1 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:11,159 Speaker 1: It's that time. Time, time, time, luck and load. The 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Michael Verie Show is. 3 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: On the air. 4 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 3: This aspect of what is now being investigated as a 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 3: as a second attempted assassination of former President Trump has 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 3: been identified. If I already say, his name is Ryan 7 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 3: Wesley Roath. He allegedly poked his muzzle of his AK 8 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 3: forty seven star rifle through a chainling fence as he 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,519 Speaker 3: was hiding in the bushes of former President Trump's golf 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 3: course in West Palm Beach, Florida. 11 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: That's when an agent saw it. An open fire cooking 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: with a long history. You know, that's a little bit old. 13 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 4: That chart, that charts a couple of months old. 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:49,479 Speaker 1: And if you want to really see. 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 4: Something, that said, take a look at what happened. 16 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: Show and there was the best shine fireway, come on 17 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: to come on, you don't fuck. 18 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:15,279 Speaker 3: That's case. 19 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 5: See about Let's remember Charlottesville where there was a mob 20 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 5: of people carrying tiki torches spewing anti Semitic hate. And 21 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 5: what did the president then at the time say, there 22 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 5: were fine people on each. 23 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 4: Side, but you also had people that were very fine 24 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 4: people on both sides. 25 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: And you had people and. 26 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 4: I'm not talking about the neo Nazis and the white nationalists, 27 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 4: because they should be condemned totally. 28 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 5: Donald Trump, the candidate, has said in this election, there 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 5: will be a bloodbath if this and the outcome of 30 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 5: this election is not to his liking. 31 00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:00,240 Speaker 4: Those big monster car manufacturing plans that you build thing 32 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 4: in Mexico right now, and you think you're gonna get that, 33 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 4: you're gonna not hire Americans and you're gonna sell the cars. Now, 34 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 4: We're gonna put a one tower for every single car 35 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 4: that comes across the line, and you're not gonna be 36 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 4: able to sell those because if I get elected, Now, 37 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 4: if I don't get elected, it's gonna be a blood 38 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 4: bath for the whole that's gonna be the least of it. 39 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a blood bath for the country that'll 40 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:31,080 Speaker 1: be the least of it. The best shine, the best shine, 41 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: the best shined. 42 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: Shine. 43 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:48,960 Speaker 1: Explosive interview coming up with Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher in 44 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: just a few moments. Eddie Gallagher was imprisoned, was jailed, 45 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: was accused of killing Isis. That's why he was sent 46 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: to Iraq. Was being you used in a terrible, terrible 47 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: political situation, President Trump, came out in favor of Eddie 48 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: Gallagher and some folks well. President Trump came out in 49 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: favor of Eddie Gallagher and said he needs to be 50 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: released pending his trial. He deserves a fair trial or 51 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: actions conducted in war. He thought Dan Crenshaw would help him, 52 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 1: he says. Dan Crenshaw worked behind the scenes. A number 53 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: of members of Congress, he says, told him that Crenshaw 54 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: tried to keep him in jail before the trial. He 55 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: later won't meet with Dan Crenshaw. Grenshaw admitted that as 56 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: a video of that as well, and he's mad about it. 57 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: He was he was in danger of going to prison 58 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: for life for actions taken while he was in war. 59 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: And it turns out the prosecutor who prosecuted him was 60 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: stripped of all of his medals, which is the worst 61 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: punishment you can get as a military attorney in such 62 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: a case. And the whole case fell apart, and it 63 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: turns out that Eddie Gallagher was caught up in something 64 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,680 Speaker 1: that was far beyond him, forces, far beyond him. But 65 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: what Dan Crenshaw did to him, he says, is as 66 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: awful as you can possibly imagine, the sense of betrayal 67 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: of what he did. He's going to tell his story 68 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: coming up in just a few minutes. And what's interesting 69 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 1: is it's part of a pattern. David Goggins one of 70 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: the very few black Navy seals I've ever heard of 71 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:54,559 Speaker 1: who ends every YouTube video with stay hard, get out there, 72 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: Attack life. He was hired by the owner of the 73 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: Atlanta Hawks come and live with him for a month 74 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: and toughing up his family, and the guy wrote a book. 75 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 1: Jesse Ittzler wrote a book about that experience and how 76 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: the strength of character and discipline of David Goggins was 77 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 1: something he had never witnessed in his life before. David Goggins, 78 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: who is a walking Navy Seal recruitment ad because of 79 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: the things he's overcome and his attitude for life. You 80 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: can do anything if you have the grit and determination 81 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: to do it. David Goggins was insulted by Dan Crenshaw, 82 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 1: who said he's not really a seal. He doesn't do 83 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: seal stuff. He's just talking about running fifty miles and stuff. 84 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 1: Goggins shredded him. It's all online. You can see it 85 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: for yourself. Okay, so there's your second Navy seal that 86 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: Crenshaw Cringeshaw feels some need to tear down so that 87 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: he can be the only Navy seal. I guess in 88 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 1: public life than there's Sean Ryan. One of the biggest 89 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: podcasts in the world. Sean Ryan was asking questions, Hey, 90 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: is Dan Crenshaw insider trading? Is he trading stocks on 91 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 1: information that he gains as a member of Congress. He 92 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: asked the question. Crenshaw's lawyers did exactly what they did 93 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: to me. They sent him a cease and assist. We're 94 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: gonna sue you. We're gonna sue you. Don't talk about Dan. 95 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: We're going to sue you. Sean Ryan said, fine, sue me. 96 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:42,120 Speaker 1: There is your third Navy seal that Dan Crenshaw can't 97 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: get along with. Again, he fights with everyone, and it's 98 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: always some sense of betrayal, some sense of Weasley behavior. 99 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: Tucker Carlson asked questions about Dan Crenshaw a number of questions. 100 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: He asked questions about Crenshaw in Mexico, and it has 101 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: been reported and alleged that Crenshaw was drunk there and 102 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: was told that he wouldn't be allowed on a diplomatic 103 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 1: mission for a month. We can't ever seem to get 104 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: an answer out of congressional leadership out of it. Not 105 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: surprising the Republicans are going to protect one of their 106 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: own as to was he crass and crewed and drunk 107 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: and behaved in such a manner? Imagine this. If you're 108 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: a congressman, you already have a pretty wide latitude. Did 109 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: he behave so? I don't know, but there's videos about it. 110 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: There's a lot of people talking about it, and Sean 111 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:39,679 Speaker 1: Ryan talked about a number of things, asking about whether 112 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: he conducted insider trading. That's what Martha Stewart went to 113 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: prison for one time. There are allegations with regard to Crenshaw. Yeah, 114 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: I tightened up my language a little. Sure, I will 115 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: do that. I will do that. You're going to run 116 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: and get a bunch of lawyers. I know little thing 117 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: or two myself. Then Tucker Carlson asked questions about him, 118 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: and he tells a reporter on a hot mic, I'm 119 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: gonna kill that if I ever see that man, I'm 120 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 1: gonna kill him. What in a wall? Anyway? Eddie Gallagher 121 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: will be our guest coming up. 122 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 3: Hey, this is Tracy Bird, and I tip my hand 123 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 3: to the keeper the stone. 124 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:26,559 Speaker 2: And the salt. 125 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 1: I want you to imagine in your life. This isn't 126 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:35,679 Speaker 1: a screenplay, this isn't a stage production, this isn't a 127 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 1: sporting performance. I want you to imagine in your life, 128 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 1: whether you are a veteran or not, that you are 129 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 1: doing the most selfless thing you've ever done in your life, 130 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: feeling righteous about it, and in that process you are 131 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:57,520 Speaker 1: betrayed and imprisoned. You're put in a jail cell nine 132 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: months until a trial where you will serve for life. 133 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: You don't need to be a Navy sealed to understand 134 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: the concept that these guys are supposed to have a 135 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: very deep bond. There is a member of the US 136 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 1: Congress who's just been elected that year, it's twenty nineteen, 137 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 1: and you're hearing that he's going to help you, and 138 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: you come to find out that not only did he 139 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: not help your case, that when fifty members of Congress 140 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: signed a letter when the President supported your case, fifty 141 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: members of Congress five zero signed a letter for you 142 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 1: to be released so that you could prepare for trial. 143 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:39,400 Speaker 1: You find out, as Eddie Gallagher did, that Dan Crenshaw 144 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: was going to those members and telling them don't support him. 145 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: It's a fascinating video about all this online. You can 146 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: see all of this. Just look up Eddie gllaher Dan Crenshaw. 147 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: It's out there. There's a lot of people, especially in 148 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: the special ops communities, but not only in a lot 149 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: of people in the political community is talking about this. 150 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: And the video is I forget who the person is. 151 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,559 Speaker 1: He asked Dan Crenshaw, Well, well, why don't you sit 152 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: down with Eddie Gallagher and talk this out? Man demand 153 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: and Crenshall says, what is there to say? Well, yeah, 154 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: it feels like you helped try to keep him in 155 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:22,160 Speaker 1: prison for life and Crenshaw and the interviewer says, oop, 156 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 1: of all, I can't remember the guy's name. He says, 157 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:30,480 Speaker 1: the veteran community hates you. Crenshaw's response is not everyone 158 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 1: in the veteran community. Maybe the vet bros. Wow, So, 159 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: so you you fought with David Goggins because you don't 160 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: think he's Navy seal enough. You fought with John Ryan 161 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: because he asked a question about the stock trades You 162 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: made fair game by the way, the Free press asked 163 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: you about it, and you dropped an F bomb and said, okay, 164 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: so what we just won't make any money? Man? We don't. 165 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: We don't make very much money. Whoa WHOA dude? Is 166 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: that when you went to Congress? Tucker Carlson questioned him, 167 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: and he tells a reporter when he thinks to Mike 168 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 1: is offifver to cutch him, I'll kill him. He goes 169 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: to a town hall back in the district where a 170 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: little girl says, you referred to Jesus Christ as a 171 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 1: superman archetype, and he said, don't you question my faith 172 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: and the audience was blown away. There is Dan Crenshaw 173 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:25,440 Speaker 1: that when people see they realize this guy is not 174 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: who I thought he was. This is not the guy 175 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,679 Speaker 1: I campaigned very hard for, and I have a responsibility 176 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:33,320 Speaker 1: as to a lot of other people. And they felt 177 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 1: it to stand up and say he shouldn't go back 178 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: to Congress. We just happened to have the fortunate situation 179 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,680 Speaker 1: that we're not trying to elect a Ham Sandwich. Steve 180 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: Toath will make a great congressman. This is a this 181 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,840 Speaker 1: is a once in a generation opportunity to show a 182 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: member of Congress and every other member of Congress who's watching, 183 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: you can't behave that way and keep getting re elected 184 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,040 Speaker 1: just because you have all the money in the establishment. 185 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: Eddie Gallagher is that man who was imprisoned, who found 186 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,839 Speaker 1: himself in that situation. I heard one special opscod doing 187 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 1: a podcast where he said, of Eddie Gagher, my only 188 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: disagreement with Eddie Gllagher is I can't imagine how he 189 00:12:08,559 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: doesn't take more drastic actions. He's a more controlled man 190 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: than I am. Welcome to the program at A Gagher. Hey, 191 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: thank you for having me, folks. I'm going to tell 192 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,000 Speaker 1: you this story is so explosive it will blow your mind. 193 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: You won't be able to believe that this actually happened. Eddie. 194 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,920 Speaker 1: Let's start from I'm going to work in a reverse 195 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: linear fashion because I want to get to your background 196 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: and I want to get to all the ways that 197 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: you ended up where you were. But let's assume, for 198 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,960 Speaker 1: somebody that's about to walk in the office, you're in jail. 199 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,000 Speaker 1: You've been accused of of killing a little girl and 200 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: an old man on Father's Day. Isis perhaps did that? 201 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,920 Speaker 1: And you're sitting in jail rotting, not able to prepare 202 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: for your trial, and you're thinking that Dan Crenshaw will 203 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: help you, and then what happened. 204 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, so you're correct on that I was, yeah, sitting 205 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,320 Speaker 2: in prison facing those charges, and at that time, my 206 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 2: wife Andrea and my brother Shan were drastically taking measures 207 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,200 Speaker 2: to get people to notice what was going on. They 208 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 2: were going to Congress, talking to every congressman that they could, 209 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 2: at least my brother was at the time. In One 210 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 2: of the congressmen names that kept coming up, obviously was 211 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 2: Dan Crenshaw because he was a newly minted congressman and 212 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 2: he came from the same community as I did. So 213 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 2: when my brother went to him and asked if he 214 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 2: would support he got no answer the first couple of times, 215 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 2: and he kept going back and finally Dan told him, hey, 216 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 2: I'll let me look into it. I'll see what I 217 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 2: can do, which is a valid answer, right especially with 218 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,000 Speaker 2: the charges that I was facing. Would if I was 219 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 2: a congressman, I want to do a little digging in myself, 220 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 2: and obviously what you stated earlier, Yes, Eventually we ended 221 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 2: up getting fifty congressmen to sign a letter to release 222 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 2: me from prison so I could properly prepare for trial 223 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 2: because at the time, while I was locked up, I 224 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 2: was not afforded any of the rights a serviceman. 225 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: My service numbers. 226 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 2: Should be awarded, which is being able to talk to 227 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: my lawyers, getting medical visits, just simple stuff like that. 228 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 2: All that was taken from me. So these fifty congressmen 229 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: signed on to a letter to get me released from prison. 230 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 2: Dan Crenshaw would not sign that letter. Instead, he wrote 231 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,000 Speaker 2: his own letter saying that I belonged in prison to 232 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 2: keep me in prison, but just to have afford me 233 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 2: to write that I deserve, which is talk to my lawyers. 234 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:11,560 Speaker 1: He didn't believe you would ever know about that letter. 235 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: Did he say that again? Did he believe that? You 236 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 1: know what? I'll ask you this question coming up in 237 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: just a moment. Edie allaghery is our guest the Michael 238 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:24,640 Speaker 1: Berry Show. While in war, he got caught up in 239 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: some really, really nasty politics. We've seen this happen before, 240 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: and he would eventually go to trial and he would 241 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,360 Speaker 1: be acquitted. It was determined that he was not guilty, 242 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: but it put him through hell. That's not why we're 243 00:14:37,880 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: talking to him. We're talking to him because the last 244 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: thing you would expect is another guy from the teams, 245 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: another Navy seal would betray you. And he says, that's 246 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: exactly what happened. Eddie gallaghery fifty members of Congress wrote 247 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: a letter asking that you'd be released so that you 248 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,880 Speaker 1: could prepare for your trial where you were facing life 249 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:01,440 Speaker 1: in prison. And Dan Krinsch did not. He wrote his 250 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: own letter. Did he know did he expect that you 251 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:08,160 Speaker 1: would find out about that letter? Was it done in secrecy? No, 252 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: it was not done in secrecy. 253 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 2: As a matter of fact, when we found out, when 254 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,400 Speaker 2: my wife and brother found out he was writing that 255 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 2: second letter, they messaged him and said, please do not 256 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 2: do this letter. Do not send it in because it's 257 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 2: distracting from the other letter the other fifty congressman signed, 258 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 2: and Dan did not listen to them. He did it anyways, 259 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 2: submitted it and it ended up not working. The original 260 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 2: letter of the fifty congressman signed worked. I was released 261 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 2: from prison, and at that point we decided to write 262 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 2: Dan Crenshaw off. We were like, we're no longer going 263 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 2: to ask him for help, and so we continued on, 264 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 2: and like you said, I went to trial, was acquitted 265 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 2: of all charges, and it wasn't until after I had retired. 266 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 2: We went to Congress to thank the fifty congressman for 267 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,520 Speaker 2: signing that letter, and while I was there, I was 268 00:15:56,520 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 2: pulled aside by numerous Congressman Matt Gates, Ralph Norman, Louis Gohmert, 269 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 2: and they all expressed concern. They said, hey, we want 270 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 2: to let you know that Dan Crenshaw was actively working 271 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 2: against you. That they told he was telling other congressmen 272 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 2: to butt out that it was not their community, it 273 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 2: was his, and that he would handle it and that 274 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: I belonged in prison. And so when I heard that 275 00:16:19,560 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 2: from these congressmen, that's when my wife and I talked 276 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,800 Speaker 2: about it, and I said, should we let people know 277 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: that this happened. And even then we didn't put anything 278 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 2: out about it. We're like, you know what, he's a politician. 279 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 2: We didn't expect anything less really, even though he comes 280 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,360 Speaker 2: from our community, and we'll just carry on with our lives. 281 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 2: And it wasn't until a couple of years later when 282 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 2: he started badmouthing me on two other seals, one being 283 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 2: David Goggins. He was messaging David Goggins and saying all 284 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,520 Speaker 2: sorts of stuff about me, and David Goggins sent me 285 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 2: that message, and that's when my wife and I decided, 286 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 2: you know what, we need to do a video and 287 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 2: just let people know what Dan's true character is. 288 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: It's been alleged that he was messaging David Goggins positively 289 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 1: about liking him and thinking he's great, and then all 290 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: the while also went and trash gate David Goggins as well, 291 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: saying I don't see that he's a real seal. He 292 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:19,120 Speaker 1: just talks about Ran the sense of betrayal. And then 293 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: there is the Sean Ryan issue where Sean Ryan asked 294 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: questions which we should do of Dan Crenshaw's behavior, and 295 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: then he has his lawyers cease and assist. I also 296 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: got a cease and assist over the same issue, and 297 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: Sean Ryan said that either Sean Ryan or his lawyer 298 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 1: spoke with Grenshaw's lawyers and they said they said, Sean 299 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 1: Ryan or his lawyers said, what are you doing with 300 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: these lawsuits? This is ridiculous. They said, Oh, we don't 301 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: actually sue anybody. We just try to intimidate them to 302 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 1: stop talking about Dan. This pattern continues again and again 303 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: and again. You know, your issue was twenty nineteen, he 304 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,439 Speaker 1: was a new congressman, but this issue has continued throughout 305 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: the course of his time. Eddie Gallagher, I want to 306 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 1: go back to your case that was twenty nineteen. I 307 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: saw an interview that you did. It was a YouTube, 308 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: some video you were talking about. You were at an 309 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 1: event and you're walking down the hallway and you spot 310 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: him coming down the hallway and he drops his head 311 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:19,000 Speaker 1: and avoids averts your eye. He cannot make eye contact 312 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: with you, he cannot speak to you. Can you tell 313 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:22,760 Speaker 1: that story? Sure? 314 00:18:23,040 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 2: Yeah. It wasn't too long after I retired. And actually 315 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 2: this was after I had already found out that Dan 316 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: was working against me, when the accomplishman told me, and 317 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 2: I saw him at a Turning Point USA event in 318 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 2: the morning, and I honestly just wanted to go up 319 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 2: and talk to him and find out why he took 320 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 2: the actions that he did. Just team got a team guy. 321 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,439 Speaker 2: But as soon as he saw me, he put his 322 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,000 Speaker 2: head down and scurried right past me as fast as 323 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 2: he could with his little entourage. And that was the 324 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 2: first time I tried to actually establish some kind of 325 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 2: communications with him to find out why he was doing 326 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 2: the things he did. I've over the past five years, 327 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 2: I've given ample opportunity to talk to him behind closed 328 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 2: doors publicly whatever he wanted to do, just to hash 329 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 2: things out, and each and every time that it is offered, 330 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,959 Speaker 2: he instead of actually talking to me, he goes and 331 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 2: bad mouths me and some other former fashion I have 332 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: a litany of text messages from other companies friends that 333 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 2: I have, or Dan reaches out to them telling them 334 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 2: that they're not allowed to talk to me, that they 335 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 2: should not be working with me or be friends with me. 336 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 2: I mean, it gets that petty, and so we've never 337 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 2: I've never had the chance to sit down with him 338 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: and talk face to face. By what I do think 339 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 2: is kind of funny, Mike. Is that just the other day, 340 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 2: when Steve Toth announced that I would be coming out 341 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 2: to Dan's district to speak the truth about what his 342 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 2: you know, his character flaws. I received a letter in 343 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: the mail two days before I flew out here, and 344 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 2: it was from Dan, the first time he's ever reached out. 345 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 2: And in that letter there is no accountability. It is 346 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:04,560 Speaker 2: all that, oh, this has been a big miscommunication and 347 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 2: that you don't really understand what I was trying to do. 348 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,240 Speaker 2: You know, Dan, I'll say this, out of all the 349 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 2: allegations that have come across these past five years, when 350 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,160 Speaker 2: you've brought it up with Sean Ryan Tuckercarls and all 351 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:18,679 Speaker 2: these things. 352 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,159 Speaker 1: You know, no man is perfect. 353 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 2: Everybody makes mistakes, but the inability to hold yourself accountable 354 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 2: is a huge character flaw. And I can tell you know, 355 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 2: you can look at and look in the past any 356 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 2: man with power, if you see his fall, it's usually 357 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: due to one thing, and that's the inability to control 358 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 2: one's ego. And that's what we have with Dan Crenshaw. 359 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,879 Speaker 2: Pride go with before a fall. There is a level 360 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 2: of hubris and pride and arrogance and anger that are 361 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 2: the combustible mix of Cringshaw that make him such a 362 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 2: troubling He's also duplicitous. 363 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:53,880 Speaker 1: He's two faces. I want to go back the idea. 364 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: You know, he could have chosen not to help you, 365 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:59,919 Speaker 1: and that would have been dirty. But he didn't just 366 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 1: choose not to help you. You said you learned from 367 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 1: credible sources other members of Congress that he was working 368 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 1: to keep you in jail. This isn't whether you would 369 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: be punished for what you were accused of. We'll get 370 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: to that. You you were acquitted that the trial, the 371 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:17,200 Speaker 1: prosecutors were stripped of their medals. This was a very 372 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: political case, one of the Navy seals that was supposed 373 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: to be the witness breaks down on trial. All of 374 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,239 Speaker 1: that aside, and he knew all that he had to 375 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,640 Speaker 1: because as a member of Congress and a Navy seal, 376 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: he could have called the Department of Defense and gotten 377 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: a briefing on this. And yet he chose not only 378 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: to not get involved, but to actively get involved to 379 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: try to ruin you. This is not being dramatic here. 380 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: This is literally trying to ruin you. 381 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:45,200 Speaker 2: Yes, And you know, I think that's that's politics in 382 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 2: a nutshell right there. 383 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: Oh, I know, I disagree, Eddie. I've known a lot 384 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,479 Speaker 1: of politicians. I've known a lot of politicis. This is 385 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 1: dirty on a level. I really don't know how you 386 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: keep your cool. You are a much better man than 387 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:57,679 Speaker 1: I ever could be. 388 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:03,160 Speaker 2: I got I pray every day for patients and that's 389 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 2: what God gives me. 390 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: It's amazing. It's amazing. Eddie Gallagher and I will be 391 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 1: together tonight at a Steve Toath event. You can go 392 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: to Steve to Tth's campaign website to find out where 393 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: and the time more with our guest Eddie Gallagher, Navy 394 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 1: Seal Kmrene. He's the Michael Barry Show. Eddie Gallagher is 395 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: known as is what is known as a lifer, having 396 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,439 Speaker 1: spent not just one tour one term. He served in Iraq, 397 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 1: he served in Afghanistan. He has multiple trainings. He went 398 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: to the United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper School. He 399 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:44,119 Speaker 1: became a seal after graduating. Buds where's the special warfare 400 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: insignia two bronze stars. This guy's a hero within the military. 401 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: They don't like that term. And to find out that 402 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 1: you were betrayed, as he says he was, by Dan Crenshaw, 403 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,119 Speaker 1: a guy parading around in Congress as a war or 404 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,400 Speaker 1: a veteran who seems to fight with everybody, every other 405 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: Navy seal than anyone else. I can't imagine. And I 406 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: admire the fact that through prayer you've been able to 407 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:16,639 Speaker 1: retain this sense of of this sense of calm. It's 408 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: it's powerful. I read that your nickname is Blade. Is 409 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: that true? 410 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's one of the nicknames. 411 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: Do you care to share the others? Eddie Gallagher, share 412 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: the story of how how I got that name? No, 413 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,199 Speaker 1: you said that's one of the names. Do you have 414 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 1: other nicknames that we need to know about? 415 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,159 Speaker 2: Oh fast, Eddie is the other one. 416 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: Okay, all right, yeah, sure, tell the story about how 417 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: you came to be known as as Blade. 418 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 2: Actually that that story is probably better not told publicly, 419 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 2: but I'll just know. 420 00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 1: What Yeah, yeah, let's let's do that. 421 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:50,360 Speaker 2: A long time ago. 422 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,960 Speaker 1: I will be with Eddie Gallagher tonight at a Steve 423 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: Toaf campaign event. Both of us believe in this cause 424 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,480 Speaker 1: and that's why we're there. You can go to the 425 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 1: Steve Toath campaign online find out where it is. It 426 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 1: may be sold out. This the only reason. I say 427 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,440 Speaker 1: maybe at capacity, So that's the only reason I'm sending 428 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: you there. They get rather than giving the day. How 429 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: did you get involved with Steve Toath, who, by the way, 430 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,600 Speaker 1: I've known for many years, long before he ran for Congress, 431 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: and know him to be a good, decent, honorable, honest man. 432 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:20,399 Speaker 1: And not only is he an alternative to Crenshaw, I 433 00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 1: would support him if it was an open seat. I 434 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: think he's that type of man. But how did you 435 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:26,600 Speaker 1: get involved with him? Yeah? 436 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: So I through a mutual friend of ours, Chad Robershaw, 437 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 2: had told me that Steve Toath was running against Dan, 438 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,920 Speaker 2: or deciding to run against Dan. So we had connected 439 00:24:37,359 --> 00:24:39,680 Speaker 2: over the phone, and I had invited him out to 440 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: come on my podcast in Florida because I really wanted 441 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 2: to get to know the man who was going to 442 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 2: be running against Dan. I was excited that someone was 443 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 2: running against him, but I wanted to know where Steve 444 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 2: stood on his value and beliefs. And so I got 445 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 2: to spend time with him and his lovely wife for 446 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 2: a couple of days, and I share your same thoughts. 447 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 2: He's just a good human being. He's a man who 448 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 2: stands behind his values and beliefs and does not budge 449 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 2: on them. And so when I after the first couple 450 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 2: of days of hanging out with him, I couldn't have 451 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 2: been more excited that he was a man who was 452 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: going to replace Dan. 453 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 1: When when you see Dan Crinshaw in public, parading around 454 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: as you know, war hero, warmonger, all of these things, 455 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: does that bother you or have you moved on? How 456 00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 1: do you? How do you view that? 457 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 2: No, anything Dan does does not really bother me. You know, 458 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 2: It's what bothers me is the fact that he is 459 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 2: representing not only the Seal community, but he's representing his 460 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 2: constituents in such a manner to where he does not 461 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 2: like we talked about earlier take accountability for his mistakes, 462 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 2: you know, and I think just you know, I think 463 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 2: you admitted it, and I think a lot of other people. 464 00:25:51,840 --> 00:25:54,240 Speaker 2: You know, we had high expectations for Dan when he 465 00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 2: came into office, because he came from the seal background, 466 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 2: because he sacrificed for this country. But you know, we 467 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 2: do not measure a leader by yesterday's valor while ignoring 468 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:06,560 Speaker 2: his decisions today. So you know, we should judge him 469 00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 2: by the direction he is taking us now, and by 470 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,119 Speaker 2: the battles that he chooses now, and by whether his 471 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 2: actions today still reflect the values he asked us to trust. 472 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 2: And I think, you know, if the past five years 473 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 2: has shown us anything that Dan does not embody the 474 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 2: values that he ran on. He's continually making mistakes and 475 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 2: continually not holding himself accountable for it. He's letting his 476 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,600 Speaker 2: ego get the better of him. And the oath we 477 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,480 Speaker 2: owe to our country is not to a man's history, 478 00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,360 Speaker 2: but to our future. And when a man's leaders, when 479 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 2: a leader's present conduct no longer earns that trust, the 480 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 2: hole response is not loyalty, it's accountability. 481 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,320 Speaker 1: He said a lot. What made you want to serve? 482 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,680 Speaker 2: I think it's a It's brought into me pretty much 483 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,119 Speaker 2: every every male in my and my family has served, 484 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 2: and so you know, I grew up an omni brat. 485 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,480 Speaker 2: I was around it. My dad was in the army 486 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 2: for twenty twenty four years, and I think it was 487 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 2: just something that in our family it looks at as 488 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: a thing of honor. You should serve your country. If 489 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 2: you want to live in this country, you should serve 490 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 2: it in some manner so you can earn your spot here. 491 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 1: And you did just about everything, and you've been honored 492 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:23,479 Speaker 1: with just about every merit. When you look back on 493 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 1: your service, obviously some awful things were done to you. 494 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,960 Speaker 1: And I've seen this happen with guys who serve in 495 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,600 Speaker 1: the politics behind it. Did that sour your sense of 496 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: service that you had to go through that living hell? 497 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: Not one bit. 498 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 2: I've been asked that question numerous times before. No, I 499 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 2: don't regret ever signing up to serve my country. As 500 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 2: a matter of fact, I have My oldest son is 501 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 2: in the Marine Corps right now. He's serving this country, 502 00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,879 Speaker 2: and my youngest is starting to think about it. You know, 503 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 2: what happened to me is not you know, due to 504 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,200 Speaker 2: the military it's just due to bad leaders that were 505 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 2: put in place, and that's it. And you can get 506 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 2: that in any organization. 507 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,359 Speaker 1: I've seen that happen with police officers who were wronged. 508 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 1: I've seen that happen in many, many capacities where good 509 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: men and women were wronged by bad people while doing 510 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,359 Speaker 1: good work for the best of intentions. Dan Crenshaw got 511 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: involved to try to keep you in jail, you say, 512 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 1: and before your trial where you were at risk of 513 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,520 Speaker 1: serving life in a case where others changed their testimony, 514 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 1: broke down on trial on the stand and said no, no, 515 00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 1: he didn't do anything wrong. The prosecutor was reprimanded after all. 516 00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: That's awful what you went through. One of the things 517 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: that has been alleged out of all of this is 518 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: that President Trump joined with the fifty members of Congress 519 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: who were looking for your case. We're looking for you 520 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:45,280 Speaker 1: to be released so you could prepare for the trial. 521 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: Who found your case to be one that deserved more attention, 522 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: and that Crenshaw perhaps his hatred of Trump was the 523 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: reason that he was involved. On the other side, do 524 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 1: you think there's anything to that. 525 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,520 Speaker 2: I can't say for certain that that's why he created 526 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 2: that second letter was his hatred for Trump. What I 527 00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 2: truly believe is that Dan Crenshaw is an institutionalist and 528 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 2: he was going to do whatever the Institution of Naval 529 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:15,040 Speaker 2: Special Warfare was doing at that time. And at that time, 530 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 2: the leadership of Naval SCHUS Special Warfare was targeting me 531 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 2: and wanting to put me away for life, and so Dan, 532 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 2: I believe, was talking to them and just doing their bidding. 533 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: It's interesting, isn't it How institutions like this find people 534 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 1: like you expendable, necessary, critical until the moment that you're 535 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 1: expendable and useful for another end. And yet there's always 536 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: a guy like a Crenshaw willing to serve that interest 537 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: for his own. It's a bad movie plot. Let me 538 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 1: crap on this guy and ruin his life, because then 539 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 1: I'll win favor with the institution. Eddie Gallagher, I look 540 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: forward to spending some time with you this evening on 541 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 1: behalf of Steve Toth and shaking your hand and thanking 542 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: you for your service good sir, So thank you for 543 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: having me on