January 15, 2025 • 35 mins
In the first hour of today's edition of The Dan Caplis Show, Dan looks at the recently announced ceasefire agreement that was made between Israel and Hamas and discusses how, even though it happened under President Biden's watch, that Donald Trump is the one who deserves the credit.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is Dan Kaplis and welcome to today's online podcast edition
of The Dan Kaplis Show. Please be sure to give
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and to subscribe, download, and listen to the show every
single day on your favorite podcast platform. Yeah, it wasn't
a seap fighting, right, because we're making so much progress,
but there's still.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
So much that has to be stopped.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
In its tracks eight five five for zero five two
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because again today we see a major breakthrough. Now listen,
this is not the most perfect deal in the world,
but we see a major breakthrough that would not have
happened that this, this deal and I'll put it in
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quotes between Hamas and Israel, would not have happened without
Trump winning the presidency. I think any honest thinking person
would admit that. But every single day we get some
concrete example of how the country, the world is getting
better because Trump was elected and as we all know,
has not even been sworn in. But that just makes
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Monday right. You're just so exciting to even think about
because we've seen how careful, and how thoughtful and how
intelligent Trump and his team have been since the moment
they won, and how well they've been planning for this,
and they're already hitting the ground running. And then once
he gets the power to actually put ink on paper
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come Monday at noon.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
You can bet they have a plan.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
So yeah, I could not be more excited to do
you want to get your take on some of the
first things you want to see from President trumpet in
the meantime, so much to talk about and really enjoy
when we talk about these confirmation hearings, right, and just
really enjoy that because to me, this is another example
of the extremely high level of competence that this administration
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is already functioning at.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
And I think part of that is a product of.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
The president having had those four years to think about
what he would do in a next term, but just
the way that his nominees have been able to handle
themselves go on the offensive, impress you know, just just
take these democrats on head on. It just says to
me a couple of things. One is good choices, but
also preparation, right, just preparation for these hearings. You know
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it from your own life. I know it from preparing
for trials.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
You can tell when people have been thoroughly prepared.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
They've gone through murder boards, they've gone through you know,
mock simulations, and these nominees have been thoroughly prepared. So
I just want to enjoy that sound with you. So
we'll play the Bondi sound from today, which I think
I enjoyed a lot more than Adam Schiff and White
House and some of these others.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
But there's also some of this Hegseth confirmation.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Sound that I want to get to with you because
there's you know, it's a target rich environment. There's so
much great stuff. We couldn't get to all of it yesterday.
So we'll just enjoy that piece together and then we've
got to keep working on I mean, one of them
to me and Lee Larson, legendary radio guy, said this
many many many years ago when I was starting that
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the highest form of talk radio, often not always is
cause radio. You know, where talk radio is serving a
function that really no other media can serve or chooses
to serve, and that is being a gathering point, a
rallying point, an investigative tip of the spear for the
community on issues that affect everybody across party lines, and
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I've had the privilege of being involved in a lot
of those and leading on a lot of those over
the years, including for example, War Church Hill. But this one,
this one, we are also approaching full force. You know,
this horrible mass killing on the mall, that this serial
killer who the city knew about, that the administration knew
about at some point, and somebody must have, right, it's
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my reasonable inference, somebody must have made a decison vision
not to issue a five alarm fire warning to the public.
So I'll brief you on what I'm doing right now
to try to use Colorado law to get to the
bottom of that. I will bet you right now, the
biggest steak in town I guess still National Western, right,
So we may need all the prime cattle they have
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for all the stakes we're going to need for this one.
But that Denver forces me into court on this one,
and that rarely happens, but it's happened a few times
now where I submit public records request and they stonewall
and I have to actually go to court. And whether
it's Denver or some other governmental entity, I bet they
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force me into court on this one. And when I
say me, it's us right because I'm not doing this
for my own edification. I'm doing it because you have
a right to know. Everybody has a right to know.
Because my belief, and I think we're going to be
able to prove it if we get these documents, I
believe my belief is that somebody made a conscious, knowing
decision to put you and everybody else in Colorado danger
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because they knew the only way to protect people from
that serial killer on the mall was to warn them
to stay away. Because the best police force in the world,
they can't stop a serial killer who's determined to kill
because all he has to do is pull that big
butcher knife out from under his coat and start stabbing people.
And today we get the name of the second person
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who was killed. According to Denver, his name is Nicholas
and I Cholas Burkette b U rk Ett. Heartbreaking, just
thirty four, and we're trying to reach his dad. There's
a gentleman posting on Twitter who identifies himself as the
father of Nicholas Burkett, and we're trying to find a
way to reach him and see if he'll come on
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air with us.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Talk about his son.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
But obviously I can't know right now the particulars of
Nicholas Burkette, But I have to believe, like most people,
if he had been aware, if the city had made
him aware, like they should have made every Colorado and
everybody within Colorado's borders aware that there was a serial
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killer loose who was targeting the mall and slashed somebody's throat.
That I think everybody would have stayed away from the mall,
which is why I believe they didn't.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Make them aware.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
So we're going to use Colorado law try to get
that documents that should the documents that show the truth,
because people need to know if if maryor Johnston knew
any you know, it would be worse if you didn't. Right,
If Mary Johnston knew on Saturday night that that serial
killer or anytime Sunday was targeting the mall and was
out on the loose, and a decision was made not
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to warn the public, then that that person needs to
leave office, right, I mean that that would be an
automatic disqualifier for this or any other office. But we
need to know, we need to know when, who knew
what when, and who made that decision eight five five
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been struck that obviously would not have been struck without
alluming Trump presidency will break that down as well.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
When we get a chance.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
But I do want to get into some of this
from today, some of this confirmation sound just so we
can enjoy it together, because it's more and more evidence
that this is going to be more than just a
pendulum swing back and forth with you know, Conservatives now
triumphing over the left in this election, and then it
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swings back to the left next time. All indications to
me are this, assuming Trump and the Republicans governed well,
and I believe they will, this is going to be lasting.
So let's enjoy. Pam Bondi, as you know, nominee for
Attorney General.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Today, you have.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Said that Department of Justice prosecutors will be prosecuted in
the Trump White House. What Department of Justice prosecutors will
be prosecuted?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Imply I said that.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
On TV, I said prosecutors will be prosecuted. To finish
the quote, if bad investigators will be investigated. You know,
we all take an oath Senator to uphold the law.
None of us are above the law.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Let me give you a really.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Good example of a bad lawyer within the Justice Department,
a guy named Cline Smith who altered a FAISA warrant,
one of the most important things we can do in
this country. So will everyone be held to an equal, equal,
fair system of justice if I am the next Attorney General?
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Absolutely, and no one is above the law.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
What a great answer than Bondy going at it with
Senator Alex Padilla from California.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
I'm Senator, you were speaking, may I may I speak?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
You come off?
Speaker 5 (08:55):
I king answers yes.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Previous one, Senator when we met yesterday.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
For me, let me answer my question.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
I'm not going to be bully paused.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
I'm men of the United States of America, which was
deeply disappointing.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I guess today.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
After I gave an opportunity to study overnight. So can
you tell me in this committee what the citizenship cause
of the fourteenth Amendment says?
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:23):
And I love the pushback there, right, and and his tone. Listen, Hey,
I'm a trial lawyer, right, I mean you, it's absolutely
fine to try to pin somebody down, but the tone
there is so condescending. It's so offensive, it's so insulting.
I'm really glad that she pushed back there. And we
will get to more of that. So it's going to
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be a lot to enjoy. And again some of the
heg Sas stuff we didn't have time to get to yesterday,
particularly is takedown of Elizabeth Warren. Just an instant classic.
So A five five for zero five A two five
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Speaker 7 (09:59):
Nine And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Polls Ever, Ryan, come Monday, It'll be all right. I
was telling Amy to day.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Monday, you know, and this is in the top ten
individual days of my life that I've been excited about,
you know, the day we expected that Joe would be
born or Caroline to be born, our wedding.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Day, this is in the top ten.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Inauguration day on Monday, and National Championship Game Monday as well. Right,
but it is just in the top ten. And when
you say, and that was a good pull, who is
that again, Jimmy Buffett Buffett? Yes, thanks you I should
know that, right. Let me tell you my Jimmy Buffett
story someday, not right now, but anyways.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
So but it's all right already.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Right, it's just going to get more all right come
Monday when he can start signing things. But we just
look at all that Trump is accomplished already.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
I'm right there with you, Dan, And there's a reason
why I was determined to go to this one that
I don't know there would be any other inauguration after
an election in my lifetime. And I'm fifty that will
be as significant, that will.
Speaker 5 (11:16):
Mean as much. And this is just such a wonderful.
Speaker 8 (11:19):
American comeback story, unlike any we've seen in American politics,
even better than Richard Nixon, who lost in nineteen sixty
came back one sixty eight, and.
Speaker 5 (11:28):
I just felt I needed to be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
So I'll be going, Oh, that's that is awesome. Now,
what's your weather going to be like?
Speaker 5 (11:35):
I'm hearing cold, very cold Michigan.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
That year, and you'll be out there near SPEEDO. Sure,
we'll see that.
Speaker 8 (11:41):
I know a couple names, John Fabricatory and Heidi Ganaal
they're going to be there as well. I just spoke
with Jeff Crank, Representative Yea, and I was waiting.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
For you to ask me. I heard that interview. Good job.
I was waiting for you to ask him for a ticket.
Speaker 8 (11:54):
I'm in communication with his communications director and also the Bobert.
Speaker 5 (12:00):
And John and I are We're trying to get situated
on that.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
From listen my friend.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Yeah, these people, you know, should be giving you a ticket,
a BackRub, having four or five staffers carry you around.
Speaker 5 (12:13):
I'll take a martini.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
And when I say these people, I respect all of that.
Oh yeah, but you know when when somebody is treated
fair in the media, that's kind of a rare critter
for people. You've been very fair to people.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
And yeah, so I would I would think somebody will
catch you a good day.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
I will be very disappointed if I look up on
this stage and do not see you next to Baron.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
I don't think Baron needs me as an influence.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
And then you'll be doing updates right.
Speaker 8 (12:41):
Yes, I'll be calling into this show and then also
over on the show's over on KOA and my own show.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
It's gonna be very meta.
Speaker 8 (12:47):
Yeah, Jimmy Sangenberg will be filling in for me on
the desk where you are at, and then I'll be
calling in.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Yeah that Oh man, I can just I cannot wait
eight five five five two five five text d An
five seven seven three nine Dan, I'm so worried about
Trump's safety. I'm afraid there could be multiple more attempts
on his life. Well, you have every right to be right,
I mean, we've already seen it twice and this evil
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around the world, I mean, right now, Donald Trump is
by far multitudes the living person on the face of
the earth who poses the greatest threat to the evil actors.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
All over the globe.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And so yeah, yeah, you have a right to listen.
I mean, I don't know if you're a person who prays,
I am. I think at this point it's just a
matter of prayer. And as you know, I believe, and
I'm not alone. I know Trump believes it that it
was divine intervention that saved him in Butler, and so
I believe in divine intervention. The Founders believed in divine intervention,
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and I think we need we need more divine intervention
to keep President Trump safe eight five five for zero
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nine Speaking of which related issue, because Iran's been trying
to take him out for a long time, and even
after the Biden administration knew that it did not provide
Trump with anywhere near the security that it could have.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
What does that tell you?
Speaker 1 (14:13):
But Mark Helprin, who has done some really good reporting,
He's got this, I don't know you caught a podcast.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It's also video YouTube.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
He's got a YouTube show every day called two Way,
and they do a pretty good job. Here's some reporting
he's doing that Biden may have planned a military strike
against Iran very recently.
Speaker 9 (14:33):
So it was reported I believe by the Wall Street
Journal that President Biden was considering a military strike against Iran,
either against their nuclear assets or energy or some other
significant target. For years, it has been believed that a
threat a strike by Israel or the United States against
Iran was dangerous on two scores. One that if you
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hit a nuclear facility, you risk nuclear material floating all
over the region to which way the wind was blowing,
and have disastrous consequences both medical, scientific, but also diplomatically.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
And then also that.
Speaker 9 (15:08):
Iran could strike back, and that Iran had the capacity
to create an escalated conflict.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, you know from the reporting I've seen, And this
depends on lip readers, right, so about it? Pigasteric on
it that's part of what President Trump and Obama we're
talking about at the funeral. At the Carder funeral was
words to the effect of as part of the conversation.
Another part of it was obviously light was got to
talk to you, got to talk to you soon and
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something really urgent and important. So maybe it pertained to this,
but still great for America to see that. And now
that Michelle Obama's announced that she is not going to
go to the inauguration, as you raised yesterday, Ryan, hopefully
we'll see more of the happy chummy scenes with Obama
and Trump, who it appears it actually like each other.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
And anticipate too. With Michelle out of the picture, bros
will be bros.
Speaker 8 (16:03):
And I think Brock and Donald will be hanging out
and having some fun.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
I think they had fun and that.
Speaker 8 (16:09):
Exchange, and like you said, Dan, that's such a great point.
It was a great visual for the world, not just America,
but for the world that those two former presidents soon
to be next President Trump, we're getting along and appearing
to have a good time.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Yeah, and let's see some more of it at the inauguration. Texter, Dan,
thank you for fighting for our safety in Denver. I
can foresee an alert named after the flight attendant or
man murdered. If multiple attacks are violent incidents that are
suspected to or have happened, get sent an alert via
text message to.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Citizens in the States. Sadly, it might happen more than
we think.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
And what I'm referring to is I've now served the
court on the city, and we'll go to court if
we have to.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
We're entitled to know.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
You're entitled to know when the mayor knew that you
had a serial killer targeting the mall, and who made
the decision not to warn the public, because that was
the only way. Any safety expert knows the only way
to protect the public in that situation is to warn them.
Because you can have police officers every three feet on
the mall, and the best officers in the world, and
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we have many of them here, will not be able
to protect people against a serial killer who is determined
to kill. So we're going to get to the bottom
of this because you have a right to know, and
whoever made that decision should not be in any official
capacity anywhere. Eight UR zero five two five five text
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Ryan to squeeze in one of these great bites. I mean,
we've got to here. It is Liz Warren getting obliterated
by Pete Hegseth.
Speaker 10 (17:42):
And other words, you're quite sure that every general who
serves should not go directly into the defense industry for
ten years. Are you not willing to make that same pledge?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
I'm not a general. Senator just delivered perfectly right.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
And there's so much advantage to having these people in
high positions who have these great communication skills. I mean,
it doesn't guarantee success, but think of all the great
leaders over time, in every different capacity of your own life, business, etc.
What percentage of them have great communication skills like ke
E Seth as from all of his media stuff, a
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very large percentage. Hey, speaking of which, when we come back,
somebody I'd praised off and on air talked about as
a generational talent, he'll join us in studio, we'll talk.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
About what he's doing next. What could that be? I know,
I like it a lot.
Speaker 7 (18:45):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 11 (18:48):
Criteria state if we stay on the road we're on
right now, in less than ten years, virtually everything that
matters to us in life will depend on whether China
will allow us to have it or not.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Everything from the blood.
Speaker 11 (19:00):
Rush for medicine we take, to what movies we get
to watch, and everything in between, we will depend on China.
Ford they have come to dominate the critical mental industry.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Supplies throughout the world.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
Everywhere in the world.
Speaker 11 (19:12):
They've now established critical mineral rights. Even those who want
to see more electric cars, no matter where you make them,
those batteries are almost entirely dependent on the ability of
the Chinese and the willingness of the Chinese Communist Party
to produce it and export it to you. So if
we don't change course, we are going to live in
a world where much of what matters to us on
a daily basis, from our security to our health, will
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be dependent on whether the Chinese allow us to have
it or not. That's an unacceptable welcome.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Thank God, Mark or Rubio soon to be Secretary of State.
Hey John Kellner in studio, and so I've said about
John before, generational talent, one of the elite trial lawyers
in Colorado for quite a while now, but talented in
so many different ways. Former Marine Corps veteran and still
active duty Reserve right.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
John, Yeah, still working in the reserves.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
And John, as you probably know, has just finished his tenure.
He was the elected DA in Arapo and Douglas and
Lincoln and Albert, and so two reasons I wanted to
have John in today. Let's start with the first, which
is the victory lap of my friends.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
So lay it on ut. I mean it went great.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
It give people the numbers because I think people need
to appreciate what success looks like so we can duplicate
that other places.
Speaker 13 (20:27):
Well, first of all, thanks around me on the show. Dan,
It's always a pleasure to join you. And you know,
I was really blessed to have a great four years
in office as district attorney for what was up until tuesday,
the state's most populous judicial district, so we had about
one point one plus million people. I think many of
your listeners heard George Brockler on yesterday talking about the
split of the jurisdiction. So I was the last district
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attorney for the OG the original eighteen judicial district, and.
Speaker 12 (20:54):
We saw a lot of success.
Speaker 13 (20:56):
And I think it's something that should resonate with everybody
who's listening when you think about what does it look
like when you have a prosecutor who takes crime seriously
and then compare it across the state or across the
country to other places. Because what I can tell you
is this, I came into office in twenty twenty one.
You know, crime was pretty rampant. We were dealing with
a lot of the after effects of a lot of
the COVID shutdowns and jail restrictions that we were having
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because of COVID. We had a legislature I think that
hadn't seen a bill that they didn't love that would
lower the consequences for offenders. You know, car theft was
going crazy. We had drug cartels starting to push deadly
fentanyl across the border and into our communities, killing people.
So there was a lot on our plate, right And
I'm proud to say that after four years, crime is
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down in virtually every single category in the eighteen judicial district.
When I passed the baton off to my two successors,
you know, we've got murdered down thirty percent, robbery down
thirty percent, property crime down twenty nine percent, motor vehicle
theft down thirty six percent, and all of those reductions
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pace the rest of the state's reductions in those categories.
So we've had a lot of success. Really proud of
what we accomplished.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
You know, you can't fake results. I mean those are real,
concrete results, and I think they also evidence just great
cooperation between you, your office and law enforcement.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Just teamwork from top to bottom.
Speaker 12 (22:20):
Absolutely.
Speaker 13 (22:21):
I mean, look, nothing happens as a prosecutor that's good
without the cooperation and work with our local law enforcement.
We had over twenty agencies in the district that we
work with day in and day out. Really proud to
have their support, and frankly, just honored to be able
to work with those officers who put their lives on
the line every day to keep our community to stay
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if they did a great job at turning the corner
in our state. And look, we could use some more
help from the legislature. We made some progress when it
came to Fennel increasing the penalties for dealers, obviously, we
made great strides and changing the motor vehicle theft law.
Speaker 12 (22:55):
Real proud of what happened with one of.
Speaker 13 (22:57):
Our ballot initiatives this lastction cycle called Truth and Sentencing.
You know, all these things are going to have a
demishable impact on keeping people safe across Colorado.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
So a guy like you, Okay, you've got all that success,
you've got, all this talent, all that good stuff, you've
got infinite now high level job prospects. As you come
out of that office, it must be almost impossible to choose.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
So what are you doing next?
Speaker 12 (23:23):
I love that question, Dan.
Speaker 13 (23:24):
So look my entire career, whether it started, you know,
in the Marine Corps, trying to help people, to be
in a public servant, a state prosecutor, and Boulder originally
and then in the eighteenth and ultimately being elected, my
whole goal has been to help people who can't help themselves,
to make our community safer, not only for my family,
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but for yours, for our neighbors, friends and family. And
so I'm looking for something where I could continue to
help people. And that's why I'm really honored to say
that I'm joining you at the dan Kaplis Law Firm.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
You're kidding me, no big surprise that decision.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
I feel like when I have us Hunter put on
that CEU hat right when he was choosing between all
those wow breaking news. I'll tell you We've been courting
John for years now. John's going to be our managing partner.
So John's going to be the top guy in the firm.
I'm still going to put in my eighty hours a
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week and try more cases than any human on the
face of the earth.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
But I got to tell you, it's such.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
An honor and a thrill, and I'll sleep so well
at night knowing that John Kellner is now our managing partner.
Speaker 13 (24:31):
I couldn't be more thrilled to join the firm. I mean,
the reputation obviously precedes itself. Everybody knows about dan Caplis law,
and we just want to take it to the next level.
We're going to try a bunch of cases. We're going
to get great outcomes for our clients, you know.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
And I can't wait.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
I can't wait to try cases with you because I
think what everybody knows is, listen, you know, to maximize settlements, right,
to maximize settlements, you have to prove that you're willing
to go to trial. You're ready to go to trial,
and you will win a trial. And so our whole
model is we are a trial firm. We go to
trial and you cannot fake results. We've got the results.
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And to be able to now go to trial with you,
I mean I just can't wait. Now, I know we
have a bunch coming up pretty darn soon.
Speaker 12 (25:14):
So yeah, you filled up my schedule pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Yeah, we got a bunch that that is going to
be so cool. So man, well, thank you, thanks for
doing the great job. Because we live in our Eppo county,
so thanks for doing that great job. But thanks above
all for joining our firm. And can't wait.
Speaker 12 (25:32):
It's an honor a lifetime to serve as DA.
Speaker 13 (25:34):
Yeah, but I'm just so excited about what we're going
to accomplish together.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Well, and i know this is obviously self serving, but
I'm just telling you right now, I don't know, and.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
I'm sure it's very big.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
The fulfillment that district attorneys get and your team members
get and everybody else when when you convict that person
who's committed these horrible acts and you help the victim
that way. I'm sure that's that is a really high
level of fulfillment. But I'm just telling you, in the
kind of law that you're doing now, this catastrophic injury work,
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there is a deep resonant fulfillment that comes when you've
just done a great job for somebody going through the
worst thing in their life. Because it now helps them.
You can never you can never bring back their loved one, obviously,
you can never heal them of all the physical damage.
But you can give them in other ways things that
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help them, that help rebuild life, help change life. And
I'm just telling you right now, it is a level
of satisfaction. I'd be very surprised if it's available in
many areas of law. It's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 13 (26:41):
Well, Dan, I've seen it. Look in many of my cases,
whether it's reckless drivers, people killed somebody on the road,
I've seen that happen where Look, I'm prosecuting somebody, I'm
gonna hold them accountable in.
Speaker 12 (26:52):
The criminal court.
Speaker 13 (26:53):
And on the other side of the courthouse there was
a civil case going on with many of these victims
and injured love one and other people. And just how
comforting it was for those folks, how healing it was
for them to have good quality representation on the civil side.
It made the world's difference in their healing process.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Yeah, and so I'm making this prediction right now, and
my betting average on predictions, I think is unsurpassed on
air over the decades. And that is when it's all
said and done and you're how old now?
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I do I have to answer that question. No, but
you're a young man.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
I would bet thirty years from now you will go
down as one of the top five civil trial lawyers
in Colorado history.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
I have no doubt that's going to be the case.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
That's definitely my goal, and my goal is to be
around to see that. I'll take it and with your hope,
I will.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Be all right.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Thanks, John, appreciate it, John Kellner, our special guest, and
for a long time to come. Eight five five zero
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enjoy together. These Trump nominees are doing such a great
job in their confirmation hearings and more fun mixed it
up and going right back at the Dems. You're on
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the Dan Caplas Show.
Speaker 7 (28:13):
And now back to the Dan Taplass Show podcast.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Appropriate you're a prosecutor to start with a name and
look for a crime. It's a prosecutor's job to start
with a crime and look for a name.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Correst to your lifestaf Senator.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I think that is the whole problem with the weaponization
that we have seen the last four years and what's
been happening to Donald Trump. They targeted Donald Trump. They
went after him actually starting back in twenty sixteen. They
targeted his campaign. They have launched countless investigations against him.
That will not be the case if I am Attorney general,
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I will not politicize that office. I will not target
people simply because of their political affiliation. Justice will be
administered even handedly throughout this country. Senator, We've got to
bring this country back together. We've got to move forward, or.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
We're going to lose you beautifully.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I can't believe he walked right into that, but I'm
sure glad he did. Beautifully done. But what's interesting is
so many of those questions, and we'll get to shift
as well.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
They're absolutely terrified.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Now that there that they're going to be prosecutions against
people on the left right because and this goes to
a bigger point, it applies to sum in Colorado as well.
You and obviously exhibit A as I talked about as lawless,
Mike Johnston, the Mary of Denver, because the.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Left has had this.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Belief that they are immune, that that that they do
not have to follow our laws, and that they will
not be prosecuted and they've been operating with that assumption obviously,
while they do the direct opposite, while they go out
and blatantly pursue politically motivated prosecutions. So they have been
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operating with this assumption that they have reached that point
where they can so abuse the justice system that way.
And now they're absolutely terrified because Trump won. They knew
what they were doing to Trump. They were trying to
jail him for life because they knew they couldn't beat
him at the polls. And now here's the flip side.
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You know that the Trump administration has made it clear
that they will look at prosecuting people on the left.
But here's the big difference, if they've actually committed crimes.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Right.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
So, now the left, which has just abused the justice
system to bring politically motivated charges whether somebody's committed a
crime or not, is facing the real prospect of prosecution
against people who've actually committed crimes. And they are obviously
losing sleepover at eight five five four zero five eight
two five to five the number. The last thing in
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the world I want to see is any kind of
weaponization of DJ by the Trump administration. I don't believe
there will be any But that doesn't mean they have
to just like criminals get away. If people have actually
committed crimes, then they need to be prosecuted or else.
You you have this cycle where all of a sudden,
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if you reach a certain level of political office or importance,
you're immune to our laws. We can't have that. Be
very interesting to see how this plays out. Eight five
four five two five five text DA five seven seven
three nine. Somebody who did wrote this to us. Let
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me start with this one, Dan, I've been assured by
my astrologer that the first order of business for the
Trump administration is the deportation of Dreary Mike.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
So do you expect that, guys? I don't know that.
Speaker 14 (31:57):
Deep Drury Mike can be deported American citizen. I'm pretty
sure I don't think he can be deported. Well, if
we can't do that, no, I want to be on
the record. I am not calling for the deportation of
Eerie Mike.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
Not calling for that. But hey, Monday, guys, right Monday
at noons. So where is the Trump administration starting? Do
you think they're going to start in Aurora, I mean
Project Aurora, or do you think they're going to start
multiple places at once, shock in awe raids, and again
they're focusing on people here illegally've committed other crimes.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
You think it's just going to be coast to coast.
Speaker 8 (32:33):
You just use the term that we've heard, and it's
for more than one source, and that Senator Barasso just
to our north, that shock and awe.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
But I gotta believe.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
I mean Trump called it during the debate Operation.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Aurora, right, You would think symbolically, yes, there's got to
be something there, right, because Trump's whole mantra from the
time he came down the escalator was promises made, promises kept.
So there and one of the reasons he's been so
effective so far are and will be is because he
also understands symbolism. He also understands theater, and I use
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this in the real positive sense theater, where you're doing
certain things that are more likely to catch the public's attention.
They're the right thing to do, they're justified, but you
also know they're more likely to get the public's attention,
so people know.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Yeah, yeah, he's delivering.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
So you've got to believe there's going to be something
special in Aurora.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
But I would expect the coast to coast.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Hey, the Shock and All thing, can we put that
on the list for the new show name because we
keep taking these suggestions from listeners for a new show name.
Speaker 5 (33:39):
So am I shock and you're awe.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
A man can't sit on his own jury muf friend.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Yeah, yeah, unless you're a Democrat, right, I mean they
probably feel.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Like they can.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Maybe.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
So, speaking of lawless Mike Johnston, he went ahead and
not a surprise, vetoed this craziness.
Speaker 8 (34:04):
Denver's mayor has just vetoed the expanded needle exchange rules
that city council passed just last night.
Speaker 13 (34:10):
Yeah, Mayor Mike Johnson says it is the wrong solution
at the wrong time. The council voted eight to five
to expand the needle exchange programs beyond the three that
are allowed right now.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
And to move them closer to schools. But why didn't
Johnston come out and say we got to get rid
of all of these Because anybody knows, no matter how
well intentioned some people may be, a needle exchange program
is just promoting hard drug use and attracting more hard
drug users to Denver, which gets to one of the
things I want to kick around with you in the
next hour.
Speaker 2 (34:37):
We have so much to do, but one of them
is why does.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
The left, including the Johnston administration, why do they want
to attract more homeless to Denver? Why do they want
to attract more drug users? What is their end game there?
So please do ponder that. Eight five five four zero
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go to court. I've done it before. I will go
to court to fight to get the documents were entitled to,
which will show when Mayor Johnston was informed that there
was a serial killer targeting.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
The mall and who.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Made the decision not to warn the public, Because when
you make that decision not to warn the public, you
are making a decision to put every member of the
public in danger. You are making a conscious, deliberate decision
to let them wander into that killing field.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Because that's what the mall had become.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
There was a serial killer targeting a very specific, limited area.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
It became a killing field.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
So somebody made the decision to let people wander into
that unknowingly
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a seap fighting, right, because we're making so much progress,
but there's still.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
So much that has to be stopped.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
In its tracks eight five five for zero five two
five to five the number text d an five seven
seven three nine. These celebration continues as it should, right
because again today we see a major breakthrough. Now listen,
this is not the most perfect deal in the world,
but we see a major breakthrough that would not have
happened that this, this deal and I'll put it in
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quotes between Hamas and Israel, would not have happened without
Trump winning the presidency. I think any honest thinking person
would admit that. But every single day we get some
concrete example of how the country, the world is getting
better because Trump was elected and as we all know,
has not even been sworn in. But that just makes
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Monday right. You're just so exciting to even think about
because we've seen how careful, and how thoughtful and how
intelligent Trump and his team have been since the moment
they won, and how well they've been planning for this,
and they're already hitting the ground running. And then once
he gets the power to actually put ink on paper
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come Monday at noon.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
You can bet they have a plan.
Speaker 1 (01:32):
So yeah, I could not be more excited to do
you want to get your take on some of the
first things you want to see from President trumpet in
the meantime, so much to talk about and really enjoy
when we talk about these confirmation hearings, right, and just
really enjoy that because to me, this is another example
of the extremely high level of competence that this administration
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is already functioning at.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
And I think part of that is a product of.
Speaker 1 (01:57):
The president having had those four years to think about
what he would do in a next term, but just
the way that his nominees have been able to handle
themselves go on the offensive, impress you know, just just
take these democrats on head on. It just says to
me a couple of things. One is good choices, but
also preparation, right, just preparation for these hearings. You know
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it from your own life. I know it from preparing
for trials.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
You can tell when people have been thoroughly prepared.
Speaker 1 (02:27):
They've gone through murder boards, they've gone through you know,
mock simulations, and these nominees have been thoroughly prepared. So
I just want to enjoy that sound with you. So
we'll play the Bondi sound from today, which I think
I enjoyed a lot more than Adam Schiff and White
House and some of these others.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
But there's also some of this Hegseth confirmation.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Sound that I want to get to with you because
there's you know, it's a target rich environment. There's so
much great stuff. We couldn't get to all of it yesterday.
So we'll just enjoy that piece together and then we've
got to keep working on I mean, one of them
to me and Lee Larson, legendary radio guy, said this
many many many years ago when I was starting that
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the highest form of talk radio, often not always is
cause radio. You know, where talk radio is serving a
function that really no other media can serve or chooses
to serve, and that is being a gathering point, a
rallying point, an investigative tip of the spear for the
community on issues that affect everybody across party lines, and
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I've had the privilege of being involved in a lot
of those and leading on a lot of those over
the years, including for example, War Church Hill. But this one,
this one, we are also approaching full force. You know,
this horrible mass killing on the mall, that this serial
killer who the city knew about, that the administration knew
about at some point, and somebody must have, right, it's
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my reasonable inference, somebody must have made a decison vision
not to issue a five alarm fire warning to the public.
So I'll brief you on what I'm doing right now
to try to use Colorado law to get to the
bottom of that. I will bet you right now, the
biggest steak in town I guess still National Western, right,
So we may need all the prime cattle they have
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for all the stakes we're going to need for this one.
But that Denver forces me into court on this one,
and that rarely happens, but it's happened a few times
now where I submit public records request and they stonewall
and I have to actually go to court. And whether
it's Denver or some other governmental entity, I bet they
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force me into court on this one. And when I
say me, it's us right because I'm not doing this
for my own edification. I'm doing it because you have
a right to know. Everybody has a right to know.
Because my belief, and I think we're going to be
able to prove it if we get these documents, I
believe my belief is that somebody made a conscious, knowing
decision to put you and everybody else in Colorado danger
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because they knew the only way to protect people from
that serial killer on the mall was to warn them
to stay away. Because the best police force in the world,
they can't stop a serial killer who's determined to kill
because all he has to do is pull that big
butcher knife out from under his coat and start stabbing people.
And today we get the name of the second person
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who was killed. According to Denver, his name is Nicholas
and I Cholas Burkette b U rk Ett. Heartbreaking, just
thirty four, and we're trying to reach his dad. There's
a gentleman posting on Twitter who identifies himself as the
father of Nicholas Burkett, and we're trying to find a
way to reach him and see if he'll come on
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air with us.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Talk about his son.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
But obviously I can't know right now the particulars of
Nicholas Burkette, But I have to believe, like most people,
if he had been aware, if the city had made
him aware, like they should have made every Colorado and
everybody within Colorado's borders aware that there was a serial
(06:07):
killer loose who was targeting the mall and slashed somebody's throat.
That I think everybody would have stayed away from the mall,
which is why I believe they didn't.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Make them aware.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
So we're going to use Colorado law try to get
that documents that should the documents that show the truth,
because people need to know if if maryor Johnston knew
any you know, it would be worse if you didn't. Right,
If Mary Johnston knew on Saturday night that that serial
killer or anytime Sunday was targeting the mall and was
out on the loose, and a decision was made not
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to warn the public, then that that person needs to
leave office, right, I mean that that would be an
automatic disqualifier for this or any other office. But we
need to know, we need to know when, who knew
what when, and who made that decision eight five five
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been struck that obviously would not have been struck without
alluming Trump presidency will break that down as well.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
When we get a chance.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
But I do want to get into some of this
from today, some of this confirmation sound just so we
can enjoy it together, because it's more and more evidence
that this is going to be more than just a
pendulum swing back and forth with you know, Conservatives now
triumphing over the left in this election, and then it
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swings back to the left next time. All indications to
me are this, assuming Trump and the Republicans governed well,
and I believe they will, this is going to be lasting.
So let's enjoy. Pam Bondi, as you know, nominee for
Attorney General.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
Today, you have.
Speaker 3 (07:46):
Said that Department of Justice prosecutors will be prosecuted in
the Trump White House. What Department of Justice prosecutors will
be prosecuted?
Speaker 2 (08:00):
Imply I said that.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
On TV, I said prosecutors will be prosecuted. To finish
the quote, if bad investigators will be investigated. You know,
we all take an oath Senator to uphold the law.
None of us are above the law.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
Let me give you a really.
Speaker 4 (08:19):
Good example of a bad lawyer within the Justice Department,
a guy named Cline Smith who altered a FAISA warrant,
one of the most important things we can do in
this country. So will everyone be held to an equal, equal,
fair system of justice if I am the next Attorney General?
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Absolutely, and no one is above the law.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
What a great answer than Bondy going at it with
Senator Alex Padilla from California.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
I'm Senator, you were speaking, may I may I speak?
Speaker 2 (08:54):
You come off?
Speaker 5 (08:55):
I king answers yes.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Previous one, Senator when we met yesterday.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
For me, let me answer my question.
Speaker 5 (09:05):
I'm not going to be bully paused.
Speaker 6 (09:07):
I'm men of the United States of America, which was
deeply disappointing.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I guess today.
Speaker 6 (09:14):
After I gave an opportunity to study overnight. So can
you tell me in this committee what the citizenship cause
of the fourteenth Amendment says?
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (09:23):
And I love the pushback there, right, and and his tone. Listen, Hey,
I'm a trial lawyer, right, I mean you, it's absolutely
fine to try to pin somebody down, but the tone
there is so condescending. It's so offensive, it's so insulting.
I'm really glad that she pushed back there. And we
will get to more of that. So it's going to
(09:43):
be a lot to enjoy. And again some of the
heg Sas stuff we didn't have time to get to yesterday,
particularly is takedown of Elizabeth Warren. Just an instant classic.
So A five five for zero five A two five
five the number texts d A N five seven seven three.
Speaker 7 (09:59):
Nine And now back to the Dan Kaplas Show podcast.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
Polls Ever, Ryan, come Monday, It'll be all right. I
was telling Amy to day.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Monday, you know, and this is in the top ten
individual days of my life that I've been excited about,
you know, the day we expected that Joe would be
born or Caroline to be born, our wedding.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Day, this is in the top ten.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Inauguration day on Monday, and National Championship Game Monday as well. Right,
but it is just in the top ten. And when
you say, and that was a good pull, who is
that again, Jimmy Buffett Buffett? Yes, thanks you I should
know that, right. Let me tell you my Jimmy Buffett
story someday, not right now, but anyways.
Speaker 2 (10:49):
So but it's all right already.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
Right, it's just going to get more all right come
Monday when he can start signing things. But we just
look at all that Trump is accomplished already.
Speaker 8 (11:02):
I'm right there with you, Dan, And there's a reason
why I was determined to go to this one that
I don't know there would be any other inauguration after
an election in my lifetime. And I'm fifty that will
be as significant, that will.
Speaker 5 (11:16):
Mean as much. And this is just such a wonderful.
Speaker 8 (11:19):
American comeback story, unlike any we've seen in American politics,
even better than Richard Nixon, who lost in nineteen sixty
came back one sixty eight, and.
Speaker 5 (11:28):
I just felt I needed to be a part of it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
So I'll be going, Oh, that's that is awesome. Now,
what's your weather going to be like?
Speaker 5 (11:35):
I'm hearing cold, very cold Michigan.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
That year, and you'll be out there near SPEEDO. Sure,
we'll see that.
Speaker 8 (11:41):
I know a couple names, John Fabricatory and Heidi Ganaal
they're going to be there as well. I just spoke
with Jeff Crank, Representative Yea, and I was waiting.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
For you to ask me. I heard that interview. Good job.
I was waiting for you to ask him for a ticket.
Speaker 8 (11:54):
I'm in communication with his communications director and also the Bobert.
Speaker 5 (12:00):
And John and I are We're trying to get situated
on that.
Speaker 2 (12:02):
From listen my friend.
Speaker 1 (12:03):
Yeah, these people, you know, should be giving you a ticket,
a BackRub, having four or five staffers carry you around.
Speaker 5 (12:13):
I'll take a martini.
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
And when I say these people, I respect all of that.
Oh yeah, but you know when when somebody is treated
fair in the media, that's kind of a rare critter
for people. You've been very fair to people.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
And yeah, so I would I would think somebody will
catch you a good day.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
I will be very disappointed if I look up on
this stage and do not see you next to Baron.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
I don't think Baron needs me as an influence.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
And then you'll be doing updates right.
Speaker 8 (12:41):
Yes, I'll be calling into this show and then also
over on the show's over on KOA and my own show.
Speaker 5 (12:46):
It's gonna be very meta.
Speaker 8 (12:47):
Yeah, Jimmy Sangenberg will be filling in for me on
the desk where you are at, and then I'll be
calling in.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
Yeah that Oh man, I can just I cannot wait
eight five five five two five five text d An
five seven seven three nine Dan, I'm so worried about
Trump's safety. I'm afraid there could be multiple more attempts
on his life. Well, you have every right to be right,
I mean, we've already seen it twice and this evil
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around the world, I mean, right now, Donald Trump is
by far multitudes the living person on the face of
the earth who poses the greatest threat to the evil actors.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
All over the globe.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
And so yeah, yeah, you have a right to listen.
I mean, I don't know if you're a person who prays,
I am. I think at this point it's just a
matter of prayer. And as you know, I believe, and
I'm not alone. I know Trump believes it that it
was divine intervention that saved him in Butler, and so
I believe in divine intervention. The Founders believed in divine intervention,
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and I think we need we need more divine intervention
to keep President Trump safe eight five five for zero
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nine Speaking of which related issue, because Iran's been trying
to take him out for a long time, and even
after the Biden administration knew that it did not provide
Trump with anywhere near the security that it could have.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
What does that tell you?
Speaker 1 (14:13):
But Mark Helprin, who has done some really good reporting,
He's got this, I don't know you caught a podcast.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It's also video YouTube.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
He's got a YouTube show every day called two Way,
and they do a pretty good job. Here's some reporting
he's doing that Biden may have planned a military strike
against Iran very recently.
Speaker 9 (14:33):
So it was reported I believe by the Wall Street
Journal that President Biden was considering a military strike against Iran,
either against their nuclear assets or energy or some other
significant target. For years, it has been believed that a
threat a strike by Israel or the United States against
Iran was dangerous on two scores. One that if you
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hit a nuclear facility, you risk nuclear material floating all
over the region to which way the wind was blowing,
and have disastrous consequences both medical, scientific, but also diplomatically.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
And then also that.
Speaker 9 (15:08):
Iran could strike back, and that Iran had the capacity
to create an escalated conflict.
Speaker 1 (15:15):
Yeah, you know from the reporting I've seen, And this
depends on lip readers, right, so about it? Pigasteric on
it that's part of what President Trump and Obama we're
talking about at the funeral. At the Carder funeral was
words to the effect of as part of the conversation.
Another part of it was obviously light was got to
talk to you, got to talk to you soon and
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something really urgent and important. So maybe it pertained to this,
but still great for America to see that. And now
that Michelle Obama's announced that she is not going to
go to the inauguration, as you raised yesterday, Ryan, hopefully
we'll see more of the happy chummy scenes with Obama
and Trump, who it appears it actually like each other.
Speaker 5 (15:59):
And anticipate too. With Michelle out of the picture, bros
will be bros.
Speaker 8 (16:03):
And I think Brock and Donald will be hanging out
and having some fun.
Speaker 5 (16:07):
I think they had fun and that.
Speaker 8 (16:09):
Exchange, and like you said, Dan, that's such a great point.
It was a great visual for the world, not just America,
but for the world that those two former presidents soon
to be next President Trump, we're getting along and appearing
to have a good time.
Speaker 1 (16:24):
Yeah, and let's see some more of it at the inauguration. Texter, Dan,
thank you for fighting for our safety in Denver. I
can foresee an alert named after the flight attendant or
man murdered. If multiple attacks are violent incidents that are
suspected to or have happened, get sent an alert via
text message to.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Citizens in the States. Sadly, it might happen more than
we think.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
And what I'm referring to is I've now served the
court on the city, and we'll go to court if
we have to.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
We're entitled to know.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
You're entitled to know when the mayor knew that you
had a serial killer targeting the mall, and who made
the decision not to warn the public, because that was
the only way. Any safety expert knows the only way
to protect the public in that situation is to warn them.
Because you can have police officers every three feet on
the mall, and the best officers in the world, and
(17:13):
we have many of them here, will not be able
to protect people against a serial killer who is determined
to kill. So we're going to get to the bottom
of this because you have a right to know, and
whoever made that decision should not be in any official
capacity anywhere. Eight UR zero five two five five text
DN five seven seven three nine. Do we have Tom
(17:34):
Ryan to squeeze in one of these great bites. I mean,
we've got to here. It is Liz Warren getting obliterated
by Pete Hegseth.
Speaker 10 (17:42):
And other words, you're quite sure that every general who
serves should not go directly into the defense industry for
ten years. Are you not willing to make that same pledge?
Speaker 2 (17:56):
I'm not a general. Senator just delivered perfectly right.
Speaker 1 (18:02):
And there's so much advantage to having these people in
high positions who have these great communication skills. I mean,
it doesn't guarantee success, but think of all the great
leaders over time, in every different capacity of your own life, business, etc.
What percentage of them have great communication skills like ke
E Seth as from all of his media stuff, a
(18:23):
very large percentage. Hey, speaking of which, when we come back,
somebody I'd praised off and on air talked about as
a generational talent, he'll join us in studio, we'll talk.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
About what he's doing next. What could that be? I know,
I like it a lot.
Speaker 7 (18:45):
You're listening to the Dan Kaplis Show podcast.
Speaker 11 (18:48):
Criteria state if we stay on the road we're on
right now, in less than ten years, virtually everything that
matters to us in life will depend on whether China
will allow us to have it or not.
Speaker 2 (18:59):
Everything from the blood.
Speaker 11 (19:00):
Rush for medicine we take, to what movies we get
to watch, and everything in between, we will depend on China.
Ford they have come to dominate the critical mental industry.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Supplies throughout the world.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
Everywhere in the world.
Speaker 11 (19:12):
They've now established critical mineral rights. Even those who want
to see more electric cars, no matter where you make them,
those batteries are almost entirely dependent on the ability of
the Chinese and the willingness of the Chinese Communist Party
to produce it and export it to you. So if
we don't change course, we are going to live in
a world where much of what matters to us on
a daily basis, from our security to our health, will
(19:33):
be dependent on whether the Chinese allow us to have
it or not. That's an unacceptable welcome.
Speaker 1 (19:37):
Thank God, Mark or Rubio soon to be Secretary of State.
Hey John Kellner in studio, and so I've said about
John before, generational talent, one of the elite trial lawyers
in Colorado for quite a while now, but talented in
so many different ways. Former Marine Corps veteran and still
active duty Reserve right.
Speaker 12 (19:58):
John, Yeah, still working in the reserves.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
And John, as you probably know, has just finished his tenure.
He was the elected DA in Arapo and Douglas and
Lincoln and Albert, and so two reasons I wanted to
have John in today. Let's start with the first, which
is the victory lap of my friends.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
So lay it on ut. I mean it went great.
Speaker 1 (20:18):
It give people the numbers because I think people need
to appreciate what success looks like so we can duplicate
that other places.
Speaker 13 (20:27):
Well, first of all, thanks around me on the show. Dan,
It's always a pleasure to join you. And you know,
I was really blessed to have a great four years
in office as district attorney for what was up until tuesday,
the state's most populous judicial district, so we had about
one point one plus million people. I think many of
your listeners heard George Brockler on yesterday talking about the
split of the jurisdiction. So I was the last district
(20:50):
attorney for the OG the original eighteen judicial district, and.
Speaker 12 (20:54):
We saw a lot of success.
Speaker 13 (20:56):
And I think it's something that should resonate with everybody
who's listening when you think about what does it look
like when you have a prosecutor who takes crime seriously
and then compare it across the state or across the
country to other places. Because what I can tell you
is this, I came into office in twenty twenty one.
You know, crime was pretty rampant. We were dealing with
a lot of the after effects of a lot of
the COVID shutdowns and jail restrictions that we were having
(21:19):
because of COVID. We had a legislature I think that
hadn't seen a bill that they didn't love that would
lower the consequences for offenders. You know, car theft was
going crazy. We had drug cartels starting to push deadly
fentanyl across the border and into our communities, killing people.
So there was a lot on our plate, right And
I'm proud to say that after four years, crime is
(21:40):
down in virtually every single category in the eighteen judicial district.
When I passed the baton off to my two successors,
you know, we've got murdered down thirty percent, robbery down
thirty percent, property crime down twenty nine percent, motor vehicle
theft down thirty six percent, and all of those reductions
(22:00):
pace the rest of the state's reductions in those categories.
So we've had a lot of success. Really proud of
what we accomplished.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
You know, you can't fake results. I mean those are real,
concrete results, and I think they also evidence just great
cooperation between you, your office and law enforcement.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Just teamwork from top to bottom.
Speaker 12 (22:20):
Absolutely.
Speaker 13 (22:21):
I mean, look, nothing happens as a prosecutor that's good
without the cooperation and work with our local law enforcement.
We had over twenty agencies in the district that we
work with day in and day out. Really proud to
have their support, and frankly, just honored to be able
to work with those officers who put their lives on
the line every day to keep our community to stay
(22:43):
if they did a great job at turning the corner
in our state. And look, we could use some more
help from the legislature. We made some progress when it
came to Fennel increasing the penalties for dealers, obviously, we
made great strides and changing the motor vehicle theft law.
Speaker 12 (22:55):
Real proud of what happened with one of.
Speaker 13 (22:57):
Our ballot initiatives this lastction cycle called Truth and Sentencing.
You know, all these things are going to have a
demishable impact on keeping people safe across Colorado.
Speaker 1 (23:07):
So a guy like you, Okay, you've got all that success,
you've got, all this talent, all that good stuff, you've
got infinite now high level job prospects. As you come
out of that office, it must be almost impossible to choose.
Speaker 2 (23:21):
So what are you doing next?
Speaker 12 (23:23):
I love that question, Dan.
Speaker 13 (23:24):
So look my entire career, whether it started, you know,
in the Marine Corps, trying to help people, to be
in a public servant, a state prosecutor, and Boulder originally
and then in the eighteenth and ultimately being elected, my
whole goal has been to help people who can't help themselves,
to make our community safer, not only for my family,
(23:45):
but for yours, for our neighbors, friends and family. And
so I'm looking for something where I could continue to
help people. And that's why I'm really honored to say
that I'm joining you at the dan Kaplis Law Firm.
Speaker 2 (23:55):
You're kidding me, no big surprise that decision.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
I feel like when I have us Hunter put on
that CEU hat right when he was choosing between all
those wow breaking news. I'll tell you We've been courting
John for years now. John's going to be our managing partner.
So John's going to be the top guy in the firm.
I'm still going to put in my eighty hours a
(24:19):
week and try more cases than any human on the
face of the earth.
Speaker 2 (24:22):
But I got to tell you, it's such.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
An honor and a thrill, and I'll sleep so well
at night knowing that John Kellner is now our managing partner.
Speaker 13 (24:31):
I couldn't be more thrilled to join the firm. I mean,
the reputation obviously precedes itself. Everybody knows about dan Caplis law,
and we just want to take it to the next level.
We're going to try a bunch of cases. We're going
to get great outcomes for our clients, you know.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
And I can't wait.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
I can't wait to try cases with you because I
think what everybody knows is, listen, you know, to maximize settlements, right,
to maximize settlements, you have to prove that you're willing
to go to trial. You're ready to go to trial,
and you will win a trial. And so our whole
model is we are a trial firm. We go to
trial and you cannot fake results. We've got the results.
(25:07):
And to be able to now go to trial with you,
I mean I just can't wait. Now, I know we
have a bunch coming up pretty darn soon.
Speaker 12 (25:14):
So yeah, you filled up my schedule pretty quick.
Speaker 1 (25:16):
Yeah, we got a bunch that that is going to
be so cool. So man, well, thank you, thanks for
doing the great job. Because we live in our Eppo county,
so thanks for doing that great job. But thanks above
all for joining our firm. And can't wait.
Speaker 12 (25:32):
It's an honor a lifetime to serve as DA.
Speaker 13 (25:34):
Yeah, but I'm just so excited about what we're going
to accomplish together.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
Well, and i know this is obviously self serving, but
I'm just telling you right now, I don't know, and.
Speaker 2 (25:43):
I'm sure it's very big.
Speaker 1 (25:45):
The fulfillment that district attorneys get and your team members
get and everybody else when when you convict that person
who's committed these horrible acts and you help the victim
that way. I'm sure that's that is a really high
level of fulfillment. But I'm just telling you, in the
kind of law that you're doing now, this catastrophic injury work,
(26:06):
there is a deep resonant fulfillment that comes when you've
just done a great job for somebody going through the
worst thing in their life. Because it now helps them.
You can never you can never bring back their loved one, obviously,
you can never heal them of all the physical damage.
But you can give them in other ways things that
(26:29):
help them, that help rebuild life, help change life. And
I'm just telling you right now, it is a level
of satisfaction. I'd be very surprised if it's available in
many areas of law. It's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 13 (26:41):
Well, Dan, I've seen it. Look in many of my cases,
whether it's reckless drivers, people killed somebody on the road,
I've seen that happen where Look, I'm prosecuting somebody, I'm
gonna hold them accountable in.
Speaker 12 (26:52):
The criminal court.
Speaker 13 (26:53):
And on the other side of the courthouse there was
a civil case going on with many of these victims
and injured love one and other people. And just how
comforting it was for those folks, how healing it was
for them to have good quality representation on the civil side.
It made the world's difference in their healing process.
Speaker 1 (27:14):
Yeah, and so I'm making this prediction right now, and
my betting average on predictions, I think is unsurpassed on
air over the decades. And that is when it's all
said and done and you're how old now?
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I do I have to answer that question. No, but
you're a young man.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
I would bet thirty years from now you will go
down as one of the top five civil trial lawyers
in Colorado history.
Speaker 2 (27:36):
I have no doubt that's going to be the case.
Speaker 1 (27:38):
That's definitely my goal, and my goal is to be
around to see that. I'll take it and with your hope,
I will.
Speaker 2 (27:43):
Be all right.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Thanks, John, appreciate it, John Kellner, our special guest, and
for a long time to come. Eight five five zero
five eight two five five the number text d an
five seven seven three nine. When we come back, we'll
enjoy together. These Trump nominees are doing such a great
job in their confirmation hearings and more fun mixed it
up and going right back at the Dems. You're on
(28:05):
the Dan Caplas Show.
Speaker 7 (28:13):
And now back to the Dan Taplass Show podcast.
Speaker 3 (28:16):
Appropriate you're a prosecutor to start with a name and
look for a crime. It's a prosecutor's job to start
with a crime and look for a name.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Correst to your lifestaf Senator.
Speaker 4 (28:32):
I think that is the whole problem with the weaponization
that we have seen the last four years and what's
been happening to Donald Trump. They targeted Donald Trump. They
went after him actually starting back in twenty sixteen. They
targeted his campaign. They have launched countless investigations against him.
That will not be the case if I am Attorney general,
(28:55):
I will not politicize that office. I will not target
people simply because of their political affiliation. Justice will be
administered even handedly throughout this country. Senator, We've got to
bring this country back together. We've got to move forward, or.
Speaker 2 (29:11):
We're going to lose you beautifully.
Speaker 1 (29:13):
I can't believe he walked right into that, but I'm
sure glad he did. Beautifully done. But what's interesting is
so many of those questions, and we'll get to shift
as well.
Speaker 2 (29:22):
They're absolutely terrified.
Speaker 1 (29:24):
Now that there that they're going to be prosecutions against
people on the left right because and this goes to
a bigger point, it applies to sum in Colorado as well.
You and obviously exhibit A as I talked about as lawless,
Mike Johnston, the Mary of Denver, because the.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Left has had this.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
Belief that they are immune, that that that they do
not have to follow our laws, and that they will
not be prosecuted and they've been operating with that assumption obviously,
while they do the direct opposite, while they go out
and blatantly pursue politically motivated prosecutions. So they have been
(30:05):
operating with this assumption that they have reached that point
where they can so abuse the justice system that way.
And now they're absolutely terrified because Trump won. They knew
what they were doing to Trump. They were trying to
jail him for life because they knew they couldn't beat
him at the polls. And now here's the flip side.
(30:26):
You know that the Trump administration has made it clear
that they will look at prosecuting people on the left.
But here's the big difference, if they've actually committed crimes.
Speaker 2 (30:36):
Right.
Speaker 1 (30:37):
So, now the left, which has just abused the justice
system to bring politically motivated charges whether somebody's committed a
crime or not, is facing the real prospect of prosecution
against people who've actually committed crimes. And they are obviously
losing sleepover at eight five five four zero five eight
two five to five the number. The last thing in
(30:58):
the world I want to see is any kind of
weaponization of DJ by the Trump administration. I don't believe
there will be any But that doesn't mean they have
to just like criminals get away. If people have actually
committed crimes, then they need to be prosecuted or else.
You you have this cycle where all of a sudden,
(31:19):
if you reach a certain level of political office or importance,
you're immune to our laws. We can't have that. Be
very interesting to see how this plays out. Eight five
four five two five five text DA five seven seven
three nine. Somebody who did wrote this to us. Let
(31:41):
me start with this one, Dan, I've been assured by
my astrologer that the first order of business for the
Trump administration is the deportation of Dreary Mike.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
So do you expect that, guys? I don't know that.
Speaker 14 (31:57):
Deep Drury Mike can be deported American citizen. I'm pretty
sure I don't think he can be deported. Well, if
we can't do that, no, I want to be on
the record. I am not calling for the deportation of
Eerie Mike.
Speaker 1 (32:12):
Not calling for that. But hey, Monday, guys, right Monday
at noons. So where is the Trump administration starting? Do
you think they're going to start in Aurora, I mean
Project Aurora, or do you think they're going to start
multiple places at once, shock in awe raids, and again
they're focusing on people here illegally've committed other crimes.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
You think it's just going to be coast to coast.
Speaker 8 (32:33):
You just use the term that we've heard, and it's
for more than one source, and that Senator Barasso just
to our north, that shock and awe.
Speaker 2 (32:40):
But I gotta believe.
Speaker 5 (32:41):
I mean Trump called it during the debate Operation.
Speaker 1 (32:44):
Aurora, right, You would think symbolically, yes, there's got to
be something there, right, because Trump's whole mantra from the
time he came down the escalator was promises made, promises kept.
So there and one of the reasons he's been so
effective so far are and will be is because he
also understands symbolism. He also understands theater, and I use
(33:09):
this in the real positive sense theater, where you're doing
certain things that are more likely to catch the public's attention.
They're the right thing to do, they're justified, but you
also know they're more likely to get the public's attention,
so people know.
Speaker 2 (33:24):
Yeah, yeah, he's delivering.
Speaker 1 (33:26):
So you've got to believe there's going to be something
special in Aurora.
Speaker 2 (33:30):
But I would expect the coast to coast.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Hey, the Shock and All thing, can we put that
on the list for the new show name because we
keep taking these suggestions from listeners for a new show name.
Speaker 5 (33:39):
So am I shock and you're awe.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
A man can't sit on his own jury muf friend.
Speaker 1 (33:47):
Yeah, yeah, unless you're a Democrat, right, I mean they
probably feel.
Speaker 2 (33:51):
Like they can.
Speaker 1 (33:52):
Maybe.
Speaker 2 (33:53):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
So, speaking of lawless Mike Johnston, he went ahead and
not a surprise, vetoed this craziness.
Speaker 8 (34:04):
Denver's mayor has just vetoed the expanded needle exchange rules
that city council passed just last night.
Speaker 13 (34:10):
Yeah, Mayor Mike Johnson says it is the wrong solution
at the wrong time. The council voted eight to five
to expand the needle exchange programs beyond the three that
are allowed right now.
Speaker 1 (34:19):
And to move them closer to schools. But why didn't
Johnston come out and say we got to get rid
of all of these Because anybody knows, no matter how
well intentioned some people may be, a needle exchange program
is just promoting hard drug use and attracting more hard
drug users to Denver, which gets to one of the
things I want to kick around with you in the
next hour.
Speaker 2 (34:37):
We have so much to do, but one of them
is why does.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
The left, including the Johnston administration, why do they want
to attract more homeless to Denver? Why do they want
to attract more drug users? What is their end game there?
So please do ponder that. Eight five five four zero
five eight two five to five text d an five
seven nine Again, we've launched our corp request. I will
(35:03):
go to court. I've done it before. I will go
to court to fight to get the documents were entitled to,
which will show when Mayor Johnston was informed that there
was a serial killer targeting.
Speaker 2 (35:15):
The mall and who.
Speaker 1 (35:17):
Made the decision not to warn the public, Because when
you make that decision not to warn the public, you
are making a decision to put every member of the
public in danger. You are making a conscious, deliberate decision
to let them wander into that killing field.
Speaker 2 (35:32):
Because that's what the mall had become.
Speaker 1 (35:34):
There was a serial killer targeting a very specific, limited area.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
It became a killing field.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
So somebody made the decision to let people wander into
that unknowingly
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