACTICES.

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NOW, BEFORE THE SHOW WENT OUT,

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MURRAY'S ATTORNEYS HAD SENT US

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TWO SEPARATE LETTERS WARNING US

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THAT IF WE AIRED THE STORY, HE'D

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SUE, AND THREATENING THAT

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"HOME BOX OFFICE IS IN FOR THE

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FIGHT OF ITS EXISTENCE."

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WHICH, LOOK, MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT

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NOT BECAUSE OF HIS LAWSUIT: IT'S

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BECAUSE "GAME OF THRONES"

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PREQUELS INCLUDING

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"GAME OF THRONES:

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THE COLLEGE YEARS,"

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"GAME OF THRONES:

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WINTERFELL VALLEY HIGH"

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AND "THRONE BABIES:

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BATTLE FOR THE RATTLE" WON'T BE

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OUT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.

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HBO IS GONNA BE FINE.

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IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

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WELL, WE WENT AHEAD WITH THE

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STORY ANYWAY, AND THIS HAPPENED:

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>> COMEDIAN JOHN OLIVER IS THE

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TARGET OF A LAWSUIT BY ONE OF

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THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST

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PRIVATELY OWNED COAL COMPANIES.

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OLIVER STRONGLY CRITICIZED

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MURRAY ENERGY CORPORATION AND

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CEO ROBERT MURRAY SUNDAY ON HIS

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HBO SHOW "LAST NIGHT WEEK" ‐‐

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"LAST WEEK TONIGHT."

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>> John: IT'S TRUE.

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BOB MURRAY SUED US AFTER THAT

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EPISODE OF "LAST NIGHT WEEK

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LAST WEEK TONIGHT" AIRED.

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ALTHOUGH ‐‐ AND THIS IS TRUE ‐‐

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THAT'S NOT THE TITLE OF OUR

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SHOW.

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AND FRANKLY, I EXPECT BETTER

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FROM AN ESTEEMED PROGRAM LIKE

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"CBS MORNING NIGHT

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THIS MORNING."

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HEY, YOU FUCK UP OUR NAME, WE

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FUCK UP YOURS.

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NOW, THAT WAS OVER TWO YEARS

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AGO, AND EVER SINCE, BECAUSE THE

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CASE HAS BEEN IN LITIGATION, WE

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HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DISCUSS IT.

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BUT RECENTLY, MURRAY ACTUALLY

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DROPPED THE LAWSUIT, SO I HAVE

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SOME GOOD NEWS: I CAN FINALLY

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TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.

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WHICH IS HONESTLY WORTH DOING,

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NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A CRAZY

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STORY, BUT BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY

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POINTS TO A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM

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HERE.

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BUT FIRST, A LITTLE BACKGROUND

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ON THE LAWSUIT ITSELF.

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IN IT, MURRAY LISTED WHAT HE

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FOUND OBJECTIONABLE IN OUR

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PIECE, INCLUDING THAT WE

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DESCRIBED HIM AS SOMEONE WHO

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"LOOKS LIKE A GERIATRIC

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DR. EVIL" ‐‐ WHICH WE DID, AND

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HE DOES ‐‐ AND THAT WE ARRANGED

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"FOR A STAFF MEMBER TO DRESS UP

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IN A SQUIRREL COSTUME AND

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DELIVER THE MESSAGE, 'EAT SHIT,

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BOB.'"

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AND I ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN

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REMEMBER THAT HAPPENING.

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CAN WE QUICKLY, JUST FOR A

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MOMENT, CHECK THE TAPE?

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>> IT'S MADE OUT TO "EAT SHIT,

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BOB!"

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>> John: FAIR ENOUGH, MY

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MISTAKE.

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WE DID IT.

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IT'S FUNNY THE THINGS YOU

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FORGET.

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THAT "EAT SHIT" CHECK WAS

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ACTUALLY A REFERENCE TO A REAL

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THING THAT ONE OF MURRAY'S

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MINERS WROTE ON A BONUS CHECK

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HE'D RECEIVED.

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THE BACKGROUND TO THAT STORY WAS

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THAT MURRAY HAD IMPLEMENTED A

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BONUS PROGRAM TO HIS MINERS

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BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF COAL THEY

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EXTRACTED.

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HIS WORKERS' UNION OBJECTED TO

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THAT BELIEVING IT WOULD HAVE AN

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ADVERSE IMPACT ON SAFETY IN THE

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MINES.

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AND WHEN MURRAY DID IT ANYWAY,

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THE MINER RETURNED HIS BONUS

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CHECK ‐‐ OF, BY THE WAY,

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$3.22 ‐‐ WITH THE WORDS

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"EAT SHIT, BOB" WRITTEN ON IT.

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AND THE COMPANY TRIED TO FIRE

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HIM FOR THAT, WHICH SEEMS

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PRETTY EXCESSIVE.

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MAYBE THAT MESSAGE WAS JUST AN

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INVITATION TO EAT AT "SHIT BOB,"

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THE AIRPORT EXPRESS VERSION OF

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BOB EVANS.

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NEED A SLICK BISCUIT AND SOME

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SOGGY SAUSAGE SLOP BEFORE YOUR

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FLIGHT?

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THEN YOU HAVE GOTTA...

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>> ♪ COME ON DOWN AND EAT SHIT,

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BOB ♪

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>> WE'VE ALL HEARD THE JINGLE.

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MURRAY'S LAWSUIT AGAINST US

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MURRAY'S LAWSUIT AGAINST US

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ASKED FOR DAMAGES, BECAUSE HE

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CLAIMED THAT "NOTHING HAS EVER

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STRESSED HIM MORE" THAN OUR,

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QUOTE, "VICIOUS AND UNTRUTHFUL

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ATTACK."

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WHICH IS AN ODD THING TO SAY

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GIVEN THAT, AS I JUST MENTIONED,

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HE OVERSAW A COMPANY WHOSE MINE

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COLLAPSE IN UTAH RESULTED IN

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THE DEATHS OF NINE PEOPLE.

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IT WENT ON TO SAY THAT WE

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ATTACKED MURRAY IN A FORUM IN

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WHICH HE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO

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DEFEND HIMSELF, WHICH IS JUST

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NOT HOW ANYTHING WORKS.

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AND BESIDES, AFTER LAUNCHING HIS

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LAWSUIT, MURRAY DID DEFEND

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HIMSELF, AND VERY PUBLICLY.

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>> WE'LL PURSUE IT TO THE

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FULLEST.

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THIS IS A TRAGEDY, AND AMERICAN

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BUSINESSMEN HAD BETTER TAKE NOTE

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AS TO WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO

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WITH ME, A GUY WHO'S DONE

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NOTHING IN HIS LIFE BUT FOLLOW

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THE LAW, CREATE JOBS, AND DO

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EVERYTHING I COULD, AS BEST I

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COULD, FOR OUR COUNTRY.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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>> THESE PEOPLE ARE EVIL.

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THEY ARE VERY EVIL.

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>> John: HEY, HEY, HEY, BOB, I

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THINK "EVIL" IS A BIT MUCH.

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LOOK, YOU CAN SAY A LOT OF

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THINGS ABOUT ME.

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FOR INSTANCE, THAT I LOOK LIKE A

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TOUCAN WHO CAN'T SLEEP WITHOUT A

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NIGHT LIGHT.

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OR THAT MY VOICE SOUNDS LIKE

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JUDE LAW IF HE HAD A KAZOO STUCK

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IN HIS THROAT.

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BUT "EVIL" SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF

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AN EXAGGERATION.

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NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THE LAWSUIT WAS

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A BULLSHIT EFFORT TO SILENCE

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US ‐‐ PERHAPS BEST EXEMPLIFIED

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BY A MOTION MURRAY FILED TO TRY

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AND GET A GAG ORDER TO PREVENT

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US FROM REBROADCASTING THE STORY

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OR EVEN HAVING IT UP ONLINE.

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AND FOR THE RECORD, THE PIECE IS

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STILL ON THE INTERNET, BIG TIME.

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YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND IT AT

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StillOnTheInternetBigTime.Com.

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USEFUL SHORTCUT.

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SO IT WAS NO SURPRISE WHEN THE

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CASE WAS DISMISSED BY THE

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WEST VIRGINIA JUDGE WHO HEARD IT

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LAST FEBRUARY.

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AT THAT POINT, WE FIGURED THIS

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WHOLE SAGA WAS OVER, RIGHT?

516
00:13:36,675 --> 00:13:38,244
WELL, WRONG.

517
00:13:38,310 --> 00:13:39,111
BECAUSE MURRAY THEN FILED AN

518
00:13:39,178 --> 00:13:40,112
APPEAL TO THE WEST VIRGINIA

519
00:13:40,179 --> 00:13:42,214
SUPREME COURT.

520
00:13:42,281 --> 00:13:43,449
AND HERE'S A FUN SIDE NOTE: ONE

521
00:13:43,515 --> 00:13:45,784
OF THE JUDGES SET TO HEAR OUR

522
00:13:45,851 --> 00:13:48,554
CASE WAS JUSTICE ALLEN LOUGHRY.

523
00:13:48,621 --> 00:13:49,255
AND THAT NAME, WEIRDLY, RANG

524
00:13:49,321 --> 00:13:50,322
SOMETHING OF A BELL FOR US.

525
00:13:50,389 --> 00:13:53,893
THEN WE REMEMBERED THAT IN 2015,

526
00:13:53,959 --> 00:13:55,461
WE ACTUALLY DID A SEGMENT ON

527
00:13:55,527 --> 00:13:57,029
ELECTED JUDGES THAT COMMENTED ON

528
00:13:57,096 --> 00:13:57,696
ONE OF HIS CAMPAIGN ADS.

529
00:13:57,763 --> 00:14:00,032
HERE IS A CLIP FROM THAT SHOW:

530
00:14:00,099 --> 00:14:01,333
>> HI, I'M ALLEN LOUGHRY, AND

531
00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,601
I'M RUNNING FOR OUR SUPREME

532
00:14:02,668 --> 00:14:03,602
COURT.

533
00:14:03,669 --> 00:14:04,803
IT'S LOUGHRY AS IN "LAW" AND

534
00:14:04,870 --> 00:14:05,804
"FREE."

535
00:14:05,871 --> 00:14:06,472
THIS IS MY HOUSE.

536
00:14:06,538 --> 00:14:08,407
COME ON IN.

537
00:14:08,474 --> 00:14:09,141
THERE'S THE KITCHEN.

538
00:14:09,208 --> 00:14:10,009
[BELL DINGS]

539
00:14:10,075 --> 00:14:16,148
SOMETHING SMELLS GOOD.

540
00:14:16,215 --> 00:14:16,849
MY FAMILY ROOM, MY

541
00:14:16,916 --> 00:14:17,516
WIFE, KELLY LOUGHRY, AND OUR

542
00:14:17,583 --> 00:14:18,250
SON, JUSTICE LOUGHRY.

543
00:14:18,317 --> 00:14:18,884
THAT'S RIGHT.

544
00:14:18,951 --> 00:14:19,618
JUSTICE LOUGHRY.

545
00:14:19,685 --> 00:14:21,153
>> YES, SIR.

546
00:14:21,220 --> 00:14:22,154
>> John: "YEP, I CALL MY SON

547
00:14:22,221 --> 00:14:23,122
'JUSTICE,' I CALL MY DOG

548
00:14:23,188 --> 00:14:23,989
'PREAMBLE,' AND I CALL MY PENIS

549
00:14:24,056 --> 00:14:25,190
'THE GAVEL.'

550
00:14:25,257 --> 00:14:26,292
VOTE FOR ME!

551
00:14:26,358 --> 00:14:27,293
BOOM.

552
00:14:27,359 --> 00:14:30,629
BOOM.

553
00:14:30,696 --> 00:14:31,997
>> John: OOPSIE!

554
00:14:32,064 --> 00:14:34,767
I MEAN, AS FAR AS THINGS TO SAY

555
00:14:34,833 --> 00:14:35,901
ABOUT A JUDGE BEFORE HE MAKES A

556
00:14:35,968 --> 00:14:38,637
RULING ON YOUR CASE, CLAIMING

557
00:14:38,704 --> 00:14:39,972
THAT HE CALLS HIS PENIS

558
00:14:40,039 --> 00:14:41,473
"THE GAVEL" IS MAYBE NOT THE

559
00:14:41,540 --> 00:14:44,410
BEST CHOICE.

560
00:14:44,476 --> 00:14:45,544
EVEN THOUGH ‐‐ LOOK AT HIM.

561
00:14:45,611 --> 00:14:47,079
HE CLEARLY DOES.

562
00:14:47,146 --> 00:14:49,515
SO WE WERE NATURALLY PRETTY

563
00:14:49,581 --> 00:14:50,549
CONCERNED, BUT THEN, IN A

564
00:14:50,616 --> 00:14:51,951
BIZARRE TWIST, ALL FOUR JUSTICES

565
00:14:52,017 --> 00:14:53,485
OF THE STATE SUPREME COURT ‐‐

566
00:14:53,552 --> 00:14:55,254
INCLUDING JUSTICE LOUGHRY ‐‐

567
00:14:55,321 --> 00:14:56,822
WERE IMPEACHED IN A SCANDAL OVER

568
00:14:56,889 --> 00:14:59,124
INAPPROPRIATE SPENDING.

569
00:14:59,191 --> 00:15:00,859
SO OUR CASE WOUND UP JUST

570
00:15:00,926 --> 00:15:02,695
SITTING THERE FOR OVER A YEAR

571
00:15:02,761 --> 00:15:03,963
UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHEN,

572
00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:06,165
OUT OF NOWHERE, MURRAY'S TEAM

573
00:15:06,231 --> 00:15:07,232
OFFERED TO DROP THEIR LAWSUIT.

574
00:15:07,299 --> 00:15:08,667
IN POSSIBLY RELATED NEWS,

575
00:15:08,734 --> 00:15:10,135
MURRAY ENERGY RECENTLY ANNOUNCED

576
00:15:10,202 --> 00:15:11,337
IT WOULD BE REORGANIZING UNDER

577
00:15:11,403 --> 00:15:12,304
BANKRUPTCY, THOUGH YOU SHOULD

578
00:15:12,371 --> 00:15:13,739
KNOW, BOB MURRAY WILL REMAIN THE

579
00:15:13,806 --> 00:15:17,009
COMPANY'S CHAIRMAN.

580
00:15:17,076 --> 00:15:18,243
BUT WE DID WONDER, WHAT WAS THE

581
00:15:18,310 --> 00:15:19,712
POINT OF HIM PUTTING US THROUGH

582
00:15:19,778 --> 00:15:21,347
ALL OF THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?

583
00:15:21,413 --> 00:15:22,314
WELL, I WOULD ARGUE IT'S BECAUSE

584
00:15:22,381 --> 00:15:23,515
WINNING THE CASE WAS NEVER

585
00:15:23,582 --> 00:15:26,418
REALLY HIS GOAL.

586
00:15:26,485 --> 00:15:27,286
AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE LARGER

587
00:15:27,353 --> 00:15:28,220
ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK

588
00:15:28,287 --> 00:15:30,122
ABOUT TONIGHT: SLAPP SUITS.

589
00:15:30,189 --> 00:15:31,056
SLAPP IS AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS

590
00:15:31,123 --> 00:15:32,624
FOR "STRATEGIC LAWSUIT AGAINST

591
00:15:32,691 --> 00:15:34,460
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION."

592
00:15:34,526 --> 00:15:35,928
THESE ARE FRIVOLOUS SUITS WITH

593
00:15:35,995 --> 00:15:37,029
NO LEGAL MERIT SPECIFICALLY

594
00:15:37,096 --> 00:15:38,230
DESIGNED TO STIFLE PUBLIC DEBATE

595
00:15:38,297 --> 00:15:41,667
OR DISSENT.

596
00:15:41,734 --> 00:15:43,469
AND THESE HAPPEN ALL THE TIME,

597
00:15:43,535 --> 00:15:44,403
AND MURRAY IS NOT ALONE IN

598
00:15:44,470 --> 00:15:45,637
SEEMINGLY USING LAWSUITS TO

599
00:15:45,704 --> 00:15:47,373
PUNISH AND INTIMIDATE CRITICS.

600
00:15:47,439 --> 00:15:49,074
IN FACT, ONE OF HIS GOOD FRIENDS

601
00:15:49,141 --> 00:15:50,309
HAS OPENLY CALLED FOR CHANGES

602
00:15:50,376 --> 00:15:51,610
THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO

603
00:15:51,677 --> 00:15:54,713
FILE THEM.

604
00:15:54,780 --> 00:15:56,081
>> I'M GONNA OPEN UP OUR

605
00:15:56,148 --> 00:15:57,716
LIBEL LAWS SO WHEN THEY WRITE

606
00:15:57,783 --> 00:15:59,018
PURPOSELY NEGATIVE AND HORRIBLE

607
00:15:59,084 --> 00:16:00,953
AND FALSE ARTICLES WE CAN SUE

608
00:16:01,020 --> 00:16:04,056
THEM AND WIN LOTS OF MONEY.

609
00:16:04,123 --> 00:16:05,591
SO WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THOSE

610
00:16:05,657 --> 00:16:06,859
LIBEL LAWS, FOLKS, AND WE'RE

611
00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:07,960
GONNA HAVE PEOPLE SUE YOU LIKE

612
00:16:08,027 --> 00:16:10,662
YOU NEVER GOT SUED BEFORE.

613
00:16:10,729 --> 00:16:11,630
>> John: IT'S TRUE.

614
00:16:11,697 --> 00:16:13,098
TRUMP HAS BEEN AS ENTHUSIASTIC

615
00:16:13,165 --> 00:16:15,334
ABOUT OPENING UP LIBEL LAWS AS

616
00:16:15,401 --> 00:16:15,934
HE'S BEEN UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT

617
00:16:16,001 --> 00:16:17,403
OPENING UP A BIRTHDAY PRESENT

618
00:16:17,469 --> 00:16:18,604
FROM TIFFANY.

619
00:16:18,670 --> 00:16:19,872
"LOOK, I KNOW IT'S A TIE, YOU

620
00:16:19,938 --> 00:16:21,440
KNOW IT'S A TIE.

621
00:16:21,507 --> 00:16:22,374
THE ONLY THING THAT ISN'T A TIE

622
00:16:22,441 --> 00:16:23,308
IS HOW MUCH I LOVE MY

623
00:16:23,375 --> 00:16:25,611
DAUGHTERS."

624
00:16:25,677 --> 00:16:29,114
NOW, TRUMP IS FAMOUSLY LITIGIOUS

625
00:16:29,181 --> 00:16:30,416
AND HAS LAUNCHED A NUMBER OF

626
00:16:30,482 --> 00:16:31,784
WHAT I WOULD ARGUE ARE SLAPP

627
00:16:31,850 --> 00:16:34,353
SUITS.

628
00:16:34,420 --> 00:16:34,953
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN JOURNALIST

629
00:16:35,020 --> 00:16:35,888
TIM O'BRIEN REPORTED IN A BOOK

630
00:16:35,954 --> 00:16:37,156
THAT SOURCES CLOSE TO TRUMP

631
00:16:37,222 --> 00:16:38,424
CLAIMED HIS NET WORTH WAS MUCH

632
00:16:38,490 --> 00:16:40,092
LOWER THAN HE CLAIMED AND ONLY

633
00:16:40,159 --> 00:16:42,628
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN

634
00:16:42,694 --> 00:16:44,163
$150 TO $250 MILLION, TRUMP

635
00:16:44,229 --> 00:16:46,632
DID NOT TAKE THAT WELL.

636
00:16:46,698 --> 00:16:48,500
>> WHEN THE BOOK CAME OUT, HE

637
00:16:48,567 --> 00:16:50,069
DIDN'T FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT IT

638
00:16:50,135 --> 00:16:51,403
AND HE ULTIMATELY SUED ME FOR

639
00:16:51,470 --> 00:16:53,372
DEFAMATION.

640
00:16:53,439 --> 00:16:54,006
I THINK IT'S THE BIGGEST LIBEL

641
00:16:54,073 --> 00:16:55,174
LAWSUIT IN U. S. HISTORY.

642
00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,810
HE SUED ME FOR $5 BILLION.

643
00:16:57,876 --> 00:16:59,044
>> John: IT'S TRUE.

644
00:16:59,111 --> 00:17:00,045
TRUMP SUED THAT MAN FOR

645
00:17:00,112 --> 00:17:03,115
$5 BILLION.

646
00:17:03,182 --> 00:17:04,216
AND THINK ABOUT THAT: THAT MEANS

647
00:17:04,283 --> 00:17:05,317
IF TRUMP HAD WON THAT LAWSUIT,

648
00:17:05,384 --> 00:17:07,352
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN WORTH

649
00:17:07,419 --> 00:17:08,320
$5.2 BILLION!

650
00:17:08,387 --> 00:17:09,822
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY!

651
00:17:09,888 --> 00:17:12,124
HE'D BE A BILLIONAIRE!

652
00:17:12,191 --> 00:17:13,659
BUT LOOK, TRUMP LOST, OF COURSE,

653
00:17:13,725 --> 00:17:15,360
AND AFTERWARD, HE OPENLY

654
00:17:15,427 --> 00:17:17,996
ADMITTED THAT HE KNEW HE

655
00:17:18,063 --> 00:17:19,131
COULDN'T WIN, SAYING, "I DID IT

656
00:17:19,198 --> 00:17:20,265
TO MAKE HIS LIFE MISERABLE,

657
00:17:20,332 --> 00:17:22,935
WHICH I'M HAPPY ABOUT."

658
00:17:23,001 --> 00:17:24,103
WHICH MAKES SENSE, DOESN'T IT?

659
00:17:24,169 --> 00:17:25,204
BECAUSE IN TRUMP'S HEART, HE'S

660
00:17:25,270 --> 00:17:26,505
JUST A VINDICTIVE, BAD MAN.

661
00:17:26,572 --> 00:17:27,606
HE'S THE KIND OF GUY WHO THINKS

662
00:17:27,673 --> 00:17:28,941
THE MOVIE "SOPHIE'S CHOICE" IS

663
00:17:29,007 --> 00:17:30,209
ABOUT A WOMAN WHO GOT TO GIVE UP

664
00:17:30,275 --> 00:17:32,978
ONE OF HER CHILDREN.

665
00:17:33,045 --> 00:17:35,180
BUT TRUMP'S STATEMENT GETS AT A

666
00:17:35,247 --> 00:17:36,748
KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF SLAPP

667
00:17:36,815 --> 00:17:39,218
SUITS ‐‐ THE WHOLE POINT IS TO

668
00:17:39,284 --> 00:17:40,486
PUT THE DEFENDANT THROUGH A

669
00:17:40,552 --> 00:17:46,291
DIFFICULT, PAINFUL EXPERIENCE.

670
00:17:46,358 --> 00:17:47,192
AND EVEN IF CASES FAIL IN LOWER

671
00:17:47,259 --> 00:17:48,026
COURTS, AS THEY OFTEN DO, THE

672
00:17:48,093 --> 00:17:48,894
PLAINTIFFS CAN FIND WAYS TO

673
00:17:48,961 --> 00:17:49,928
EXTEND THEM THROUGH INTENSIVE

674
00:17:49,995 --> 00:17:51,497
DISCOVERY REQUESTS, DEPOSITIONS,

675
00:17:51,563 --> 00:17:52,064
AND APPEALS THAT WILL DRAIN

676
00:17:52,131 --> 00:17:53,198
THE TARGETS' TIME AND RESOURCES.

677
00:17:53,265 --> 00:17:54,366
AND ALARMINGLY, JOURNALISTS

678
00:17:54,433 --> 00:17:55,968
AREN'T THE ONLY ONES TARGETED

679
00:17:56,034 --> 00:17:57,202
WITH SLAPP SUITS.

680
00:17:57,269 --> 00:17:58,303
IN SOME CASES, THEY CAN BE USED

681
00:17:58,370 --> 00:18:00,305
TO SILENCE CITIZEN ACTIVISTS.

682
00:18:00,372 --> 00:18:01,440
TAKE THE RESIDENTS OF UNIONTOWN,

683
00:18:01,507 --> 00:18:04,176
ALABAMA.

684
00:18:04,243 --> 00:18:05,310
AFTER A WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY

685
00:18:05,377 --> 00:18:06,545
AGREED TO STORE TOXIC COAL ASH

686
00:18:06,612 --> 00:18:08,480
IN A LANDFILL NEAR THEIR HOMES,

687
00:18:08,547 --> 00:18:11,316
SOME MEMBERS OF A LOCAL GROUP

688
00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:11,917
POSTED ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS ON

689
00:18:11,984 --> 00:18:15,354
THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE.

690
00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:15,988
BUT IN 2016, THE COMPANY BEHIND

691
00:18:16,054 --> 00:18:17,990
THE LANDFILL SUED FOUR MEMBERS

692
00:18:18,056 --> 00:18:20,592
OF THE GROUP FOR $30 MILLION,

693
00:18:20,659 --> 00:18:22,828
WHICH IS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT TO

694
00:18:22,895 --> 00:18:24,696
SUE ANYONE FOR, LET ALONE PEOPLE

695
00:18:24,763 --> 00:18:25,831
LIVING IN A COMMUNITY WHERE THE

696
00:18:25,898 --> 00:18:27,232
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS JUST

697
00:18:27,299 --> 00:18:29,401
$14,000.

698
00:18:29,468 --> 00:18:30,669
ALTHOUGH, TO BE FAIR, THE

699
00:18:30,736 --> 00:18:33,305
ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE

700
00:18:33,372 --> 00:18:34,706
LANDFILL CLAIMED THAT THAT

701
00:18:34,773 --> 00:18:35,774
$30 MILLION FIGURE WASN'T

702
00:18:35,841 --> 00:18:37,676
ACTUALLY AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS.

703
00:18:37,743 --> 00:18:41,713
>> THE $30 MILLION I THINK HAS

704
00:18:41,780 --> 00:18:43,549
BEEN ‐‐ IT'S ACTUALLY WAS

705
00:18:43,615 --> 00:18:44,183
$15 MILLION.

706
00:18:44,249 --> 00:18:45,117
THERE WERE TWO COUNTS BUT THEY

707
00:18:45,184 --> 00:18:46,351
EACH CONTAINED $15 MILLION.

708
00:18:46,418 --> 00:18:47,719
>> John: OH, THAT'S OKAY THEN.

709
00:18:47,786 --> 00:18:48,787
YEAH, IT'S NOT $30 MILLION!

710
00:18:48,854 --> 00:18:50,389
IT'S TWO COUNTS OF $15 MILLION.

711
00:18:50,455 --> 00:18:51,990
OR YOU COULD SAY IT'S FIVE

712
00:18:52,057 --> 00:18:52,958
COUNTS OF $6 MILLION.

713
00:18:53,025 --> 00:18:55,460
OR 30 COUNTS OF $1 MILLION.

714
00:18:55,527 --> 00:18:56,995
OR 3 BILLION COUNTS EACH

715
00:18:57,062 --> 00:18:58,163
CONTAINING ONE CENT.

716
00:18:58,230 --> 00:19:02,234
THE POINT IS, MATH IS FUN!

717
00:19:02,301 --> 00:19:03,602
NOW, THANKFULLY, AFTER THE ACLU

718
00:19:03,669 --> 00:19:04,803
STEPPED IN TO HELP THE RESIDENTS

719
00:19:04,870 --> 00:19:06,371
DEFEND THEMSELVES, THE COMPANY

720
00:19:06,438 --> 00:19:07,573
VOLUNTARILY WITHDREW THE

721
00:19:07,639 --> 00:19:08,774
LAWSUIT, BUT THE EXPERIENCE

722
00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:10,409
CLEARLY LEFT ITS MARK ON THE

723
00:19:10,475 --> 00:19:12,344
COMMUNITY.

724
00:19:12,411 --> 00:19:13,812
>> IT HAS SCARED A LOT OF PEOPLE

725
00:19:13,879 --> 00:19:14,880
IN THIS AREA FOR SPEAKING UP

726
00:19:14,947 --> 00:19:16,081
BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE

727
00:19:16,148 --> 00:19:17,649
AFRAID TO GET THAT BACKLASH, NOT

728
00:19:17,716 --> 00:19:19,284
KNOWING THAT THAT'S JUST A

729
00:19:19,351 --> 00:19:21,620
SCARE TACTIC TO GET YOU TO LEAVE

730
00:19:21,687 --> 00:19:23,355
THINGS ALONE SO THEY CAN

731
00:19:23,422 --> 00:19:23,989
CONTINUE THEIR POWER AND CONTROL

732
00:19:24,056 --> 00:19:25,324
TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

733
00:19:25,390 --> 00:19:26,825
>> John: YEAH, SHE'S EXACTLY

734
00:19:26,892 --> 00:19:28,026
RIGHT.

735
00:19:28,093 --> 00:19:29,228
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH SCARE

736
00:19:29,294 --> 00:19:30,762
TACTICS IS THAT THEY WORK,

737
00:19:30,829 --> 00:19:31,763
BECAUSE THINGS THAT COULD HURT

738
00:19:31,830 --> 00:19:33,432
YOU ARE SCARY.

739
00:19:33,498 --> 00:19:34,666
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T

740
00:19:34,733 --> 00:19:35,801
SCARED OF ANYTHING LOOK LIKE

741
00:19:35,867 --> 00:19:36,868
THIS.

742
00:19:36,935 --> 00:19:38,704
AND LOOK AT THAT SMILING IDIOT,

743
00:19:38,770 --> 00:19:40,572
ABLE TO FEEL JOY BECAUSE HE

744
00:19:40,639 --> 00:19:42,341
BELIEVES, MORE THAN ANYTHING IN

745
00:19:42,407 --> 00:19:43,675
THE WORLD, THAT HIS SOUL HAS

746
00:19:43,742 --> 00:19:44,610
BEEN LIBERATED FROM

747
00:19:44,676 --> 00:19:46,111
75‐MILLION‐YEAR‐OLD ALIEN

748
00:19:46,178 --> 00:19:48,513
SPIRITS THAT A PSYCHIATRIST

749
00:19:48,580 --> 00:19:49,047
HELPED PARALYZE UNDER THE

750
00:19:49,114 --> 00:19:49,514
PRETENSE OF INCOME TAX

751
00:19:49,581 --> 00:19:50,816
INSPECTIONS.

752
00:19:50,882 --> 00:19:51,950
SEEMS NICE, TOMMY BOY.

753
00:19:52,017 --> 00:19:55,187
SEEMS REAL NICE.

754
00:19:55,254 --> 00:19:56,488
THE THING IS, PRETTY MUCH

755
00:19:56,555 --> 00:19:57,689
EVERYONE, FROM JUDGES TO LEGAL

756
00:19:57,756 --> 00:19:59,191
SCHOLARS, AGREES THAT

757
00:19:59,258 --> 00:20:01,893
SLAPP SUITS ARE A SCOURGE.

758
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,128
THAT IS WHY 30 STATES HAVE SOME

759
00:20:03,195 --> 00:20:05,864
FORM OF ANTI‐SLAPP LAWS, WHICH

760
00:20:05,931 --> 00:20:07,065
VARY SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT BROADLY

761
00:20:07,132 --> 00:20:08,767
CAN ENABLE DEFENDANTS TO FORCE

762
00:20:08,834 --> 00:20:10,168
PLAINTIFFS TO JUSTIFY THEIR

763
00:20:10,235 --> 00:20:11,970
CLAIM EARLY ON.

764
00:20:12,037 --> 00:20:13,338
AND IF THEY CAN'T DO THAT, THE

765
00:20:13,405 --> 00:20:15,007
CASE IS NOT ONLY DISMISSED, BUT

766
00:20:15,073 --> 00:20:15,974
IN SOME STATES, THE DEFENDANT IS

767
00:20:16,041 --> 00:20:18,510
AWARDED ATTORNEY'S FEES.

768
00:20:18,577 --> 00:20:20,345
WHEN THEY'RE WELL‐CRAFTED, THESE

769
00:20:20,412 --> 00:20:21,880
LAWS CAN STRIKE AN IMPORTANT

770
00:20:21,947 --> 00:20:23,615
BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING

771
00:20:23,682 --> 00:20:24,750
LEGITIMATE CLAIMS AND DETERRING

772
00:20:24,816 --> 00:20:26,952
TIME‐WASTING BULLSHIT.

773
00:20:27,019 --> 00:20:28,754
THE PROBLEM IS, 20 STATES DON'T

774
00:20:28,820 --> 00:20:30,722
HAVE THOSE LAWS.

775
00:20:30,789 --> 00:20:32,190
AND WITH NO FEDERAL ANTI‐SLAPP

776
00:20:32,257 --> 00:20:33,725
LEGISLATION, PLAINTIFFS CAN

777
00:20:33,792 --> 00:20:35,327
SIMPLY FILE A SUIT IN ONE OF

778
00:20:35,394 --> 00:20:37,062
THOSE STATES, ONE OF WHICH IS

779
00:20:37,129 --> 00:20:38,830
WEST VIRGINIA.

780
00:20:38,897 --> 00:20:40,198
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WHERE

781
00:20:40,265 --> 00:20:42,100
BOB MURRAY SUED US, DESPITE THE

782
00:20:42,167 --> 00:20:44,336
FACT THAT NEITHER HE NOR I LIVE

783
00:20:44,403 --> 00:20:45,470
THERE.

784
00:20:45,537 --> 00:20:46,438
AND WE'RE FAR FROM THE ONLY

785
00:20:46,505 --> 00:20:47,439
CRITICS HE'S SUED OVER THE

786
00:20:47,506 --> 00:20:48,707
YEARS.

787
00:20:48,774 --> 00:20:49,775
>> IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME

788
00:20:49,841 --> 00:20:50,909
MURRAY HAS SUED A JOURNALIST FOR

789
00:20:50,976 --> 00:20:52,577
COVERAGE HE SAW UNFAVORABLY.

790
00:20:52,644 --> 00:20:53,478
ACCORDING TO "THE WASHINGTON

791
00:20:53,545 --> 00:20:55,147
POST," HE'S FILED AT LEAST NINE

792
00:20:55,213 --> 00:20:56,748
LAWSUITS AGAINST JOURNALISTS AND

793
00:20:56,815 --> 00:20:57,749
THEIR NEWS ORGANIZATIONS BETWEEN

794
00:20:57,816 --> 00:20:59,918
2001 AND 2015 FOR REPORTS THEY

795
00:20:59,985 --> 00:21:01,553
SAW AS CRITICAL.

796
00:21:01,620 --> 00:21:02,287
>> AND SINCE MURRAY LIKES TO

797
00:21:02,354 --> 00:21:03,155
SUE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY

798
00:21:03,221 --> 00:21:04,623
ANOTHER WORD ABOUT HIM AS A

799
00:21:04,690 --> 00:21:08,927
JOURNALIST HERE.

800
00:21:08,994 --> 00:21:11,129
>> John: NOW, I GET THAT HE IS

801
00:21:11,196 --> 00:21:12,497
CLEARLY JOKING THERE, BUT THAT'S

802
00:21:12,564 --> 00:21:14,099
ALSO THE EXACT CULTURE OF FEAR

803
00:21:14,166 --> 00:21:16,134
THAT MURRAY MAY BE TRYING TO

804
00:21:16,201 --> 00:21:17,703
CREATE HERE.

805
00:21:17,769 --> 00:21:18,870
LAWSUITS LIKE HIS MAKE PEOPLE

806
00:21:18,937 --> 00:21:20,305
THINK TWICE BEFORE REPORTING ON

807
00:21:20,372 --> 00:21:22,507
HIS BUSINESS OR POINTING THINGS

808
00:21:22,574 --> 00:21:23,809
OUT, LIKE THE FACT THAT

809
00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:24,876
BOB MURRAY'S GENERAL FACIAL

810
00:21:24,943 --> 00:21:25,844
EXPRESSION ANSWERS THE QUESTION,

811
00:21:25,911 --> 00:21:27,212
"WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE IF AN

812
00:21:27,279 --> 00:21:28,313
EGG WAS MENTALLY UNDRESSING

813
00:21:28,380 --> 00:21:30,082
YOU?"

814
00:21:30,148 --> 00:21:33,251
AND I WOULD ARGUE ‐‐

815
00:21:33,318 --> 00:21:37,055
EYES UP HERE, EGG.

816
00:21:37,122 --> 00:21:38,090
AND I WOULD ARGUE SOME OF

817
00:21:38,156 --> 00:21:39,324
MURRAY'S SUITS HAVE CLEARLY BEEN

818
00:21:39,391 --> 00:21:40,959
ATTEMPTS TO BULLY PEOPLE INTO

819
00:21:41,026 --> 00:21:42,828
SILENCE, SOMETIMES OVER

820
00:21:42,894 --> 00:21:45,931
INCREDIBLY TRIVIAL SLIGHTS.

821
00:21:45,997 --> 00:21:47,065
HE'S SUED AN EDITORIAL

822
00:21:47,132 --> 00:21:48,433
CARTOONIST OVER THIS

823
00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:50,068
UNFLATTERING CARTOON OF HIM,

824
00:21:50,135 --> 00:21:51,336
WHICH IS JUST PATHETIC.

825
00:21:51,403 --> 00:21:54,106
WHO SUES A CARTOONIST?

826
00:21:54,172 --> 00:21:55,707
YOU THINK I'M GOING TO GO TO

827
00:21:55,774 --> 00:21:57,175
COURT OVER THIS THING I FOUND

828
00:21:57,242 --> 00:21:58,944
ONLINE, WHICH APPEARS TO BE ME

829
00:21:59,010 --> 00:22:01,446
PRESENTING A TIERED CAKE MADE

830
00:22:01,513 --> 00:22:03,281
WITH SYRINGES, CONDOMS, AND

831
00:22:03,348 --> 00:22:05,484
BROKEN GLASS?

832
00:22:05,550 --> 00:22:06,618
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT'S A

833
00:22:06,685 --> 00:22:08,453
METAPHOR FOR THIS SHOW, IN WHICH

834
00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:09,254
CASE, NAILED IT.

835
00:22:09,321 --> 00:22:12,424
NO NOTES.

836
00:22:12,491 --> 00:22:14,626
MURRAY HAS ALSO SUED THIS

837
00:22:14,693 --> 00:22:16,995
COUPLE, JAMES AND LISA CIOCIA.

838
00:22:17,062 --> 00:22:19,931
IN 2012 THEY HELD A TINY PROTEST

839
00:22:19,998 --> 00:22:21,900
OUTSIDE MURRAY ENERGY'S OHIO

840
00:22:21,967 --> 00:22:23,368
HEADQUARTERS, WITH ONLY ABOUT

841
00:22:23,435 --> 00:22:24,936
20 PEOPLE MARCHING AROUND.

842
00:22:25,003 --> 00:22:26,738
IT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

843
00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:27,606
AND THAT HAS TO BE THE LEAST

844
00:22:27,672 --> 00:22:28,840
INTIMIDATING PROTEST I'VE EVER

845
00:22:28,907 --> 00:22:33,445
SEEN.

846
00:22:33,512 --> 00:22:35,113
ONE SIGN CALLS HIM "MR. MURRAY"

847
00:22:35,180 --> 00:22:36,081
AND ANOTHER IS IN SERIF FONT!

848
00:22:36,148 --> 00:22:37,516
IT'S LESS A PROTEST AND MORE AN

849
00:22:37,582 --> 00:22:39,484
INTER‐OFFICE MEMO.

850
00:22:39,551 --> 00:22:41,052
BUT MURRAY NEVERTHELESS SUED NOT

851
00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:42,654
ONLY THE CIOCIAS BUT ALSO A

852
00:22:42,721 --> 00:22:44,623
LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE

853
00:22:44,689 --> 00:22:45,857
"CHAGRIN VALLEY TIMES," FOR

854
00:22:45,924 --> 00:22:47,359
THEIR COVERAGE OF IT.

855
00:22:47,426 --> 00:22:48,660
NOW, BOTH THE CIOCIAS AND THE

856
00:22:48,727 --> 00:22:49,861
NEWSPAPER BEAT MURRAY'S CLAIMS

857
00:22:49,928 --> 00:22:51,696
FOR DEFAMATION, BUT HE TIED THEM

858
00:22:51,763 --> 00:22:54,666
BOTH UP IN APPEALS FOR YEARS,

859
00:22:54,733 --> 00:22:55,300
AND THE NEWSPAPER'S DEFENSE COST

860
00:22:55,367 --> 00:22:56,535
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF

861
00:22:56,601 --> 00:22:58,737
DOLLARS.

862
00:22:58,804 --> 00:23:00,305
IN FACT, THE APPELLATE COURT

863
00:23:00,372 --> 00:23:01,606
JUDGE EVEN EXPLICITLY WROTE IN

864
00:23:01,673 --> 00:23:03,041
HIS DECISION THAT MURRAY'S SUIT

865
00:23:03,108 --> 00:23:04,643
SHOWS WHY OHIO SHOULD ADOPT AN

866
00:23:04,709 --> 00:23:06,645
ANTI‐SLAPP STATUTE, POINTING OUT

867
00:23:06,711 --> 00:23:07,646
THAT THE PAPER HAD COMPLETELY

868
00:23:07,712 --> 00:23:08,880
REMOVED ALL THEIR COVERAGE OF

869
00:23:08,947 --> 00:23:10,215
MURRAY FROM THEIR SITE, WHICH

870
00:23:10,282 --> 00:23:11,483
THE JUDGE SAID WAS "AN EXAMPLE

871
00:23:11,550 --> 00:23:12,717
OF THE CHILLING EFFECTS A SUIT

872
00:23:12,784 --> 00:23:14,553
LIKE THIS HAS."

873
00:23:14,619 --> 00:23:16,988
AND THAT IS THE POINT HERE.

874
00:23:17,055 --> 00:23:19,090
LAWSUITS ARE LIKE FAMOUS

875
00:23:19,157 --> 00:23:20,759
INSTAGRAM PUGS.

876
00:23:20,826 --> 00:23:21,993
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORK TO BE

877
00:23:22,060 --> 00:23:23,261
CONSIDERED VERY, VERY

878
00:23:23,328 --> 00:23:26,231
SUCCESSFUL.

879
00:23:26,298 --> 00:23:27,299
AND BY CULTIVATING A REPUTATION

880
00:23:27,365 --> 00:23:28,967
FOR BEING AGGRESSIVELY

881
00:23:29,034 --> 00:23:30,001
LITIGIOUS, MURRAY MAY'VE

882
00:23:30,068 --> 00:23:31,236
ACTUALLY GOT WHAT HE WANTED AND

883
00:23:31,303 --> 00:23:32,737
SUCCESSFULLY APPLIED A CHOKEHOLD

884
00:23:32,804 --> 00:23:34,706
ON HOW HE IS COVERED.

885
00:23:34,773 --> 00:23:37,042
AND WHILE IT'S HARD TO SHOW AN

886
00:23:37,108 --> 00:23:38,777
UN‐REPORTED STORY, IN

887
00:23:38,844 --> 00:23:40,345
RESEARCHING THIS PIECE, WE DID

888
00:23:40,412 --> 00:23:42,180
ACTUALLY STUMBLE ON TWO ONGOING

889
00:23:42,247 --> 00:23:43,582
LAWSUITS INVOLVING MURRAY THAT

890
00:23:43,648 --> 00:23:44,549
HAVE GOT ALMOST NO PRESS, WHICH

891
00:23:44,616 --> 00:23:45,617
IS HONESTLY STRANGE, BECAUSE

892
00:23:45,684 --> 00:23:46,618
ONCE YOU HEAR THE DETAILS, I

893
00:23:46,685 --> 00:23:47,652
THINK YOU'LL AGREE THAT THEY

894
00:23:47,719 --> 00:23:49,621
PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE.

895
00:23:49,688 --> 00:23:51,056
IN ONE, MURRAY DISCLOSES THAT

896
00:23:51,122 --> 00:23:53,024
TWO WOMEN WHO HAD WORKED FOR HIM

897
00:23:53,091 --> 00:23:54,659
HAD ALLEGED "HARASSMENT AND THE

898
00:23:54,726 --> 00:23:56,194
PERPETRATION OF A HOSTILE WORK

899
00:23:56,261 --> 00:23:58,029
ENVIRONMENT BY MR. MURRAY," AND

900
00:23:58,096 --> 00:23:59,297
WHILE HE DENIES THOSE CLAIMS, HE

901
00:23:59,364 --> 00:24:00,699
ALSO ADMITS PAYING THOSE WOMEN

902
00:24:00,765 --> 00:24:02,400
CONSIDERABLE SUMS OF MONEY IN

903
00:24:02,467 --> 00:24:03,902
CONFIDENTIAL SETTLEMENTS.

904
00:24:03,969 --> 00:24:05,270
IN A SEPARATE ONGOING LAWSUIT, A

905
00:24:05,337 --> 00:24:06,938
DIFFERENT FORMER EMPLOYEE

906
00:24:07,005 --> 00:24:09,040
ALLEGES THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS

907
00:24:09,107 --> 00:24:10,775
ATTEMPTS BY MURRAY TO KISS HER

908
00:24:10,842 --> 00:24:11,643
ON THE LIPS, PULLING HER INTO

909
00:24:11,710 --> 00:24:12,878
HIM TO "COP A FEEL," AND CALLING

910
00:24:12,944 --> 00:24:14,079
HER INTO HIS OFFICE ON ONE

911
00:24:14,145 --> 00:24:15,814
OCCASION TO GIVE HIM "HOT WATER

912
00:24:15,881 --> 00:24:17,549
WITH LEMON" WHILE HE WAS WEARING

913
00:24:17,616 --> 00:24:19,384
NOTHING BUT HIS UNDERWEAR.

914
00:24:19,451 --> 00:24:21,386
AND WHAT POSSIBLE THOUGHT

915
00:24:21,453 --> 00:24:23,889
PROCESS COULD'VE LED TO THAT?

916
00:24:23,955 --> 00:24:25,757
"WELL, LET'S SEE, I'M HORNY,

917
00:24:25,824 --> 00:24:27,025
I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A

918
00:24:27,092 --> 00:24:30,362
SORE THROAT, AND I'D LIKE TO

919
00:24:30,428 --> 00:24:32,497
REALLY LIKE TO SOLVE BOTH

920
00:24:32,564 --> 00:24:33,732
PROBLEMS IN A WAY THAT MAKES A

921
00:24:33,798 --> 00:24:34,332
FEMALE EMPLOYEE FEEL SUBHUMAN.

922
00:24:34,399 --> 00:24:39,371
WAIT A MINUTE!

923
00:24:39,437 --> 00:24:40,338
BOB, YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN,

924
00:24:40,405 --> 00:24:44,442
YOU CLEVER LITTLE COAL GOBLIN."

925
00:24:44,509 --> 00:24:44,976
WAIT, WAIT, IT GETS WORSE.

926
00:24:45,043 --> 00:24:45,810
THE SAME COMPLAINT ALSO CLAIMS

927
00:24:45,877 --> 00:24:46,511
THAT MURRAY HAD THE PLAINTIFF,

928
00:24:46,578 --> 00:24:47,879
ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, GET

929
00:24:47,946 --> 00:24:48,647
ON HER HANDS AND KNEES TO LOCATE

930
00:24:48,713 --> 00:24:49,814
OR PICK UP ITEMS FOR HIM,

931
00:24:49,881 --> 00:24:50,916
INCLUDING ONE TIME WHEN SHE WAS

932
00:24:50,982 --> 00:24:51,883
REQUIRED TO FIND A SMALL HARD

933
00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:53,018
OBJECT HE HAD DROPPED, AND HE

934
00:24:53,084 --> 00:24:54,352
ONLY TOLD HER AFTER SHE FOUND IT

935
00:24:54,419 --> 00:24:57,422
THAT IT WAS A KIDNEY STONE HE

936
00:24:57,489 --> 00:24:59,124
HAD FISHED OUT OF THE TOILET

937
00:24:59,190 --> 00:25:00,592
AFTER PASSING IT.

938
00:25:00,659 --> 00:25:02,127
AND YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I KNOW

939
00:25:02,193 --> 00:25:05,463
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NAUSEATING,

940
00:25:05,530 --> 00:25:08,600
BUT REMEMBER, YOU CHOSE THIS.

941
00:25:08,667 --> 00:25:09,901
YOU ALL CHOSE TO BE HERE.

942
00:25:09,968 --> 00:25:11,236
EVERYONE IN THIS AUDIENCE COULD

943
00:25:11,303 --> 00:25:13,305
HAVE GONE TO SEE STOMP INSTEAD.

944
00:25:13,371 --> 00:25:14,272
TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM

945
00:25:14,339 --> 00:25:15,440
$50.

946
00:25:15,507 --> 00:25:16,408
THAT'S A GREAT DEAL FOR A

947
00:25:16,474 --> 00:25:17,642
CLASSIC NEW YORK SHOW.

948
00:25:17,709 --> 00:25:18,977
AND SURE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BLOW

949
00:25:19,044 --> 00:25:20,145
YOUR MIND: IT'S STOMP.

950
00:25:20,211 --> 00:25:22,814
BUT IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR NEARLY

951
00:25:22,881 --> 00:25:24,115
30 YEARS FOR GOOD REASON, AND

952
00:25:24,182 --> 00:25:25,483
THAT REASON IS, AT NO POINT DO

953
00:25:25,550 --> 00:25:27,252
THEY FORCE THEIR AUDIENCE

954
00:25:27,319 --> 00:25:29,888
IMAGINE THIS MAN FISHING OUT HIS

955
00:25:29,955 --> 00:25:32,257
OWN KIDNEY STONE FROM A TOILET.

956
00:25:32,324 --> 00:25:35,193
IT'S A GOOD SHOW.

957
00:25:35,260 --> 00:25:36,828
NOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, MURRAY

958
00:25:36,895 --> 00:25:38,496
DENIES ALL OF THOSE ALLEGATIONS,

959
00:25:38,563 --> 00:25:40,298
WHICH HE SAYS ARE CONCOCTED, AND

960
00:25:40,365 --> 00:25:41,900
CLAIMS THE WOMAN IS USING THE

961
00:25:41,967 --> 00:25:43,768
LITIGATION AS A VEHICLE TO

962
00:25:43,835 --> 00:25:44,836
HARASS AND PUBLICLY EMBARRASS

963
00:25:44,903 --> 00:25:46,304
HIM IN AN ATTEMPT TO STRONG‐ARM

964
00:25:46,371 --> 00:25:47,772
HIM INTO A SETTLEMENT.

965
00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:49,574
ALTHOUGH I WILL ALSO TELL YOU

966
00:25:49,641 --> 00:25:50,742
THAT ONE OF HER COLLEAGUES

967
00:25:50,809 --> 00:25:52,143
BACKED HER UP IN A SEPARATE

968
00:25:52,210 --> 00:25:53,979
DEPOSITION, SAYING SHE TOLD HER

969
00:25:54,045 --> 00:25:54,879
THE KIDNEY STONE STORY AT THE

970
00:25:54,946 --> 00:25:56,481
TIME AND HAD DESCRIBED MURRAY AS

971
00:25:56,548 --> 00:25:58,617
SCREAMING AT HER TO "FIND IT,

972
00:25:58,683 --> 00:26:00,218
FIND IT."

973
00:26:00,285 --> 00:26:02,220
AND WHAT WAS POSSIBLY THE RUSH

974
00:26:02,287 --> 00:26:04,422
THERE?

975
00:26:04,489 --> 00:26:07,926
WAS MURRAY HONESTLY WORRIED

976
00:26:07,993 --> 00:26:11,429
THAT SOMEONE ELSE WAS GOING TO

977
00:26:11,496 --> 00:26:11,963
FIND HIS PEA PEBBLE FIRST?

978
00:26:12,030 --> 00:26:12,797
"I GOT IT!

979
00:26:12,864 --> 00:26:14,065
I GOT BOB'S COCK ROCK!

980
00:26:14,132 --> 00:26:16,401
I'M GONNA BE A MILLIONAIRE!"

981
00:26:16,468 --> 00:26:17,268
IT'S GENUINELY HARD TO FIND

982
00:26:17,335 --> 00:26:23,174
THE RIGHT RESPONSE TO ALL OF

983
00:26:23,241 --> 00:26:23,842
THAT ONCE YOU'VE HEARD IT.

984
00:26:23,908 --> 00:26:24,909
ALTHOUGH I THINK A SEVEN‐FOOT

985
00:26:24,976 --> 00:26:25,510
SQUIRREL QUOTING A JUSTIFIABLY

986
00:26:25,577 --> 00:26:26,144
ANGRY MINER MAY'VE ACTUALLY SAID

987
00:26:26,211 --> 00:26:26,945
IT BEST:

988
00:26:27,012 --> 00:26:28,580
>> EAT SHIT, BOB!

989
00:26:28,647 --> 00:26:29,648
>> John: EXACTLY.

990
00:26:29,714 --> 00:26:31,449
BEAUTIFULLY PUT.

991
00:26:31,516 --> 00:26:33,551
THE POINT IS, IT'S A LITTLE

992
00:26:33,618 --> 00:26:34,519
WEIRD THAT THESE LAWSUITS DIDN'T

993
00:26:34,586 --> 00:26:35,754
GET WIDER COVERAGE.

994
00:26:35,820 --> 00:26:37,689
THESE ARE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS OF

995
00:26:37,756 --> 00:26:38,790
WORKPLACE MISCONDUCT INVOLVING

996
00:26:38,857 --> 00:26:40,125
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTRY'S

997
00:26:40,191 --> 00:26:42,360
LARGEST PRIVATE COAL COMPANY, A

998
00:26:42,427 --> 00:26:44,029
HIGHLY PUBLIC FIGURE WHO

999
00:26:44,095 --> 00:26:46,865
CONSTANTLY BRAGS ABOUT HIS

1000
00:26:46,931 --> 00:26:47,465
CLOSENESS TO THE PRESIDENT AND

1001
00:26:47,532 --> 00:26:48,066
HIS ROLE IN SHAPING ENERGY AND

1002
00:26:48,133 --> 00:26:49,467
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY.

1003
00:26:49,534 --> 00:26:50,935
AND I WOULD ARGUE ONE REASON

1004
00:26:51,002 --> 00:26:52,637
MIGHT BE ORGANIZATIONS ARE

1005
00:26:52,704 --> 00:26:54,673
JUSTIFIABLY WARY OF GETTING SUED

1006
00:26:54,739 --> 00:26:56,975
BY MURRAY, BECAUSE EVEN IF

1007
00:26:57,042 --> 00:26:58,510
THEY'RE BASELESS, HIS LAWSUITS

1008
00:26:58,576 --> 00:26:59,878
CAN DO MAJOR DAMAGE.

1009
00:26:59,944 --> 00:27:01,646
OURS WOUND UP COSTING OVER

1010
00:27:01,713 --> 00:27:03,848
$200,000 IN LEGAL FEES, AND EVEN

1011
00:27:03,915 --> 00:27:06,518
THOUGH OUR INSURANCE COVERED

1012
00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:08,887
PART OF IT AND WE WERE LUCKY

1013
00:27:08,953 --> 00:27:10,522
THAT HBO STOOD BY US, THIS

1014
00:27:10,588 --> 00:27:12,857
LAWSUIT WAS INFURIATING, TOOK UP

1015
00:27:12,924 --> 00:27:14,192
A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES, AND

1016
00:27:14,259 --> 00:27:16,361
RESULTED IN A TRIPLING OF OUR

1017
00:27:16,428 --> 00:27:17,996
LIBEL INSURANCE PREMIUMS,

1018
00:27:18,063 --> 00:27:19,064
DESPITE THE FACT THAT ‐‐ TO

1019
00:27:19,130 --> 00:27:20,999
REITERATE ‐‐ WE FUCKING WON THIS

1020
00:27:21,066 --> 00:27:24,436
CASE!

1021
00:27:24,502 --> 00:27:26,938
LOOK, HERE'S THE THING, WE BADLY

1022
00:27:27,005 --> 00:27:29,974
NEED EFFECTIVE ANTI‐SLAPP LAWS

1023
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NATIONWIDE TO DETER POWERFUL

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PEOPLE LIKE BOB MURRAY FROM

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00:27:33,344 --> 00:27:34,779
USING THE COURTS TO SHUT DOWN

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00:27:34,846 --> 00:27:36,681
PEOPLE'S LEGITIMATE DISSENT.

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00:27:36,748 --> 00:27:38,116
AND I KNOW THAT, AFTER TONIGHT,

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00:27:38,183 --> 00:27:40,251
MURRAY WILL PROBABLY SUE US

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00:27:40,318 --> 00:27:41,986
AGAIN, EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING

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00:27:42,053 --> 00:27:43,621
I'VE SAID HAS BEEN RIGOROUSLY

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00:27:43,688 --> 00:27:44,823
VETTED BY OUR LAWYERS, WHO, MAY

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I ADD, ARE GETTING VERY TIRED

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00:27:47,025 --> 00:27:49,527
WITH US, BECAUSE WHEN WE REACHED

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OUT TO MURRAY LAST WEEK TO

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REVIEW THE DETAILS WE PLANNED TO

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INCLUDE IN THIS PIECE, HE WROTE

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A LETTER BACK, NOT ADDRESSED

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00:27:58,369 --> 00:27:58,937
DIRECTLY TO US BUT TO OUR BOSSES

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00:27:59,003 --> 00:27:59,738
AT AT&T AND HBO, SAYING WE WERE

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"FALSELY VILIFYING" HIM,

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LAUNCHING "SCURRILOUS ATTACKS,"

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AND ARGUING THAT NONE OF HIS

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LAWSUITS ARE SLAPP SUITS, WHICH

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THEY ABSOLUTELY ARE.

1045
00:28:08,980 --> 00:28:14,953
SO I GUESS HERE WE GO AGAIN.

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IT IS YET ANOTHER BOB MURRAY

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ATTEMPT TO BULLY PEOPLE INTO

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SILENCE.

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AND HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR

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DECADES.

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BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

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I'LL STAND BEHIND OUR FIRST

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PIECE, AND I'LL STAND BEHIND

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THIS ONE.

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00:28:22,761 --> 00:28:23,762
AND AS FOR THE JOKES THAT WE

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MADE ABOUT HIM, WE'RE MORE THAN

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COVERED THERE.

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THE JUDGE IN OUR CASE POINTED

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OUT THE SUPREME COURT HAS

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CONSISTENTLY PROTECTED LOOSE,

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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE THAT CANNOT

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REASONABLY BE UNDERSTOOD TO

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CONVEY FACTS ABOUT SOMEONE.

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BASICALLY, JOKES ARE FINE.

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AND I'VE GOT TO SAY, IT WOULD BE

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REALLY TEMPTING TO SAY A BUNCH

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OF LOOSE, FIGURATIVE THINGS

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ABOUT BOB MURRAY RIGHT NOW ‐‐

1069
00:28:46,851 --> 00:28:48,953
AND NOT JUST ON OUR BEHALF

1070
00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:50,688
BUT ON BEHALF OF EVERY SMALL

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NEWSPAPER AND INDIVIDUAL HE'S

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00:28:52,824 --> 00:28:56,461
SUED AND ON BEHALF OF EVERY

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00:28:56,528 --> 00:28:57,295
EMPLOYEE WHO'S FELT ILL‐TREATED

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BY HIS COMPANY AND WHO MAY'VE

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00:29:02,333 --> 00:29:03,568
WANTED TO TELL HIM TO, SAY,

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EAT SHIT, BUT COULDN'T.

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00:29:04,369 --> 00:29:04,869
AND HERE IS WHERE I ACTUALLY

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HAVE SOME BAD NEWS AND SOME GOOD

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00:29:05,603 --> 00:29:06,204
NEWS FOR YOU.

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THE BAD NEWS IS, THE LAST TWO

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YEARS HAVE HONESTLY JUST BEEN

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TOO EXHAUSTING, SO I'M AFRAID

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00:29:09,407 --> 00:29:10,475
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING

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MORE ABOUT BOB MURRAY TONIGHT.

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00:29:13,444 --> 00:29:15,814
[AUDIENCE REACTS]

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THE GOOD NEWS IS, WHY WOULD I

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WHEN I CAN SIMPLY SING IT

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INSTEAD?

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MAESTRO, PLEASE.

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♪ ♪

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♪ WE WENT TO COURT AGAINST THE

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WORLD'S WORST SPORT ♪

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♪ AND LEARNED IMPORTANT LESSONS

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ON THE WAY ♪

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♪ WE SPOKE WITH PERFECT CANDOR ♪

1096
00:29:32,997 --> 00:29:34,933
♪ AND GOT ACCUSED OF SLANDER ♪

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♪ 'CAUSE BOB MURRAY WANTS TO

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MAKE US PAY ♪

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♪ SO EVEN THOUGH HE'LL THREATEN

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LEGAL ARMAGEDDON ♪

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♪ WE HAVE JUST ONE TINY THING TO

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SAY ♪

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♪ BOB MURRAY CAN GO FUCK HIMSELF

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TODAY ♪

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TO HELP ME

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BETTER RESPOND TO BOB MURRAY'S

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COMPLETE BULLSHIT, PLEASE

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00:29:56,187 --> 00:29:57,689
WELCOME TO THE SHOW

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THE "SUCK MY BALLS, BOB"

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DANCERS.

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>> ♪ MURRAY, MURRAY, MURRAY,

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MURRAY ♪

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HEY, BOB, WATCH THIS!

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>> ♪ HE WENT TO THE LOUVRE AND

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SPIT IN MONA LISA'S FACE ♪

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>> ♪ FILLED A ROCKET WITH

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PUPPIES ♪

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♪ AND HE SHOT IT INTO SPACE ♪

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>> ♪ HE BLUDGEONED

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00:30:15,306 --> 00:30:16,040
NANCY KERRIGAN ♪

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♪ AND WATCHED HER CRY FOR FUN ♪

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>> WHY!

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>> ♪ HE MURDERED

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ARCHDUKE FERDINAND ♪

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♪ AND STARTED WORLD WAR I ♪

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♪ ♪

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>> THAT'S RIGHT!

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IF WE DISCUSS BOB MURRAY IN A

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00:30:25,049 --> 00:30:26,451
WAY NO REASONABLE PERSON COULD

1130
00:30:26,517 --> 00:30:27,418
CONSTRUE AS FACTUAL, WE CAN SAY

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00:30:27,485 --> 00:30:29,554
WHATEVER THE FUCK WE LIKE!

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SO COME ON EVERYONE, LET'S HEAD

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TO THE STREETS!

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>> ♪ AH ♪

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♪ MURRAY, WOW ♪

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>> ♪ HE'LL STROLL INTO A

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STRANGER'S HOME ♪

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♪ AND JIZZ RIGHT IN THEIR

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WHEATIES ♪

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>> ♪ HE WATCHES

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"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" ♪

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♪ AND ROOTS FOR DIABETES ♪

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>> ♪ HE WROTE THE MACARENA ♪

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>> ♪ AND EVEN WORSE, HE LIKES TO

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00:30:52,110 --> 00:30:54,479
BLAME MALALA FOR HIS FARTS ♪

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>> HEY, WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?

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>> WE'RE USING PROTECTED SPEECH

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TO TELL BOB MURRAY TO EAT SHIT.

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>> BOB MURRAY?

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IS THAT THE GUY WHO DIPPED HIS

1151
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BALLS IN MY HOT DOG WATER?

1152
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>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHO I'M

1153
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TALKING ABOUT.

1154
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>> CAN I BRING MY CART?

1155
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>> IT'S NOT IDEAL.

1156
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>> IT'LL BE FINE IF I LEAVE IT

1157
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HERE, RIGHT?

1158
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>> I DON'T KNOW!

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>> ♪ MURRAY, MURRAY ♪

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♪ ♪

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♪ HE MASTURBATES TO

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"SCHINDLER'S LIST" ♪

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00:31:23,508 --> 00:31:26,044
♪ OLD YELLER MAKES HIM HARD ♪

1164
00:31:26,110 --> 00:31:27,211
>> ♪ HE WAS COSBY'S DRUG

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00:31:27,278 --> 00:31:27,812
SUPPLIER ♪

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00:31:27,879 --> 00:31:29,047
♪ JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S

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PRISON GUARD ♪

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00:31:30,748 --> 00:31:31,916
>> STOP, EVERYBODY, PLEASE,

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00:31:31,983 --> 00:31:33,451
STOP, STOP, STOP.

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00:31:33,518 --> 00:31:35,353
STOP.

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JOHN, AS HBO'S LEGAL COUNSEL,

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PLEASE, STOP.

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I HAVE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT

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TO SAY.

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♪ ♪

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♪ ONE DAY AT THE M&M STORE ♪

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♪ BOB MURRAY WALKED THROUGH THE

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DOOR ♪

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♪ HE WASN'T WEARING PANTS THAT

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DAY ♪

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00:31:49,834 --> 00:31:50,668
♪ HIS DICK AND BALLS ON FULL

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00:31:50,735 --> 00:31:51,469
DISPLAY ♪

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>> ♪ FULL DISPLAY ♪

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>> ♪ HE GRABBED M&Ms

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FROM A BOWL ♪

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♪ AND CRAMMED THEM UP

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HIS ANAL HOLE ♪

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♪ HE SPREAD HIS BUTT CHEEKS

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FAR AND WIDE ♪

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00:31:57,742 --> 00:31:58,810
♪ HE TOLD THE TOURISTS TO LOOK

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00:31:58,876 --> 00:31:59,677
INSIDE ♪

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00:31:59,744 --> 00:32:01,112
>> LOOK INSIDE?

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>> ♪ HE SAID MY RECTUM'S FULL OF

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00:32:02,647 --> 00:32:03,281
TREATS ♪

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00:32:03,348 --> 00:32:04,882
♪ REACH IN THERE AND

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GRAB SOME SWEETS ♪

1197
00:32:06,084 --> 00:32:06,951
>> ♪ GRAB SOME SWEETS ♪

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00:32:07,018 --> 00:32:08,553
♪ THESE ARE ALL REAL THINGS

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00:32:08,619 --> 00:32:10,722
BOB MURRAY DID ♪

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00:32:10,788 --> 00:32:13,891
>> SEE YOU IN COURT, FUCK FACE!

1201
00:32:13,958 --> 00:32:15,026
>> LOOK, IT'S MR. NUTTERBUTTER.

1202
00:32:15,093 --> 00:32:15,693
WE'RE SINGING ABOUT

1203
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:16,661
MR. BOB MURRAY.

1204
00:32:16,728 --> 00:32:17,662
I BELIEVE YOU'VE HEARD OF HIM.

1205
00:32:17,729 --> 00:32:19,564
>> YOU MEAN THE ZODIAC KILLER?

1206
00:32:19,630 --> 00:32:20,798
>> THAT'S THE ONE.

1207
00:32:20,865 --> 00:32:21,632
>> WELL, MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE

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00:32:21,699 --> 00:32:22,934
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT

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00:32:23,001 --> 00:32:23,134
HIM.

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♪ ♪

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00:32:26,871 --> 00:32:29,841
>> ♪ BOB, BOB MURRAY ♪

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00:32:29,907 --> 00:32:33,411
♪ IS A FURRY ♪

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00:32:33,478 --> 00:32:35,747
♪ PUTTING ASIDE OUR PERSONAL

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00:32:35,813 --> 00:32:38,182
QUARRELS ♪

1215
00:32:38,249 --> 00:32:41,019
♪ THE MAN FUCKS SQUIRRELS ♪

1216
00:32:41,085 --> 00:32:48,559
♪ THE MAN FUCKS SQUIRRELS ♪

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00:32:48,626 --> 00:32:50,294
♪ ♪

1218
00:32:50,361 --> 00:32:51,462
>> HEY, I KNOW WHERE WE SHOULD

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00:32:51,529 --> 00:32:52,463
GO!

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♪ ♪

1221
00:32:55,666 --> 00:32:59,337
♪ AH ♪

1222
00:32:59,404 --> 00:33:04,942
♪ MURRAY, MURRAY ♪

1223
00:33:05,009 --> 00:33:06,377
♪ ♪

1224
00:33:06,444 --> 00:33:08,046
♪ IT DOESN'T COUNT AS SLANDER

1225
00:33:08,112 --> 00:33:11,349
BECAUSE IT'S WAY TOO WEIRD ♪

1226
00:33:11,416 --> 00:33:11,983
♪ WE MADE UP THESE ANECDOTES ♪

1227
00:33:12,050 --> 00:33:13,518
♪ THEY'RE SILLY AND INSANE ♪

1228
00:33:13,584 --> 00:33:16,521
♪ WE COULD GO ON AND ON AND ON ♪

1229
00:33:16,587 --> 00:33:21,859
♪ AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON ♪

1230
00:33:21,926 --> 00:33:24,195
♪ WE MADE UP THIS SONG ♪

1231
00:33:24,262 --> 00:33:35,339
♪ SO EAT SHIT, BOB! ♪

1232
00:33:35,406 --> 00:33:38,810
[FIREWORKS POPPING]

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00:33:38,876 --> 00:33:44,215
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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00:33:44,282 --> 00:34:04,235
♪ ♪

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00:34:04,335 --> 00:34:21,185
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

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00:34:21,252 --> 00:34:27,358
♪ ♪