1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: All right, News round up information Overlord hour eight hundred 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: nine four one, Shawn, if you want to be a 3 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: part of the program. You know, it's amazing that so 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: much we're learning about January sixth, that the January six 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: hearings never told us. We played for you now many times, 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: even NBC reporting that all of this intelligence was available. Alba, 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to play this left the whole thing. All 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: of this intelligence was available and they didn't act upon 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: it before January sixth, actionable intelligence. In other words, this 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 1: could have been prevented if they did basic law enforcement. 11 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: You know, one on one maneuvers here. It's unreal. Listen 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: to this NBC report Now to our NBC News exclusive. 13 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: The January six Committee's final report was more than eight 14 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: hundred pages, but some material did not make the cut, 15 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,840 Speaker 1: including much of its findings on the failures of federal 16 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,480 Speaker 1: law enforcement leading up to the attack. Chief investigator of 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: the January sixth Committee says the government could have prevented 18 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: it had law enforcement agencies acted on the available intelligence. 19 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: Do you believe the attack on the Capitol could have 20 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,120 Speaker 1: been successfully repelled? I think it would have been a 21 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: lot different had law enforcement taken a more assertive protective posture. 22 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: Law enforcement had a very direct role in contributing to 23 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: certainly the failures, the security failures that led to the violence. 24 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: People familiar with the committee's work tell NBC News members 25 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: downplayed that finding because they wanted to keep the focus 26 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: on former President Trump. Committee members dispute that Hafey would 27 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: not discuss internal deliberations. Was this an intelligence failure? It 28 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 1: was not an intelligence failure that pehistorical preach of live 29 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: Hathey says. The committee found the FBI, the Department of 30 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: Homeland Security, and other agencies did not act on the 31 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: intelligence they had. Now, that's not the only thing we discovered. 32 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: And the course of interviews that I have had in 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: the days, just a few days before January sixth, there 34 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: was a meeting in the White House and the issue 35 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,080 Speaker 1: of calling up the National Guard came up, and what 36 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:11,799 Speaker 1: do we have. We have the Defense Secretary at the time, 37 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:17,399 Speaker 1: Chris Miller, his chief of staff President Trump, Mark Meadows, 38 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 1: and we don't have it on tape, but it was 39 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: in the Inspector General's report. Even General milly All acknowledging 40 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: that Trump wanted the Guard on duty and ready in 41 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: case something happened. Listen, did you authorize calling up the guard? 42 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: And then it became the chain of command went to 43 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi and to the Mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser. 44 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: Did you, as required by law, authorize that one? And 45 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: attested to by many people, and they turned it down. 46 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: Nancy Pelosi turned it down. Mayor Bowser's written refusal, the 47 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: communications between the leader of the Capitol Police and there 48 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: enough command to the DoD refusing our request to allow 49 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: National guardsmen and women to stage on January four and 50 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: five before January six? Did you both ask for the 51 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: National Guard to be called up without a doubt? Sean, 52 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: We've made that very clear, not just once, but on 53 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: numerous occasions. We wanted to make sure that there was 54 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: plenty of National Guard on the ready in case there 55 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: was some kind of violence. I had a meeting with 56 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: President Trump on the third of January concerning some international threats, 57 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: and at the very end he asked if there were 58 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: any requests for national Guards supporting What was the President's 59 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: response to you with regards to the request made by 60 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: Mayor Bowser Phillott and do whatever was necessary to protect 61 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: the demonstrators. That was now NBC News reporting Federal law 62 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: enforcement could have prevented this. They didn't act on the intelligence. 63 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: And then all these people in a meeting with the 64 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: president saying do we have guard troops? Are we're gonna 65 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: need him for this day? Now it gets even more interesting, 66 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: and that is because as a terrific book out. You 67 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: can get it on Amazon dot com. We'll put it 68 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: up on Hannity dot com. It's in bookstores everywhere. It's 69 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: called Courage under Fire. It's written by Stephen A. Son. 70 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: He was the Capitol police chief on January sixth, and 71 00:04:23,960 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: he himself made multiple requests for the National Guard. They 72 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: were all declined. He joins us. Now, sir, welcome to 73 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: the program. It's a honor to have you, Sean. Thank 74 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 1: you very much for having me on today. There's still 75 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: so much people don't know about January sixth. Let me 76 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:42,799 Speaker 1: just hand you the microphone. You heard what I just played. 77 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 1: You heard NBC. You heard President Trump and Mark Meadows 78 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: and Chris Miller and others. What was your reaction to that. 79 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: I've got a few things to say. I will tell 80 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 1: you this and just give me a couple of minutes. 81 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: Congress passed a law that restricted my ability to bring 82 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: in federal resources, whether it's the FBI, ATF or National Guard, 83 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: an advance of an event, or even during an emergency 84 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: like we had on January sixth, without first obtaining approval 85 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: from the Capitol Police Board and the leadership. And then 86 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: I was denied January third by Pelosi's sergeant armist Paul Irving, 87 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:21,320 Speaker 1: to bring in the National Guard in advance. And then 88 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 1: when we are under attack, I repeatedly requested permission to 89 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,720 Speaker 1: bring in the National Guard over and over from from 90 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: twelve fifty eight pm until two oh nine pm, seventy 91 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: one minutes, we paid calls, I mean thirty two calls 92 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: my law enforcement partners kind of getting an assistance. Eleven 93 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: of those calls went to the sergeant arms and it 94 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,160 Speaker 1: took seventy one minutes to finally get a pool. And 95 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: then you know what the kicker is. Pelosi goes on 96 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: the television the very next day says I fail as 97 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: a leader, calls my resignation, and then lies to the 98 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,480 Speaker 1: American public saying I never even talked to her that day. 99 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: I spoke to her three times. And by the way, 100 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: why didn't the January sixth committee subpoena her text messages 101 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: are phone records or email records from that day? Why 102 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:06,520 Speaker 1: didn't they get Muriel Bowsers? Why didn't they ask for yours? 103 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: Or maybe they did ask for yours. Oh, I gave 104 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: them everything I had. Why didn't they call me and 105 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: asked me to test my public with Well, that's a 106 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 1: great question. I can give you my answer. What I 107 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: believe to be the answer is they had a predetermined 108 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: narrative and a predetermined conclusion. And I'll tell you what 109 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: the worst part is, and I think you'll agree with 110 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: me from a law enforcement standpoint, they didn't come up 111 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 1: with a single plan or idea to prevent this from 112 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: ever happening again. He didn't You know, you are right 113 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,560 Speaker 1: about that. I mean, we can have our institutions and 114 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: our politicians chief, we can't have them under attack like this. 115 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: I was condemning it on this show in real time. 116 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: I condemned it on my TV show that night, like 117 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 1: I condemned the five hundred and seventy four riots in 118 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: the summer of twenty twenty that everybody told us it 119 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: was so peaceful, which wasn't. And I absolutely you appreciate that, 120 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: and I will tell you it's your absolutely right. Very 121 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 1: little has been done to prevent this from happening. Yet 122 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 1: they did pass one one law that allows the chief 123 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: to call in the National Guard and their emergency. Look 124 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: at this, they made it revocable by by members of Congress. 125 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: That's crazy. So what's even interesting is when you talk 126 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: about that we have eighteen agencies that make up the 127 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 1: intelligence community, half of those are military. Like you had said, 128 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: we now know Millie had would such great concerns. On 129 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: the Sunday before January sixth, he talked about locking down 130 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 1: the city and revoking permits on Capitolill you know who 131 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 1: signs those parts? Me? You know who? They didn't tell me? Wow, 132 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: my men and when were left out there without some 133 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: critical intelligence that that should have been in the intelligence 134 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: assessmince I was getting And that's that's probably a whole 135 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 1: another call. But anyway, instead I had to get on 136 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: a call at two thirty four pm begging with the 137 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 1: Pentagon to send nash of Oard troops that were within 138 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: eyesight of the capital. And guess what, they didn't send them. 139 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 1: They send them back to the armory and sent evening 140 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: troops to relieve and come to the capital. They didn't 141 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: want Until five point PM so you reach out in 142 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: the days before January six you're reaching out that day 143 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: and you're not getting any help at all whatsoever. And 144 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:16,720 Speaker 1: we're watching what's unfolding before our eyes. Everybody's in a 145 00:08:16,760 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: state of shock. And yet this never came to light 146 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:23,200 Speaker 1: in the January sixth committee. They didn't come up with 147 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,600 Speaker 1: a plan how to create a perimeter to make sure 148 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: that that capital forever remained safe and our politicians and 149 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:33,559 Speaker 1: never attacked again. They didn't do that either. And no 150 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,559 Speaker 1: matter how many times you asked, And this is important, 151 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: and you point this out in your book, the rules 152 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: are different for you because of two specific statutes restricting 153 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 1: your ability to obtain the needed support for your officers. 154 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 1: And you know, the two statutes prohibited you from calling 155 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,800 Speaker 1: up the National Guard or even federal law enforcement to 156 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: support an advance unless all these other people approve it. 157 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 1: You did not have the authority need to do it. 158 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,360 Speaker 1: And when you asked, they didn't help you. Right, I 159 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: was denied the approval in advance and then delayed for 160 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:08,599 Speaker 1: seventy one minutes when when we were under attack on 161 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 1: January sixth, it's it's atrocious what we went through. But 162 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: then to be you know, put on national TV and 163 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: made the scapegoat for you know, a law. They were 164 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: the ones that passed and tied my hands. That's that's 165 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: what really kind of hurts me. So at the end 166 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 1: of this, how many years had you served as the 167 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 1: chief of the Capitol Police. I have thirty years of 168 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: law enforcement experience, but twenty five little over twenty five 169 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 1: of those with DC Police. I had been the chief 170 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: of Capitol Police for eighteen months when this occurred. Yeah, 171 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: and I noticed by the way that you know, one 172 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: January sixth, Committee Member Zoe Loughrin was on the House 173 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:47,439 Speaker 1: committee overseeing the Capitol Police and received security briefings that 174 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: had on Won six. Did she not see the security 175 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: briefings that NBC was reporting. I don't know what other 176 00:09:55,520 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: security briefings she had. The intelligence that I had available 177 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: to me I'd outlined in detail in the book, and 178 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 1: you'll see that those, even those intelligence don't indicate the 179 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: level of intelligence that we now know existed. That people 180 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: were planning, There was groups planning attacking the capital, there 181 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 1: penetrating the capital, doing a number of things. None of 182 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 1: that have been portrayed, not in any of the assessments, 183 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:19,400 Speaker 1: not even in the footnotes and what they even put 184 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 1: out assessments in demonstrations low probability of civil disobedience. Did 185 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: you know the Muriel Bowser is on record denying calling 186 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: up and saying you don't have authority to call up 187 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: the Guard. Do you aware of that? Yes? I do so. 188 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 1: When I first asked Paul Irving for the use of 189 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: the National Guard on January third, he used the term optics. 190 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: He was concerned about optics, and I believe that goes 191 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: back to Speaker Plows He's concerned within the terms. She 192 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: used stormtroopers to refer to our you know, fine men 193 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: and women in federal law enforce and National Guard, referring 194 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,560 Speaker 1: to them being on the streets of the United States 195 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,440 Speaker 1: during the twenty twenty riots. Murial bowns Or put out 196 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: a letter I believe it was January fourth to fifth 197 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: I referenced in the book that says she does not 198 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 1: want any more National Guard. He called up without her expressit, 199 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: notification and approval of her in the Metro and police form. 200 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: So I am aware of that. That's unbelievable. More with 201 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: Chief Stephen A Son on the other side, don't forget 202 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: his book now on sale at Amazon dot com, Hannity 203 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: dot com, and bookstores everywhere. All right, we continue with 204 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: Capitol Police Chief, former Capitol Police Chief. He was there 205 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 1: on January six is request for the National Guard denied repeatedly. 206 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: Courage under fire as his book, Amazon dot com, Hannity 207 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: dot com, bookstores everywhere. You know, we watched in the 208 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: summer of twenty twenty five hundred and seventy four riots over. 209 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: We had a couple of thousand cops injured. We watched 210 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,560 Speaker 1: every night as they were being hit with bricks and 211 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: rocks and molotov cocktails and frozen water bottles, a couple 212 00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: of thousand cops injured. We had dozens of dead Americans, 213 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:05,760 Speaker 1: sixteen thousand rioters, arrested, six hundred cases of arson, billions 214 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: of dollars in property damage. How come they didn't have 215 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: a hearing on that. Well, let's just tie it down 216 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: to Washington, DC. You know, during the riots ahead of 217 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,280 Speaker 1: it with the White House between May thirtieth and I 218 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: think June first or second. You when they're attacking the 219 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: White House repeatedly and made the President and his family 220 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: going to the bunker. There was more officers injured there 221 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:29,319 Speaker 1: than they were at the Capital on January sixth. Yeah, well, 222 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: let me ask you this question, now that some of 223 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,360 Speaker 1: this new videotape has come out, what was your reaction 224 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: to it? You know, I'll tell you in favor of 225 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 1: the videotapes being released. I think transparency is important, you know. 226 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: I think any any chief that's faced with a body 227 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,719 Speaker 1: worn camera in kind of issue like that one, they're 228 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 1: going people are gonna call for to be released, but 229 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: I think it should be released. So I'm all in 230 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:56,560 Speaker 1: favorite being released, and people are looking for fair and 231 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: balanced reporting, and that's ultimately I think the goal. I 232 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: think that's when Turger Carlson was releasing I think that 233 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: was his main concern, you know, to provide the alternative, 234 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: you know, of what was being put out just by 235 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: the G six. But my concern, and I think some 236 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: of the concern of law enforcement, is his portrayal made 237 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: it look like it was just more of a walk 238 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,720 Speaker 1: in the park that it really was that day. Apparently 239 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 1: Benny Thompson, who headed up to J six committee, is 240 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 1: actually out there was on fake news CNN and he 241 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:29,119 Speaker 1: was claiming that none of the committee members had access 242 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: to this footage. I find that hard to believe. He said, 243 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: only committee staffers kind of went through the video. Now, 244 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: if if you're being charged, if you're a lawyer and 245 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,280 Speaker 1: you find out this forty one thousand hours worth of footage, 246 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: crazy amount of footage, I would think that they would 247 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:52,640 Speaker 1: want that evidence, potential evidence that could be exculpatory towards 248 00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: their clients. Wouldn't you think they'd request that? Now? Well, 249 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,280 Speaker 1: absolutely would think they'd request I mean, any any police 250 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: officer knows and any information you have associated with any 251 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: kind of prosecution or any kind of cases, which becomes 252 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: what they called Jews material. But you know, for him, 253 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: you know, as a member of the committee, to be 254 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,559 Speaker 1: saying they didn't have access to it, but his staffers 255 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: may have. If your staffers haven't, they're working for you, 256 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: that's still you having access to it. And you should 257 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 1: have had access to everything available from the Capitol Police. 258 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: I would have been very exprised if they didn't come out. 259 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: It sounds to me like they selectively edited it and 260 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,120 Speaker 1: they failed this country by not telling a true and 261 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: accurate story and not interviewing very key players like Nancy Pelosi, 262 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: the Sergeant of Arms, the Mayor of DC, Muriel Bowser, 263 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,920 Speaker 1: and not bringing you in I think you would have 264 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: been one of the most important people to talk to. 265 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: It's sad that you had to say this in a book. 266 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: It's sad that people smeared you. It was undeserved. You 267 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 1: did not have the authority to do what they told 268 00:14:51,320 --> 00:14:53,680 Speaker 1: you they wanted done or should have been done, and 269 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 1: when you asked, you were denied. I mean, it doesn't 270 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: get any more clear than that. And the worst part 271 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: is we don't have any plan place to stop this 272 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: from ever happening again. And uh, anyway, Chief Stephen, a 273 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 1: sound thank you for being with us. The book is 274 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: called Courage under Fire. It's on Amazon dot com, Hannity 275 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: dot com, it's in bookstores everywhere. I think your story 276 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 1: deserves to be heard. Thank you, sir. I appreciate it, Sir, 277 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Eight hundred nine four one sean. If 278 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: you want to be a part of the program, all right, 279 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 1: twenty five now until the top of the hour, eight 280 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: hundred and nine four one sean our number, if you 281 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: want to be a part of the program. And anyway, 282 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:34,000 Speaker 1: we have a lot going on today and we got 283 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: a great show tonight. If you want to be part 284 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: of a studio audience show. It's simple, just go to 285 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: Hannity dot com. Tickets are absolutely positively free. You don't 286 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: get anything for free these days. No, but anyway, we'd 287 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:48,160 Speaker 1: love to have you. People are having a great time. 288 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 1: We throw out a ton of footballs and I make 289 00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: people catch him before I say that you can have 290 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: it where you hit him in the head. No, there's 291 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,600 Speaker 1: been a couple of people. There's been there's been a war, 292 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: people jumping off. That's why they sign that way before 293 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: they sit down. Liability waiver. Do they sign a waiver 294 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 1: of course before potentially getting hit by Sean Hannity. I 295 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 1: doubt it. But anyway, last year listening, by the way, 296 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: I am kidding, I know our friends are preborn. They 297 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 1: don't get any money like planned parenthood from the federal 298 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,960 Speaker 1: government none, not a penny. But they are in the 299 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: baby saving business and what they're doing is using the 300 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: science of ultrasound and ultrasound today what is it a 301 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 1: four G? I mean you could you can see fingers 302 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: and toes? Were you able to see that with Liam 303 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: and facial features at a pretty forget stage right, he's 304 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: already making the phase. I don't want to do that, 305 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:42,680 Speaker 1: but that's the thing. So every and any expecting woman 306 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 1: that wants a free ultrasound, you can have one thanks 307 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: to Preborn. And the only reason Preborn can offer that 308 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: for free is because of generous donations from people in 309 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,640 Speaker 1: the pro life community, people that believe in the sanctity 310 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 1: of life, and they're using this science and it's having 311 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: a profound impact. People take a look at a baby 312 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 1: growing inside them and they say, I'm gonna keep that baby, 313 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:09,400 Speaker 1: and then they hear the heartbeat, I'm gonna keep that baby. Anyway, 314 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: if you want a sponsor, for example, it's twenty eight 315 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: dollars apiece. Sponsor as many as you like, and you 316 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 1: might actually literally be saving, you know, a baby's life 317 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: from abortion. Anyway. I love the fact that they don't 318 00:17:21,320 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: take a penny from the government and anyway, they're doing 319 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,919 Speaker 1: great work. I'm gonna make my donation this weekend. Just 320 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: I'll pound two fifty on your cell. Say the keyword baby. 321 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 1: Pound two fifty on your cell, keyword baby. They have 322 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 1: a safe and secure website at preborn dot com slash sean. 323 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: That's preborn dot com slash sean And you're gonna love 324 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: this group, and they really really having a major impact 325 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: on the issue of life. So Jim Jordan, he previewed 326 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: this on my television show the other night. Jim Jordan 327 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 1: is now looking at information that our government now is 328 00:17:58,320 --> 00:18:03,680 Speaker 1: searching for every single correspondence of Elon Musk. Elon Musk 329 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,719 Speaker 1: is a private citizen and all has to do with 330 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: the fact that he bought purchased Twitter. It all has 331 00:18:10,240 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: to do with the fact that he has been forthcoming 332 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 1: with information about the inner workings of Twitter prior to 333 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 1: his ownership, and he's hired, you know, a bunch of 334 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: journalists and people to do the work for him. And 335 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: that's where we discovered that the FBI had been meeting 336 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: weekly with big tech companies in the lead up to 337 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty election, telling them they may be victims 338 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: of a disinformation campaign from a foreign country and it 339 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,159 Speaker 1: may be about Joe Biden or even his son, Hunter Biden. 340 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: I Meanwhile, the FBI knew that Hunter Biden had the 341 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,680 Speaker 1: laptop because they had a copy of it since December 342 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. They also knew Rudy Giuliani had a copy, 343 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: so the odds were pretty high that that that was 344 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,359 Speaker 1: going to get leaked before the election, and lo and 345 00:18:56,440 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: behold the New York Post ran the story about one 346 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: hunter is very real laptop. But these big tech companies 347 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:07,160 Speaker 1: had all been primed and prepped to expect the worst 348 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: from the FBI, putting their thumbs on the scale once 349 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:17,080 Speaker 1: again of an election. Anyway, Jim Jordan is now looking 350 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: into this privacy breach of what is elon must Does 351 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: he not have a right to privacy? Does he have 352 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,680 Speaker 1: not have a right to run a company the way 353 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: he sees fit? I think he's smarter than most of 354 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: these idiots from Washington. Anyway, here's Jim Jordan. He reads 355 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: in an email from the White House asking Twitter to 356 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: censor a tweet. You cannot find actual evidence of any 357 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: direct government censorship of any lawful speech. And when I 358 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:50,520 Speaker 1: say lawful, I mean non criminal speech, because plenty idiounch 359 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: is non criminal. I'll give you when a gentleman's time 360 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: to expire, I'd asking Himi's consent to enter into the record. 361 00:19:55,400 --> 00:20:00,640 Speaker 1: The following email from Clark Humphrey, Executive Office of the Presidency, 362 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: White House Office, January twenty third, twenty twenty one. That's 363 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: the Biden administration, four thirty nine am. Hey, folks, this 364 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: goes to Twitter. Hey, folks wanted to use the term 365 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 1: mister mister, they used the terms mister Goldman just used 366 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,400 Speaker 1: wanted to flag the below tweet and then wondering if 367 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: we can get moving on the process for having it 368 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 1: removed asap. Boom. Now, one of the main reporters that 369 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 1: were used in the Twitter files as a guy by 370 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: the name of Matt Taiebee. Now, Matt Tiebee is no 371 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,639 Speaker 1: fan of Sean Hannity's How do I know because he 372 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 1: actually wrote a book and put my picture on it, 373 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 1: Rachel Madhow's picture on it, and it was called hate Ink. 374 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: I don't think he likes me. I don't know why 375 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: he doesn't like me at all. And he said why 376 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: today's media makes us despise one another. Matt, I don't 377 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 1: make anybody despise anybody. I give out information. And if 378 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,240 Speaker 1: you want to take issue with any specific information I 379 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: give out, I'd be glad to have him on the program. 380 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,160 Speaker 1: We can talk about it. But anyway, Matt Taiebi did 381 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: excoriate today. He testified about the relationship with government and 382 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: Twitter and how they targeted tens of thousands of individuals 383 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: and sights on the left and right and he said 384 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: he learned that social media companies developed a system for 385 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:26,280 Speaker 1: taking him requests from government and private companies and making 386 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 1: lists of people spreading disinformation, misinformation, malinformation, then ripped the 387 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: media for becoming an arm of the state sponsored through 388 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: their policing system. It's actually worth listening to all of 389 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,200 Speaker 1: its long cut. Let me play this for you because 390 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: I think it's relevant because had the FBI not primed 391 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,959 Speaker 1: these big tech companies to be on the lookout, something 392 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: about Hunter or Joe may come out. It's probably misinformation. 393 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,399 Speaker 1: The world would have known that. What the FBI should 394 00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,159 Speaker 1: have known by then, eleven months in they had a 395 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:04,480 Speaker 1: month's prior. They had the Hunter Biden laptop from Hell. Anyway, 396 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 1: here's what he said in testimony today. It's worth listening to. 397 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,200 Speaker 1: The original promise of the Internet was that it might 398 00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:15,440 Speaker 1: democratize the exchange of information globally. A free Internet would 399 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 1: overwhelm all attempts to control information flow. It's very existence 400 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: a threat to anti democratic forms of government everywhere. What 401 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: we found in the files was a sweeping effort to 402 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: reverse that promise and use machine learning and other tools 403 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: to turn the Internet into an instrument of censorship and 404 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:39,359 Speaker 1: social control. Unfortunately, our own government appears to be playing 405 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 1: a lead role. We saw the first Hinston communications between 406 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,880 Speaker 1: Twitter executives before the twenty twenty election, when we read 407 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,959 Speaker 1: things like flagged by DHS or please see attached report 408 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 1: from FBI for potential misinformation. This would be attached to 409 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: an Excel spreadsheet with a long list of names whose 410 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: accounts were offensive spend. Shortly after again, ranking member classict 411 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,120 Speaker 1: I would note that the evidence of Twitter government relationship 412 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 1: includes lists of tens of thousands of names on both 413 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 1: the left and right. The people affected include Trump supporters, 414 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:17,120 Speaker 1: but also left leaning sites like Consortium and truth Out, 415 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: the leftist South American channel teles or the yellow vest 416 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: movement that in effect is a key point of the 417 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:28,439 Speaker 1: Twitter files that is neither a left nor right issue. Twitter, Facebook, Google, 418 00:23:28,480 --> 00:23:32,040 Speaker 1: and other companies developed a formal system for taking in 419 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: moderation requests from every corner of government, from the FBI, 420 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 1: the DHS, the HHS, DoD, the Global Engagement Center at State, 421 00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:46,080 Speaker 1: even the CIA. For every government agency scanning Twitter, there 422 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: were perhaps twenty quasi private entities doing the same thing, 423 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: including Stanford's Election Integrity Partnership, News Guard, the Global Disinformation Index, 424 00:23:56,080 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: and many others, many taxpayer funded. A focus of this 425 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,960 Speaker 1: fast growing network, as Mike noted, is making lists of 426 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: people whose opinions, beliefs, associations, or sympathies are deemed misinformation, disinformation, 427 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: or malinformation. That last term is just a euphemism for 428 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: true but inconvenient. Undeniably, the making of such lists is 429 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: a form of digital McCarthyism. Ordinary Americans are not just 430 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: being reported to Twitter for de amplification or deep platforming, 431 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: but the firms like PayPal, digital advertisers like Xander, and 432 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: crowdfunding sites like go fund me. These companies can and 433 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: do refuse service to law abiding people and businesses whose 434 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: only crime is falling a foul of a distant, faceless, 435 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: unaccountable algorithmic judge. As someone who grew up a traditional 436 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 1: ACLU liberal, this mechanism for punishment and deprivation without due 437 00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: process is horrifying. Another troubling aspect is the role of 438 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,560 Speaker 1: the press, which should be the people's last line of 439 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: defense in such cases, but instead of investigating these groups, 440 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: journalists partnered with them. If Twitter declined to remove an 441 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: account right away, government agencies and NGOs would call reporters 442 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 1: for The New York Times, Washington Posts and other outlets, 443 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 1: who in turn would call Twitter demanding to know why 444 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: action had not yet been taken. Effectively, news media became 445 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: an arm of the state sponsored thought policing system. I mean, 446 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: it's pretty fascinating, isn't it That you know, this is 447 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 1: now your government, you know, demanding the private emails of 448 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:36,080 Speaker 1: Elon Musk. This is your government, your media mob that 449 00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,879 Speaker 1: are in sync together. And though it's not me that 450 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 1: hates Matt, it's people on the left. I've never called 451 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: for anybody to be canceled. I've never called for censorship. 452 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 1: I've never called for firings. I've never called for boycott's. 453 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: That's the left that does that. Actually, I've been a 454 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 1: victim of all of that throughout my career, not that 455 00:25:56,600 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: you would care to hear. I believe in freedom of speech, 456 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: every aspect of it, even speech I don't like. Chris 457 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: is in Alabama. Chris, how are you glad you called? Sir? Hey, 458 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 1: So thanks for taking my call as an honor to 459 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 1: speak to you. So you've settled several occasions that you've 460 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 1: spoken to Jim Jordan and many of the other Congressional 461 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 1: oversight Committee members. I'm thrilled to see that they are 462 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: finally investigating the weaponization and overreach of all these alphabet agencies, 463 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: like the way they're doing they're doing COVID origins, they're 464 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 1: doing whether the FBI has politicized, the DOJ weaponized the 465 00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: disaster of Afghanistan. They're all over everything right now. I 466 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,920 Speaker 1: love it. I love it. My question to you, though, 467 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: is do you get the impression when you're talking to 468 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: these folks that they have not just the intention, but 469 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 1: the guts to take these hearings to the next level 470 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: and actually prosecute folks like Mayorchis, Christopher Ray, Anthony Fauci, 471 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:00,360 Speaker 1: Merrick Garland. What are your thoughts on that they can 472 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: only make referrals, They don't make that decision. That decision 473 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: would be made by the Attorney General of the United States, 474 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 1: the Department of Justice is part of the executive brand. 475 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 1: That would mean you'd need people like Merrick Garland and 476 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 1: Christopher Ray to do their job. So the answer to 477 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: your question is probably not likely. It's so frustrating, so 478 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: frustrating it would be Yep, it is. It's terrible. It's 479 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 1: it's beyond terrible. Listen, we have a dual justice system. 480 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 1: Conservatives are treated one way, liberals are treated in another way. 481 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: Trump's treated one way, Biden and Hillary Clinton are treated 482 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,439 Speaker 1: in another way. I mean, I say it over and 483 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 1: over again, and you know, people I think are beginning 484 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 1: to get it. But it's taken a long time, hasn't it? 485 00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: Sure has It would just be awfully nice to see 486 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 1: these traders perp walks like the left so often does 487 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: to the folks on the right for far less. If 488 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: you're a conservative, I would advise you to not spit 489 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: on the sidewalk, honestly, you know, I wouldn't advise you 490 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 1: not to Jaywalker. And one thing I tell everybody, if 491 00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 1: you're a conservative and prominent conservative, I'm gonna warn you 492 00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 1: one other thing. You better pay every tax you owe, 493 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: because that's the first thing they go after. Yeah. Anyway, 494 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,320 Speaker 1: I appreciate the call. All right, let's go to William 495 00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: and California. William, how are you glad you called? Thank 496 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 1: you so much. I'm doing good. Thank you. Yeah. So 497 00:28:24,359 --> 00:28:27,200 Speaker 1: my question is I worry that most of the people 498 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: aren't unaware of the probable collusion that was discovering in 499 00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 1: Twitter files. I guess my question is do you believe 500 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: we will hit a tipping point when more of the 501 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: population will know and hopefully do something about it, And 502 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: if so, what does that timeline look like. Well, the 503 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: answer is yes, I think we're going to hit a 504 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: tipping point. Look, I think on every issue that the 505 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: country is facing, we're going to hit a tipping point. 506 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: To be honest, I think Americans now seeing the devastating 507 00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 1: impact of Joe Biden's economic and energy policies. I think 508 00:28:57,560 --> 00:29:02,000 Speaker 1: the country is seeing very clear early that open borders 509 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: is a horrible idea. I think the country is seeing 510 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: a president that it is, you know, not cognitively there. 511 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: He's checked out. I think that has made the world 512 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: a far more dangerous place. We see our enemies, our 513 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: geopolitical foes, they're all, you know, saber rattling, and you know, 514 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: we can see in the case of Putin, his territorial 515 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,720 Speaker 1: ambitions on full display. And I think, soon, I hope 516 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: I'm wrong, we'll see China's territorial ambitions on full display. 517 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 1: And I think all of it is bad for the country, 518 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 1: and all of it's bad for the world. So I 519 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: really don't know what else to say except the only 520 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: way you fix it is elect a new president and 521 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,960 Speaker 1: a new Congress. And that's why I keep telling Republicans 522 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: they better get in the game of early voting, voting 523 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: by mail, and ballot harvesting based on what the state 524 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,760 Speaker 1: law is in every individual state, because that's what the 525 00:29:57,840 --> 00:30:00,360 Speaker 1: Democrats are doing, and we better do it as good, 526 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:02,719 Speaker 1: if not better. And then, of course I believe our 527 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: ideas are better and they'll be better for the country. 528 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: The country will be better off under conservative leadership. I'll 529 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:13,600 Speaker 1: give you the last word, nothing else that answer my question. 530 00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. I appreciate it. 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