1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is heading to New York ahead of the 2 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: court appearance, he announced on True Social. Former President Trump 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,760 Speaker 1: issue to his social media post confirming that he would 4 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:15,319 Speaker 1: fly to New York on Monday to prepare for his 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 1: upcoming court appearance. To clearing quote, America was not supposed 6 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:23,759 Speaker 1: to be this way. Before departing, Trump took to his 7 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: True Social to confirm that he will leave mar Lago 8 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: estate at noon on Monday, bound for Manhattan. I will 9 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: be leaving mar Lago on Monday at noon, headed to 10 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: New York or heading to Trump Tower in New York, 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,760 Speaker 1: he said. On Tuesday morning, he said, I will be 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: going to believe it or not, the courthouse. America was 13 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: not supposed to be this way. Trump's legal team is 14 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: already confirmed that he would not fight extradition from Florida, 15 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 1: but would instead willingly appear before New York authorities. This coming. 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: As Bill Barr said, this is an abomination. It's the 17 00:00:57,480 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: abuse the centerpiece of abuse, prosecutor power, prosecutorial power to 18 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: bring a case that would not be brought against anyone else. 19 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: They are going after the man, not a crime. Let 20 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: me say that again. Bill Barr is brilliant on this. 21 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: They are going after the man, not a crime, and 22 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: the legal theory, frankly is pathetically weak. That's the former 23 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: Attorney General Bill Barr had to say. Now, as Trump 24 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: and his team are preparing for the events they're going 25 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: to happen all throughout Tuesday, he made it clear that 26 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: he expects the Manhattan judge will put a gag order 27 00:01:29,319 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: on him as a case awaits trial, which is also 28 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: another abuse of political power. A source close to the 29 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,640 Speaker 1: legal team told The Daily Mail that the judge is 30 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 1: going to take unprecedented action to impose this gag order. 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: Now let me take you to that Daily Mail article. 32 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 1: They're exclusive. It says Trump's lawyers believe a Manhattan judge 33 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: will impose a gag order on Monday that will ban 34 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: Trump from talking about his Tuesday arrest in New York. 35 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: With a penalty of threty days jail timer a thousand 36 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: dollars fine, Trump could be gagged by that Manhattan court 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: on Monday ahead of the hearing. Now just think about 38 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: what this would look like. Okay, if you're Donald Trump 39 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: and you are then indicted, you're the presumptive nominee for 40 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: the Republican Party. You have a massive lead over RHND 41 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,280 Speaker 1: to santists and everybody else. At this point, in these 42 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: polls that have come out over the weekend, it's clear 43 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: that you're the presumptive nominee. Imagine running for president, having 44 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: people attacking you on stage and you can't respond for 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: fear that you're going to go to jail for thirty days. 46 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: Let that sink in. How do you run for president 47 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,239 Speaker 1: if you can't defend yourself? Wow, you're running for president? 48 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: How is that even possible? I don't understand how this 49 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 1: could possibly happen. But here we are with a president 50 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 1: of the United States of America, former president, running for reelection, 51 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: and he's not going to be able to talk about 52 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: the indictments coming in from this woke activists DA this 53 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: communist welcome to what communists do? They take away your rights, 54 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: They take away your right to defend yourself. And this 55 00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: is what happens. Now this would not just be a 56 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: penalty of thirty days in jail, but a thousand dollars 57 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: fine as well. Donald Trump's legal team so they are 58 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: preparing for that judge to slap that gag order on 59 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: the former president, and they say this extraordinary move to 60 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: potentially silence a Kennett for president will likely inflame Trump 61 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: supporters as he prepares to fly out of his home 62 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: in Florida. This is how the Daily Mail put it. 63 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,320 Speaker 1: The Trump's legal team now thinks the Manhattan judge will 64 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: take the unprecedented step of silencing the presidential frontrunner with 65 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 1: an unconstitutional gag order. The Trump legal team is considering 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: adding a First Amendment lawyer to the effort to combat 67 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: this and will fight it all the way. Breaking that 68 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: gag order would could trigger the thousand dollars fine and 69 00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: a prison sentence of as much as thirty days under 70 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: New York law. That's what the law says. That's what 71 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 1: it is. Just so you know. We also know that 72 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: on Sunday morning, Trump's campaign announced that the former president 73 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: would make a speech at his Marla Go home on 74 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: Tuesday evening after returning from New York. Now many have 75 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: been asking how Donald Trump is doing. He seems to 76 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: be doing actually just fine. He headed to his West 77 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,000 Speaker 1: Palm Beach golf club, where he could be seen playing 78 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: the course accompanied by one of his lawyers, Lindsey Halligan, 79 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,279 Speaker 1: on Sunday. At the same time, it emerged as legal 80 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,679 Speaker 1: team will lodge a motion to immediately dismiss the case 81 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: against him. We will take the indictment, we will dissect it. 82 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: Trump's attorney told see it on Sunday morning. The team 83 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: will look at every every potential issue that we will 84 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 1: be able to challenge, and we will challenge, and of 85 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,280 Speaker 1: course I very much anticipate a motion to dismiss coming 86 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: because there's no law that fits this. Taken together, they 87 00:04:50,839 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 1: marked the latest twist in a fast running story that 88 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: exploded into life on Thursday, when it emerged the Manhattan 89 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 1: jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump, which again 90 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,840 Speaker 1: is incredibly shocking. The judge assigned to my witch hunt case, 91 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: a case that has never been charged before Trump put 92 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: out on truth Social hates Me. His name is Judge Marching. 93 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: He was hand picked by Bragg and the prosecutors, and 94 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: as the same person who railroaded my seventy five year 95 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:25,040 Speaker 1: old former CFO Alan Weissenberg to take a plea deal, 96 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: plead guilty even if you are not ninety days, fight 97 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: us in court ten years to life. It's what they 98 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 1: said to him in jail. He's strong armed Allen, which 99 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: a judge is not allowed to do, and treated my companies, 100 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: which didn't plead viciously appealing. He went on to say 101 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,040 Speaker 1: in his true social tweet, there it's very clear how 102 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 1: much this is about politics and about getting the man. 103 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: The charges remain sealed, but are believed to be related 104 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: to that hush money payment to Stormy Daniel's back in 105 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:00,559 Speaker 1: twenty sixteen. Trump has repeatedly last out at the District 106 00:06:00,560 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 1: Attorney Alban Bragg for pursuing a case that had been 107 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,160 Speaker 1: dropped by federal prosecutors, and he has also turned his 108 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: fire on the Manhattan Acting Supreme Court judge who will 109 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:12,039 Speaker 1: hear this case since believes me preparing the gag order. 110 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: The campaign is preparing for this scenario, Trump campaign source 111 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 1: also said. Later, a spokesman said, officially, President Trump stands 112 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: for transparency in our American Constitution, and any attempt to 113 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,160 Speaker 1: prevent him, the leading candidate for president, from exercising his 114 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 1: firstment right is tyrannical, third world country move, which further 115 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: proves that this is nothing more than a political witch 116 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:38,839 Speaker 1: hunt utilizing a weaponized justice system. Quote. All Americans should 117 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: be concerned about their rights being violated in any attempt 118 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: to extruct President Trump's right to use his voice in 119 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: order to speak truth to power should never be tolerated. 120 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 1: The whole Target crusade is a complete political force by 121 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: the Manhattan DA meant to manipulate interfere with an election 122 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: against President Trump and his supporters. It will only add 123 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: to Trump's anger at Merchant, who previously presided over last 124 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: year's tax fraud case with the Trump organization that was 125 00:07:05,640 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 1: found guilty. 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Trump 154 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:44,720 Speaker 1: is prepared to fly to New York on his own 155 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 1: plane and we'll go to Lagoria Airport, spend the night 156 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: at Trump Tower, and then he will wake up and 157 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: go to this court house. Now, let me also say 158 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 1: something about all of this news. Some of this can change, 159 00:08:59,040 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: but what we know now is that the floodgates are open, 160 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: and I warned you that after there was one indictment, 161 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: I believe others will follow, and I believe others will 162 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: follow very very, very very quickly. I think other indictments 163 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: are going to come down from other cases against Trump 164 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: because it's gonna make it a lot easier for these 165 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: individuals on these grand jury say screw it, they already 166 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: did it. We'll do it too. We're not the first. 167 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:31,079 Speaker 1: We're not going to take heat for this. And now 168 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: we can go all political because they went political in 169 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,760 Speaker 1: New York and there was less basis for the indictment 170 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: of Donald Trump then in New York. Thunder is for 171 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: our case. Now is how they're going to look at this. 172 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 1: I expect there to be multiple mugshots now of a 173 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: former president of the United States of America, which is 174 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: really incredibly sick and incredibly sad. On NBC Meet the Press, 175 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:52,679 Speaker 1: and you want to talk about how just absurd these 176 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,439 Speaker 1: charges are and also the media's mentality about these charges 177 00:09:55,440 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: against Donald Trump. I want you to hear. Listen to 178 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: Chuck Todd to the former Manhattan in DA He asked 179 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 1: him a question, why didn't you ever charge Trump with 180 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: hush money case in eighteen nineteen or twenty. Take a 181 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 1: listen to the former Manhattan DA's response, why didn't you 182 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: charge the hush money case? Why didn't you ever charge 183 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: it in twenty eight, twenty nine, twenty twenty. Well, Chuck, 184 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 1: I don't want to get into the deliberations that might 185 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 1: be covered by grand jury material. But it's but as 186 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: I believe you know, I was asked by the US 187 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: Attorney's officer in the Southern District to stand down on 188 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: our investigation which had commenced involving the Trump organization. And 189 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 1: as you, as someone who respects that office a great 190 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:40,680 Speaker 1: deal and believing that they may have perhaps the best 191 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 1: laws to investigate, I did so. And I was somewhat 192 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: surprised after mister Cohen pleaded guilty that the federal government 193 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: did not proceed on the areas and which should ask 194 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: me to stand down. By that time, we were also 195 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: well on our way in a financial investigation and ultimately 196 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 1: to subpoenas which the President himself published in a lawsuit 197 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: he filed against me in the office. There it is 198 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: his response, I think tells you something. There wasn't anything there, right, 199 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: There just wasn't anything there. I love how he's like, well, 200 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 1: we were moving on to these other cases as well. 201 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 1: In other words, this case sucked. We had the other 202 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 1: cases involving Trump in the organization that we thought were better, right, 203 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: so we believe that it was time for us to 204 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: investigate that. So we didn't really go for this, right. 205 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: We just decided that this wasn't going to work. Translation, 206 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: the charges are crap, and I wasn't stupid enough to 207 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: bring these charges because I actually have a little bit 208 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,680 Speaker 1: of a soul unlike the communist Alvin Bragg. That's the 209 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: translation here, because he could have done it in any 210 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 1: one of these years, which was just mentioned by Chuck Todd, Right, 211 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: he could have actually done this. Even Democrat Joe manchon 212 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 1: I'll Meet the Press on Sunday said, this check us 213 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: a very sad time for America, and I feel like 214 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 1: other people do. It's very sad for our country to 215 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: have to go through this in a segment of society 216 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: who believes that maybe it's biased, that the system doesn't 217 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 1: work for all. I would have to wait and see 218 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: what comes out next week, but I would hope and 219 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: pray that whatever comes forth that they've done due diligence. 220 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 1: They're very, very accurate on what they're doing and understanding 221 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: that the rule of law is that basically, no one's 222 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: above the law, but no one should be targeted by 223 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: the law. No one should be targeted by the law. 224 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: Now you can hear in the way that he described 225 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,160 Speaker 1: this as a Democrat, Joe Manchin saying this, he knows 226 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:44,559 Speaker 1: it's crap two. And when he says it's a very 227 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: sad time for this country, he's absolutely right because they 228 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: understand it. So let's go back to the Justice Department, 229 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: which is no different than the Communist Party. Now, the 230 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: Justice Department, we're now being told in new leagues has 231 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 1: quote more evidence of possible Trump obstruction of obstruction of 232 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: justice and documents probe. The Washington Post is now reporting. 233 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: Now you may remember that the fbiic's thousands of government records, 234 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: some marked as highly classified from Trump's Marlago state in 235 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: that raid back in August. The investigation is now one 236 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,680 Speaker 1: of two other criminal inquiries on top of this indictment 237 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: in a former President Trump that's being led by the 238 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: Special Council Jack Smith, after his advisors were being told 239 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: received a subpoena in May demand the return of the 240 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: classified records, Trump looked through some of the boxes of 241 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: government documents in his home out of an apparent desire 242 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:41,520 Speaker 1: to keep certain things in his possession, The Post reported, 243 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:46,240 Speaker 1: sighting Peel familiar with the investigation. Investigators also have evidence 244 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: indicating Trump told others to quote mislead government officials in 245 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: early twenty twenty two, before the subpoena, when the US 246 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: Archives and Records Administration was working to recover documents from 247 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: Trump's time as president. The Post is now boarding the 248 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: FBI referred questions the Justice Department, which did not respond 249 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: to request for comment from the Post, and a statement 250 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: to the Post that Trump spokeswoman spokesman I should say, 251 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: Stephen Jang said that the witch hunts against President Trump 252 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: have no basis in factor law and accused the Special 253 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: Council Smith and the Justice Department of leaking information to 254 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: manipulate public opinion, which I think they're spot on and 255 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: absolutely right about. Smith's investigation. Are among a growing number. 256 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: This is how they put it in the Post of 257 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:35,720 Speaker 1: legal worries for Trump, who in November lunch presidential campaign 258 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty four. In addition to the New York probe, 259 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: Trump's faces a Georgia inquiry over whether he tried to 260 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: overturn his twenty twenty election defeat in that state. So 261 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,200 Speaker 1: I'm going to say it again. I predicted this, I 262 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: called it. I told you if if they could just 263 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: get this one in New York, the floodgates would open. 264 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: Because now all these other activist das realize this is 265 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: a hell of a way to make a name for yourself. 266 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: You become extremely famous by doing this. You also are 267 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: able to raise a significant amount of money. Your name 268 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:12,800 Speaker 1: ID goes to the roof. I mean, think about how 269 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: many people, Okay, seriously, think about how many different people Okay, 270 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: how many different people are gonna know Alvin Bragg's name. 271 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: Alvin Bragg's name Idea is probably in this country right now, 272 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: it's sixty to seventy percent of all Americans right eighteen over, 273 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: they're gonna know his name. Let's say it's not that. 274 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 1: Let's say it's forty percent. Let's say it's forty five percent. Well, 275 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: let's talk about his name IDA in New York. His 276 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 1: name Idea in New York is probably eighty percent ninety percent. 277 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: And if you're trying to get name recognition, name I 278 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: D so that you can run for governor. This is 279 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: the perfect way to do it. There's also no downside 280 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: for Alvin Bragg to take this case because there's gonna 281 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: be no repercussions for his actions. Alvin Bragg doesn't have 282 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: to worry about somebody coming after him because he's in 283 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: awoke liberal state. The other communists are going to protect 284 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 1: him at all costs. They're going to make sure that 285 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: he has no issue, that there is total and complete 286 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 1: protection from Alvin Bragg for this. Alvin Bragg is an 287 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: individual that understands he is safe and can abuse power, 288 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: and he will always be safe. It's not that big 289 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: of a deal for him. Alvin Bragg also understands this 290 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: will raise him money. There are liberals, and not just 291 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about the George source. I'm talking about 292 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: small money donors. There are people that are psychotic in 293 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: New York that love communism, that hate Donald Trump, and 294 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 1: they are going to support this guy. This is a 295 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: political move. Even if Alvin Bragg in this case are 296 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: thrown out, there's still no downside for him. It's not 297 00:16:56,360 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: like he has to admit defeat. He can still go 298 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: out on the campaign trail when he's running for governor 299 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: and say, when I was the prosecutor, I'm the only 300 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 1: da to have the guts. I was the first one 301 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,720 Speaker 1: right to have the guts to have the cajones to 302 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: indict Donald Trump for his abusive power in the room. 303 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:17,439 Speaker 1: Will go nuts because you're dealing with communists, right, You're 304 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: dealing with communists. You're gonna be yeah. I mean, this 305 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 1: is what communism sounds like. New York City has gone 306 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: full communists. The Democratic Party has died. They are filled 307 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 1: with communists now. And if you're a communist, how do 308 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: you gain control and power? You take away people's guns. 309 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: You take away a thriving economy, so financially they can't 310 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,360 Speaker 1: they take care of themselves. Look at any democratic city. 311 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 1: Is it's not where we're going? Okay? Is it? I 312 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 1: mean seriously, is this not where we're going now? So 313 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: you take away everyone's guns, you take away of thriving economy, 314 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,160 Speaker 1: so they desfinitely need you, the government to take care 315 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 1: of them. Right, So we have that part down. That's 316 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: part two. And then you start silencing your political opponents, 317 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: and that is part at three. I mean, that's the trifecta, folks, 318 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: that hits the whole gamut, that hits everything perfectly. That's 319 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: what democrats are doing in New York. That's what the 320 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 1: communists are doing in New York. This hits every single 321 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:23,600 Speaker 1: aspect of that perfectly. If you're an activist DA and 322 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: you're in a liberal place, and you don't have to 323 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:27,160 Speaker 1: worry about being disbarred, you don't have to worry about 324 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 1: people coming after you for abusive power. This is it, 325 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: game on and you win. Now. Donald Trump has to 326 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,919 Speaker 1: be very careful how he responds to all of this, okay, 327 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:42,359 Speaker 1: and he has to make sure he looks very presidential 328 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: and respects the order of law, because if you want 329 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: to say your law and order candidate, you cannot take 330 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:54,399 Speaker 1: their bait. If there is a gag order put in place, 331 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 1: which I believe at this point there probably will be, 332 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: you also need to know just how corrupt this is. 333 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: This is clearly political if they put a gag order 334 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 1: on Donald Trump, because they're saying, we're gonna nail you Trump, 335 00:19:11,280 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 1: and we're gonna hold you in contempt if you talk 336 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,120 Speaker 1: about it. In other words, you're running for president, we've 337 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: charged you with crimes, and you can't defend yourself that 338 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: is extreme. That is extreme on a level that none 339 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: of us have ever seen in America. We've seen in 340 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: other parts of the world, but not in this country. 341 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: I want to move on to another really important story, 342 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: and that is this breaking news that the Chinese spy 343 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: balloon Shocker here right, gathered intelligence from sensitive US military 344 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: sites before it was shot down, despite US efforts also 345 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: to quote block it. If you want to know if 346 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: our president is compromised by China, this is how you 347 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: know they knew they were spying on us, and we 348 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: didn't shoot the damn thing down until after it completed 349 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 1: its mission. Let me all to remind you of Joe 350 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: Biden back in it was a February of the sixteenth 351 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: when he said this about making no apologies for shooting 352 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 1: down this balloon, which he shut down after it'd already 353 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:17,880 Speaker 1: completed its surveillance spying mission. This episode underscores the importance 354 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,840 Speaker 1: of maintaining open lines of communication between our diplomats and 355 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: our military professionals. Our diplomats will be engaging further, and 356 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: I will remain in communication with President she I'm grateful 357 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:33,119 Speaker 1: for the work of the last several weeks of our intelligence, 358 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 1: diplomatic and military professionals who approved once again to be 359 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: the most capable in the world, and I want to 360 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,439 Speaker 1: thank you all. Look, the other thing I want to 361 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 1: point out is that we are going to keep our 362 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 1: allies and the Congress contemporaries informed of all we know 363 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: and all we learn. And I expect to be speaking 364 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: with President she and I hope we have. We're going 365 00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: to get to the bottomist. But I make no apologies 366 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:02,639 Speaker 1: for chaking down that balloon. Thank you very much. I 367 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 1: love this, so I'm going to make no apologies. All right, Well, 368 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 1: you want to know what we now know. What we 369 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: now know right now is that this balloon apparently not 370 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:17,800 Speaker 1: only grabbed intelligence, but was successful at its mission, and 371 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: that we weren't able to block it from gathering what 372 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:25,120 Speaker 1: it was gathering. Listen to this again. This is exclusive 373 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 1: from NBC News this morning. NBC News has learned exclusively 374 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: that the Chinese five balloon that flew across the US 375 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: back in February was able to gather intelligence from several 376 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 1: military sites. This latest reporting is based on new information 377 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: from two current senior US officials and one former senior 378 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: Administration official. For more, we're joined by NBC News Global 379 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: security reporter Dan to loose stand, Good morning. So clearly 380 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: a major development. What do we know about this finding 381 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: Saint Clay? Really interesting reporting here from our colleagues Courtney 382 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: QB and Carol Lee saying that that balloon that flew 383 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:02,399 Speaker 1: over the US was able to collect some intelligence, and 384 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: it was often able to pass multiple times over some 385 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:10,679 Speaker 1: military bases, and they were picking up electronic signals and 386 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: sending them back to China. So that would be possibly 387 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: eavesdropping on conversations or picking up on electronic signals from 388 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:23,720 Speaker 1: West weapons systems. Now, the Biden administration has previously maintained 389 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: that there was very limited value in terms of what 390 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: these balloons could pick up, and they said that really 391 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: most of what the Chinese can pick up and glean 392 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: from their intelligence is coming from their satellites in space. 393 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: But this is a new twist in the story about 394 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: exactly what that balloon was able to do. Right, by 395 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,119 Speaker 1: the way, translation here from NBT News. They lied to you, 396 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: and they knew it was spying, and they knew it 397 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: was successful, and they didn't shoot the damn thing down. Now, 398 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: the only reason why I believe that Biden didn't order 399 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,600 Speaker 1: to shoot this thing down The only reason why is 400 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:02,439 Speaker 1: because he knew he was compromised by China. China has 401 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,720 Speaker 1: given millions of dollars directly. We know this from the 402 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,040 Speaker 1: new payments we've seen all this. It's very clear what 403 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: we've witnessed. It's very clear what we've seen. We know 404 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: that China has been grabbing our owns. The Biden crime family. 405 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,800 Speaker 1: We know that China owns them because of the payments 406 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: that were going to the Chinese from the Chinese government 407 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: and cefe into the Biden bank accounts. And now we 408 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 1: understand why he wasn't shooting it down. And they also 409 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: lied to you. Okay, I want to say that part again. 410 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: We know they lied to you. They lied to all 411 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 1: of us. Oh, this thing isn't gathering. We're blocking it. 412 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: We've taken measures, we've done great things. We know everything's good. 413 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: There's nothing to worry about here. We've got it covered, 414 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 1: we've fixed it. We figured it out. Okay, just kidding, whoops, 415 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: we got it all wrong. Yeah, it didn't work. You're 416 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,159 Speaker 1: telling me they didn't know this during it while it 417 00:23:57,240 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 1: was happening, when it was hovering over military sites for 418 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: hours and hours on end, they could have immediately shut 419 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: it down then, and they chose not to. And why 420 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,199 Speaker 1: did they choose not to? Because I believe they're compromised. 421 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: That's what I believe. You could have flown by this 422 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: thing in civilian aircraft and you could have taken it 423 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,959 Speaker 1: out if you really wanted to. But America said are 424 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 1: the Biden administration said no, no no, no, let them spy 425 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: on us? Well, why would you let them spy on 426 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: us for this long? For days? Four days? Listen to 427 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 1: the second part of this report from again NBC News 428 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,639 Speaker 1: and Dan. The Biden administration was criticized for not acting faster. 429 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,439 Speaker 1: What's the response been from the Defense Department to this 430 00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:45,040 Speaker 1: new revelation. Well, there's still questions now about how that 431 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:49,200 Speaker 1: whole balloon flight was handled. And at a recent congressional hearing, 432 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 1: the head of Northern Command, General Glenn Van Nurk, said 433 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 1: that his military advice was not sought out for five 434 00:24:55,240 --> 00:25:01,840 Speaker 1: days after the US intelligence community alerted officials to this balloon. Now, 435 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,399 Speaker 1: the Pentagon is saying they were in frequent communication with 436 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: all the top generals. But Republican lawmakers are seizing on 437 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: this and saying that there's a discrepancy here. An inconsistency 438 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: that needs to be clarified. And dan the balloon incident 439 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: derailed plans for a trip to China buy US Secretary 440 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,640 Speaker 1: of State Anthony B. Lincoln. Are there signs that visit 441 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: will be rescheduled anytime soon? Briefly here, that's really the 442 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: big fallout from this is that was a major trip 443 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,440 Speaker 1: plan by the Secretary of State to try to lower 444 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,800 Speaker 1: the temperature at least somewhat with China. There is no 445 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 1: plan now, there's no trip rescheduled yet. A top US 446 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: diplomat was in China recently, Rick Waters, clearly trying to 447 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: probably lay the groundwork. But you know, the Chinese, the 448 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 1: Taiwanese president was just here in Washington. That didn't go 449 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: over well in China. There's still a lot of tension. 450 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,160 Speaker 1: So there is still no firm plan for that visit 451 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: by the Secretary of State to be rescheduled. So the 452 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 1: White House slide to you, and we now know that 453 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 1: Norad was and I think purposely, okay purposely not asked 454 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: about this threat for five days because they knew that 455 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: if they got the answer, and they knew what the 456 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:18,160 Speaker 1: answer was, and they would be on the record saying 457 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: you need to shoot this damn thing down, and they 458 00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: didn't want to shoot it down for I think the 459 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,879 Speaker 1: reason they're compromised by the Chinese. 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Listen carefully, and my analysis 485 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,240 Speaker 1: of China is that at least they're military, and perhaps 486 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 1: others have come to some sort of conclusion that war 487 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: with the United States is inevitable. I don't believe war 488 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 1: is inevitable. I don't think it's imminent, but I do 489 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 1: think that we need to be very very pragmatic and 490 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:15,280 Speaker 1: cautious going forward, and we will reduce the likelihood of 491 00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 1: war if we remain really really strong relative to China, 492 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: and China knows that we have the will to use 493 00:28:20,200 --> 00:28:23,800 Speaker 1: it if necessary. Well, that's White House is doing the 494 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: complete opposite of what General Mark milly just said. We're 495 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,520 Speaker 1: not strong with China. We're letting them fly Chinese spy 496 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: balloons over our country, and those spy balloons that they're 497 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 1: flying over the United States of America clearly are taking 498 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: and grabbing intelligence, right and that intelligence that's being grabbed 499 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: they're probably using to prepare for a military conflict with 500 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 1: the United States of America. They're playing chess. We're not 501 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: even playing checkers yet. They're just owning us. But if 502 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: you believe there's a military conflict, and it may come 503 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 1: after Joe Biden is out of office, but you're able 504 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: to grab all this intelligence while Joe Biden is in office. 505 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,880 Speaker 1: And clearly, from what we understand, there was also a 506 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 1: mole in the FBI who was One Eye or whatever 507 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 1: its name is. It was giving intel to Hunter Biden 508 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: about China and investigations into Chinese individuals. Then we know 509 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: that they're playing for the Chinese, they're not playing for 510 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: the United States of America. Which goes back to this 511 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 1: conversation about Norad. For just a second, I want to 512 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:27,880 Speaker 1: go back to Nora Ad because I do want you 513 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:32,320 Speaker 1: to hear part of that testimony that was not reported on, 514 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: and it was not reported on because of course, no 515 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: one else wants to admit that this could even happen, 516 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,720 Speaker 1: or that this testimony actually took place. Take a listen 517 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: to what they had to say and across a conversation 518 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: with Roger Wicker out of Mississippi. Thank you very much. Now, 519 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:57,560 Speaker 1: General Benhirk, with regard to these letters, I have a 520 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: number have received quite a bit of information from talking 521 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: to you about this balloon incident, and you mentioned it 522 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 1: in your statement. So let me just go through some 523 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:15,760 Speaker 1: quick questions so we can understand who knew what about 524 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: the Chinese balloon. You first learned about this on January 525 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: twenty eight of this year, is that correct, Senator, I 526 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: learned about it on January twenty seventh. We first detected 527 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 1: it by radar my censors on January twenty eighth in 528 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:35,480 Speaker 1: the vicinity of Saint Matthew's Island, Alaska, Okay. And that's 529 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:39,200 Speaker 1: the United States territory. Right, that's correct, And you notified 530 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: your chain of command on that day, January twenty eighth, right. 531 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: I had a conversation on the evening of the twenty 532 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: seventh with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 533 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,200 Speaker 1: about my plan to intercept and identify and make an assessment, 534 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: which we did on the twenty eighth of January, and 535 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:58,400 Speaker 1: you sent that notification to Secretary Defense Austin, Chairman of 536 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 1: the Joint Chiefs of Staff o'milly via classified email. Correct. 537 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: I sent it to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs 538 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 1: of Staff and to Secretary Austin's military assistant. I'm assuming 539 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:14,080 Speaker 1: that the military assistant passed it to the Secretary. Okay, 540 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:17,440 Speaker 1: And you still are not certain at what point President 541 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 1: Biden or Secretary Austin were made aware of the balloon? 542 00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:24,479 Speaker 1: Is that right? I do not know when the President 543 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: was made aware and when you confirmed the balloon's existence. 544 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:33,760 Speaker 1: On January twenty eight you task Northcom, your command with 545 00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: preparing options to counter the balloon. That's correct. Also, I 546 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: task my nora AD team to develop options. And Senator, 547 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: what I'd point out is I have options every single 548 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 1: day to defend our homeland. In this case, the balloon 549 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: did not meet the requirement or the authority for me 550 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: to engage it because it was not demonstrating hostile intent 551 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: or committing a hostile act. Hostile intent would be maneuvering 552 00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,880 Speaker 1: to an offensive advantage on a platform an airplane, or 553 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: shooting missiles or weapons would be hostile. Act. So there 554 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 1: you go. You've got Norad who knows about it, giving 555 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: a heads up. I'm not even sure the President knows 556 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: about it. And certainly for multiple days, Norad was completely 557 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,080 Speaker 1: left in the dark, and the White House didn't ask 558 00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 1: any questions. I think we all know why they weren't 559 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:24,480 Speaker 1: asking questions. They didn't want to have to answer questions. 560 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:27,959 Speaker 1: Former nora AD chief also came out and said, our 561 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,640 Speaker 1: vulnerabilities are going to become more and more obvious to 562 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:35,680 Speaker 1: the Chinese. That's what he had to say. It's going 563 00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,120 Speaker 1: to be very clear, the former nora AD chief on 564 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,719 Speaker 1: these spy balloons. Our vulnerabilities are going to become more 565 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: and more important as China advances. This is what he 566 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: said on CNN this week. So everybody now is whistle 567 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,360 Speaker 1: blowing on this, and I think it's the reason why 568 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: they're whistle blowing is because they realize, holy crap, this 569 00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 1: White House knew about it, could have stopped it. Didn't 570 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,800 Speaker 1: talk to the people that would have told them to 571 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 1: stop it because they knew they were to tell them 572 00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: to stop it. So they basically looked the other way 573 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 1: for four or five days and then said, Okay, what 574 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: shall we do? And they're like screaming, you should shoot 575 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: it down. They're like, great, we'll do it now, and 576 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: where they shoot it down after it'd already accomplished its mission. 577 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 1: If you don't think the Biden family is compromised by China, 578 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 1: you're stupid. Make sure you download our podcast each and 579 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: every day. Please hit that subscriber auto download button right. 580 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 1: It's a five star review. We would greatly appreciate that 581 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,920 Speaker 1: I helped us reaching more people with the truth. And 582 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,160 Speaker 1: we'll see it back here tomorrow.