1 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Welcome in this Verdict with Ted Cruz, the Weekend Review. 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,040 Speaker 1: Ben Ferguson with you, and we had some very big 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 1: stories that you may have missed that we talked about 4 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 1: this week. First up, usaid the abuse that has been 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: found out of our government tax dollars going to corrupt organizations, 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:23,480 Speaker 1: even to terrorists, is now all being exposed because. 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:25,080 Speaker 2: Of Elon musk In Doge. 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: So what do we found out. We'll give you the 9 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: list in just a moment. Also, what are the needs 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: of Israel? Well, Benjamin nette Yahu set down with Senator 11 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz for about two hours talking about exactly what's 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: happening in Israel and what they need from us. We'll 13 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: break all that down for you as well. And finally, 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: it's going to be a new day at the FBI 15 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:51,879 Speaker 1: if caspitel can get the votes needed this week. So 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: what did he have to say to Senator Cruz. 17 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 2: We have that for you. 18 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 1: It is the Weekend Review and it starts right now. 19 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: People that in this show and conservatives out there said okay, 20 00:01:03,160 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: let's let everybody know where your tax hours is going. 21 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: After Elon must and Doge yet again blowing the whistle, 22 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:12,640 Speaker 1: they're gonna I mean, they got to be exhausted because 23 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,960 Speaker 1: they're finding so much waste, fraud and abuse in our government. 24 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: And a perfect. 25 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 1: Example of this is US A I D and some 26 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: of the abuse that they found walk us through it. 27 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 3: Well, I gotta say Elon Musk is doing a fantastic job. 28 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: He is working around the clock at at DOGE and 29 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 3: and really focused on on reining in government spending and 30 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,760 Speaker 3: reining in the absolute abuse, the abuse that you would 31 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 3: never see in a private company, but but yet in 32 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 3: in government is is commonplace. And it is a result 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: of politicians funding their their their own political hobbyhorse, their 34 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 3: own political pet project. And and so I got to say, 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 3: what one of the areas that that that Doge in 36 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 3: the new White House has done is freeze funding at 37 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 3: US A I D and. And Democrats in the media 38 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 3: have been losing their minds over this, have been lighting 39 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: their hair on fire. In fact, a bunch of Democrats 40 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,639 Speaker 3: went to the USAID offices to storm the offices this week, 41 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 3: which was really pretty ridiculous. But but they're really they're 42 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 3: very very upset about it. 43 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: They're not set by the way about the abuse of 44 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,239 Speaker 1: the money and the fraud. Then there they're just upset 45 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: that they've lost their power. 46 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 3: Right, Well, they're upset that the abuse is stopping. But 47 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 3: you know, when reporters have asked me about it, I've said, listen, uh. 48 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 3: The president got a mandate from the American people, and 49 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 3: part of the mandate is to stop the out of 50 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 3: control spending in debt, and the USAID engages in all 51 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 3: sorts of abuse. Let me give you some of the examples. 52 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 3: USI ai D spent one point five million dollars for 53 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 3: advancing DEI in Serbia's workplaces. They spent two million dollars 54 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 3: for sex changes in Guatemala. They spent six million dollars 55 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 3: for tourism in Egypt. They paid for quote hundreds of 56 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:08,519 Speaker 3: thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda affiliated fighters 57 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 3: in Syria. They gave funding for the production of opium, 58 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:22,120 Speaker 3: the primary ingredient in heroin in Afghanistan, which benefited the Taliban. Yeah, 59 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 3: they spent one million dollars to help disabled people in 60 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 3: Tajikistan become quote climate leaders. They spent one million dollars 61 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: for Hamas linked charity. And they spent fifteen million dollars 62 00:03:40,800 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 3: for contraceptives and condoms in Taliban controlled Afghanistan. This is 63 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 3: all nonsense. This is a waste, and there's a reason 64 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 3: Elon Musk is going after it. There's a reason President 65 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 3: Trump is going after it. And there's a reason Democrats 66 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 3: in the press are horrified that this gravy train is stopping. 67 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: It is a gravy train, and it's a very, very 68 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 1: big one that's costing taxpayers massive amounts of money. Elon 69 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: Musk said early on that he thought there was probably 70 00:04:10,560 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: like ten percent waste in our government. He's now changing 71 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: those numbers. I want to get your reaction. He's saying 72 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: it could be well above twenty percent. 73 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's massive waste, and it is by design. Understand, 74 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 3: it's not just that they picked things out of a hat. 75 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 3: These are all ideological. This is the agenda of the 76 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 3: radical left. They're funding the agenda of the radical left. 77 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 3: But it shouldn't be the taxpayers paying for this nonsense. 78 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 3: And let me give you an example of one of 79 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: the ones that I found frankly funniest AOC Alexandria Kja 80 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 3: Cortez went off on Elon Musk this week, and listen 81 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:52,480 Speaker 3: to what she says. Her argument is that Elon Musk 82 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:54,400 Speaker 3: is a dummy, give a listen. 83 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 4: This dude is probably one of the most unintelligent billionaires 84 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 4: have ever met or seen are witnessed, which you know, 85 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 4: you can probably even glean that from watching these people 86 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 4: on TV. Anyways, all of that is to say is 87 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 4: that they don't do their homework. Clearly like they're putting 88 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 4: nineteen year olds in at the Treasury. This dude is 89 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 4: not smart. And the danger in not in the lack 90 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 4: of intelligence and the lack of expertise that Elon has. 91 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 4: I mean, this guy is one of the most morally 92 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 4: vacant but also just least knowledgeable about these systems that 93 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:48,279 Speaker 4: we really know of. But the point is is that 94 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 4: what that means is that they're going to hit a button. Inevitably, 95 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 4: they are going to hit a button and things can 96 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 4: go sid. 97 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: I mean this, this is one of those moments where 98 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 1: you actually get to watch that, you know what, the 99 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 1: sausage being made in her brain. She's making it up 100 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: and pausing as she goes to try to figure out 101 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: a way to hit a guy that's having massive success 102 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: at saving taxpayers dollars. 103 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:19,919 Speaker 3: Look, I gotta say I laughed out loud when I 104 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:23,919 Speaker 3: listened to that and watch that it should be a 105 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 3: Saturday Night Live skit. Of course, Saturdayight Live wouldn't actually 106 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: make fun of liberals, so they wouldn't show it. But listen, 107 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 3: you can criticize Elon Musk on all sorts of fronts, 108 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 3: but the one front you can't criticize him on is 109 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 3: being a dummy. I've spent a ton of time with Elon. Listen, 110 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 3: I've been blessed, Ben. I have known a lot of 111 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:48,480 Speaker 3: brilliant people. I've known antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas and 112 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 3: Chief Justice William Renquist. I have known brilliant, brilliant scientists 113 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 3: and world leaders, and I believe Elon Musk, this is, 114 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 3: without exaggeration, is is the most brilliant man I've ever met. 115 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 3: And I've spent a lot of time with Elon. If 116 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 3: you think about the distribution of intelligence, you assume roughly 117 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: eight billion people on planet Earth. Intelligence is distributed along 118 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 3: a bell curve. Someone is at the bleeding edge of 119 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 3: that bell curve, and I think Elon Musk is that person. 120 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 3: And I mean I've sat with him for two three, 121 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 3: three and a half hours talking with him, and it's 122 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: fascinating watching his brain work because the guy it's not 123 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 3: even that he thinks outside the box. He doesn't know 124 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 3: there is a box. And so, listening to AOC say 125 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 3: he's unintelligent, I got to say, it reminded me of 126 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,920 Speaker 3: a scene from from my favorite movie, This One. And 127 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: so give a listen to what AOC was saying. And 128 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 3: she was really she was channeling the Sini. Give a 129 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 3: listen good, that's smart. Let me put it this way. 130 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 5: Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? 131 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 3: Yes, morons, So that's AOC. Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, elon musk morons. AOC. 132 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 3: She knows what's right. 133 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 4: Now. 134 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation, 135 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 1: you can go back and listen to the full podcast 136 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: from earlier this week. 137 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 2: Now onto story number two, let's talk about. 138 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: The humanitarian side of this and the real need needs 139 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:33,720 Speaker 1: of the people in Israel. What did BB say from 140 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: that standpoint? Because there is obviously a great humanitarian need 141 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 1: we're talking about all this money with dods that we're 142 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: finding that we're giving to all these people, many of 143 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 1: them that are just waste and fraud and abuse and 144 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:49,079 Speaker 1: absurd things like transndered plays in certain countries. When you know, 145 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: as an American, I don't mind helping our allies in 146 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: times of need. 147 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 2: Israel is a great example of this. 148 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: There is so much money, though that's being used in 149 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: such fraudulent ways that I do think there's a hesitancy 150 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: now to just say, Okay, what do you need because 151 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: it seems like everyone was taking from us and abusing it. 152 00:09:07,520 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: I think Israel is very different, and that's why I 153 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:10,679 Speaker 1: want to bring this up. 154 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 2: But what are the needs? 155 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 3: So let me say, do you know what the amount 156 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 3: of economic aid and assistance is that we give to Israel? 157 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 3: How much? Zero dollars and zero cents. We do not 158 00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 3: provide economic aid to Israel. Israel's not asking us for 159 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: money to feed its citizens. Israel's not asking for money 160 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,520 Speaker 3: to provide housing or cloth it citizens. Israel's not asking 161 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 3: for money for relief. The only assistance the United States 162 00:09:40,679 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 3: provides to Israel is military aid. Each year, we provide 163 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 3: roughly three billion dollars in military assistance. But that's we 164 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 3: do no economic assistance. We're not paying welfare. We are 165 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,360 Speaker 3: providing military assistance. And do you know why we do that? 166 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 3: Why this is something critically important to understand. We provide 167 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 3: military assistance to Israel because it is good for America Israel. 168 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 3: Think about this for a second. Everyone who hates Israel 169 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 3: hates America bingo. And by the way, those who hate 170 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 3: Jews hate Christians, and everyone who Israel is fighting against 171 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 3: they're doing so to protect Israel. 172 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: Of course, Well there's a reason why it's almost simultaneous. 173 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: You hear death to Israel chance and death America chance. 174 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: A lot of times they are intertwined. 175 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 3: The Ayahtola refers to Israel as the little Satan and 176 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 3: America as the great Satan. And so listen. One of 177 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 3: the things I said to Bibie, and I've said this 178 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 3: to him many times, I said, thank you, thank you 179 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 3: for killing terrorists, for taking out Hamas, for taking out Hezbela. 180 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 3: These are lunatics that want to murder Israelis, and they 181 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 3: want to murder Americans, and they have Look. October seventh 182 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 3: was a horrific terrorist attack against Israel, but it was 183 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 3: also a horrific terrorist attack against America. Many Americans were killed, 184 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 3: many Americans were taken hostage. And so we provide military 185 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 3: aid to Israel because it keeps America safer, and it 186 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 3: also is incredibly frugal, as a monetary matter because the 187 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 3: benefits we get from Israeli intelligence. The Masad is one 188 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 3: of the most effective and potent intelligence networks in the world. 189 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 3: And the Massad has incredible intelligence on hesblood Hamas, on Iran, 190 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:41,079 Speaker 3: on al Kaeda and Isis and all enemies of Israel, 191 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 3: but also enemies of American Historically, they have shared that 192 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 3: intelligence with us. If we tried to recreate the benefits 193 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 3: we get from Israeli intelligence in their military, it wouldn't 194 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 3: cost US three billion dollars a year. It would cost 195 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 3: us tens of billions of dollars a year. And so 196 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 3: we make that investment because it keeps America safe, and 197 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 3: they spend that investment to be very clear on taking 198 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 3: out the people who want to kill Americans. 199 00:12:11,400 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: When you look at the money and you look at 200 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: what's happening, and you look at the meeting today that 201 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 1: you had and the needs that are there, I think 202 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: there's a couple of just overall themes. One, Israel now 203 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: knows that America does in fact have their back. Two, 204 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: they can start sharing intelligence and talk about honest plans 205 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: to protect Israel in America because they can trust this administration. 206 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: And that seems to be maybe the most valuable part 207 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: of this three We both have a true, genuine agreement 208 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: in our foreign policy that we must stop Iran from 209 00:12:48,120 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: gaining that nuclear weapon. 210 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 2: And that also means now you've. 211 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: Got to figure out how you're going to stop it 212 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: from happening, and that could be using military prowess to 213 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: do it, Which brings me my fine question to you. 214 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,320 Speaker 1: Donald Trump's a guy that has been very proud about saying, 215 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 1: I haven't started any wars, I get us out of wars, 216 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: and I try to end them. Would you look at 217 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,199 Speaker 1: this as a war or more of a just a 218 00:13:14,280 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: straight up attack on a nuclear weapons site. 219 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 2: How should Americans look at this? 220 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 3: Well, listen, it's important to understand President Trump is right, 221 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 3: he has not started any wars. We did not have it. 222 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 3: In fact, he ended wars. He inherited the war with 223 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 3: ISIS from Barack Obama. ISIS had a caliphate, had territory 224 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 3: about the size of the state of Indiana, and Trump 225 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 3: within months defeated ISIS altogether and ended that war. Because 226 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 3: they were defeated and conquered the caliphate. There are some 227 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: who try to say that America First foreign policy is isolationist, 228 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 3: is just withdrawing from the world and not engaging with 229 00:13:52,280 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 3: our enemies. That has not been the foreign policy of 230 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 3: Donald Trump. It's worth remembering that when President Trump in 231 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 3: his first term, he gave the order to take out 232 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 3: General Solimani, the the Iranian leader responsible for the murder 233 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 3: of over six hundred American servicemen and women, the Iranian 234 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 3: leader who had played a critical part in planning planning 235 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 3: terrorist attacks against the United States and against Israel for years. 236 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 3: And Solomoni, along with Nozrala, we're probably the two most 237 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 3: important terrorist leaders on the face of the planet. And 238 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 3: President Trump ordered General Solimani taken out, and Prime Minister 239 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 3: net and Yahoo ordered Nosralla taken out, and now neither 240 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 3: one of them are able to threaten America or Israel. 241 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 1: It's incredible. I'm glad that you guys got to have 242 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: this meeting. I also just am really thankful as you 243 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: described it, that now I think Israel can trust that 244 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: they have a partner in the US and they're not 245 00:14:57,120 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 1: trying to They're not having to hide from the United 246 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,119 Speaker 1: States what the are trying to accomplish. 247 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: And we have the same goals. 248 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 3: Yes, and and by the way, another aspect of it. 249 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 3: So look the efforts to attack Israel, you saw them 250 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 3: directly through terrorism through October seventh. You saw them through 251 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 3: Hamas and hezbla Uh and and to be clear, the 252 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 3: Biden administration was responsible for a very substantial part of 253 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 3: the funding for that October seventh attack. But but you 254 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 3: also saw it through law fair through using international institutions 255 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,760 Speaker 3: to go after Israel. And one of the most profound 256 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 3: examples of the that is the International Criminal Court, which 257 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 3: which has has indicted Bibi Uh for committing war crimes 258 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 3: and and and that decision is grotesquely false. It was 259 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 3: an anti Semitic attack on Israel. But but it is 260 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 3: also a profound threat to America. Israel is not a 261 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: party UH to the International Criminal Court, neither is American 262 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 3: and the International Criminal Court there's a real risk of 263 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 3: it being used to go after American officials and American soldiers. 264 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,080 Speaker 3: The same enemies of Israel want to use the ICC 265 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 3: to accuse American soldiers of committing war crimes when we 266 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 3: stand up to terrorists. And so you know, just just 267 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 3: a few days ago in Congress, we voted on legislation 268 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 3: to sanction the International Critical Criminal Court. And I'll tell 269 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,240 Speaker 3: you it was really sad. Every Democrat in the Senate 270 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 3: except one except John Fetterman voted no. They all voted 271 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 3: against Israel. Amazing And to be clear. 272 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 2: Is there going to be hell to pay politically you 273 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 2: think for this? 274 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: I mean, the Democratic Party has become really a lot 275 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 1: of their leaders are just strit up anti Semitic. 276 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 2: Is there going to be hell to pay for that 277 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 2: at some point? 278 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 3: Well, there hasn't been so far, and the Democrats feel 279 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 3: that there are no consequences. Chuck Schumer was among the 280 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 3: leaders who who met with net and Yahoo and was 281 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 3: trying to give excuses for why he and all the 282 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:11,600 Speaker 3: other Democrats voted against sanctioning the ICC. Today, President Trump 283 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: issued sanctions as president, and they were very strong sanctions. 284 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 3: That's one thing Bib was very happy about is he 285 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,199 Speaker 3: now had a president that would stand up to the 286 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 3: International Criminal Court for going after him. Look, Bib is 287 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 3: not able to travel to much of Europe because they're 288 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,399 Speaker 3: European nations who have threatened they will arrest bebe if 289 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 3: he steps foot on their soil. That is a profound 290 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,439 Speaker 3: attack on the government of Israel. Think about it that 291 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,200 Speaker 3: there are many European countries that he simply won't go to. Now, 292 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 3: let me ask a simple question to anyone listening. Trump 293 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 3: sanctioned the ICC today, Why didn't Joe Biden the ICC 294 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 3: did this under Biden's presidency. And the answer is, I 295 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 3: think the Biden administration wanted the ICC to go after 296 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 3: Benjamin Netton Yahoo. And I think we're going to see 297 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 3: facts come to light in the weeks and months ahead 298 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 3: that show some real complicity of the Biden administration for 299 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 3: the law fare attacking Israel, and that really underscores the 300 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 3: difference one election can make. And thank god, we have 301 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 3: a president now who will stand up for America and 302 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 3: who will stand up and stand alongside Israel as before. 303 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,080 Speaker 1: If you want to hear the rest of this conversation 304 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,679 Speaker 1: on this topic, you can go back and dow the 305 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: podcast from earlier this week to hear the entire thing. 306 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: I want to get back to the big story number 307 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: three of the week you may have missed. I want 308 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,919 Speaker 1: to move on to another big issue, and that is 309 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: confirmation hearings. Cash Betels was at the end of last 310 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: week as well, and we are now seeing a lot 311 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,119 Speaker 1: of people that are getting their audios. 312 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 2: See you later. 313 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for serving you're out of a job in the 314 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 1: deep state. This is another reason why we need to 315 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,879 Speaker 1: get cash hotel in there quickly. 316 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 2: Let's talk about where that is. 317 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: And also you had a very interesting back and forth 318 00:19:00,520 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 1: with him over some of the things that the left 319 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: is trying to attack him on. 320 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 3: Well, the hearing, the Democrats went after cash Patel furiously. 321 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:16,920 Speaker 3: As I said on Hannity last week, the hearing reminded 322 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,679 Speaker 3: me of Shakespeare's Macbeth. It was a tale told by 323 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 3: an idiot, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing. 324 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 3: The Democrats did not get any traction. They were foaming 325 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 3: at the mouth. They were coming after him ferociously. And 326 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 3: yet I don't think they moved a single vote. I 327 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 3: think cash Patel will get confirmed. Now every Democrat on 328 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 3: the committee's going to vote no, and my guess is 329 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 3: every Democrat in the Senate is going to vote no 330 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 3: on him. But I think we will get We might 331 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:47,959 Speaker 3: get to fifty three, but we will at a minimum 332 00:19:48,119 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 3: get to fifty with jd Vance breaking the tie. And 333 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 3: I don't think the hearing moved a single vote. When 334 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,880 Speaker 3: my questioning occurred, you know, the week before I had 335 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 3: spent a couple of hours helped being moot cash Bettel, 336 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 3: helping get him ready. I actually got to play Sheldon 337 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 3: white House, who's a very liberal senator, in the moot, 338 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 3: and I got to say it was fun just raving 339 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 3: at him, screaming at him. I tried to insult him. 340 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 3: I was a total jerk in the moot, which which 341 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 3: if you're doing to moot, well. 342 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: You explained for people that don't know how this works. 343 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: You get people, and I've gotten to do this a 344 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: couple of times. It's really fun. You get somebody ready 345 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: for a confirmation hearing and many people like you just described, 346 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: you play the other side. You try to get them 347 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: ready for what they're going to face. And the setting 348 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:36,439 Speaker 1: that you do it in. Was this more relaxed or 349 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: was it more formal? 350 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 3: I don't know. It was done exactly like a hearing. 351 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 3: He was sitting at a table, we were around him, 352 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 3: like firing questions at him. And sometimes you do it 353 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,120 Speaker 3: this way, sometimes you don't. But in this instance, they 354 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 3: gave me the role of Sheldon white House, who's one 355 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 3: of the most partisan Democrats on the committee. I've served 356 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 3: with Sheldon thirteen years. I know him well, and so 357 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 3: you know, I mean, I was screaming at him and 358 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 3: I and my questions were wildly unfair, but you got 359 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 3: to get ready for wildly unfair questions. I was not 360 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 3: trying to be nice to him in the mood because 361 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,360 Speaker 3: that if you're doing that, you're not doing your job 362 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 3: in a mood, and I got to say he did. 363 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 3: So it was interesting in the mood A couple of 364 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,679 Speaker 3: times like Cash would try to pop back and we 365 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,960 Speaker 3: would stop and say, look, it's not your job to 366 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 3: punch the Democrats of the face in this hearing. My advice, 367 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 3: by the way, to every hearing nominee is be boring 368 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 3: right now today you've got the votes to be confirmed. 369 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,439 Speaker 3: From the Democrats perspective. The only way they can change 370 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 3: that is get you to say something in the hearing 371 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 3: where you step on a landmine and blow yourself up. 372 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 3: If you don't do that, you will be confirmed and 373 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 3: you will go do the job the president has asked 374 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 3: you to do. And so a good role of a 375 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 3: hearing you know someone you know very well is John 376 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:00,359 Speaker 3: asked Croft. 377 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 4: Yeah. 378 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 3: So when I was a young baby lawyer, I was 379 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 3: part of the team that that that helped prepare John 380 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:12,720 Speaker 3: Ashcroft for his confirmation hearing to be Attorney General. And 381 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,080 Speaker 3: I was, you know, thirty years old, a baby lawyer, 382 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:17,880 Speaker 3: but i'd been on the Bush campaign and Ashcroft gets nominated. 383 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 3: Bag So I remember we're prepping him and and just 384 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 3: like with Cash Pttel, we were asking horrible questions. We 385 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 3: were asking uh, I mean, we were just just and 386 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:31,399 Speaker 3: in the prep session Ashcroft would get pissed and he 387 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,679 Speaker 3: yelled at us and and and and we'd say, we'd say, Senator, 388 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 3: you're exactly right that that that question was terrible. It 389 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 3: was it was unfair, it was dishonest, it was abusive. Senator, 390 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 3: can we remind you you have the votes right now? 391 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 3: Like they want you to get pissed? And so I 392 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:50,919 Speaker 3: was glad he yelled at me, and he yelled at 393 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,920 Speaker 3: the other people in the mood because that it got 394 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 3: it off his chest. And I still remember. You go 395 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 3: back and watch Ashcroft's confirmation hearing, and then there was 396 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,640 Speaker 3: one exchange and I'm paraphrasing, and it was twenty four 397 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 3: years ago, but he had given a speech about the 398 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 3: Second Amendment, and he had talked about the Second Amendment 399 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,919 Speaker 3: that the Framers had intended a second Amendment as a 400 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 3: check on tyranny from the government, and Ted Kennedy, who 401 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:23,160 Speaker 3: was questioning him, goes, tyranny from our government, the American government. 402 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 3: You know what that is? Treason? Man, I say, you're 403 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 3: a trader, and he like screams at the top of 404 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:33,440 Speaker 3: his lungs calling Ashcroft a trader. And at the actual hearing, Ashcroft, 405 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,480 Speaker 3: I don't think his heart beat exceeded sixty five beats 406 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:38,520 Speaker 3: a minute, and he very calmly said, Senator, if I'm 407 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,679 Speaker 3: confirmed as Attorney General, I will follow the law and 408 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 3: I will enforce the law. And he got confirmed. So 409 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 3: Cash Bettel likewise, he got some of his yelling out 410 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 3: at the motors. Actually, no, not much. He did a 411 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,720 Speaker 3: good job of not losing his cool in the moot 412 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 3: and then in the hearing. I think he did an 413 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 3: excellent job. When it came to my turn, they had 414 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 3: been beating him up a lot on January sixth, and 415 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 3: so I wanted to give him a chance to get 416 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,560 Speaker 3: out some basic facts. So give a listen to my 417 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 3: cross examination of Cash Patel this past week on his 418 00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 3: confirmation hearing for Director of the FBI. You will be 419 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:20,120 Speaker 3: and have been accused of just about everything they can. 420 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,639 Speaker 3: But I want to focus on what several Democrats have 421 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 3: done recently, which is trying to blame you for the 422 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 3: violence that occurred on January sixth, which, even in the 423 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:37,920 Speaker 3: annals of ridiculous attacks, this one really takes the cake. 424 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 3: So let's just focus on some facts. Let me ask 425 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:46,480 Speaker 3: you a question. What role did you occupy in the 426 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 3: days immediately before January sixth? 427 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,120 Speaker 5: Chief of staff of the Department of Defense? 428 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 3: You were the chief of Staff at the Department of Defense, yes, sir, 429 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: So to be clear, you were not rioting at the Capitol, No, sir. 430 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 3: Where were you physically on January. 431 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 5: Sixth in the office of the Secretary of Defense in 432 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 5: the Pentagon? 433 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 3: And what were you doing on that day? 434 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 5: On that day specifically responding to preparing to mobilize and 435 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 5: deploy the National Guard once we got the lawful request 436 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 5: from the local governing authority, which was the Mayor of 437 00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 5: DC and the Speaker of the House. 438 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 3: Now, how many days in advance were you working to 439 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 3: prepare the Department of Defense to help secure the Capitol 440 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,200 Speaker 3: on January sixth? 441 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 5: Days in advanced Senator, we were in the Oval office 442 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 5: on an unrelated national security matter with the President of 443 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:36,639 Speaker 5: the United States. The Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of 444 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 5: the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and myself and the President 445 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 5: authorized up to twenty thousand plus National guardsmen and women 446 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 5: to secure any security measures necessarily related to the capital. 447 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 5: So we were moving to the fullest extent of the 448 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 5: law before the requisite request came from a local governing 449 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:54,600 Speaker 5: authority days ahead of time. 450 00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:58,200 Speaker 3: And while you were chief of staff at DoD, how 451 00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:02,719 Speaker 3: many times did DoD approach Capitol police and ask if 452 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:04,440 Speaker 3: they needed National Guard assistants? 453 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 5: I believe those letters are well documented. Numerous instances, and 454 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,000 Speaker 5: numerous of those instances were those requests were shut down? 455 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,160 Speaker 3: Now, my correct at the capital sergeant at arms said 456 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 3: assistance was unnecessary. 457 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 5: That's correct, Senator. 458 00:26:22,119 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 3: Who did the sergeant at arms. 459 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 5: Report to the Speaker of the House. 460 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 3: That would have been Nancy Pelosi at the time. Is 461 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 3: that correct, yes, Senator? And would that also be Chuck 462 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,600 Speaker 3: Schumer than the Senate majority leader. 463 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 5: The sergeant at arms, Yes, Senator reports. 464 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:44,639 Speaker 3: Up there did Mayor Bowser, the Democrat elected mayor in 465 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 3: d C, either request or allow National Guard assistants? 466 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 5: She put in writing on the days leading up to 467 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 5: January sixth, a declination for National Guard additional support and 468 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 5: that letter is available publicly. 469 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:00,280 Speaker 3: To the world. So and just to speak England for 470 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 3: folks at home, a declination meant she said no, don't 471 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:07,760 Speaker 3: send national Guard? Is that right? Yes, sir? Let me 472 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 3: ask you a simple question, because from the questioning from 473 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,679 Speaker 3: a Democrat colleagues they might think otherwise. Do you condemn 474 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 3: violence against law enforcement? All of it? And by the way, 475 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,240 Speaker 3: is that true whether the violence is right wing or 476 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,720 Speaker 3: left wing or anywhere else? 477 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 5: There is no discriminating between types of violence against law enforce? 478 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,040 Speaker 3: And do you believe those who assault and commit violence 479 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 3: against law enforcement should be prosecuted and should be sent 480 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 3: to jail. 481 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 5: Especially those that kill them? 482 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 3: Me ask you how many years have you worked in 483 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 3: public service? 484 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 5: About sixteen, senator, And. 485 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,640 Speaker 3: How many years have you worked in particular in law 486 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 3: enforcement and prosecution and national security over decade? Senator? You know, 487 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 3: I have to say it is ludicrous but sadly predictable 488 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 3: that Democrats are endeavoring to tarnish you, to paint a 489 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 3: false caricature based on innuendo and smoke. And so you're 490 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 3: working to protect the Capitol on January sixth, and yet 491 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:20,640 Speaker 3: they're trying to blame you for the violence that occurred. 492 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 3: Let me ask you to this, just as a straightforward matter, 493 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,680 Speaker 3: what is the job of the FBI and what will 494 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 3: the FBI's role be if and when you are confirmed 495 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 3: as its director. 496 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 5: The simple motto on the website of the FBI's homepage 497 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,240 Speaker 5: is to protect American citizens and uphold the Constitution. If 498 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 5: I am confirmed as the next director of the FBI, 499 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 5: that's what we're going to do and redirect resources and 500 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 5: making sure that occurs every single day. 501 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 3: Thank you for your willingness to do so, and this 502 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 3: committee we'll hold you to account on restoring integrity at 503 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,600 Speaker 3: the FBI, and I thank you, and also for your 504 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 3: commitment to transparency. I think that is incredibly important to 505 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 3: bringing back integrity and I'm grateful for it. 506 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 1: Wouldn't it be nice if the media would fact check 507 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 1: the Democrats on the committee that we're trashing him, trying 508 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,640 Speaker 1: to connect him to January sixth, like he was an 509 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: insurrectionist in their words, and just tell the story of 510 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: what he was actually doing. 511 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 2: I'm so thankful that you asked those questions. 512 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, don't hold your breath on that. The media has 513 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 3: their story to tell and they're not going to get 514 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 3: let facts get in the way. 515 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,760 Speaker 2: So last question on this. 516 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,600 Speaker 1: This is a really important position being in charge of 517 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,480 Speaker 1: the FBI. When are you guys going to actually get 518 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: to vote on this? 519 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 3: So we will vote on Cash Betel in a week, 520 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 3: so this week there'll be a markup. But the way 521 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 3: the Senate Judiciary Committee works is the minority has a 522 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 3: right on any vote to hold it over for a 523 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 3: week and delay it for a week. So they will 524 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 3: do that this week, and so they'll delay that now. 525 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 3: Pam Bondi will be confirmed on the floor of the 526 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 3: Senate this week, so by the end of this week 527 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 3: she'll be Attorney General. Next week will vote on Cash 528 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 3: Betel and Judiciary Committee and then I'll go to the 529 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 3: Senate floor after that. 530 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: As always, thank you for listening to Verdict with sentater 531 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you don't forget to deal 532 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,720 Speaker 1: with my podcast and you can listen to my podcasts 533 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: every other day you're not listening to Verdict or each 534 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: day when you listen to Verdict. Afterwards, I'd love to 535 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,800 Speaker 1: have you as a listener to again the Ben Ferguson 536 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: podcasts and we will see you back here on Monday morning.