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Speaker 1: the program. We're in Anchorage. We're in Alaska. The summit
Speaker 1: with President Trump Vladimir Putin. Since they arrived at a
Speaker 1: meet and greet has been at some point they've they've
Speaker 1: worked in a lunch here. We haven't gotten the full
Speaker 1: breakout of everything and the individual meeting that has taking place,
Speaker 1: a bunch of breakout sessions taking place, and at that
Speaker 1: point is going to be probably immediately after this program,
Speaker 1: there's going to be a we don't know if it'll
Speaker 1: be a joint pressor we don't know if it's just
Speaker 1: going to be President Trump. At that minute, he probably
Speaker 1: will come to me. I'm not sure if we're going
Speaker 1: directly live on Fox or if it'll air at at
Speaker 1: nine o'clock. So it's it's going to be a pretty
Speaker 1: busy day anyway. Thank you for being with us and
Speaker 1: here to analyze the stakes. And we've been going through
Speaker 1: every aspect of this. George Biebe is the director of
Speaker 1: the Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible state Craft. Now,
Speaker 1: he's spent more than two decades in government as an
Speaker 1: intelligence analyst, diplomat policy advisor, including director of the CIA's
Speaker 1: Russia Analysis and staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice
Speaker 1: President Cheney back in the day. Rebecca Conflors with US,
Speaker 1: host of Censored but Not Silenced her podcast and former
Speaker 1: strategic military intelligence analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency. Guys,
Speaker 1: good to have you both. Thank you for being with us.
Speaker 1: Rebecca will start with you. Now, I've gone through the
Speaker 1: lead up to today, and I can go over every
Speaker 1: aspect of it. You know, watching you know President Trump
Speaker 1: coming into today, that Putin will face severe consequences if
Speaker 1: Alaska fails to and the Ukrainian war. Now, well, no,
Speaker 1: when in a very short period of time when I
Speaker 1: interview President Trump and will air it on Fox, you
Speaker 1: know how this all plays out. But certainly the President's strategy,
Speaker 1: he's not hiding it is going to be to shut
Speaker 1: off the spicket and tell countries you do business with Putin,
Speaker 1: you're not doing business with us. And I think President
Speaker 1: Trump wins that conflict.
Speaker 2: So Sean, Unfortunately, I'm not very autimistic when it comes
Speaker 2: to the achievement of President Trump's ultimate goal to stop
Speaker 2: the bleeding in Ukraine. She is, why did you tasations
Speaker 2: are irreconcilable at this point, And yes, you do have
Speaker 2: some cards in terms of the secondary sanctions, but Putin's
Speaker 2: economic concerns and She's concerns are two different things. Even
Speaker 2: makes we place the thanks secondary sanctions on Russia. And
Speaker 2: it's uncertain whether China or India are going to play
Speaker 2: ball with us because their strategic calculations are based on
Speaker 2: their natural interests, not on ours either. There has been
Speaker 2: for decades and major purchaser of Russians armaments, not a person,
Speaker 2: not just oil. China has been a strategic partner, not
Speaker 2: the true partner, but to Russia. But so if those
Speaker 2: two don't play balls, who you will continue the war?
Speaker 2: Even if the sanctions bring some hearts of the Russian economy. Culturally,
Speaker 2: the Russians are just so much more comfortable than Europeans
Speaker 2: or Americans to tolerate casualty, to tolerate any kind of
Speaker 2: economic shortages, and so decisions. Houselors is not going to
Speaker 2: be impacted because the Ukraine issue is an existential issue
Speaker 2: for him and for Russians. Ukraine very part of Russia
Speaker 2: on which it relies.
Speaker 1: Well, I want to be I want to be as
Speaker 1: realistic as I can possibly be, and I don't want
Speaker 1: to over promise on the deliver at some point if you,
Speaker 1: for example, if you look at Ukraine last night, they
Speaker 1: they bombed the living hell out of a Russian oil
Speaker 1: refinery during last night strikes. Hundreds of Russian soldiers are
Speaker 1: dying daily as a result of this war. Putin now
Speaker 1: forcing prisoners, ethnic minorities, and migrants to fight on the
Speaker 1: front line. So they've got their own problems, they got
Speaker 1: their own economic problems. Russia's you know, there's an article
Speaker 1: in Fortune magazine about their coming fiscal crunch. You've discussed
Speaker 1: this in detail. On the other hand, you know, Russia
Speaker 1: I think has the military advantage going into this, but
Speaker 1: you know, on paper, I don't think anybody would have thought,
Speaker 1: you know, three years later that Ukraine would still be
Speaker 1: in the game and fighting as valiantly as they have
Speaker 1: been able to fight.
Speaker 2: Ukrainians have been fighting valiantly. There's no questions that, uh,
Speaker 2: these guys are patriots, patriots, they are fast learners, but
Speaker 2: they're in an untenable position Sean. But it's like Russia
Speaker 2: is considered by the Pentagon itself as an und quote
Speaker 2: anosier competitor. That means that is on par with the
Speaker 2: Russia with the US military. And he asked a lot
Speaker 2: of analysts, say, Russians camp fight, you know, how come
Speaker 2: they haven't taken in Ukraine yet? But the Quessian way
Speaker 2: of war and your fay of war completely different. So, uh,
Speaker 2: Ukraine is running out of man it's running out of
Speaker 2: munitions to the what we call the combat potential stands points, which.
Speaker 1: Is can't but but they're not going to run out
Speaker 1: of munitions now, I mean very very well. For first
Speaker 1: of all, a couple of things have happened Number one,
Speaker 1: Number one, and we'll get George to way In on this.
Speaker 1: Number one, The American mindset on all of this has
Speaker 1: shifted and shifted rather dramatically. Is you know, the difference
Speaker 1: between giving what weapons to Ukraine and them buying in
Speaker 1: the Ukrainians buying weapons, I think has gone over much
Speaker 1: better with the American people. That's number one. Number two.
Speaker 1: I think Europe you know, underestimated, underestimated Putin's commitment to this,
Speaker 1: and they now realize that they have in many ways
Speaker 1: made multiple mistakes. They have helped fund Putin's war machine,
Speaker 1: but now too, Donald Trump has pressured them to double
Speaker 1: their commitments to NATO, and the weaponry that will be
Speaker 1: selling NATO can be then transferred over. So I think
Speaker 1: that's a big deal too. So I think a lot
Speaker 1: of things have changed since you know this calculus, you
Speaker 1: know as has shifted dramatically. Do you not agree, George, Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: I do.
Speaker 3: This is a situation though, where I'm a lot more
Speaker 3: optimistic about something significant coming out of this meeting and
Speaker 3: subsequent meetings to put this war on a path toward
Speaker 3: resolution that I think most people are. And the reason
Speaker 3: is because I don't believe that objectives and Trump's objectives
Speaker 3: are fundamentally incompatible. In fact, I think there's a lot
Speaker 3: of overlap between them, and I'll just list where I
Speaker 3: think those are. Number One, Putin does not want Ukraine
Speaker 3: to be in the Natal Alliance and he doesn't want
Speaker 3: native forces on Ukrainian territory. Well, guess what neither of
Speaker 3: his President Trump. He is not eager to undertake a
Speaker 3: treaty commitment to go to war with Russia to defend Ukraine,
Speaker 3: and neither were any of the other presidents in the
Speaker 3: post Cold War period. We've worked ourselves in this situation.
Speaker 3: We thought we could bring Ukraine into the Alliance, but
Speaker 3: not actually have to go to where to send Ukraine,
Speaker 3: and that was a mistake in our part. Trump wants
Speaker 3: to fix that, and Putin is more than willing to
Speaker 3: reach an agreement on that. So that's a big deal.
Speaker 3: The second thing is President Trump does not want to
Speaker 3: see Russian forces conquer all of Ukrainian territory. He wants
Speaker 3: to stop their advances so that Ukraine emerges from this
Speaker 3: with a great deal of territory and independence. Well so
Speaker 3: does Putin. Putin recognizes that trying to conquer all of
Speaker 3: Ukrainian territory is a trap for the Russian military. It
Speaker 3: would require not just conquering the territory, but occupying and
Speaker 3: governing it, and that would require an occupation for several
Speaker 3: times the size of the entire Russian military and subject
Speaker 3: those occupiers to ongoing guerrilla attacks forever. It would be
Speaker 3: a trap. So that's another area where I think there's
Speaker 3: basis for an understanding. Then the third thing is Putin
Speaker 3: wants to be a great power in the world. He
Speaker 3: doesn't want to be subordinate to China. He doesn't want
Speaker 3: to be dependent on China's large gess. He wants to
Speaker 3: stand up and have an ability to deal with the
Speaker 3: West and with the East at the same time. Well
Speaker 3: so does Trump. Trump looks at this and says, it's
Speaker 3: not an America's interest to drive Russia and China together
Speaker 3: to work against us. So all of those things I
Speaker 3: think mean both Trump and Putin have a desire to
Speaker 3: find a way forward here, and I expected out of
Speaker 3: this with some significant achievements.
Speaker 1: All right, quick break right back. We'll continue more with
Speaker 1: Rebecca Kopfler and George Bieb on the other side. Than
Speaker 1: your call is also coming up. We continue. We're in Anchorage.
Speaker 1: We're in Alaska. The Trump Putin summit is underway. Full
Speaker 1: coverage my interview with Trump to nine Eastern on the
Speaker 1: Fox News Channel. All right, we continue with George bib
Speaker 1: and Rebecca Kopfler. At the end of the day, there's
Speaker 1: going to be landswaps, and it's got to be for
Speaker 1: Ukraine's security guarantees. Not necessary, not necessarily NATO, but certainly
Speaker 1: their relationship with the United States going forward between a
Speaker 1: financial mineral deal and I would imagine the continued purchasing
Speaker 1: of American weaponry is going to got to be part
Speaker 1: of the deal. They've got to be able to stop
Speaker 1: a third invasion. Rebecca, I know you're less optimistic, but
Speaker 1: that's basically what the deal would have to end up
Speaker 1: looking like. That's not what we're going to get out
Speaker 1: of this summit. This this summit is to see are
Speaker 1: you serious? Do you want to sit down at the table,
Speaker 1: And if you do, we're going to move forward quickly
Speaker 1: at my pace. If not yet, I'm out of here.
Speaker 1: I'm done.
Speaker 2: And that's and that's the crux of the matter. First,
Speaker 2: agree with George that at this strategic level, at the
Speaker 2: big picture, Russia and the United States, and especially Student
Speaker 2: and Trunk are the same page. Right, But Trump is
Speaker 2: probably the only person, perhaps in addition to JD. Van
Speaker 2: who wants to see that happen. Trump is going to
Speaker 2: be president for four years. Pudent is looking long term
Speaker 2: human potential, will be president until twenty thirty six. Student
Speaker 2: believes that it's only a temporary change the normal. The
Speaker 2: baseline for the United States is an anti Russia posture.
Speaker 2: The issue has been so politicized, sewn that you can
Speaker 2: no longer like George and I. I'm listening to us
Speaker 2: talking and the main stream media does not want these
Speaker 2: kinds of talking points because they are very simplistic. Had
Speaker 2: Lensky good, Russia bad? Like that's the level, but that's
Speaker 2: well we are. It's an extremely complex issue, and I
Speaker 2: believe the Deep States, the administrative, all of those people
Speaker 2: who are in fact profiting from weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to let Trump to conclude that deal.
Speaker 2: And the points to address on the weapons deliveries to Ukraine.
Speaker 2: We have decluded our wrong weapons oxenal shanks to very
Speaker 2: dangerous levels, javelin thingers, even patriots missiles, especially one hundred
Speaker 2: and fifty five milimeter shells, because Ukraine has an extremely
Speaker 2: high burn rate on the battlefield, a lot higher by
Speaker 2: Western standards. Right, So that is exactly why she'd hands it,
Speaker 2: tried to pause UH the deliveries of the military hardware
Speaker 2: to Ukraine. But then person Trump reversus that decision. There's
Speaker 2: a National Security Strategy Commission that has concluded that the
Speaker 2: United States has no capability to persecute what we call
Speaker 2: a multi data war, which is a real UH threat
Speaker 2: it's a tangible threat Russia, China, North Korea and Iran
Speaker 2: potentially synchronizing operations or even so we just simply don't
Speaker 2: have it. And Europeans are in the stained position. They
Speaker 2: are what invasketball is depleted and we, by the way,
Speaker 2: we have no capacity. We have no molt industrial capacity
Speaker 2: UH to quickly scale up or it's proven he transition
Speaker 2: is not in economy of wartime, putting seven years prior
Speaker 2: to the invasions. That's why the Russians are pumping out
Speaker 2: warm results in three months than entire Europe right now
Speaker 2: is producing in one year. So that is the layer
Speaker 2: of the land. I wish I could tell you give
Speaker 2: me some optimism. I'm just trying to be realistic.
Speaker 1: I agree with a lot of what both of you
Speaker 1: are saying, and it's it's an interesting time. The one
Speaker 1: thing that you cannot deny is is no other world
Speaker 1: leader that would even think about expending any political capital.
Speaker 1: And this now would be the eighth peace deal president
Speaker 1: Trump involved himself in. And I can't think of past
Speaker 1: presidents that would be willing to go that hard, that
Speaker 1: deep in the paint, you know, for actually something that
Speaker 1: is not the biggest benefit to the United States, except
Speaker 1: that the United States should be the country that wants
Speaker 1: to stop killing around the world if he can, and
Speaker 1: use its power to do so. India, Pakistan, Israel, Iran, Rwanda, Congo, Serbia, Cosavo, Thailand, Cambodia, Armenia,
Speaker 1: as a Baijan, Egypt, Ethiopia. We'll see, I'll know. I'll
Speaker 1: know in a little bit right after the show when
Speaker 1: I interviewed President Trump. Don't forget, we'll be broadcasting might
Speaker 1: we might even be on earlier than nine pm Eastern
Speaker 1: And if we are, we'll send out a big social
Speaker 1: media blast on it. Eight hundred nine, Shawn. We continue
Speaker 1: from Anchorage a right twenty five now till the top
Speaker 1: of the hour, eight hundred and nine to four one Sean.
Speaker 1: If you want to be a part of the program.
Speaker 1: We're in Anchorage. We're actually at Joint Joint Base Elmendorf.
Speaker 1: I am near Putin right now, I'm near President Trump
Speaker 1: right now. It was so weird my hotel filled with
Speaker 1: all these Russian like agents. They must have dumped like
Speaker 1: twelve truckloads of equipment. I mean, if there's pictures of
Speaker 1: me naked on the internet, you'll know why it's not
Speaker 1: because I'm putting them out there. But it was so bizarre.
Speaker 1: And then they're like coming up to me. They recognized me.
Speaker 1: I forgot to tell you this, Linda, they recognize me,
Speaker 1: and oh my gosh. They thought it was the biggest
Speaker 1: interview they ever got. Said, how do you know me?
Speaker 1: And I think one guy was that guy? The foreign minister. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and he's trying to ask me a question. He doesn't
Speaker 1: speak English. Oh no, So the woman reporter was asking,
Speaker 1: and I was very blunt. I said, Trump doesn't have
Speaker 1: a lot to gain from this. And by the way,
Speaker 1: if you don't think for a second, you know, he'd
Speaker 1: walk out of this meeting in two seconds. You don't
Speaker 1: know Donald J. Trump, he will walk And then I
Speaker 1: went on to I said, and she goes, what message
Speaker 1: you send for putin? Stop the killing? Stop the killing?
Speaker 1: How many more? How many? I said, how many more
Speaker 1: women and children have to die? How many more Russian
Speaker 1: soldiers have to die? And so it's going to be
Speaker 1: very interesting. President Trump tonight with me on on the
Speaker 1: Fox News channel. Immediately after he does a short press conference,
Speaker 1: So I'm not sure if it's going to be a
Speaker 1: joint press conference. Nobody knows. I mean, this is very fluid.
Speaker 1: And you know they've been in a breakout group now,
Speaker 1: you know for a while, and you know, and we'll
Speaker 1: just see what happens.
Speaker 4: I'm sure they're having borshed and nice shots of vodka.
Speaker 1: Vodka, vodka, vodka. And I did try my reindeer sausage
Speaker 1: today just so I could get back at you. Listen, now,
Speaker 1: the president in the lead up to today, let me
Speaker 1: play him saying he hopes for this second meeting with Putin.
Speaker 1: I mean, and this is the stupidity of listening to
Speaker 1: European leaders and NATO leaders and they're so called leaders
Speaker 1: because they couldn't they could never be in this position,
Speaker 1: which frustrates me. You know, Donald Trump doesn't need lectures
Speaker 1: from them on how to negotiate. But Donald Trump is
Speaker 1: saying there will be no deal without Ukrainian and europe
Speaker 1: Western European approval number one. And the purpose of today
Speaker 1: is to get to a point where President Trump is
Speaker 1: convinced this guy is willing to have a peace deal.
Speaker 1: And if he is, he would very quickly like to
Speaker 1: move to step two. Step two would be President Zelenski,
Speaker 1: President Putin, Donald Trump and hopefully that's when you start
Speaker 1: talking about what is inevitable. Now, don't kill them, messenger,
Speaker 1: because I talk about the inevitable. I'm telling you how
Speaker 1: this is going to end. I've been doing, you know,
Speaker 1: radio since nineteen eighty seven. I could sit here and
Speaker 1: lie to you and tell you I don't think I
Speaker 1: have a very good idea how this is going to end.
Speaker 1: But I'm telling you how it's going to end is
Speaker 1: likely going to have to be given. Take on both sides.
Speaker 1: For Ukraine, it's going to be landswaps. They're going to
Speaker 1: lose territory. The Dunbas region, for example, in Ukraine is
Speaker 1: eighty percent Russian national not a fact maybe a lot
Speaker 1: of people want to dwell on, but it is reality.
Speaker 1: So I'm giving you the reality of if you want
Speaker 1: a deal that would actually result in peace in the
Speaker 1: continent of Europe, I'm giving you the reality of what
Speaker 1: it ultimately is going to look like. Now you can
Speaker 1: also game out if war continues, Ukraine will not really
Speaker 1: exist as a country. Do I think that Russia can
Speaker 1: win and conquer it? No, I don't. I think it
Speaker 1: would take years and years and years. I don't even
Speaker 1: think Putin is that stupid? I do think he's a thug,
Speaker 1: a murderer and a dictator. And I don't think Zelensky's
Speaker 1: missed the perfect either. Although the Ukrainian people have fought valiantly.
Speaker 1: I think Putin. I was interviewed by some Russian as
Speaker 1: I was going into my hotel media person and I
Speaker 1: just said, when is the death and dying going to stop?
Speaker 1: Is it worth it? You couldn't have had a negotiated settlement,
Speaker 1: and where was Joe Biden. Joe Biden created all of this.
Speaker 1: Zelensky on his part rightly, so is going to want guarantees,
Speaker 1: security guarantees and meaning he doesn't want a third invasion
Speaker 1: for his country. If he's thinking long term, that would
Speaker 1: be the first thing on my mind, and that would
Speaker 1: be non NATO security guarantees, which should be possible and
Speaker 1: something that I think Donald Trump will have to work
Speaker 1: with with Putin on nobody gets what they want in
Speaker 1: a deal, It just doesn't happen that way. Otherwise, let
Speaker 1: the war continue. That's your option. I wish there were
Speaker 1: better options. They're not now. As for the president, if Putin,
Speaker 1: you know, in the end, by the end of today,
Speaker 1: if this doesn't go well, we know what President Trump's
Speaker 1: going to do. He said there will be severe consequences
Speaker 1: for Russia. We know what those consequences are. He's going
Speaker 1: to shut off that spickett, which is the Russian economy,
Speaker 1: which is oil, as quickly as he possibly can. And
Speaker 1: you know, the President's right too. This is a chess game,
Speaker 1: and both sides, Russian and Ukraine, have been firing up
Speaker 1: to the last second leading into this. They think they're
Speaker 1: getting some type of negotiation or a bargaining chip or
Speaker 1: some type of advantage. It's it's it's not what really,
Speaker 1: that's not going to be what the reality is. But
Speaker 1: we'll wait, we'll watch, we'll see. Let me play the
Speaker 1: President saying that he hopes for the second meeting, so
Speaker 1: everyone understands what the president goal is here, because if
Speaker 1: he walks out of here, oh he didn't get a
Speaker 1: peace deal, that's not the purpose of what is going
Speaker 1: on here today. He's been very very clear about it.
Speaker 1: The purpose is to see if there is a path
Speaker 1: that they can get to for that hard negotiation, which
Speaker 1: he wants to happen immediately thereafter. Listen, we have a
Speaker 1: meeting with President Putin tomorrow.
Speaker 5: I think it's going to be a good meeting. But
Speaker 5: the more important meeting will be the second meeting that
Speaker 5: we're having. We're going to have a meeting with President Putin,
Speaker 5: President z Elynsky, myself, and maybe we'll bring some of
Speaker 5: the European.
Speaker 1: Leaders all maybe not. It's I don't know that. It's
Speaker 1: going to be very important. We're going to see what happens.
Speaker 5: And I think President Putin will make peace. I think
Speaker 5: President z Elynsky will make peace.
Speaker 1: We'll see if they can get along. All right, that's
Speaker 1: President Trump, you know, coming into today. The President also
Speaker 1: saying there will not be security guarantees in the form
Speaker 1: of as I just said, that's not going to be
Speaker 1: that those cards are not on the table. However, that
Speaker 1: doesn't mean European troops. That doesn't mean a deal with
Speaker 1: the United States to build up enough weaponry to serve
Speaker 1: as a deterrent. Uh, wouldn't be part of the deal.
Speaker 1: Here's what he said again, manage your expectations here.
Speaker 6: Just one thing.
Speaker 5: What about the possibity that is possibility of the United
Speaker 5: States providing security guarantees.
Speaker 7: To Ukraine, maybe along with Europe and other countries, not
Speaker 7: in the form of NATO, because that's not going to
Speaker 7: You know, there are certain things that aren't going to happen,
Speaker 7: but yeah, along with Europe, there's a possibility of those.
Speaker 1: Many were discussions today, mister president. Are the territorial swaps
Speaker 1: on the table? How will you be discussing that?
Speaker 7: They'll be discussed. But I've got to let Ukraine make
Speaker 7: that decision, and I think they'll make a proper decision.
Speaker 7: But I'm not here to negotiate for Ukraine. I mean
Speaker 7: to get him at a table, and I think you
Speaker 7: have two sides. Look, Vladimir Putin wanted to take all
Speaker 7: of you grant. If I wasn't president, he would right
Speaker 7: now be taking all of you grant. But he's not
Speaker 7: going to do it.
Speaker 1: And so you know, we'll learn a lot more when
Speaker 1: I interviewed the President's it's coming up shortly, so when
Speaker 1: I see him, talk to him, interview him, I'll know
Speaker 1: a lot more. One thing before I get your calls here,
Speaker 1: I want to I did have an important interview last
Speaker 1: night with the FBI Director Cash Patel. And remember we've
Speaker 1: been following all of the declassification by both Tulca Gabbard,
Speaker 1: John Ratcliffe, all the breaking news of John Solomon, and
Speaker 1: you know, Cash Patel is this burn these burn bags
Speaker 1: inside the FBI and hard drives from predecessors involved with
Speaker 1: Russia Gate. And it's clear that the evidence is becoming
Speaker 1: overwhelming and incontrovertible. And that's why Pam Bondi now has
Speaker 1: and she was on last night, and that's why she
Speaker 1: now has herself created a grand jury. Again, she can't
Speaker 1: confirm that, but here's what Cash said about what they've
Speaker 1: been able to find. Remember he was Devin Nunaz's chief
Speaker 1: of staff. If you think I know a lot about
Speaker 1: Trump Russia collusion because we covered it for three years,
Speaker 1: trust me, he knows everything I know and more. Listen.
Speaker 4: But sadly, we found a room locked away in the
Speaker 4: Hoover building that contained burn bags. And just for your audience, Sean,
Speaker 4: a burn bag is a government bag that is specifically
Speaker 4: created to destroy classified evidence and shred and burn it,
Speaker 4: hence the name burnbag. We didn't find one, we found seven.
Speaker 4: That wasn't the only thing we found in there. We
Speaker 4: found hard drives from our predecessors and prior FBI leadership,
Speaker 4: and folks like Paige Struck. Call me McCabe, call me
Speaker 4: the list goes on from Russia Gate. The names were
Speaker 4: strewn all over these materials. Now, as our great Attorney General,
Speaker 4: I just told you, we can't cannot deny or confirm
Speaker 4: what we're looking at, but what we can discuss is
Speaker 4: what we've publicly disclosed. And these documents have been publicly disclosed,
Speaker 4: because the greatest way to educate and bring along the
Speaker 4: American public for a transparency initiative and accountability under President
Speaker 4: Trump is to give them the documents. And step one
Speaker 4: is by cleaning house inside the walls of Hoover.
Speaker 1: And that's cash Bettell, you know, saying what they have found. Now.
Speaker 1: He also mentioned last night something that really caught my attention,
Speaker 1: how we're educating the public about what happened. And if
Speaker 1: you really if you're a long time listener to the show,
Speaker 1: pretty much everything we've been telling you the whole time
Speaker 1: is what happened.
Speaker 4: Heg Elizath, Well, Sean, what we're doing is building a
Speaker 4: case for the American public under the Truth and Transparency
Speaker 4: and Accountability Initiative. And what I mean by that is
Speaker 4: ag BONDI brilliantly highlighted our partners Director Ratcliff at the
Speaker 4: CIA and and Director Gabbert over at the d and I.
Speaker 4: We are working with them because the documents that would
Speaker 4: facilitate and invent instigation of this magnitude don't just rest
Speaker 4: at the FBI DOJ. They're throughout the intelligence community. And
Speaker 4: we the Russia Gate guys like Johnny Ratcliffe and myself
Speaker 4: who investigated this and exposed this, are trying to expose
Speaker 4: documentation that we've known existed for years. At the same
Speaker 4: time we're finding new material. So the best approach is
Speaker 4: to release this information with them and also go to
Speaker 4: our colleagues in Congress who have an oversight function on
Speaker 4: the Judiciary committees and oversight committees, and demand from US
Speaker 4: information and documentation that we can publicize things like the
Speaker 4: Durham Annex, which we've known have existed this entire time,
Speaker 4: but we're classified for political reasons. We are educating the
Speaker 4: American public as we build through this transparency initiative, and
Speaker 4: where the investigation goes, I can assure you of this,
Speaker 4: we will max accountability for the American public.
Speaker 1: All right, that's the FBI Director Cash Mattel. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get to our busy phones. Eight hundred nine point one, Sean,
Speaker 1: if you want to be a part of the program.
Speaker 1: Let's say hi to Tim. He's here in the great
Speaker 1: state of Alaska. Tim, you got to be proud of me.
Speaker 1: Tried a little reindeer today, never tried it before, and
Speaker 1: you know what, the reindeer sausage tasted like.
Speaker 6: It tasted great. I know because I've had it.
Speaker 1: No, it tasted like regular sausage, pork sausage, which is
Speaker 1: what I usually get the same thing.
Speaker 6: Well, welcome to Alaska, Sean. I'm glad you're tasting some
Speaker 6: of our culture here.
Speaker 1: Thank you. And I will tell you the people here
Speaker 1: are wonderful, incredible. Every place I've been, every person I met,
Speaker 1: except for my hotel that was full of like Russian
Speaker 1: KGB former KGB guys.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I was hoping you get up to Fairbanks for a visit,
Speaker 6: but it sounds like that's not going to happen.
Speaker 1: No, not on this trip. But I am convinced that
Speaker 1: I want to come back in the summertime for sure.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm heading to Valdiz. You can come out to
Speaker 6: Valdis and go fishing with us. Tomorrow. We're going to
Speaker 6: go fishing down for some silver salmon. I won't and
Speaker 6: I promise I won't feed you day old crab cakes.
Speaker 7: Okay.
Speaker 1: By the way, there's nothing that stinks to high Heaven
Speaker 1: more than somebody that would take a day old crab
Speaker 1: cake and throw it in a microwave and blast it
Speaker 1: for like forty minutes. That was awful.
Speaker 6: Well, I just let it contribute so much to your program.
Speaker 6: Just love her. I'm from the East Coast and she
Speaker 6: reminds me of the East Coast when I'm living up here.
Speaker 1: So I wish she'd contribute to some good food and
Speaker 1: maybe you know, write me back.
Speaker 4: Thank you, Tim, Thank you Tim for appreciating me and
Speaker 4: for saying it out loud for all of the world
Speaker 4: to hear.
Speaker 1: And I am so grateful for your kindness and in
Speaker 1: supporting me. Tim, have fun fishing tomorrow, catch a lot
Speaker 1: of fish.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 1: Appreciate you being here. Uh, I guess we don't have
Speaker 1: time with just flying by eight hundred ninety four one
Speaker 1: shatos on number All right, that's going to wrap things
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