1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: JD. Vance. He's got a new job. Yeah, he's still 2 00:00:03,120 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: the Vice president, but now he's leading that task force 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: to eliminate fraud. And now the Centers for Medicare and 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: Medicaid Services have identified and suspended seventy hospice and home 5 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: health businesses in Los Angeles alone that were flagged as 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: high risk fraudulent providers. We've now learned. Now, let me 7 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,319 Speaker 1: just take you back a month when JD. Vance was 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 1: announced for this position, and this is what he said 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: was going to happen, and it's already happening now. 10 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,839 Speaker 2: Time you've got a new job. Here it is the 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: announcement last night from the President. 12 00:00:42,040 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 3: I'm officially announcing the War on fraud, to be led 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 3: by our great Vice President JD. Vince. We all get 14 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 3: it done, and we're able to find enough of that fraud, 15 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 3: we will actually have a balanced budget overnight. 16 00:01:07,560 --> 00:01:10,920 Speaker 2: So here are some of the allegations. California eight billion 17 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 2: and suspected COVID fraud, Minnesota nineteen, Massachusetts almost fifteen, and 18 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 2: Main forty five million in improper medicaid payments. As you 19 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,840 Speaker 2: look at this, go ahead and explain it to us, 20 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 2: because we want to understand. 21 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 4: What the job is, and what do you build up? 22 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: What do you think the number is? 23 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 5: Well, I don't know what the top line number bill is. 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 5: And I think that's unfortunate that nobody has ever tried 25 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 5: to take a systematic look at how much fraud there 26 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 5: is in the federal government. How many illegal aliens are 27 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 5: on Medicaid. We know that it's billions and billions of 28 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,040 Speaker 5: dollars that should go to American citizens, it's going to 29 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,520 Speaker 5: illegal aliens. How many fraudulent daycare centers have been set 30 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 5: up where that money should go to American citizens to 31 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 5: help their kids get into childcare, instead it's being stolen 32 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 5: from them by illegal aliens in our country. How much 33 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 5: has have government officials actually been complicit in this fraud 34 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 5: because some of them have gotten wealthy, or at the 35 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 5: least they've gotten campaign donations from the people who have 36 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 5: gotten rich from that fraud. The story of the American 37 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 5: economy in so many ways during the Biden administration Bill 38 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 5: is that the American citizen was ripped off for people 39 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 5: who shouldn't be here and by politicians who should have 40 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 5: known better. And the Trump administration, the President has asked 41 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 5: me to take a full whole government approach to trying 42 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 5: to understand that and what does that mean. Bill. That means, 43 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 5: first of all, the Apartment of Justice is going to 44 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 5: be investigating and where possible, throwing fraudsters in prison. But 45 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,240 Speaker 5: it's also going to mean that Scott Bessent and some 46 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 5: of our friends at the Treasury Department, we're going to 47 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 5: be looking at income tax records. We're going to be 48 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 5: trying to understand how it is that the American people 49 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 5: have been defrauded, how it is that people have used 50 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 5: resources and programs that should go to American citizens instead 51 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 5: have been going to fraudule uses. There's a whole host 52 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 5: of tools that we have that have never been used 53 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 5: used and the President I talked about this a couple 54 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 5: of months ago and said, what if we just did 55 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 5: everything that we could to stop the fraud that's being 56 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 5: committed against the American taxpayer. The President said, great idea, 57 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 5: Let's do it, and we're going to work on that 58 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 5: very aggressively over the next year. 59 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 2: Need a quick answer over the next year is that 60 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 2: the timeframe is that twelve months? 61 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 5: Well, it's going to continue beyond that. But I think 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 5: that we've already discovered a lot build and really I 63 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 5: think the year the next year is where we're going 64 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:30,839 Speaker 5: to try to uncover as much as possible and run 65 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 5: at this as much as we can. But it's not 66 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 5: going to stop. 67 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: After a year now. As you heard the Vice President 68 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: say there, this is all about having a task force 69 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: to root out waste fraud and abuse. Well, now that's 70 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: clearly ramping up, and we are expecting the number of 71 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: investigations as of today to grow exponentially. The task force, 72 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: which President Trump established earlier this month, now seeks to 73 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: build on the work of addressing Minnesota fraud that VANCE 74 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,560 Speaker 1: and the CMS administrator doctor Oz announced last month. On 75 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: February the twenty fifth, for example, Vance announced that the 76 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: administration was halting certain amounts of medicaid funding to Minnesota 77 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:15,240 Speaker 1: until the state government learns to be good stewards of 78 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: taxpayer dollars. Doctor Oz noted that there would be about 79 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty nine million in deferred payments for 80 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: medicaid to the state of Minnesota alone. The task Force, 81 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: through interagency coordination, will examine every state for waste fraud 82 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: and abuse, is what sources are now saying, adding that 83 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: the task force will follow cms's template in its early work, 84 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: partially because of cms's data infrastructure for locating and taking 85 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: action against those who may be committing fraud. Now, according 86 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: to sources familiar with the matter, CMS has an AI 87 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,840 Speaker 1: driven in internal fraud detection system that can both flag 88 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 1: claims for review and block claims flagged as likely fraudulent, 89 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: and it will be scaled throughout the government to aid 90 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,880 Speaker 1: the Task Force in its mission. This year marks a 91 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: critical moment for our country as the opposition grows more 92 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 1: aggressive and unapologetic. The fight now reaches into the everyday 93 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: decisions we make. 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In a statement 114 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: to Brightbart News, spokesman from Vance's office said the Vice 115 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: President is looking forward to carrying out the presence war 116 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: on fraud, saying this, the American people deserve better than 117 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: being ripped off by people who hate this country, and 118 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud will ensure that essential 119 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: taxpayer funded services are used to support the hardworking Americans 120 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: who rely on them instead of being used by fraudsters 121 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: and criminals. Now, just a quick reminder, the fraud that 122 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 1: we just talked about is only in La So how 123 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: much fraud is there out there in California in general, well, 124 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: hundreds of millions of dollars in frauds on hospice billing 125 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,240 Speaker 1: has been now tied to the state of California alone 126 00:07:44,320 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: in broader healthcare and hospice fraud. Nationwide, billions and improper 127 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: Medicare payments are being flagged as we speak now. California 128 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: is consistently identified as the top state for suspicious hospice 129 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: growth and billing spikes. In some regions of the state, 130 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 1: hospice providers have exploded in number by far beyond what 131 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: the patient population would possibly justify. Even government regulators have 132 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: flag now clusters of new companies billing Medicare at unusually 133 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 1: high rates. The schemes, they're shocking and brazen. Fake and 134 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: ineligible patients have already been found, individuals that have been 135 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: enrolled in hospice who are not terminally ill. Some patients 136 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: didn't even know they were listed as hospice recipients. And 137 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: then we're hearing about kickbacks and recruitment schemes where brokers 138 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 1: paid to find patients and then steer them into specific 139 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: hospice programs. We also know that cash payments or incentives 140 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: were used to sign people up as well as kickbacks 141 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: to them. And then there's even billing for phantom services 142 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: that have been uncovered, charging Medicare for visits, treatments, or 143 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: care that never even happened. Recycling patients is also something 144 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: else that's been uncovered in California. What does that mean? 145 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: It means moving patients between providers to restart billing cycles 146 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:27,960 Speaker 1: and maximize fraudulent payouts. Now why California, Well, California lawmakers 147 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,119 Speaker 1: have allowed for this hot spot to become a reality 148 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,400 Speaker 1: with extremely weak oversight. And that's also allowed, they say, 149 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 1: rapid licensing of new hospice providers. They knew that there 150 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: was too many popping up compared to the population, they 151 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: didn't care. We also know that high medicare spinning create 152 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: a huge financial target, and the state knew that was happening. 153 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: And guess what, Gavin knew. Some of the Democrats didn't care. 154 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:59,199 Speaker 1: Enforcement also were being told lag behind the explosive growth 155 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,440 Speaker 1: in provider Gavin knwsome knew about as well and didn't care. 156 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: At one point, officials warned, for example, that Los Angeles 157 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: County alone had more hospice agencies than many entire states 158 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,600 Speaker 1: in this country combined, and that was in one city. 159 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: A recent congressional investigation highlighted massive taxpayer losses tied to 160 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: fraudulent hospice claims, failures in federal oversight to stop bad 161 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:34,960 Speaker 1: actors early when there was massive warning signs and serious 162 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: concerns that organized fraud networks were actually exploding and then 163 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:44,720 Speaker 1: exploiting the system statewide in California. Now, lawmakers they knew 164 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 1: this wasn't a small scale fraud. They understood early on 165 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: with all the warning signs that were going off, that 166 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: it was a systemic abuse. So the question is why 167 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,719 Speaker 1: didn't they crack down on it in California. Part of 168 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: it may be as simple as this. Many of the 169 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: fraudsters were giving kickbacks or better known as political contributions 170 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,880 Speaker 1: to people in power in the state of California, and 171 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: that's exactly what the vice presidents in charge of uncovering, 172 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: and hopefully real people will be held accountable and go 173 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: to jail. The question that's been asked by a lot 174 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,840 Speaker 1: is why did America do what they did with Iran? 175 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 1: Why did we go after the Supreme Leader and kill 176 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: him and so many others around him. What would be 177 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: the reasoning for this many on the left have been asking, 178 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:38,359 Speaker 1: I want to go through a timeline of some examples 179 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: of Iran hurting America and terrorizing the world. I think 180 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: it's important. Let's start back in nineteen seventy nine, when 181 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: the Iranian regime took over the US Embassy in Tehran, 182 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: resulting in a four hundred and forty four day hostage crisis. 183 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: They were released after Ronald Reagan was sworn into office 184 00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:01,199 Speaker 1: because Jimmy Carter showed weakness and they realized they could 185 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: keep our hostages in essence as long as they wanted to. 186 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 3: You. 187 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: Fast forward in nineteen eighty three, the Ringing regime provided 188 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:12,559 Speaker 1: material support to Hesbolah for the Beirut Marine Barracks bombing 189 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:18,560 Speaker 1: that killed two hundred and forty one US service members. 190 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,600 Speaker 1: One year later, in nineteen eighty four, the Ranian regime's 191 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: proxy has Block kidnapped CIA Station Chief William Buckley in Beirut. 192 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: Buckley then died in captivity. Also in nineteen eighty four, 193 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 1: the Ranian regimes proxy has Block carried out the truck 194 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: bomb attack on the US Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 195 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 1: another twenty four people. In nineteen eighty five, the Ranian 196 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: regimes proxy has blow hijacked TWA flight eight forty seven, 197 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: during which a US Navy diver was murdered. In nineteen 198 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 1: eighty eight, the Ranian regime carried out mass executions of prisoners, 199 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:04,559 Speaker 1: and it is still an episode that is under international 200 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: scrutiny for the size of that mass execution event. Nineteen 201 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: eighty nine, the Supreme Leader issued a regime fadois calling 202 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 1: for Salam's death, including murder abroad. In nineteen ninety two, 203 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: Iranian regime operatives assassinating a Kurdish dissident in Berlin later 204 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 1: tied by German authorities to senior Iranian decision makers. Again, 205 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: this is just an example of some of the things 206 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,480 Speaker 1: they've done. Nineteen ninety four, Argentina's top criminal court blamed 207 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 1: Iran for directing Hesbela Tobaum, the Jewish center in Buenos 208 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 1: Aires that killed eighty five innocent people. In two thousand 209 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: and seven, for example, US courts held a Rean response 210 00:13:56,120 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: responsible for providing material support to Hesblah for that nineteen 211 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: eighty three by root attack, underscoring the long standing regimes 212 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:09,480 Speaker 1: obsession with killing innocent people. In twenty twelve, for example, 213 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: the Iranian regime and HESBLA operatives carried out bomb attacks 214 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: targeting the Israeli embassy staff in India and in Georgia 215 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: in twenty twelve. Investigators also linked the Bangkok blast to 216 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: the same wave of suspected Iranian regime operations that we're 217 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: targeting Israeli diplomats Israeli officials in twenty te In twenty 218 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: twelve explicitly blame the regime's IRGC coued forces for masterminding 219 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: that diplomatic targeting attack wave that went around the world. 220 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: In twenty fifteen, Iranian forces fired on and boarded a 221 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:54,239 Speaker 1: tanker in the Gulf, seizing that vessel altogether. In twenty sixteen, 222 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: the IRGC forces detained not one, not two, not three, 223 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: not four, not five, not six, on seven, not eight, 224 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: not nine, but ten US Navy sailors after their boats 225 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 1: entered what they claimed was Iranian waters. What do they do? 226 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 1: They used public humiliation as coercion, and of course, a 227 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: guy by the name Barack Obama gave in no problem. 228 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: Reuters in twenty seventeen reported a sharp rise in IRGC 229 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: detentions of dual nationals hostage style leverage, a pattern the 230 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: regime used repeatedly because America was weak. In twenty eighteen, 231 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:35,200 Speaker 1: Denmark said an Iranian intelligence service planned an assassination on 232 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 1: Danish soil in twenty eighteen, as well, a Belgian court 233 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 1: case centered on an Iranian diplomat convicted for planning another 234 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: bomb attack near Paris. Twenty nineteen, the IRGC shut down 235 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: a US military drone. Twenty nineteen, again, the Iranian regime 236 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 1: exceeded the nuclear deals in Richmond uranium stockpile limit, of course, 237 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: that Barack Obama said was worse, accelerating the proliferation risks significantly. 238 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,800 Speaker 1: In twenty nineteen, the regime further breached nuclear deal constraints again. 239 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 1: This is after Barack Obama had no problem bowing down 240 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 1: to the Iranians. In twenty nineteen, the IURGC also seized 241 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: a British flag tanker in the Strait of Hormus, yet 242 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: again flexing their muscles. In twenty nineteen, the regime ordered 243 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: a lethal crackdown on nationwide protests. It was reported that 244 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 1: more than one thousand and five under their own citizens 245 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 1: were killed. In twenty twenty, i RAN launched ballistic missiles 246 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:38,880 Speaker 1: at bases housing US troops in Iraq a direct regime strike, 247 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty, US officials also confirmed American church were 248 00:16:42,800 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: treated for concussions after the Iranian missile attack, and it 249 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: was a big one. In twenty twenty one, a drone 250 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 1: attack on the tanker Mercer Street killed two crew The 251 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: incident was attributed to by US and UK and Israeli 252 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: officials directly tied to Iran. In twenty twenty one, US 253 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: prosecutors charge Iranian intelligence officials with plotting to kidnap a 254 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: journalist from New York for retention to Iran. In twenty 255 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: twenty one, the DOJ charge Iranian nationals for a cyber 256 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 1: enabled campaign to intimidate US voters and undermine confidence in 257 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty election. In twenty twenty two, US authorities 258 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: charged an IRGC member with plotting to assassinate John Bolton 259 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 1: inside the United States of America. Twenty twenty two, again, 260 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 1: Usha Amini died after detention by the regime's morality police, 261 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: triggering a nationwide uprising against state violence. In twenty twenty two, 262 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: Iran agreed to supply Russia with more drones and more missiles, 263 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: enabling strikes that hit Ukrainian cities in infrastructure and twenty 264 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 1: twenty three routers. It detailed a US Iran Detaine exchange 265 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: that hinged on regimed detention of Americans, an example of 266 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,000 Speaker 1: Iran state hostage level ridge. In twenty twenty three, the 267 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 1: October seventh attacks where i Ran backed Hamas terrorists murdered 268 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 1: more than one thousand, two hundred innocent men, women, and children, 269 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:16,119 Speaker 1: including forty six Americans. In twenty twenty three, Iranian backed 270 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 1: HESBLO exchanged fire with Israel as regional violence expanded after 271 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,639 Speaker 1: October seventh. In twenty twenty three, again hes boild launched 272 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: rockets from Lebanon and Israel struck back, demonstrating Iran's proxy 273 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: pressure on Israel's northern border. US forces in Iraq were 274 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 1: also targeted by drones as Iran aligned groups resumed to 275 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: sustained the attack pattern on US interests. US officials said 276 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:44,680 Speaker 1: they expected more Iran backed attacks on US troops, underscoring 277 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: the regime's proxy warfare. The White House sat Iran was 278 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: in some cases actively facilitating quote unquote rocket and Jordan 279 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: attacks by their terrorist proxies on US basis. Iran align 280 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:04,199 Speaker 1: hoothis escalated attacks on commercial shipping triggering widespread rerouting and 281 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:09,879 Speaker 1: supply chain disruption. Twenty twenty four, persistent Iranian back toothy 282 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 1: strikes continued on shipping trying to hurt the rest of 283 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: the world. A drone strike by an Iranian back militia 284 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: killed three US troops at Tower twenty two in Jordan, 285 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: a major escalation against US forces directly iraqs cout forces 286 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: commander visit Bagdad and help modulate militia tax, demonstrating regime 287 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:35,840 Speaker 1: command influence over even Iran's proxies. Iran provide Russia with 288 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: ballistic missiles, deepening Tehran's role in the war, affecting European security. 289 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles directly at Israel, 290 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: an unprecedented overt regime attack. The IGC seized other vessels, 291 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:55,639 Speaker 1: including boarding one that was connect to Israel by helicopter 292 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: and diverting it to Iran, another state policy and piracy 293 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:05,359 Speaker 1: style co. Iran's overseas murder for higher style plots also 294 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:09,159 Speaker 1: continue to grow in twenty twenty four and twenty twenty five, 295 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: and then last year, the RGC sees the foreign tanker 296 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:19,320 Speaker 1: in the of ourmus Continuing regime maritime attacks affecting the 297 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: global market. Now, that's just some of what Iran has done. 298 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,720 Speaker 1: So if you're asking yourself the question why, now, I 299 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 1: didn't even mention what they were doing with nuclear weapons, 300 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,920 Speaker 1: So don't forget that either. The nuclear weapons, Well, that's 301 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 1: what Iran was ultimately all about. And that's exactly why 302 00:20:35,840 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: Donald Trump had to act. A sacred season is approaching Passover, 303 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: when we remember God's deliverance, the night he brought his 304 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 1: people out of bondage and into freedom. This year, many 305 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: of God's people will observe in darkness under the shadow 306 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: of war. Across Israel. Red alert sirens pierced the air, 307 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:01,120 Speaker 1: Families run to shelters with seconds to spare. Elderly men 308 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,960 Speaker 1: and women fear they'll be left behind, and parents are 309 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: comforting their frightened children as explosions shake the night. 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Now, 326 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: before I get into what the Senate Judiciary Committee told 327 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: us today, let me just remind you what Arctic Frost 328 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,439 Speaker 1: was all about. It was the internal code name tied 329 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: to that federal investigation effort that was launched during the 330 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 1: Biden Air Department of Justice, an operation that, according to 331 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: multiple whistleblowers and internal memos now is coming to light. 332 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 1: It was designed to track and build cases tied to 333 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 1: election related activity, political organizing, and what officials labeled as 334 00:22:54,840 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: domestic extremism risk networks. Now, on paper, it was aimed 335 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:04,920 Speaker 1: as a national security initiative, but the reality was it 336 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: was all about doing political surveillance on Donald Trump and 337 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: many of his allies. And now, thanks to the Senate 338 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 1: Judiciary hearing, we're getting a much clearer picture of what 339 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 1: was really going on behind the scenes. The hearing turned 340 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: into nothing short of a political earthquake. Senators revealed new 341 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 1: testimony and internal communications tied directly to Special Counsel Jack 342 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:34,679 Speaker 1: Smith and what he allegedly demanded during the height of 343 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 1: Arctic frost and the operation. Now, according to the documents 344 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:44,719 Speaker 1: that were presented during the hearing, Smith pushed for expanded 345 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: authority to subpoena communications tied not just to suspects, but 346 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 1: to broader networks of individuals. He reportedly advocated for aggressive timelines, 347 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: demanding prosecutors moved faster than traditional thresholds would normally allow, 348 00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:11,919 Speaker 1: and most explosively. Lawmakers revealed discussions suggesting an effort to 349 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: directly link political speech and organizing activity to potential criminal exposure. 350 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: Let me say that again, this wasn't just about investigating crimes. 351 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,199 Speaker 1: They wanted you to believe that, but What it was 352 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:31,880 Speaker 1: actually about was weaponizing and redefining what could be considered 353 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,640 Speaker 1: a crime to lock up Donald Trump in his allies. Now. 354 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: According to testimony, Smith wanted broader use of material witness warrants, 355 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:48,280 Speaker 1: even in cases where individuals had not been charged. That 356 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: is what you call a phishing exploration, hoping to find 357 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: a crime with no crime that had actually been committed 358 00:24:55,760 --> 00:25:00,359 Speaker 1: that you knew about. He's supported also using digit digital 359 00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: surveillance tools to map associations between the political activists that 360 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: he wanted to go after. That was the tree connected 361 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,119 Speaker 1: to Donald Trump at the top, and he reportedly pushed 362 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,119 Speaker 1: the Department of Justice teams to build cases as he 363 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:24,400 Speaker 1: described it outward, meaning start first with a target aka 364 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: Donald Trump or one of his associates, and then expand 365 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: the net until something actionable is found or appeared. This 366 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:39,439 Speaker 1: is a stunning admission by those at the hearing, making 367 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,760 Speaker 1: it clear that yes, they didn't know of any crimes 368 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 1: had been committed by Trump or anyone around him. They 369 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 1: instead just said we're going to pick someone and then 370 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: find a crime that we can charge them with to 371 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: shut them down Politically. This literally flips the entire justice 372 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 1: system on its head. Now in America, investigative crime and 373 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: then find a suspect. But not under the Biden administration 374 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: or regime. They picked the target first, then went looking 375 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:14,680 Speaker 1: for a crime that they could create out of thin air. Yes, 376 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:19,480 Speaker 1: this is a grotesque abuse of power. Republican members the 377 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 1: Senate Judiciary Committee did not hold back. They described arctic 378 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:28,959 Speaker 1: frost as a weaponized pipeline inside the DOJ, a system 379 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 1: that allowed federal prosecutors to test legal theories on political opponents, 380 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,119 Speaker 1: and a framework that risked turning the justice system into 381 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: a tool of intimidation. Several senators pointed to internal language 382 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:52,120 Speaker 1: suggesting that traditional safeguards, probable cause, evidentiary thresholds, prosecutorial restraints 383 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:57,520 Speaker 1: were seen as quote unquote just obstacles rather than protections 384 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,120 Speaker 1: of those that are innocent. And that's where the abusive 385 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:06,199 Speaker 1: power argument became central. Because federal authority is used not 386 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,959 Speaker 1: just to enforce the law, but to reinterpret it and 387 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 1: apply it selectively. Then you don't just have a legal issue, 388 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 1: you have a constitutional one. Now. President Trump responded swiftly 389 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: and forcefully, and remarks following the hearing, Trump described the 390 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:27,479 Speaker 1: revelations as one of the most dangerous abusive powers ever 391 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: uncovered in Washington. President Trump didn't stop there. He also 392 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: went on to say that Arctic frost was a coordinated 393 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 1: effort to silence political opposition under the guise of law enforcement. 394 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: Trump also reiterated a core argument he made repeatedly, the 395 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: federal agencies were turned against the American people, and that 396 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,320 Speaker 1: was clearly revealed in the hearing, And it proves the 397 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: system was rigged at the highest levels. Now, if you 398 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: want to know just how political this was, want you 399 00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 1: to take a listen to this part of the shocking 400 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,199 Speaker 1: amount of data that came out, Senator Cruz confirming that 401 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:13,479 Speaker 1: Biden's FBI wired tapped the current White House Chief of Staff, 402 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:19,360 Speaker 1: Susie Wilds during a privileged call with her lawyer, without 403 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: the consent of either party. Yes, so much for client 404 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: privilege with your attorney. No, they said, we don't care. 405 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: We want to listen in because we're trying to find 406 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:34,760 Speaker 1: anything we can on Donald Trump. 407 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 6: Jack Smith issued nearly two hundred subpoenas, Is that correct. Yes, 408 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 6: Those subpoenas targeted over four hundred Republican individuals and organizations correct, correct, 409 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 6: many of whom had no connection to those who entered 410 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 6: the Capitol on January sixth. 411 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 1: Correct, absolutely, and. 412 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,600 Speaker 6: In fact, some of those organizations didn't even exist on 413 00:28:58,720 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 6: January sixth, Is that correct? 414 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: It is, so we're not. 415 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 6: Talking about a narrow investigation. We're talking about a sweeping 416 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 6: operation targeting virtually the entirety of the other side. 417 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 7: Politically, it was a fishing expedition. 418 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,240 Speaker 6: So let's turn to the constitution. Subpoenaing the tall records 419 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 6: of members of Congress, does that raise serious constitutional concerns? 420 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 7: Absolutely, And in fact we have the pen who notified 421 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:30,000 Speaker 7: the Special Consul's office of those concerns. And jack Smith 422 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:34,000 Speaker 7: had apparently said that he was going to consult with 423 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 7: the Solicitor General, according to the release of the information 424 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 7: from Senator Grassley this morning. Yet when he was deposed 425 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,200 Speaker 7: by the House and was specifically asked if he spoke 426 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 7: with the Solicitor General, he said, on this discrete issue, no. 427 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 6: Among other issues, it raises significant issues with the speech 428 00:29:58,920 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 6: and debate clause. 429 00:29:59,640 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 1: Correct. 430 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:03,760 Speaker 6: Absolutely, so much so that, as you noted, when when 431 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 6: Jacksmith's subpoena at AT and T to get my toll records, 432 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 6: at and T refused to comply with the subpoena because 433 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 6: they concluded that it violated the speech and debate clauses. 434 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 6: Is that correct? 435 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,640 Speaker 7: Absolutely correct? And they backed down. 436 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 6: Jack Smith did not try to enforce that subpoena Didy. 437 00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 7: He did not. 438 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,800 Speaker 6: He did not go to court and litigate the matter, 439 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 6: did he? 440 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 7: He did not. 441 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 6: Does that suggest, as it does to me, that he 442 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 6: knew damn well what he was doing was illegal and 443 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 6: would not be upheld in court. 444 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 7: It does suggest that. 445 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 6: When the federal government subpoenas donor lists internal communications organization records, 446 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 6: does that implicate the First Amendment and also freedom association 447 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:46,320 Speaker 6: in particular? 448 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,400 Speaker 7: It does, and the Supreme Court made that clear in 449 00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 7: the end of LACP. 450 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 6: Case Mss Chamberlain. Aside from the legal violations, what specific crimes, 451 00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 6: if any, were actually uncovered as a result of the 452 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 6: Arctic Frost investigation. 453 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:06,960 Speaker 4: I'm not aware of any crimes that were uncovered. 454 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 6: Would the senators, donors, organizations, and individuals who were surveiled 455 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 6: and subpoenaed have ever learned about the Arctic Frost investigation 456 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 6: had Trump not one in twenty twenty. 457 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 4: Four, Probably not, mainly because of these non disclosure orders, 458 00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 4: but also I mean the fact that a lot of 459 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,680 Speaker 4: these records were now just learning about them because they 460 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 4: were in these prohibited access files only available to their 461 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,000 Speaker 4: FBI director. So if the FBI director is a Democrat, 462 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,600 Speaker 4: there's no reason to think we know about them. 463 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 6: How would you compare the scope of the violations in 464 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 6: Arctic Frost to Watergate. 465 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 4: I think, if anything, it might even be greater. I 466 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 4: mean the scope of this in terms of the sheer 467 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 4: number of people and organizations affected. And as I discussed, 468 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 4: I mean this brazen violation of attorney client privileged wiretapping 469 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 4: a phone call between Susie Wilds and her lawyer. These 470 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 4: are egregious offenses. And you know, if Watergate was just 471 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 4: about a single break in, I mean this is effectively, 472 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,200 Speaker 4: you know, compound that by two hundred. 473 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: You may have heard that shocking revelation No crimes were 474 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:17,000 Speaker 1: found in Operation Arctic Frost, because it wasn't about crimes. 475 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,960 Speaker 1: It was about framing your political opponent and trying to 476 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:23,560 Speaker 1: entrap them and charge them with crimes that you made 477 00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: out of thin air. Center Cruz wrapped it up perfectly 478 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 1: when he said this at the Judiciary hearing. 479 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 6: Watergate was about a handful of files in a single Office. 480 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 6: This reached into tens of thousands of private communications, emails, records, 481 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 6: and personal data, tall records, bank records, donor lists, law 482 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 6: firm records, and other personal files relating to every major 483 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 6: conservative organization were subpoena. 484 00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: That is a perfect example of just how widespad the 485 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: abuse of power really was. And now the question is 486 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,600 Speaker 1: will those that abuse their power be held to account? 487 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: That's exactly what Judiciary Committee seems to be working towards. 488 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,440 Speaker 1: And not only were they going after the President, they 489 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: were also going after major conservative organizations, turning Point, USA, 490 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 1: America First Policy Institute, even the Republican National Committee. So 491 00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: this may be just the tip of the iceberg. Don't 492 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:33,600 Speaker 1: forget Share this podcast wherever you can with your family 493 00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:35,640 Speaker 1: and your friends, and I'll see you back here tomorrow.