From the Reflecting Pool to the Penalty Box

Summary

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The Rob Carson Show – “From the Reflecting Pool to the Penalty Box”

Episode Date: June 8, 2026
Host: Rob Carson (with appearances by Doug Burns, Jim Gossett, Dr. Stephen Turley, and Newsmax Correspondents)

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Episode Overview

This episode of "The Rob Carson Show" combines sharp political commentary, irreverent humor, and pointed cultural critique. Rob Carson covers a range of topics—from the transformation and symbolism of Washington D.C. under Donald Trump, election integrity and alleged fraud in Democrat-run states, to judicial controversies and the double standards in prosecuting political figures. The show blends serious discussion with parody, guest analysis, and off-the-cuff comedic moments, aiming to both entertain and provoke thought among a primarily conservative audience.

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Major Discussion Points & Key Insights

1. Restoration & Symbolism in Washington, D.C.

Timestamps: 06:09–13:13

• Comparing D.C. under Trump vs. Democrats:
  Rob highlights Trump’s push to revitalize Washington, D.C., tying renovations of key landmarks like the Reflecting Pool and public fountains to national pride and the 250th anniversary of America.
  • “It is a metaphor for the America under Donald Trump versus the awful, awful, corrupt, filthy, rotten, dirty Democrat party.” (09:08)
• Reflections from Local Residents:
  Features on-the-street perspectives, praising the cleanliness and safety of the city.
  • “It’s absolutely beautiful. Even with only some of the water filled in …” (07:12)
  • “Thank you President Trump.” (09:07)
• Contrasting with the Past:
  Rob describes D.C. during Biden and Obama years as marked by crime, homeless encampments, and decay—with specific neighborhoods like Dupont Circle and Union Station cited for dramatic improvement.

Notable Quote

"Fountains that are now working, that were urinals for homeless drug addicts under Joe Biden. And now it is absolutely, absolutely beautiful here." – Rob Carson [06:09]

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2. Positive Jobs Report & Media Coverage

Timestamps: 04:44–06:09

• Highlighting Economic Optimism:
  Rob seizes on better-than-expected jobs numbers, attributing economic gains to Trump-era policies of tax breaks and deregulation, and jabbing at media outlets for not giving Trump credit.
  • “Did Donald Trump beat expectations again?” (04:53)
  • “That is policy. That is tax breaks. That is deregulation, construction. That’s all the things that the government is doing…” (05:39)
• Media Critique:
  Rob mocks Kristen Welker and other mainstream figures for not spotlighting positive developments.

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3. Election Integrity/Fraud in Democrat Strongholds

Timestamps: 01:59–04:33, 23:59–30:42

• Minnesota Immigration Fraud:
  Rob revisits allegations against Rep. Ilhan Omar and broader claims of fraud affecting nearly half of interviewed immigration cases in the Twin Cities area.
  • “Half of all immigrants in Minneapolis St. Paul found to have committed immigration fraud … blatant marriage fraud, visa overstays, people claiming to work at businesses that can’t be found, forged documents, abuse of H1B …” (02:41)
• California & LA Election Investigations:
  With guest Doug Burns (former federal prosecutor), Rob scrutinizes suspicious election practices in California, including prolonged ballot counting, mail-in voting, and late ballot arrivals.
  • “California has set up a system which is, you know, send everybody a mail in ballot … they set up this crazy, insane, bizarre system and that's exactly what’s going on.” – Doug Burns [26:04]
  • Historic parallels are drawn to Kamala Harris’s narrow win in 2010, implying a pattern.
• Vulnerabilities in Voter Rolls:
  Dr. Stephen Turley adds that inflated, outdated voter rolls are concentrated in Democratic urban centers—laying groundwork for ballot harvesting and extended vote counting.
  • "These are the very same counties where Democrats built their mail in ballot harvesting infrastructure …" – Dr. Stephen Turley [24:00]

Notable Quote

“I want to see an Elliot Ness kind of untouchables go into California and just, you know, figuratively bust some heads because I’m sick and damn tired of this nonsense.” – Rob Carson [28:59]

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4. Judicial Controversies & Unequal Justice

Timestamps: 17:20–19:39, 33:47–38:54

• John Bolton’s Plea Deal:
  Rob and Doug Burns discuss John Bolton’s plea agreement for mishandling classified material, juxtaposed sharply against Trump’s ongoing legal battles—satirized by Jim Gossett’s parody song.
  • “A plea deal he was handed when he should be remanded. He won’t be doing time." – Jim Gossett [20:46]
  • “Isn’t that kind of funny? Kind of came back and bit you in the shriveled up old butt, didn’t it?” – Rob Carson [20:18]
• Corrupt, Partisan Judiciary Allegations:
  Rob criticizes supposedly conflicted judges and double standards in high-profile cases—like the halting of Kennedy Center renovations by Trump ally board members due to actions of Judge Christopher Cooper (and his wife’s connections to Dem administrations).
  • “We got a lot of judges who honestly have sold their souls to one party.” [34:20]
• Racy Judicial Scandal:
  Carson and Burns riff on federal Judge Eleanor Ross’s alleged sexual misconduct, blending crude humor with outrage at judicial lapses.
  • “Somebody was pounding her gavel for a change.” – Rob Carson [38:10]

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5. Election Law: Supreme Court Rulings, Ballot Security, and "Birthright Citizenship"

Timestamps: 29:20–32:59

• Race-Based Gerrymandering:
  Discussion of SCOTUS decisions about redistricting in former Confederate states and the public’s ignorance of political history.
  • “People should know their history a little before they open their pie hole.” – Doug Burns [30:02]
• Mail-in Ballot Ruling & Debate:
  Both believe mail-in ballots should be rare, not universal—a frequent Republican talking point—and await further judiciary clarification on related laws.
• Birthright Citizenship:
  Burns identifies it as the most consequential upcoming Supreme Court decision, with debate over whether birth in the U.S. should automatically confer citizenship.

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6. Show’s Political & Media Satire

Spread Throughout

• Rob deploys biting humor and parody (parody songs, “Nitwit Ramen Noodle” nickname for LA mayoral candidate, and ad-libs about gender pronouns). The episode lampoons Democrats, pokes fun at perceived bias and elitism in mainstream media, and roasts political enemies old and new.
  • "They couldn't build it out of Legos." – Rob Carson (about Biden/Obama vs. Trump construction) [35:59]
  • “So you preferred your pronouns to be they and them.” (16:21–16:28 segment)
• The use of parody and musical interludes (e.g., Jim Gossett’s rhyming roast of Bolton), plus direct talk about the Talkers radio convention for meta-media commentary on the state of political talk radio.

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Memorable Quotes (with Speaker & Timestamp)

• Rob Carson: “It’s a joke. Even the people of California aren’t so masochistic as to want Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom acolyte back in power…The Democrat party is intellectually and morally bankrupt.” [01:59]
• DC Resident: “I’ve lived here for 30 years and I’ve never seen anything like this…” [07:20]
• Doug Burns: “California has set up a system which is…send everybody a mail-in ballot…they set up this crazy, insane, bizarre system and that’s exactly what’s going on.” [26:04]
• Jim Gossett (song): “A plea deal he was handed when he should be remanded. He won’t be doing time.” [20:46]
• Dr. Stephen Turley: “…these are the very same counties where Democrats built their mail in ballot harvesting infrastructure…” [24:00]

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Notable Segment Timestamps

• 01:59 — Jump into political commentary and D.C. restoration
• 04:44–06:09 — Economic numbers and media spin
• 06:09–13:13 — Washington D.C. beautification, symbolism, and residents’ reactions
• 16:21 — Gender pronoun satire
• 23:59–30:42 — Extended discussion on election vulnerabilities, LA/California, and historical parallels (Burns and Turley join)
• 33:47–38:54 — Kennedy Center conflict, John Bolton’s plea, and the “judge scandal”
• 38:54–end — Rob’s meta-reflection on the talk radio world and rivalry with media personalities

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Tone and Style

• Language: Direct, populist, irreverent; blends earnest political critique with add-libbed humor, parody, and moments of brashness.
• Overall Vibe: Combative, skeptical of mainstream narratives, and highly partisan, but repeatedly punctuated by jokes, personal anecdotes, and listener engagement.

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Conclusion

This episode embodies the signature Carson style: a blend of political red meat, mockery of the establishment, and broad cultural observations, all underpinned by an “us vs. them” ethos common in contemporary conservative media. Listeners are treated to a ride through D.C. revitalization, election skepticism, judicial controversies, and conspiracy-tinged riffs—all with ample parody, music, and offbeat asides. Regulars will feel right at home; new listeners get a vivid sampler of Carson’s approach to news and commentary.

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Transcript

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[Rob Carson]

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[Rob Parson]

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[Rob Carson]

This is our number two of the Rob Carson Show. The the first hour of the show. I I was kind of shot out of a cannon. See, I've been off a couple days and there's much to cover and I'm I'm just, just tired of being told that the sky is green when it's really blue. When Democrats say that elections are free and fair in Democrat run states and I know they're not. It's a joke. It's a joke. Even the people of California aren't so masochistic as to Want Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom acolyte back in power for another four years or whatever the term is. It honestly is just laughable, just dreadful. I told you, the Democrat party is intellectually and morally bankrupt. I've literally been saying that for 20 years. And now they are just proving everything absolutely right in Minneapolis. Listen. Half of all immigrants in Minneapolis St. Paul found to have committed immigration. Immigration fraud. Immigration fraud. Ilhan Omar married her brother Ahmed Nur Saeed Elmi after she had split from her first husband. Well, thank God they weren't cheating. There you go. Yeah. Ahmed Hirsai. She was married to Hersi in a Muslim ceremony, not registered with the state. Ilhan Omar eventually had children with Hirsai while she was still legally married to her own brother. I know it sounds like Arkansas. Omar married a brother. Well, enough about that. But here's what we need to know. Here's what we need to know is that in. In the state of Minnesota, over the course of, according to Wall street apes and the uscis, our officers found indication of fraud, noncompliance or public safety and natural security concerns, national security concerns in nearly a little less than 50% of cases interviewed. Focusing on a list of over a thousand target cases Involving more than 900 individuals, our officers encountered blatant marriage fraud, visa overstays, people claiming to work at businesses that can't be found, forged documents, abuse of the H1B visa visa system, abuse of the F1 visas, and many other discrepancies. All of these things in the state of Minnesota. In the state of Minnesota. And it's going all over the country. And Republicans aren't doing it. In case you wanted to know, it has nothing to do with Republicans because we. We present ideas and we get things done, by the way. We get a lot of things done. Donald Trump's getting a lot of things done. Would you guys like a little bit of good news? Oh, did Rob just say good news? What does that mean? It's everybody's favorite jingle. We love to win. Winning.

[Rob Parson]

So much winning.

[Rob Carson]

It's lots of winning. Lots of winning.

[Rob Parson]

Lots of winning.

[Rob Carson]

Lots of winning. Lots of winning. Lots of winning. It's oh, so good. Here's something that Kristen Welker, I should call her Welper. Did not report on Friday.

[News Anchor]

The averages for the last three months. For the last three months, we've averaged 150,000 jobs, but again today, the expectation was 85,000. And we came in.

[Rob Carson]

Did Donald Trump beat expectations again?

[News Anchor]

172,000.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, he did.

[News Anchor]

The unemployment rate, 4.3% more people are entering the workforce. That is why that rate is remaining steady. Manufacturing better than expected at 7,000. The private sector, 120,000. That was education. That was health care. And then again, earnings growing year over year, 3.4%.

[Rob Carson]

Well, you say, look, you're saying American workers are making more money.

[News Anchor]

Seeing strong numbers here again with those, those jaw dropping revisions.

[Rob Carson]

Jaw dropping revisions. Unlike the jaw dropping revisions in the LA mayoral race, which were jaw dropping revisions of stealing votes and giving them to a candidate who lost to push Spencer Pratt out.

[News Anchor]

That we got for the month of

[Rob Carson]

March and that we, I wouldn't concede,

[News Anchor]

got for the month of April. All of that shows you that this job market isn't just resilient. That's the thing. That's the word I use yesterday. I'll tell you, this job, it's kicking, but market is on fire. And last year, on Friday, make one final point. Last year for the, for all 2025, we had on average about 10,000 jobs created. It was a very low number. Now we're looking at 150 in just three months. That is policy. That is tax breaks. That is deregulation, construction. That's all the things that the government is doing to make and all of

[Rob Carson]

the things that Joe Biden and Barack Obama didn't do. And that's why America sucked so badly. I was going to get out yesterday and see the reflecting pool. I'm going to wait till it's full, but people are noticing how beautiful it is. Washington, D.C. is absolutely beautiful right now. I got to tell you. I'm going to do another video. I think we still have some spaces available for the trip. October 25th through the 29th with tour and travel. 5 days, 4 nights, luxury accommodations downtown. All your, all of your tips, gratuities taken care of. Gonna go to Arlington National Cemetery. Do you want to see the reflective pool with me? Just go to travelwithrob.net get that done. Okay. Get that done. If I didn't make it, if I didn't convince you before, look at the Columbus statue and the fountains in front of Union Station. Look at all of the fountains. Fountains that are now working, that were your. They were urinals for homeless drug addicts under Joe Biden. And now it is absolutely, absolutely beautiful here.

[Washington DC Resident 1]

It's absolutely beautiful. Even with only some of the water filled in at this point in time, it's absolutely gorgeous.

[Washington DC Resident 2]

I live here for 30 years and I've never seen anything like this since

[Washington DC Resident 3]

the end of April. The iconic reflecting pool in Washington D.C. has been closed off and barren as

[Rob Carson]

we're gonna pool crew and they're gonna paint it blue and it's gonna look terrible.

[Washington DC Resident 3]

Just finished laying down a new industrial grade protective coating.

[Rob Carson]

It's gonna last 50 years, Joe. I should say. Barack Obama spent $35 million on it in 2010. $35 million. Day one, it was filled with algae blooms. It was ugly and dirty.

[Washington DC Resident 3]

A coating the President has called American flag blue.

[Rob Carson]

Look good when it's full.

[Doug Burns]

Oh yeah, yeah. Just in time probably for the fourth, hopefully.

[Washington DC Resident 3]

Fast forward to now. The water is rushing in.

[Rob Carson]

Takes a while because you know, a garden hose can only fill it so fast.

[Washington DC Resident 3]

And the Washington Monument.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, that's the way Joe Biden would have done it.

[Washington DC Resident 3]

Is clearly visible in the reflecting.

[Rob Carson]

It is, yeah.

[Washington DC Resident 1]

Oh, it's going to look amazing. So finished. I think that we're going to be here in time to see the pool completely filled. And I look forward to coming back and watching the water rise and then watching the monument become more, more.

[Rob Carson]

I believe I'm going to go down there tomorrow.

[Washington DC Resident 2]

By the way, this contractors did it, right? And President Trump, thank you very much. I've never seen DC like this.

[Washington DC Resident 3]

With less than one month out from the 4th of July events in the District, the President has launched an all out blitz to clean up our nation's capital.

[Washington DC Resident 2]

It's very important because this is the capital of the US and we should feel like we're safe and this is like the front line of America.

[Washington DC Resident 3]

And the President has directed the removing of more than 150 homeless encampments, the restoring of 22 fountains and the cleaning of 28 statues.

[Washington DC Resident 2]

Thank you President Trump.

[Rob Carson]

It is a metaphor for the America under Donald Trump versus the awful, awful, corrupt, filthy, rotten, dirty Democrat party. It's absolutely a metaphor. When I moved here, that fountain in front of Union Station was covered with graffiti and was being used as a damned latrine by homeless people. There was a homeless encampment across from Union Station. Union Station was a ghost town and it's beautiful now. Dupont Circle, it used when I lived here for 12 years. It was nothing more. A bunch of homeless people with grocery carts, drug addicts. When I went there the last time, there were people playing Frisbee and families having picnics. The reflecting pool is gorgeous. All of the fountains in Washington D.C. some of them closed for 20 years, covered with graffiti, surrounded with joy and happiness. That's America. That's America. That is exactly what I've been telling you about. Beating back the darkness that is that is overtaken our country. I told you. We are the reaction to the action of evil brought by the Democrat Party, brought by the radical left, and we are going to continue to push them into the pits of hell. And I mean that 1,000%, because that's exactly what they represented. They made life here absolutely awful. Here is Newsmax this weekend talking about how beautiful this city is.

[Newsmax Correspondent]

How great is it to have a president who is giving our nation's capital the attention to bring it back to the grandeur that it deserves, especially ahead of America's 250th birthday. You know, this is a project that

[Rob Carson]

even Kristen Welker, none of the leftist media are promoting. The 250th anniversary of our birthday. The View is celebrating acts that have insulted America by refusing to perform when invited with honor to perform for her 250th birthday, all because they're petulant toddlers who can't handle the fact that we beat their rear ends in an election in 2024. And we're making America great again.

[Newsmax Correspondent]

Most liberal D.C. residents have said, hey, it's pretty nice that the fountains are turned back on again. It's pretty nice that crime has gone down in the city. And President Trump wants our nation's capital to be a haven for residents.

[Rob Carson]

Georgetown was a ghost town. People were afraid to park their cars there. They were afraid to drive there because so many cars were being carjacked. Now the streets are bustling like they were when I moved here in 2004. It is absolutely stunning. In Friendship Heights, where I used to work, Black Lives Matter activists shelled the damn neighborhood, stole from all of the stores. It was a mess. And I went there the other day, and my favorite little store called Rodman's is back. The owner walks up to me and says, because I was talking out loud about how good it was. And he showed me the pictures of Black Lives Matter gutting that store for no good reason other than a psyop created from nonsense about a guy who is a loser drug addict dying of a drug overdose in Minneapolis and visitors alike.

[Newsmax Correspondent]

We are the greatest country in the world, and our capital should reflect that. But it's not just these awesome beautification projects that the president has undertaken. It's also his efforts to drive down violent crime. And we've seen great success doing that with crime down across the board. And so the president is going to continue to make DC Safe.

[Rob Carson]

DC Is safe and absolutely beautiful. Here's a Trump hater at the Reflecting Pool having To admit that it's awesome.

[News Anchor]

I thought it was a stupid idea

[Rob Carson]

to paint the reflecting pool. Yeah. The reason why you did is because Trump is doing it.

[News Anchor]

But y', all, it looks good.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, good.

[News Anchor]

It actually looks really good. Like it makes the reflection look extraordinarily prominent.

[Rob Parson]

Yeah.

[News Anchor]

In a way that it did not look before.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I know. I know. And I hate that. I hate that. You know, maybe you can be saved from hell. Maybe you're one of the people who can be saved from it. While the the party continues to spiral. Mid industrial or mid Atlantic industrial coating. They're the ones who did it. Sole source contract. The government specifically chose Polyuria Rhino linings not over budget. Still, the original $13.1 million proposal, extra $1 million for added granite work, brought in under 15 million total. A 20% buffer is standard. This means the profit margin for the company is 20%. They never work for Trump. They, they. It is not a swimming pool. It is an industrial containment system built for a perfect mirror reflection. And it works beautifully under Unlike what. What Barack Obama tried to do and failed. Come to Washington D.C. and join me this fall, October 26th through the 29th. Travelwithrob.net I want you to come and share this with me this fall. This wasn't about this. I just want to give you an opportunity to see it because I'm going to. I've got much more on this and I'm going to be sharing it. I'm going to be sharing it on the air every day. I've got a day off tomorrow for a number of personal reasons. And I'm also going to go down to the reflecting pool. I may even go on Instagram live to show you. And maybe, maybe eventually we'll just take the whole damn show down there and do the show at the reflecting pool. How's that? Ralph Renzi, if you're listening, how about we take the show down there and do the show live from there at the base of the, of the, of the Lincoln Memorial? I think that's in order. I think that's gonna be in order. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey, guys, it's Carson for relief. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Those words weren't written for history books. They were written for you. But it's hard to pursue happiness when pain is a part of your everyday life. Relief Factor was created to help people address inflammation, one of the most common causes of ongoing aches and pains from aging, over exertion and daily living. It's a 100% drug free research based formula that works through multiple metabolic pathways to support comfort and mobility. No prescription, no masking symptoms, just real relief so you can keep moving forward. I work out every other day. I crush it at the gym and I ride my bike 100 miles on the weekend. I credit Relief factor for making all of those activities pain free. And as America celebrates 250 years of independence, give yourself a chance to reclaim yours. To commemorate their offering a special patriotic price just 1776. Yeah. So you can pursue your happiness being pain free. Your $17.76 three week quick start is ready for you. Visit relieffactor.com or call 800 number four relief. That's relieffactor.com or 800 for relief. So you preferred your pronouns to be they and them.

[Doug Burns]

They, them.

[Rob Carson]

Okay.

[Newsmax Correspondent]

Do you need me to explain how to use that?

[Doug Burns]

Nope.

[Rob Carson]

Because I'm not going to.

[Newsmax Correspondent]

Amen.

[Rob Carson]

Comedy.

[News Anchor]

I hope you know that everything every person in this room is fighting for in this campaign has been about building a city that's worthy of you and every child in this city.

[Rob Carson]

Nitwit Ramen Noodle admitting last week she lost the primary for mayor of la but they found the ballots to put her in second place.

[News Anchor]

County Sheriff's department is buying in ballots

[Newsmax Correspondent]

from vote centers across the region.

[News Anchor]

You can see that chopper is landing right now.

[Rob Carson]

Got to bring it in. The ballots by chopper. Standing in the park trying to rescue Nitwit Ramen Noodle LA County Registar Ballot Processing Center.

[News Anchor]

They land right here in the middle.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, that was necessary in, in a, in a time that, you know they're counting ballots for four weeks after the election. You better get the ballots there by helicopter.

[News Anchor]

Then you see Walker here standing by

[Rob Carson]

to pick up those ballots and take. What a scam. What a friggin scam. My Lord in heaven. John Bolton's in trouble. I didn't, I wasn't here last week when John Bolton reached a deal over his mishandling of sensitive national security information. He's reached a plea deal mishandling security at three sources familiar with the matter say one felony kind of illegal retention of sensitive national security information. According to one of the sources. Also agreed to pay more than 2 million doll fine. Holy hell. That's, that's crazy. A conviction on one county legal retention could come with a sentence between zero and 60 months. They're saying this loser will probably avoid prison which is a damn shame. Maryland he charged by prosecutors in Maryland. I should say this, this deal comes months after top Trump foe was charged with with prosecutors in Maryland for allegedly keeping diary interest entries from the first Trump White House in his home. This is of course they went after Donald Trump. Remember that? Prosecutors accused Bol of sharing more than a thousand pages of information about his day to day activities with unauthorized individuals, including his wife and daughter. The alleged transmission of classified information isn't part of the charges he expects to plead guilty to. Let me see. Bolton, who served in the Trump administration, was originally charged with eight counts of transmission of national defense info, 10 counts of retention of national defense information. Trump had called for Bolton to be arrested over his 2020 memoir that was highly critical of Donald Trump, claiming Bolton should have go to jail because classified information was in the book. And that's true. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But unlike cases against Trump's other perceived enemies, the FBI director James Comey. And now dismiss the case against new New York Attorney General Letitia James. Bolton's case has maintained the support of career prosecutors and investigators. Trump's first Justice Department opened a critical critic criminal and civil investigation into the book in 2020, but it was closed within a year, so he pled guilty. Here is John bolton last in 2024 talking about Trump legally owning and keeping classified documents as the president at Mar a Lago.

[John Bolton]

And so I think a lot of these.

[Rob Carson]

But of course he had a problem with it.

[John Bolton]

Documents he may have just thought were cool. A lot of them he thought might be souvenirs. A lot of me thought might be useful to him later. I can't answer the question until I see the document, but. Well, there are a lot of theories that he could use it as information against his enemies, that he could.

[Rob Carson]

You put it in a book, give

[John Bolton]

it to people in exchange for favors.

[Rob Carson]

We don't. Has he done that?

[John Bolton]

No. And frankly, I don't think speculating about the reasons is all that helpful.

[Rob Carson]

Well, that's what you're doing now.

[John Bolton]

The simple fact he had the document, documents for any reason or no reason should subject him to prosecution.

[Rob Carson]

Wow. Well, there you go. Isn't that kind of funny? Kind of came Ben back and bitch in the shriveled up old butt, didn't it? Here's Jim Gosling.

[Jim Gossett]

John Bolton got off easy though. What he did was sleazy scumbag. He won't pay for his crime.

[Rob Carson]

2 million bucks better than nothing, I guess, right?

[Jim Gossett]

A plea deal he was handed when he should be remanded. He won't be doing time.

[Rob Carson]

He should, but he's a Democrat.

[Jim Gossett]

The DOJ is worthless.

[Rob Carson]

He's a Republican.

[Jim Gossett]

They don't prosecute.

[Rob Carson]

Rhino from hell.

[Jim Gossett]

Todd Blanch, another bad recruit. The deep state keeps on skating of that there's no deep debate.

[Rob Carson]

Let's get on it, people.

[Jim Gossett]

What's wrong with our doj?

[Rob Carson]

Full of crooked insiders.

[Jim Gossett]

They all got off easy even though they're sleazy.

[Rob Carson]

Come on, James.

[Jim Gossett]

They all get off easy every day.

[Rob Carson]

That is Jim Gossett. Go to patreon.com Jim Gossett Comics let's talk about Jim Gossett in the the show. The fact that we use humor to make a point at talkers convention where I was this week at the the most preeminent talk radio convention in the country. I was there on Friday. I want to give you some cool stuff that happened there. Had extended conversation with Joe Pegs and Mike Gallagher. It was kind of cool to be in their same kind of realm and, and be beating them as uh, as uh, podcasters in news and commentary. Kind of funny. But they're actually really good guys. Both of them. Really good guys. There was somebody there who was on Fox News. Not so much. I'll share details on that. I dislike him even more. That's coming up. Doug Burns, former federal prosecutor, comes up next. Don't go anywhere. Hey guys, it's Rob Carson for Ghostbed. I love my ghost bed. Do you really want another summer like last summer? Barely sleeping because you were too hot all night? People blame summer heat for bad sleep when it really may be their mattress trapping heat. And if you're already sleep hot, summer only makes it worse. That's exactly why I switched to Ghostbed. Ghostbed keeps you cool all night. No waking up sweaty tossing and turning or throwing the covers off at 2am Cooling tech is built into every mattress. It's not some expensive upgrade you have to pay extra for. Hot sleepers are some of Ghostbed's happiest customers. Read the reviews. Incredible support. Less stiffness, deeper sleep, more rested mornings. Ghostbed gives you 101 nights to try it at home. You can sleep on it all summer long and feel the difference yourself. How many more summers are you gonna waste on bad sleep? Ghostbed is offering my audience an extra 10% off with financing. Some Ghostbeds come out to around a dollar a day. Go to ghostbed.comcarson use the promo code carson. That's ghostbed.comcarson promo code car. I'm back and I brought Dr. Stephen Turley.

[Dr. Stephen Turley]

The voter rolls that have been most dramatically inflated over the last decade. The roles that contain the highest concentrations of outdated unverified and potentially non citizen registrations. They're concentrated overwhelmingly in high density urban counties in blue states and competitive battleground metros. So we're talking la, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Detroit, Milwaukee. These are the very same counties where Democrats built their mail in ballot harvesting infrastructure where ballot drop boxes were deployed at the Highest density in 2020 and 2022.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And by the deadlines for vote counting extend past election day when Democrats frequently are behind. And miraculously like in la, you've got this woman, nitwit ramen noodle. And she is now, number two knocking Spencer Pratt out because all of these votes came even though she conceded defeat last week. My God, what a joke. And you know why I know that California elections and Democrat state and city elections are fraudulent? Because I'm not stupid. One person who indeed is certainly not stupid. Very intellig. And one of my favorite guests and people in the world, Doug Burns. Ladies and gentlemen, former federal prosecutor Doug Burns. Welcome to the Rob Carson Show. How are you today?

[Doug Burns]

Good, Rob, thank you for that very nice introduction.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Feds announced several election fraud investigations into California while revealing, revealing serious structural vulnerabilities. First Assistant US Attorney Bill Asale said Friday he's working with the Department of Justice to conduct a comprehensive audit of California's voter rolls. He's also including Harmony Dhillo and she has been talking about how the Democrat Party is keeping voter rolls from being examined. What are your thoughts on this primary election state and LA in the state of California last week?

[Doug Burns]

Well, my first thought, and I would hope that the majority of common sense people would have this exact thought is what is going on here? In other words, you know, I'm 68 years old. I've watched elections my whole life. You go and you vote and then they tally it up and that's it. And you know, the result that day or maybe if there's a really close one, it spills over to the next day and that's it, case closed. California has set up a system which is, you know, send everybody a mail in ballot. That's number one. Number two, if it's postmarked election day, it can be counted up to a week later. Point three, there's some type of a 30 day period that can be in play to count votes. And they set up a system on purpose because they know that mail in votes help Democrats and they set up this crazy, insane, bizarre system and that's exactly what's going on. Very interesting that the United States Attorney's office is looking at it they haven't really said specifically or exactly what the claim is. And that's not a criticism, it's an investigation. Why wouldn't. So we'll see what happens. But again, it's very, very troubling. I don't know if you remember. You probably do. That Olympic basketball game, US Russia, they replayed the ending like three times until Russia won The United States. Did not repeat, did not go to the medal ceremony. It's a total disgrace. And this kind of reminds me of that. I mean, it's just, you know, while I'm not making specific allegations of fraud, the reality is, is major, major questions exist about what the heck is going on.

[Rob Carson]

Well, this is a common theme now, Doug, and it is a repeating. It is a. It's been going on for a long time. Let me, let me, let me play you this. This is in 2010 Kamala Harris race for the Attorney General. Four weeks after the November 2nd election, California finally has declared a winner in the attorney general race. How? Harris finished so close to her Republican opponent that it took a month to finish counting every vote she won by less than 1 percentage point. Yeah, they found the number of votes they needed for her to win. That's what I'm contending, Doug. I'm not a lawyer and I'm not a journalist, so I can just say my opinion. There you go.

[Doug Burns]

Yes, you can. And I am being somewhat cautious, but again, I am a lawyer and so on and so forth. But, you know, to be a broken record and repeat this, counting votes for 30 days if it's postmarked election day. First of all, let's just go back. Absentee ballots, mail in ballots, that's for if you weren't going to be around to vote. And now all of a sudden every single person gets it and this is what's going on in this country. No coincidence that it's California, obviously. And let's see what the United States Attorney comes up with. Might be very interesting. Seriously. Seriously.

[Rob Carson]

I'm, I'm, I would love to see. I want to see an Elliot Ness kind of untouchables go into California and just, you know, figuratively bust some heads because I'm sick and damn tired of this nonsense. Did you notice, you know, that SCOTUS decision about race based gerrymandering? Did you notice the states in question were all formerly Confederate states?

[Doug Burns]

Well, no. It's funny that you say that because, you know, as I look at young people today, you know, I don't want to condemn them as a group, but hear me out. There's just no understanding of the history of the Democratic Party versus the Republican Party and so forth. And the point is, it's just amazing how narratives just take over and they've baked in this notion that, you know, the Republicans are anti minority and so on and so forth. But if you look at the history of the Democrat Party without me ticking it off chapter and verse, I mean, come on, figures like Robert Byrd, you know, and all these others, it's just people should know their history a little before they open their pie hole.

[Rob Carson]

Yes. Now what about states that are bucking this ruling? Yeah, pie hole, good word. My dad used to use that word

[Doug Burns]

from Ed Henry's show. He goes, shut your pie hole. I really like.

[Rob Carson]

So do I. So do I. I know it is. But what about these states like South Carolina who are bucking the Supreme Court ruling to keep people in Congress? And this isn't about the Republicans getting rid of black people in Congress. It's about getting rid of liberal Democrats who just happen to be black and white. By the way, in the case of Memphis with that Jack Weed, Steve, whatever the hell his name is. But what do you think about these states that are bucketing this ruling by the Supreme Court?

[Doug Burns]

Oh, no, I mean, it's pretty remarkable. Obviously the thing that people don't realize about, about the Supreme Court, it's really quite interesting is that they, you know, can come out with pontifical decisions and so forth, but very often the enforcement of it just isn't there. Okay, so you look at Brown vs. Board of Ed. I'm kind of on a history roll today, but 1954, desegregating the schools, it took decades for that to be even remotely accepted in many, many, many areas. And so, you know, the Supreme Court Court to be a little bit metaphorical. I mean, they don't have a Supreme Court, you know, police who goes out to enforce their rulings. The ruling just goes out there. And very often it's not, not followed, quite honestly.

[Rob Carson]

Well, fortunately we have a DOJ in, I guess, I guess under the Trump administration, people that he's appointed. One other thing, it was. What was it? Trying to remember the other ruling that happened last week. Oh, oh, oh. Mail in ballots. And Donald Trump won a, won a ruling there about certifying mail in ballots. I didn't get a chance to talk to you about that. Have you got a chance to that much?

[Doug Burns]

No, I haven't really studied that one. I will look at it because we're waiting for all of their decisions.

[Rob Carson]

I didn't give A menu.

[Doug Burns]

I can explain it.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, I didn't give you a menu of crap I wanted to talk about because, you know. Go ahead.

[Doug Burns]

No, I was going to say, you know, Trump obviously feels that mail in ballots are a recipe for problems. Certainly entitled to that opinion. And I happen to agree with him. By the way, mail in ballots should be, as I said earlier, for people who can't physically be there in person to vote. And the Dems have just run this thing off the rails. I'll look at the SCOTUS decision, obviously, and take a look at it. The one I'm really awaiting big time is the Birthright Citizenship.

[Rob Carson]

Oh, yes.

[Doug Burns]

Yeah.

[Rob Carson]

When is that coming out? When's that coming out?

[Doug Burns]

Well, we're towards the end of the term now, basically by the end of June, certainly, I think occasionally once or twice it spilled out over it. It is interesting because there's a book by an academician who's liberal, but the book is called the Myth of Birthright Citizenship. It argues that it's not the case that if you're born here, that's it, you're automatically. And it's interesting that this particular figure, you know, is coming out with that book. So I'm looking.

[Rob Carson]

Well, we already know, we already know that the three most liberal judges are going to vote for it, saying it's Ketanji Brown Jackson because she's as dumb as a box of rocks without the rocks. You know, it's going to happen that way. It's just a matter of a little bit of common sense and constitutionality. On the other side of the break, I want to talk about a couple of things, including the Trump Ballroom, not my ballroom, Kennedy center renovations. A radical judge saying no to it. Donald Trump. Abandon that. Clay Fuller introducing articles impeachment against a radical Obama appointed judge in, in Atlanta who was having sex with a cop in her in her chambers. I've got audio, Doug. I'm going to share that on the other side of the break. Let's take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson Show.

[Rob Parson]

We have a lot of sources of funding and a lot of people have asked me to stay involved with the Kennedy Center. We had a judge who's totally conflicted, but that's all right. He's a totally conflicted judge to be ashamed of himself. But they've asked me in the strongest of language to stay involved with the Kennedy Center. We want to see because the building, well, I mean, it's a very, it's very dangerous, number one. Number two, it was losing for Years, tremendous amounts of money. So I'm considering that. But a lot of people have asked me to get it fixed.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, the Kennedy center is a mess. It smells like mothballs. I've been there. Donald Trump has made a lot better. But a judge, Christopher Cooper, ruled that Trump's hand picked Kennedy Senate board illegally added his name to the venue and it stopped all the renovations, even though materials have been ordered. Cooper's wife, Amy Andrew Jefferies, of course, according to Donald Trump, who doesn't use Cooper's name because they don't want people to know that she was has a conflict of interest with an important judge, is a radical left Democrat who has worked as a federal prosecutor and counselor to Obama Attorney General Eric Holder work behind the scenes for the January 6th unselect committee of political hacks and thugs, dirty cop FBI attorney Lisa Page and the Hillary Clinton email scandal. Russia, Russia, Russia, etc. Yeah, we got a lot of judges who honestly have sold their souls to one party. Doug, what are your thoughts on this Kennedy center renovation? Should Trump just throw his hands up and let the damn thing collapse on itself?

[Doug Burns]

Probably. Because the point is, I mean, you know, when did we see this movie before? You had Judge Marshawn in New York City, you know, and his daughter was all involved with, you know, left wing causes and all of that. And it's just crazy. And I've said it before, and I'll say it again, with the Republicans controlling the White House and the Senate and the House, they've turned to the court over and over and over again as their last frontier to go against Trump. Then just throw in tds, Trump Derangement Syndrome, and you get what you get. So the point is, what's fascinating about Trump is he's a businessman and a builder and he's remarkably efficient. Obviously, you look at the thing with the reflecting pool, people like Barack Obama and Joe Biden, I mean, they couldn't erect a hot dog stand. Okay.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. They couldn't build it out of Legos. More a couple of leftists who filed an 11th hour lawsuit to stop Trump's UFC fight on the White House lawn next week on June 4th. What a joke. Doug, what are your thoughts on this?

[Doug Burns]

Well, it's the same exact culture war thing. In other words, you know, they look at ufc, they get all red in the face. Terrible and horrible. Yet when you have, I guess it was transgender figures and people half naked parading all around the in front of the White House. That was wonderful and amazing.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. What about John Bolton? What about, what about John Bolton's plea deal. What about John Bolton's plea deal?

[Doug Burns]

I was surprised, I'll tell you the truth. And what's really not baking in is the idea that. And I just made a joke about this at the dinner table last night with some friends. It's like, oops, there goes the whole argument about weaponization, I suppose.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Yeah, exactly.

[Doug Burns]

Totally legitimate case, Adam. Dead to rights. He was emailing all kinds of secret confidential stuff to family members on servers. He was hacked, and so on and so forth. So he's taken a plea and that's it. What's interesting about this particular case is, you know, it's a hybrid because he had been a Republican, he had worked in the Trump administration, so I suppose they default to that, you know, See that? Here's a Corrupt Republican.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. $2 million fine, I guess. Representative Clay Fuller introduces articles of impeachment against Judge Eleanor Ross for shocking sexual mis conduct in a federal courthouse chambers and lying to investigators. Doug, I only bring this story up because I've been wanting to share this actual audio for a week now. This is real. What kind of. I mean, judgment do you have as a judge? A. Having sex in your office with a police officer, but making that kind of noise.

[Doug Burns]

Scrub. I'm not really a qualified expert on this topic. However. However joking aside, I mean. Oh, my God, you gotta be kidding me. That is absolutely unbelievable.

[Rob Carson]

Somebody was pounding her gavel for a change.

[Doug Burns]

They said, you know, this happened and people overheard it. But I had no idea the level of the volume that you just.

[Rob Carson]

That's what it was right there. That's real. Well, you know what, Doug? The positive thing, she didn't say. Oh, God. Oh, God. She wanted to preserve the separation between church and state.

[Doug Burns]

What a story that goes. That goes into the annals. I've been covering legal stories for 20 plus years. I got to say, this is one of the trickier ones. Cover. And I don't really have a formal opinion on her conduct, but jokes aside, I mean, look, she could be reprimanded, she could be censured, ostensibly even be impeached. You know, we'll see what happens.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Don't let somebody else pound your gavel, Doug. That's the deal. That's. That's the big thing. And on that note. And on that note, we will say goodbye to Doug Burns. As always, a pleasure having you on, bro. We'll talk again soon, okay? Okay.

[Doug Burns]

Thank you, Rob. Take care.

[Rob Parson]

All right.

[Rob Carson]

All right. Doug Burns Law, by the way. Doug Burns Law on. On X. Let's Take a break and come back. This is the Rob Carson show. That's a judge. You know, normally when you're, you're having relations in a public place, you don't make that kind of noise. I, I wouldn't want that kind of noise even in a private space. I'd be like, can you just kind of hold it down a little? Embarrassing me here. It's a little bit, I know it's great and everything. It's like being in a restaurant. Oh my God, this is the best cheeseburger I've ever had in my life. It's like Meg Ryan with, with Billy Crystal and the, eating the pie, eating the pie in the diner in, in with Harry Mitzvah. I've been waiting to play that sound bite because you know what? I got the sense of humor of a 14 year old boy. And most of you guys listening know exactly what I'm talking about. And most of you women who are listening and rolling your eyes going, oh yeah, I'm married to someone like you. Yeah, I know, I know, I know, I know. Went to the Talkers convention this Friday. It's the second time I've been, the first time I went five years ago, I had no, knew me. They knew me as like a talk, a music radio jock. They didn't give me that time of day. I'm not saying that the Michael Harrison, the guy who put it together. It's just other people got kind of slighted by Brian Kilmeade, Fox News people. Some of them really look down their nose at Newsmax people. I'm just going to tell you that. And that's the case with a guy named Jimmy Fayella who I, I never said anything. I don't like his show because he's so wacky and annoying. It's waka waka waka. It's Fozzie Bear, it's hey, look at me. I'm going, obvious punchline here. Can't improvise. He just goes for the obvious punchline. And he wears big stupid ugly jackets and he doesn't look good on them. And I met him this weekend and he was, I guess, polite. But then, you know, there's a point when somebody doesn't give you the time of day, just doesn't feel you're important enough to just focus for a second. Even though my podcast is number 10 in America and Donald Trump watches my show religiously every week and has for years. So, so I, I decided, you know, not only do I not like his show, not crazy about him as a person either. And then his producer kind of just, just kind of threw a few bones and acted like she was kind of interested in what I say. I, I just, I, I gotta tell you, and I'm not saying the major personalities on Fox because I'm Lawrence Jones I met the last time I went to Fox. He was wonderful. Lawrence Jones was wonderful. But there are some people who, who, it's just like the movie anchorman. You know, TV people are really weird. They get all competitive and weird. I enjoy the conversation, I enjoy the competition. If I met Greg Gutfeld, I'd hang out with Greg Gutfeld. I'd have a cup of coffee with him and have no issue whatsoever. And I'll bet you he's cool as hell because he says, I know that he knows Mary Walter and Mary Walter said, he is great. He is absolutely great. But I don't like being slighted by people. That's kind of how I felt. I had an amazing story happen to me at Talkers. That was. It stopped me in my tracks and brought me to tears. And I'm going to share that with you next hour. We're also going to cover all of, of the nonsense about Graham Platler, the Nazi. He's a Nazi. He knew exactly what the tattoo was. He's an animal. He's an awful human being. And he's also a creation of the Democrat Party. They've lied about everything. We're going to get to that among other things in the final hour of the Rob Carson Show. Let's take a break and come back. Don't go anywhere.