1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: Welcome. 2 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:04,920 Speaker 2: It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz Ben Ferguson with you. 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 2: It's so nice to have you with us across the country. 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 2: And Senator let's just start with obviously the most important story, 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 2: and that has been coming out of Texas. You have 6 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:19,080 Speaker 2: spent a lot of time in Kerr County and Kerrville. 7 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 2: You're also coming back with President Trump from Marshington, d C. 8 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: To tour the devastation with him as well. And our 9 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: thoughts are and prayers are still with so many people 10 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: affected by this incredible, horrific flooding. 11 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 3: Well, we are one week out from these catastrophic floods 12 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 3: and the damage in Texas. There are not words that 13 00:00:38,120 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 3: can describe it. I can tell you I've spent this 14 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 3: entire week dealing with the devastation, dealing with the little 15 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,200 Speaker 3: girls who were lost to Camp Mystic, talking with parents 16 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,199 Speaker 3: who lost their daughters, talking with families who are grieving, 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 3: talking with first responders. As you noted on Friday, I'm 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 3: going to be flying on Air Force One with President 19 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 3: Trump down to Texas to see firsthand the flooding damage, 20 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 3: to visit with first responders on the ground. 21 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: We're going to break that down. 22 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 3: We're going to tell you what is happening, What is 23 00:01:08,920 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 3: the latest on the Texas floods. I will tell you 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 3: it remains seeing firsthand what happened at Can't Mystic remains 25 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:18,840 Speaker 3: the most horrible thing I've ever seen. We're going to 26 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 3: talk about that. We're also going to talk about President 27 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 3: Biden's doctor testified on Capitol Hill and did something really remarkable. 28 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 3: You would think about President's doctor. That'll be straightforward, that'll 29 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 3: be easy. Well, no, the doctor pled the fifth refuse 30 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 3: to answer questions. He said, if I give an answer, 31 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 3: that will incriminate me in criminal conduct. We're going to 32 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 3: break that down for you. We're also going to talk 33 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 3: about the rising wave of terrorism directed at ICE, left 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 3: wing radicals who are firing weapons trying to kill ICE agents. 35 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 3: It is a phenomenon that is fueled by the radical 36 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: rhetoric from the Democrats, from the media. We're going to 37 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 3: do a deep dive on that. And finally, the FBI 38 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 3: announced an investigation into John Brennan, the former head of 39 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 3: the CIA. We're going to talk about why the FBI 40 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 3: is investigating him and what that means. 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That's Patriotmobile dot com 79 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: slash verdict and if you use the promo code vertic, 80 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: you're gonna have a free month of service. Patriot Mobile 81 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: dot com slash verdict are nine seven to Patriot. All right, Senator, 82 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: so let's go back to the earlier This week, you 83 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:20,480 Speaker 2: were at Campmistic and you're gonna be heading back there 84 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 2: in just a few hours with the President of the 85 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: United States of America. And I got to say it 86 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: is so tragic. I know family members tomorrow they're gonna 87 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: be going to funerals in Houston of some of the 88 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 2: girls that lost their lives that can't mystic And we 89 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 2: were sitting tonight and talking about just how hard this 90 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: is for families. But there has been an unbelievable amount 91 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 2: of outpouring of supporting love from around the country helping 92 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 2: those in Texas, and that is one of the miracles 93 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 2: that has come out of this. 94 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 3: Well, we're one week out now from these catastrophic floods. 95 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 3: It was a week ago on July fourth, in the 96 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 3: early hours of the morning, that the floodwaters rose and 97 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 3: the Guadalupe River, who is ordinarily a calm, peaceful, beautiful river, 98 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 3: a river that people loved to vacation on, the canoe 99 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:15,480 Speaker 3: to swim. One point eight trillion gallons of rainwater fell 100 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 3: on that river, and in less than an hour the 101 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 3: river rose thirty feet and it carried out utter devastation. 102 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 3: As we are sitting here one week into it, one 103 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 3: hundred and nineteen people are confirmed dead, and there are 104 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: roughly two hundred people that are missing that they're still 105 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,360 Speaker 3: searching for. And one of the challenges if you look 106 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 3: at Kirk County in central Texas, it is a vacation spot. 107 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 3: It is, I think, and this is widely agreed, the 108 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 3: most beautiful part of Texas the hill Country. There's the 109 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 3: reason it's called the hill country. It's beautiful rolling hills, 110 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 3: it's canyons, it is beautiful, gorgeous rivers, and so people 111 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 3: come there. And on the fourth of July weekend you 112 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 3: had thousands of thousands of people who came from all 113 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 3: over Texas to vacation. They were in RV's, they were 114 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 3: in vacation homes right along the river. One of the 115 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: challenges is the local authorities don't know everyone that was there. 116 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 3: Many of them were from out of town. They were 117 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 3: from across Texas, across the country. The RV camps. We 118 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 3: saw RV after RV swept into the water, the vacation cabins. 119 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 3: Many of the cabins are right on the river. The 120 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 3: thirty foot wall of water ripped cabins off of their 121 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 3: foundations and took them into the water. And so we 122 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:39,239 Speaker 3: don't know everyone who is missing. But and the story 123 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 3: that has captured the heart of really the country and 124 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 3: the world is Camp Mystic. Camp Mystic is a Texas institution. 125 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,919 Speaker 3: It is one hundred years old. It was founded in 126 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 3: nineteen twenty six, and for a century, Texas girls have 127 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 3: gone to Camp Mystic and they make the best friends 128 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 3: of the lifetimes when you go to a closing ceremony 129 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: at Camp Mystic. In the other summer camps that are 130 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 3: in the Hill Country, the closing ceremonies are typically one 131 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: to two days, and you see literally you see grandmothers 132 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 3: and moms and little girls, three generations of women and 133 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 3: girls who have been to these camps. And it is 134 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 3: a beautiful, wonderful tradition. And right now the extent of 135 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,960 Speaker 3: the agony, I really cannot overstate it. Every city in Houston, 136 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: in Dallas, in Fort Worth, in Austin, in San Antonio, 137 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 3: all across the state, in West Texas, in the Rio 138 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 3: Grande Valley, in East Texas, Texans, their little girls go there. 139 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 3: As you know, my daughters have gone to camp in 140 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: the Hill Country for a decade. My wife Heidi picked 141 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 3: up Catherine a week before these floods from her summer camp, 142 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 3: just a couple of miles away from Camp Mystic. And 143 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 3: so they look. If you go to my home in Houston, 144 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 3: on in my front yard, the tree, we have a 145 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: green ribbon around the tree mourning the girls lost and Mystic. 146 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 3: Just about every single home on my street has a 147 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,320 Speaker 3: green ribbon around the trees mourning the girls lost in 148 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 3: can't Mystic. Texas is suffering, but we will come through this, 149 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 3: and we'll come through this because we're coming together, and 150 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 3: it is inspirational to see Texans coming together, and we 151 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 3: will overcome this. 152 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 2: This is one of those stories that I'm so glad 153 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 2: we get to shine light on it. Joe Biden's former 154 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 2: doctor when he was the president refuse senator to answer 155 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 2: questions and the House Oversight probe and to basically like 156 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 2: who is running the country? Who was in charge the 157 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 2: auto pen Joe Biden may not have known what he 158 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: was even doing. 159 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 3: Well, this was really astonishing this week. You know, ordinarily, 160 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 3: if the president's doctor is testifying, the president's doctor is 161 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 3: speaking at a press conference, it's kind of a nothing burger. 162 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 3: The president's doctor lays out, here's what happened when we 163 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 3: engaged in investigation. And by the way, there's no notion 164 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 3: that presidents have a right to privacy to have if 165 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 3: the president has cancer, if the president has dementia, the 166 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:13,599 Speaker 3: president's doctor is supposed to tell the American people the 167 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,480 Speaker 3: American people have a right to know if there's a 168 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 3: serious health condition affecting the president. Well, instead of answering 169 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 3: reasonable questions, the president's doctor, doctor Kevin O'Connor, sat in 170 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 3: front of the House of Representatives and he pleaded the fifth. 171 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 3: He said, I'm not answering anything. I'm not going to 172 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 3: answer if I lied to the American people, I'm not 173 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 3: going to answer if I lied to Congress. I'm not 174 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 3: going to answer anything. Now, typically when people plead the fifth, 175 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 3: they're doing it to avoid incriminating themselves in criminal conduct. 176 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 3: That is an astonishing thing. It would be one thing 177 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 3: if he said, I'm not going to give the precise 178 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:54,600 Speaker 3: diagnosis that I gave to Joe Biden about particular health 179 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 3: maladies he had. That's that is That's not an unreasonable 180 00:09:58,880 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 3: thing to say. I don't think you should say that, 181 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,640 Speaker 3: because I actually think the president's doctor has an obligation 182 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 3: to the American people to be candid. But if he 183 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 3: wanted to say that, that would be one thing he's 184 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:12,599 Speaker 3: saying he refused to answer. Were you asked to lie 185 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 3: to the American people? I want you to listen to 186 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 3: some of the cross examination because his answers are astonishing. 187 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 3: And you mentioned the question who was running the country? 188 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,120 Speaker 3: I have heard literally over the last four years hundreds 189 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 3: of times people have asked me who was running the country. 190 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 3: And I got to tell you. If the president's doctor 191 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 3: has to plead the Fifth to avoid saying were you 192 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:40,679 Speaker 3: lying to the American people? That really raises incredible questions 193 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 3: about the degree of duplicity, the degree of lying to 194 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:46,760 Speaker 3: the American people that occurred for the last four years. 195 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:50,439 Speaker 3: Here give a listen to this exchange with Joe Biden's doctor. 196 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 4: Doctor O'Connor, were you ever told to lie about the 197 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 4: president's health? 198 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 5: Of the advice the. 199 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:01,080 Speaker 6: Council, I must expectfully declined to answer the physician based 200 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 6: privilege and in reliance somebody right under the fifth mand 201 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 6: of the Constitution. I am not a lawyer who must 202 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 6: follow my lawyer's advice. 203 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 7: In this matter. 204 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: Simple eighteen seconds, right, Hey, I can't even answer the 205 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 2: question if I was told to lie about the president's condition. 206 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: That is shocking coming from a doctor. 207 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 3: It's shocking and it's lawless. The Fifth Amendment does not 208 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:26,839 Speaker 3: protect There's nothing in the patient doctor privilege that protects 209 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 3: that bars you from answering the question, were you ever 210 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 3: told a lie that has nothing to do with the 211 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 3: president's condition? Were you ever told a lie? By the way, 212 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 3: I think virtually every president's doctor. That would be an 213 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 3: easy question, because a president's doctor. Ronnie Jackson, who is 214 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 3: now a member of Congress from Texas, he was the 215 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,320 Speaker 3: president's doctor. He was President Bush's doctor, is President Obama's doctor, 216 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 3: is President Trump's doctor. He is gone on TV and said, hey, 217 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 3: were you ever asked to lie? 218 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 5: No? 219 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 3: I was the president's doctor, So I gave I told 220 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:02,079 Speaker 3: the truth to the American people. The degree to which 221 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 3: that is a confession of deliberate dishonesty, And it's not 222 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,880 Speaker 3: just on the part of the doctor. Look, the doctor 223 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,320 Speaker 3: was complicit. The obvious reason he's pleading the fifth is 224 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 3: because the answer is yes, he was lying. He was 225 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 3: lying to the American people. But it wasn't just the 226 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 3: doctor that knew that. It was the White House staff, 227 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 3: It was the chief of staff, it was the senior staff, 228 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 3: it was Joe Biden, it was everyone around Joe Biden. 229 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 3: His mental diminishment was massive. And so when the doctor 230 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 3: was trundled out to the American people to say he's 231 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: sharp as attack. He was lying, and everyone knew he 232 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 3: was lying, and yet he's right now refusing to admit this. 233 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 3: I want you to listen to this other exchange from 234 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 3: the hearing this week. 235 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 4: Doctor O'Connor. Before we begin, I would like to go 236 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,080 Speaker 4: over the ground rules for this deposition. The Committee will 237 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 4: conduct today's deposition in accordance with the House of Representatives 238 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 4: regulations for the use of deposition authority, which were furnished 239 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 4: to your council. This regulation is incorporated into the Rules 240 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 4: of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at Rule fifteen, 241 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 4: which was also furnished here a council. The questioning will 242 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 4: proceed in rounds. The majority will ask questions for an hour, 243 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 4: and then the minority will have an opportunity to ask 244 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 4: questions for an hour if they choose. There will be 245 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 4: one staff council perside asking the questions during each round. 246 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:20,960 Speaker 4: To the extent members have questions for the witness, they 247 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 4: will be propounded during their size respective rounds. 248 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 7: Do you understand the advice of Castle, I must respectfully 249 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 7: decline to answer based on the physician patient privilege and 250 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 7: reliance on my rank under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. 251 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 7: I am not a lawyer, and I must follow my 252 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:38,120 Speaker 7: lawyer's advice in this matter. 253 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 8: So, gentlemen, we intend to assert both privileges with regard 254 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 8: to any questions that would be asked at this deposition. 255 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:51,240 Speaker 8: And doctor O'Connor will not answer any questions. 256 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 6: Can we go off your record? 257 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 7: For one tire? 258 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:55,439 Speaker 1: I mean, you hear that and then they go off 259 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: the record. 260 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 2: This is just a doctor that clearly can't answer a 261 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 2: single question, I guess truthfully because it puts them in 262 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 2: such a bad light as a doctor. Why wouldn't you 263 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: want to clear your own name as a doctor saying no, 264 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 2: I didn't lie and make up things. I didn't lie 265 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 2: the American people. I didn't lie on behalf of the 266 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 2: President of United States of America. Wouldn't you want to 267 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 2: clear your good name if you're a doctor? 268 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 3: Of course, the reason he didn't say that is because 269 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 3: he's a liar. That the only reason you plead the 270 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 3: fifth when you're asked, were you asked to lie to 271 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 3: the American people? That should not be a complicated question. 272 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 3: Any doctor, by the way, any public official, ought to 273 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,240 Speaker 3: be able to answer that no, that I am not 274 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 3: lying to the American people. I did not lie to 275 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,680 Speaker 3: the American people. The fact that he's refusing to answer 276 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 3: any question. And by the way, I think the House 277 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 3: of Representatives is going to seriously consider granting this doctor immunity. 278 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 3: Now why is that important? Because if they grant the 279 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:53,960 Speaker 3: doctor immunity, it means they can force them to testify. 280 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 3: You don't have a right to a Fifth Amendment privilege. 281 00:14:56,080 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 3: If you have immunity. That Fifth Amendment privilege only protects 282 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 3: you from testifying if you face the jeopardy of criminal prosecution. 283 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: It's a that immunity though, like, does you have to 284 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: agree to that? He does not. They can grant immunity. 285 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: Now you got to talk. 286 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 3: They can grant him immunity. They can drag him in 287 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 3: front and if he refuses to testify, they can hold 288 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 3: him in contempt and put him in jail. Wow, you 289 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:23,160 Speaker 3: don't once you are no longer facing criminal prosecution. The 290 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:25,160 Speaker 3: Fifth Amendment does not give you the right to refuse 291 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 3: to answer questions. I think there's a very real possibility 292 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 3: that's what the House is going to do. 293 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 2: Senator, I want to move to another big story, and 294 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:36,160 Speaker 2: that is the rising threat that has just become oh 295 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 2: so real. Uh, with federal law enforcement, and there was 296 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: a shooter that ambushed Texas Border Patrol agents. Words from 297 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 2: elected officials, in my opinion, have major influence, but also consequence. 298 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 2: We have seen time and time again right now Democrats 299 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 2: coming out and saying that I certain evil stand up 300 00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: to IE fight Ice. These are words coming from so 301 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 2: many Democrats that are actually elected to office. 302 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:11,760 Speaker 3: Well, listen, as you noted, words have consequence, and we 303 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 3: have seen an awful lot of democrats. We have seen 304 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 3: the corporate media denounce ICE, called them Nazis, call them 305 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 3: them goose stepping fascists. And unfortunately, that rhetoric fuels a rage. 306 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 3: It fuels a rage that we have seen manifesting in 307 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,880 Speaker 3: violence over and over again, leftists engaging in active violence 308 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 3: against ICE agents. So, just a few days ago, an 309 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 3: active shooter opened fire on ICE agents in McCallen, Texas. 310 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 3: And here here's the story from Fox News. Active shooter 311 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 3: killed an attempt to ambush Border Patrol agents in Texas. 312 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 3: One McCallan police officer wounded but in stable condition following 313 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 3: a parent planned ambush at Rio Grande Valley facility. And 314 00:16:58,520 --> 00:17:01,560 Speaker 3: here's what the article says. An active shooter armed with 315 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 3: tactical gear and a rifle opened fire upon Border Patrol 316 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,360 Speaker 3: agents is they arrived at a Border Patrol annex facility 317 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 3: in McAllen, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley on Monday. 318 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 3: Law enforcement sources say agents and local police returned fire 319 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 3: and killed the gunman. No federal agents were hit, but 320 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 3: one McCallen police officer was struck. Law enforcement sources say 321 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 3: the officer is in stable condition. 322 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:26,720 Speaker 1: Quote. 323 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 3: This morning, an individual open fire at the entrance of 324 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 3: the United States Border Patrol Sector Annex in McCallen, Texas. 325 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,960 Speaker 3: Both Border patrol agents and local police helped neutralize the 326 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 3: shooter to the Department of Homeland Security said to statement 327 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 3: of Fox News. This is an ongoing investigation led by 328 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 3: the FBI. More information will be shared as it becomes available. 329 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,880 Speaker 3: Now I'll tell you I have walked into and out 330 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 3: of that Border patrol facility in McAllen, Texas multiple times. 331 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 3: The fact that you have violent criminals, and this is 332 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 3: a criminal who lost his life because he showed up 333 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 3: and wanted to shoot at law enforcement officials. He was 334 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:07,239 Speaker 3: doing so. We don't know this conclusively, but we can 335 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 3: certainly infer that he was doing so because he's been 336 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,879 Speaker 3: listening to the extreme rhetoric that these are Nazis, and 337 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 3: so he was like, you know what, if you've got Nazis, 338 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:21,200 Speaker 3: let's kill the Nazis. That is the consequence of the 339 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 3: unhinged and deranged rhetoric on the left. 340 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 2: Right now, you talk about that rhetoric, let's give actual quotes. 341 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 2: House Minority Leader Kim Jeffries of New York said employed 342 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 2: people to quote fight the Trump administration in the streets 343 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 2: quote unquote. He also declared ICE agents quote will be 344 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 2: unsuccessful and protecting their identities no matter what it takes, 345 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,960 Speaker 2: advocating for docsing and putting their families at risk. 346 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 1: Ice agents. 347 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:51,280 Speaker 2: Representative Jay Paul of Washington called ICE agents quote unquote 348 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 2: deranged and said it is quote inspiring to obstruct immigration enforcement. 349 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,240 Speaker 2: Representative mc iver of New Jersey, who was arrested in 350 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 2: charged with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers outside 351 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 2: Night's attention facility, incited her supporters to quote shut down 352 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 2: the city because we are at war quote unquote, and 353 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,439 Speaker 2: even the former vice presidential candidate of the Minnesota Governor 354 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 2: Tim Waltz, getting in on the action, called Ice agents 355 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 2: the modern day gestapo. Chicago's mayor this past week, Johnson 356 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,120 Speaker 2: accused the ICE agents of being quote unquote the secret 357 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 2: police and quote terrorizing our communities. And you add in 358 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: Eric Swawell of California, he said it was quote his 359 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:42,400 Speaker 2: priority to ensure ICE agents quote are no longer faceless, 360 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 2: comparing them to some eighteen hundreds bank robbers or some 361 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:53,920 Speaker 2: KGB officers in Russia. Words have consequences, and this is 362 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 2: the rhetoric coming from some of your colleagues in DC. 363 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 3: Well, and not only do they have consequences with the 364 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 3: arm shooter who was killed in McCallan, Texas, but in 365 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 3: North Texas, eleven people were arrested for plotting to ambush 366 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:12,160 Speaker 3: to kill ICE correction officers. And I want to read 367 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 3: from this story from the Daily Wire. Quote Eleven people 368 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 3: have been arrested in what law enforcement officers described as 369 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:22,920 Speaker 3: a quote planned ambush of corrections officers at an ICE 370 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 3: detention facility in Alvarado, Texas on July fourth. One Alvarado 371 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 3: police officer was shot in the neck during the attack 372 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:32,600 Speaker 3: and is expected to survive. 373 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: Quote. 374 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,240 Speaker 3: Early reports indicate that more than a dozen massed individuals 375 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:42,479 Speaker 3: dressed in black arrived at the Prairie Land Ice Detention 376 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 3: facility late Friday night and vandalized vehicles and security cameras 377 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 3: in the parking lots. CBS News reported the individuals launched 378 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 3: fireworks in an apparent effort to lure law enforcement. On 379 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 3: July fifth, Deputy Attorney General Tom Blanche posted on x 380 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,800 Speaker 3: quote we are closely monitoring the attacks on DHS facilities 381 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 3: in Prairieland, Texas and Portland, Oregon, and are coordinating with 382 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 3: USAOs and our law enforcement partners. The Department has zero 383 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 3: tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will 384 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,160 Speaker 3: bring the full weight of the law against those responsible. 385 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 3: On Monday, Acting US Attorney Nancy Larson stated, We're here 386 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 3: to tell you that late at night on July fourth, 387 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 3: Friday night, at approximately ten thirty seven pm, at Prairieland 388 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 3: Ice Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, ten to twelve individuals 389 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 3: dressed in black military style clothing began shooting fireworks and 390 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 3: engaging in acts of vandalism at the facility that was 391 00:21:42,359 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 3: part of an organized attack. Today, my office has charged 392 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 3: ten individuals with three counts of attempted murder of a 393 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:55,199 Speaker 3: federal officer. Each of the ten are also charged with 394 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 3: three counts of discharging a firearm in relation to a 395 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 3: crime of violence. Each of these defendants faces a mandatory 396 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:06,040 Speaker 3: prison term of ten years and up to life in prison. 397 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,960 Speaker 3: An additional co conspirator was charged with obstruction of justice 398 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,879 Speaker 3: and conspiracy for attempting to conceal and destroy evidence in 399 00:22:13,920 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 3: relation to the attack, and faces up to ten years 400 00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:22,160 Speaker 3: in prison. And she continued, quote, let's discuss the incident. 401 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 3: It was a planned ambush with the intent to kill 402 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 3: ICE corrections officers. Make no mistake. This was not a 403 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:38,760 Speaker 3: so called peaceful protest. It was indeed an ambush. This 404 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,640 Speaker 3: is the violence we are seeing. And it turns out 405 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 3: when you call law enforcement officers federal law enforcement officers 406 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 3: that are keeping us safe, when you call them Nazis, 407 00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:52,679 Speaker 3: when you call them gestapo lunatics on the left hear that, 408 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 3: and sadly, we are saying over and over again, they 409 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 3: are acting and their acting with violence. 410 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 2: You look at even on Tuesday you had Democrat Center 411 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 2: Padilla of California and Corey Booker New Jersey. They introduced 412 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:08,679 Speaker 2: that legislation to require ICE officers to quote display clearly 413 00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 2: visible IDs and not wear masks no matter what during 414 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 2: their enforcement operations, accusing quote the trum administration of alarming 415 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 2: immigration enforcement tactics that have terrorized communities across California and 416 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 2: the nation. And we know what the left has done here. 417 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 2: They want to dock these ICE agents. They're family members. 418 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:32,160 Speaker 2: They've been putting their kids even online and posting. People 419 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,960 Speaker 2: been posting their home addresses, hoping that basically people go 420 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 2: after the ICE agents who are just doing their jobs. 421 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,400 Speaker 2: That's how sick these people are. 422 00:23:40,720 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 3: Well listen, there's a simple choice. There's a choice for 423 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 3: Americans all across the country. Who do you stand with? 424 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 3: Do you stand with cops? Do you stand with law 425 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,560 Speaker 3: enforcement agents? Do you stand with the man and women 426 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 3: who risk their lives to keep us safe? You and 427 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 3: I both stand with them? Or, as the Democrats have chosen, 428 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,040 Speaker 3: do you stand with illegal immigrants? Do you stand with murderers? 429 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 3: Do you stand with rapists? Do you stand with child molesters? 430 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 3: Do you stand with Venezuelan gang members who are engaged 431 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 3: in human trafficking? Sadly, the Democrats and inexplicably they've decided 432 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 3: to stand with the criminals and not law enforcement. And 433 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,159 Speaker 3: we're seeing the consequences. 434 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:17,879 Speaker 2: SATA, I want to get into this and get your 435 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 2: reaction to the FBI launching an investigation into John Brennan 436 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,640 Speaker 2: into James Comey over the Trump Russia probe. I think 437 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:30,280 Speaker 2: we need to go back and just remind people of 438 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 2: what they were peddling that they knew was false. Basically, 439 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 2: in my opinion, it was a coup attempt against the 440 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 2: American people who chose Donald Trump in sixteen to be 441 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 2: their president. They didn't like it, and like, no worries, 442 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,200 Speaker 2: you know, we'll do what the least of page Peter 443 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 2: Strucks were doing. Right, We'll fix it. We'll take care 444 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:50,239 Speaker 2: of it after the fact, after he gets sworn in, 445 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 2: and we're gonna go after him and we're gonna undermine him. 446 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 2: We're gonna get Hi impeached, and that'll be all fine. 447 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 3: Well, I got to say, this is an astonishing story. 448 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 3: John Brennan was the head of the James Comy was 449 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 3: the head of the FBI. Both of them are right 450 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 3: now under active criminal investigations. Here's what Fox News has reported. 451 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,040 Speaker 3: Quote former CIA director John Brennan and former FBI director 452 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 3: James Comy are under criminal investigation for potential wrongdoing. Related 453 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 3: to the Trump Russia probe, including allegedly making false statements 454 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 3: to Congress. Justice Department sources told Fox News Digital. CIA 455 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,359 Speaker 3: director John Ratcliffe referred evidence of wrongdoing by Brennan to 456 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,400 Speaker 3: FBI director Cash Ptel for potential prosecution. DOJ sources told 457 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 3: Fox News Digital. The sources said the referral was received, 458 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,040 Speaker 3: and told Fox News did Digital that a criminal investigation 459 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 3: into Brennan was opened and is underway. DOJ sources declined 460 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 3: to provide further details. It is unclear at this point 461 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:56,720 Speaker 3: if the investigation spans beyond his alleged false statements to Congress. 462 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 3: As for Comy, DOJ sources told Fox News Digital that 463 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,000 Speaker 3: an investigation of the former director is underway, but could 464 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 3: not share details of what specifically is being probed. The 465 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 3: full scope of the criminal investigations is Brennan and Comy 466 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 3: is unclear, but two sources described the FBI's view of 467 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 3: the duo's interactions as a quote conspiracy, which could open 468 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 3: up a wide range of potential prosecutorial options. The FBI 469 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 3: and the CIA declined comment. 470 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 2: I mean this is massive on so many different levels. 471 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 2: And John Brennan, by the way, he went on TV 472 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 2: on MSNBC, And it was pretty funny because it was 473 00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,080 Speaker 2: like he was just playing dumb and it was like, 474 00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 2: I don't even know why they would be investigating me. 475 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:45,360 Speaker 1: I don't know what they would be looking at. 476 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 2: I don't understand how this is even even a thing 477 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 2: in his own words. And in fact, I'm going to 478 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 2: play it because I want you to hear it. I 479 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 2: want to get your reaction. Here's John Brennan MSNBC after 480 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 2: finding out that he's a target of an investigator. 481 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,120 Speaker 5: Really, if there is an investigation that people will be questioned. 482 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 5: I would be questioned about it. But again I've had 483 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 5: no contact from them. But again I testified in front 484 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 5: of many many congressional committees in the House and the 485 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 5: Senate over the years, and I continue to explain exactly 486 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 5: what we did during this process, why we tried to 487 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:22,719 Speaker 5: make sure we stay true to our intelligence responsibilities and 488 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 5: that we were not going to do anything at all 489 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 5: to try to interfere in that election. And again, it 490 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 5: was a challenging time, but also one I think that 491 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 5: the people who actually worked this, both in terms of 492 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 5: trying to collect intelligence prior to the election and then 493 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 5: the ones who put together the intelli assessment. They really, 494 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 5: I think showed the best of what the intelligence community 495 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 5: and what CIA is made of. 496 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 3: So again I am. 497 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:49,199 Speaker 5: Clueless about what it is exactly that they may be 498 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 5: investigating before. 499 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 2: That may be the fastest center I've ever heard John 500 00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 2: Brennan speak on TV ever, and I've watched them a 501 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 2: lot over the years. 502 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: That seemed like a very nervous man to me. 503 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 3: Well, let me give a little more background on who 504 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 3: John Brennan is. He was the director of the CIA 505 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:09,200 Speaker 3: from twenty thirteen to twenty seventeen under Barack Obama. Now, 506 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 3: in nineteen seventy six, John Brennan was a young man. 507 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,040 Speaker 3: Nineteen seventy six, You were not alive. 508 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: Is that right? 509 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 6: Ben? 510 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: I was not. 511 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 3: No, Now you're enough of a political student and scholar. 512 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 3: Let me ask you. Who were the presidential candidates in 513 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 3: nineteen seventy six? 514 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 2: Jimmy Carter, Yeah, all right, and on the Republican side. 515 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:35,320 Speaker 1: I love when you play these games with me. Dan 516 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 1: was Reagan seventy six as well? 517 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,479 Speaker 3: No, no, he so Reagan ran, but he lost. 518 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: It was Ford. It was Ford. 519 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,600 Speaker 3: Ford was the incumbent president's remember Richard Nixon had been president. 520 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:49,120 Speaker 3: He resigned, so Ford was the incumbent President Reagan primary 521 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 3: Ford but he lost in that primary. So the general 522 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 3: election was Gerald Ford versus Jimmy Carter. Now, let me 523 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 3: ask you, all right, in that election, who would you 524 00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:58,080 Speaker 3: vote for? 525 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 2: I'm gonna probably go the Republican there, not Jimmy Carter. 526 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: Yeah. 527 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,080 Speaker 3: Look, although I will say, and by the way, do 528 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:07,160 Speaker 3: you know this is my first political memory. I'm about 529 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 3: ten years older than you are. My first political memory 530 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 3: is when I was five years old, nineteen seventy six, 531 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 3: and my mother voted for Jimmy Carter. My mother is 532 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 3: a strong conservative. She just thought Gerald Ford was an idiot. 533 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,080 Speaker 3: And I remember my father, my father, who's an immigrant 534 00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,080 Speaker 3: from Quba. He was not yet a US citizen. He 535 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 3: is today, but he was not in seventy six. And 536 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 3: my father was furious because he felt like my mom 537 00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 3: had the family's vote and she voted for Jimmy Carter. 538 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: It's funny. 539 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 3: My mom is ninety now and she's incredible and a 540 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,239 Speaker 3: wonderful conservative and incredible person. But when I bring this up, 541 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 3: she's like, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't know. Jimmy 542 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 3: Carter was an absolute disaster. He was a left wing wacko. 543 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 3: He was the worst president this country had ever seen 544 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 3: until Joe Biden. Joe Biden managed to be worse than 545 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 3: Jimmy Carter. Now, how is this relevant to John Well? 546 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 3: John Brennan was in college at the time. He was 547 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:07,600 Speaker 3: faced with a choice between Gerald Ford and ultra left 548 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 3: wing crazy Jimmy Carter. What do you think, John Brennan did. 549 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: I'm ready give me, give me the punch line here. 550 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,720 Speaker 3: He cast his vote for a guy named Gus Hall. 551 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:18,960 Speaker 3: Do you know who Gus Hall was? 552 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: I do not. 553 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 3: He was the presidential candidate for the Communist Party USA. 554 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: And there's your sign. 555 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:32,120 Speaker 3: So John Brennan decided Jimmy Carter is two right wing 556 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 3: for him, and he voted for someone who I'm not 557 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,680 Speaker 3: calling him a communist. He was the nominee of the 558 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 3: Communist Party. And John Brennan said, I want America governed 559 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 3: by a communist president. That's who Barack Obama put in 560 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 3: charge of the CIA, and that's who who was played 561 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 3: an integral role in orchestrating the whole Russia Gate fraud. 562 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,959 Speaker 3: And and and it's just it's important to understand just 563 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,479 Speaker 3: how extreme and radical this guy is. 564 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 1: I got to tell you. 565 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,360 Speaker 3: I don't know, to be honest, I don't know anybody 566 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:11,080 Speaker 3: else in public life who thought Jimmy Carter was too conservative. 567 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,920 Speaker 3: John Brennan is literally to the left of every Democrat Senator, 568 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,959 Speaker 3: every Democrat House member, every single person I've ever encountered 569 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 3: in public life. The lefty loons all voted for Jimmy 570 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 3: Carter except for John Brennan, who said, Nope, we need 571 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:26,959 Speaker 3: a full on communist. 572 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 1: That's who this guy is. 573 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 2: Final question on this, how concerned do you think these 574 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 2: two individuals should be about this investigation or is this 575 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 2: one of those moments where you say, Okay, yeah, there's investigation, 576 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,000 Speaker 2: but I don't have to worry because nothing ever really 577 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 2: happens to us when when we're the elites. 578 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 3: Well, listen, the greatest exposure they have is for lying 579 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:49,520 Speaker 3: to Congress, because lying to Congress you are under oath, 580 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,479 Speaker 3: and lying under oath that carries a prison sentence that 581 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 3: carries up to five years in prison. James Clapper, who 582 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 3: was the Director of National Intelligence under Barack Obama, I 583 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 3: think the evidence is very clear that he lied to Congress, 584 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 3: whether John Brennan did, whether James Comy did. I think 585 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 3: this investigation will reveal. It will depend upon There's no 586 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:14,120 Speaker 3: doubt they were terrible heads of the CIA and the FBI. 587 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,520 Speaker 3: Whether they committed criminal conduct or not, I think that 588 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,080 Speaker 3: that is the purpose of this investigation. But I got 589 00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 3: to say, it is a big damn deal that the 590 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 3: former head of the FBI and the former head of 591 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 3: the CIA are being criminally investigated for felony conduct. That's 592 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 3: what's happening right now. 593 00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 1: Don't forget. 594 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 2: We do the show three days a week, so make 595 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 2: sure that the subscribe or auto download button and the 596 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 2: Senator and I will also see you back here for 597 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 2: the week in review tomorrow