1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: The Daily Mail is now reporting an exclusive that the 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden plea hearing could be quote delayed as the 3 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: Justice Department considers the firestorm of sweetheart deal allegations by 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 1: whistleblowers and claims that the Attorney General Merrick Garland lied 5 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: to Congress about the criminal tax probe. A Delaware federal 6 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,160 Speaker 1: judge is set to decide whether to accept Hunter Biden's 7 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: plea agreement. Now, DOJ official has said to the Daily 8 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 1: Mail that the Department is now discussing delaying Hunter Biden's 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:43,959 Speaker 1: plea hearing following all the accusations of corruption and the whistleblowers. 10 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: They claim that the Attorney General not only wasn't doing 11 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: it the right way, but he lied to Congress about 12 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: the entire Biden criminal probe. On July twenty six, the 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,320 Speaker 1: Delaware federal judges set to decide whether to accept the 14 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: first Sun's plea deal with prosecutors over two tax misdemeanors. 15 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: The gun charges will be dismissed. Republican lawmakers are now 16 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: calling for that judge to toss out the slap on 17 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: the wrist and sweetheart deal entirely. Why because whistleblowers were 18 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: so angry over the deal that they've risked their entire careers. 19 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: Whistleblowers from the IRS who investigated hunter Biden for five 20 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: years say that he could instead have been charged with 21 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: a raft of more serious tax and corruption crimes now. 22 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: A legal filing also reveals the DOJ is considering delaying 23 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: the finalization of the plea deal amid the uproar quote unquote, 24 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: this is obviously a significant change now. Conservative organization the 25 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: Heritage Foundation, is also suing the Justice Department for failing 26 00:01:55,840 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: to release Delaware Prosecutor David Weiss's communication records under the 27 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: Freedom of Information Act. A court filing by the Heritage 28 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 1: Foundation last week documented a June twenty ninth phone call 29 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 1: between their lawyer and the DOJ Council Jason Lynch, in 30 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,920 Speaker 1: which the Justice official allegedly made the stunding ad mission. 31 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,399 Speaker 1: Foundation lawyer Samuel Dewey pointed out to the DOJ attorney 32 00:02:22,400 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: that they could ask the federal judge n hunter Biden's 33 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,920 Speaker 1: criminal case for his July twenty sixth plea hearing to 34 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: be delayed to give them more time to process and 35 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: release Weiss's records and allow scrutiny of the prosecutor bargain 36 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: that was given out DOJ Council indicated that plaintiffs were 37 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: absolutely right that the Department could file such a motion, 38 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: and the DOJ Council would take that point back to 39 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,360 Speaker 1: the district, presumably speaking to the District of Delaware. The 40 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 1: Heritage Foundation wrote, Deuay's description suggests the Justice Department could 41 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 1: now be debating whether to delay submitting the plead altogether. 42 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 1: They do have the capability to move the plea deal, 43 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: though they didn't indicate any likelihood they would. Heritage Foundation 44 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: oversight director Mike Howell said to The Daily Mail, the 45 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 1: public has an interest to assess for themselves. 46 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 2: Is this a sweetheart deal? It certainly appears to be. 47 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: This information needs to be out in the public, and 48 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: it's in the public interest for it to be out 49 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: prior to any plea bargains being signed off on now. 50 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: The Heritage Foundation filed the Freedom of Information Act request 51 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: to the Department of Justice in March, asking for any 52 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: documents or communications between Weiss's Delaware office and other DOJ 53 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: officials about the Hunter Biden probe. They sue the department 54 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: after it failed to produce any records for months. 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Republicans are now demanding the FBI memo and 93 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: they are demanding to know why this damning FBI memo 94 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: wasn't investigated and the irs wasn't informed on it as well. 95 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 1: With their investigation, a top attorney who is prosecuting Hunter 96 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: Biden was apparently briefed about allegations that Joe and his 97 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: son were both taking five million in bribes. According to 98 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 1: a letter obtained also by The Daily Mail, Grassley sent 99 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: to Delaware US Attorney David Weiss, who is prosecuting Hunter 100 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: Biden for federal gun and tax crimes. Senators alleged obstruction 101 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 1: of the Hunter probe by one of his top prosecutors, 102 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: the assistant US Attorney Leslie Wolff. This is a big 103 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:47,719 Speaker 1: deal deal, Republican Senator Chuck Grasseley is claiming now that 104 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,720 Speaker 1: not only did he did not investigate it, but he 105 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: left the IRS investigators out of the meeting altogether, Which 106 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: makes no sense if they were investigating Hunter Biden, and 107 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 1: obviously he knew they were investigating the Biden crime family, 108 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: so why would you leave them out of it all together. 109 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: Grassley says that, according to the IRS whistleblowers, wolf prevented 110 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: investigators from seeking information about Joe Biden's involvement in Hunter's 111 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: criminal business arrangements. Whistle Blower Gary Shapley specifically say that 112 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: Wolfe discouraged quote unquote investigators from pursuing Joe Biden's connected leads, 113 00:07:24,280 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: including by thwarting a search warrant request of Biden's Delaware 114 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: guest house due to bad quote optics, and that the 115 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,679 Speaker 1: prosecutor said there was no specific criminality. So to be clear, 116 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: it's not bad optics when you raid the home of 117 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: a former president over classified documents, but it's bad optics 118 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: to raid the garage of a former vice president and 119 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: his son when they're receiving ten million dollars in bribes allegedly. 120 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 2: You cannot make this up, now, the Senator. 121 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: There's reference also a meeting on October the twenty third, 122 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, during which he says the Department of Justice 123 00:08:08,640 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: and the FBI officials from the Pittsburgh Field Office brief 124 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: Wolf and agents from the Baltimore Office with respect to 125 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: the contents of the FBI generated FD one zero two 126 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:25,679 Speaker 1: to three alleging a criminal bribery scheme involving then Vice 127 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: President Biden and Hunter Biden without any IRS agents present. 128 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: All Right, So everybody in the room knew the IRS 129 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: was investigating these tax crimes. Everybody in the room knew 130 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: that the IRS should be in that room. Everybody in 131 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: the room knew that they should immediately call and say, hey, 132 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 1: then we need to read the IRS into this because 133 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 1: they need to know about five million dollars in bribes 134 00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: going to each of these individuals through foreign nationals who are, 135 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 1: by the way, so the shadiest business deals deals in 136 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: the world. This on top of the more than one 137 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: hundred suspicious activity reports that were also released. According to 138 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 1: a highly credible whistleblower, An internal FBI memo created in 139 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 1: twenty twenty based on information from a well paid informant, 140 00:09:17,559 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: allegedly says then Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden 141 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: each got five million dollars a bribe from a Ukrainian 142 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: foreign national exchange for quote policy decisions. The national, a 143 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: Barisma executive, also allegedly has phone recordings of Joe and 144 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: Hunter that he kept as an insurance policy. However, the 145 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: meeting did not include any IRS agents. Grassley added in 146 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: his July the ninth letter, the Center writes an light 147 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: of the a the AUSA Wolf's alleged questionable and obstructive 148 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: conduct during the course of your investigation, He's seeking clarification 149 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: from Weiss with respect to the whistleblower's new allegations. Hunter Biden, 150 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 1: as you know, has agreed to a plea deal with 151 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: Weiss pleading guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and entering 152 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,280 Speaker 1: probation over a gun charge, meaning he will not see 153 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: a single day in jail. However, to IRS whistleblowers, including 154 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: a fourteen year agent Gary Shapley, came forward to the 155 00:10:21,960 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: House Ways and Means Committee last month and alleged that 156 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 1: the top Justice Department officials, including the Attorney General Merrick Garland, 157 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: directly interfered in the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden, which 158 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 1: means that Merrick Garland lied under oath. If this whistleblower 159 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: is telling the truth, I want you to hear something 160 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: that Matthew Whitaker said. Matthew Winacker, former acting US Attorney 161 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: General under Donald Trump. He was asked about the possibility 162 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,680 Speaker 1: of a delay of the Hunter Biden plea hearing, and 163 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: I want you to hear what he had to say 164 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 1: about it. 165 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 2: Take a listen. 166 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 3: Say what's happening right now is the discipline of the 167 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 3: Department of Justice is fraying because every line assistant the 168 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 3: United States Attorney knows that this deal that Hunter Biden's 169 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 3: getting is extraordinary. As I've talked about many times, it 170 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 3: is outside of the mainstream of what these typical deals 171 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 3: would get the fact that they blew the statute of 172 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 3: limitations on the most serious charges and we're unwilling to 173 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,920 Speaker 3: bring those in other districts like d C and Los Angeles, 174 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 3: I think tells us everything we need to know. 175 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 4: And I think Merrick Garland is certainly hearing that from 176 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:38,360 Speaker 4: the rank and file. 177 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 3: And you know, they're better off to kick the can 178 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,080 Speaker 3: down the road than to, you know, kind of take 179 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 3: what's about to happen at main Justice and across the 180 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:51,319 Speaker 3: US Jorney's offices around the United States. So I think 181 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 3: they may want to delay it, But knowing Merrick Garland 182 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 3: is and the way he's been running the Department of Justice, 183 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 3: I would be if ultimately they don't just go forward 184 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,079 Speaker 3: with it. And because you know, it's just kind of 185 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 3: I would compare the way Hunter Biden's been going on 186 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 3: these trips to Ireland and you know, on these vacations 187 00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 3: with his dad and hanging out at the White House 188 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 3: on July fourth. I think they're just thumbing the nose, 189 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 3: thumbing their nose at the American people, and you know, 190 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 3: it's really a shame. 191 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 2: He's right, it is really a shame. 192 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,079 Speaker 1: But you have a President of the United States of 193 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,560 Speaker 1: America and a family that clearly believes that they are 194 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:30,520 Speaker 1: at one hundred percent above the law. And that's exactly 195 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: the reason why Whitaker right there, who's a brilliant guy. 196 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: I just travel with him to Ukraine, or I say 197 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 1: to budapas, excuse me on that trip over there to 198 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 1: meet with the Prime minister. He is very concerned in 199 00:12:42,559 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: saying that there are a lot of rank and file 200 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:49,600 Speaker 1: people that are beyond enraged over this. They are just 201 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 1: incredibly frustrated to watch this plea deal come through the 202 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: way that it's coming through now. Prosecutor is also fighting 203 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,320 Speaker 1: back on the eye IRS's official account of the request 204 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: in the Hunter Biden case. And let me tell you 205 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:07,240 Speaker 1: that David Weiss, the US attorney in Delaware, said he 206 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,080 Speaker 1: never asked to be named a special counsel, disputing testimony 207 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: to a House panel this past week. Weiss the federal 208 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 1: prosecutor in Delaware who the media is upset saying he 209 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: was Trump appointed. That's true, but David Whis doesn't get 210 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: the job without two hardcore liberal Democrats picking him first. 211 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: To be clear, the two senators from Delaware do not 212 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: pick him and put his name to Donald Trump. 213 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:34,440 Speaker 2: He never gets the job. 214 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: So don't believe for a second that this is somehow 215 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 1: like a Trump pick. 216 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: It's not. The name is handed to Trump. Trump says, 217 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:42,320 Speaker 2: okay to it. 218 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 1: This is how it works when you are a senator, 219 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,839 Speaker 1: a sitting senator. You're gonna pick who the federal prosecutor 220 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:50,960 Speaker 1: is going to be in your state, and you do 221 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 1: it with the other senator from your state. Now, in 222 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, mister Weiss said 223 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: that he had never asked the Justice Department for to 224 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: give him special council status to pursue the case. That 225 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: is contradicting testimony to the House Ways and Means Committee 226 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 1: by the IRS official Gary Shapley, who said mister Weiss 227 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: had sought the status and had been turned down. Now, 228 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 1: obviously we know one of these two men now is 229 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: officially lying to us. Now, mister Weiss suggested that mister 230 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:24,920 Speaker 1: Shapley might have misunderstood him during an October twenty twenty meeting. 231 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 1: Mister Weiss has attorney for Delaware, who was appointed to 232 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:32,120 Speaker 1: the role under President Donald Trump, said in the letter 233 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: that he had approached a Department higher up about the 234 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: possibility of requesting status as a special attorney, not, he says, 235 00:14:39,520 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: as a special counsel. Deputizing a federal prosecutor as a 236 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: special attorney is distinct from making one a special council. 237 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: A special attorney provision in essence, a workaround that allows 238 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: an outsigner to intervene in cases that spend multiple jurisdictions 239 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 1: or have special conditions. The special council regulations, by contrast, 240 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 1: contain internal Justice Department reporting requirements and Congressional oversight provisions quote. 241 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: To clarify an apparent miss perception and to avoid further confusion, 242 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:19,680 Speaker 1: I wish to make one point clear in this case, 243 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: I have not requested special council designation, mister Weiss told 244 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, the top Republican on 245 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,240 Speaker 1: the House Senate Judiciary Committee. Instead, mister Whiss said he 246 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 1: discussed has had discussions with departmental officials regarding potential appointment 247 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: as a special attorney, which would have allowed me to 248 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:42,800 Speaker 1: file charges in a district outside my own without the 249 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: partnership of the local US attorney quote unquote. Now again, 250 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: somebody's lying here, and you have to decide exactly which 251 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: one you think that is lying here. Now, let me 252 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: also remind you while we give you that of something else. 253 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: An Obama era email has also revealed that Hunter's extensive 254 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: ties to nearly now a dozen senior level Biden administration aids. 255 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 1: In other words, when Hunter was selling access, he actually 256 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 1: had the access he claimed he had. Hunter had deep 257 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: connections to Biden's inner circle. As whistleblowers are now crying 258 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: foul over the federal probe, saying come on, you should 259 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: know all of this, I want you to also hear 260 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: what they're saying now as well about Hunter's attorney is 261 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: accusing whistleblowers of quote unquote leaking. Take a listen to 262 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:39,880 Speaker 1: Jonathan Turley on Fox. 263 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 5: Thank professor, Nice to have you on and good morning 264 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,560 Speaker 5: to you. So I just want to remind viewers from 265 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 5: a week ago, weis the prosecutor out of Delaware sent 266 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 5: a letter to Jim Jordan, and he seemed to outline 267 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 5: his defense in four different parts. You have seen that letter. 268 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 5: Do you have quotquestions about the letter or do they 269 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:04,720 Speaker 5: satisfy you? And then I'll ask you specifically about too. 270 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 6: Well, No, there's nothing to be satisfied with, because there's 271 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 6: no answers in the letter. That is what Weiss is 272 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 6: saying is I was given this authority, but doesn't deal 273 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 6: with the specific allegations. 274 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 4: Of these whistleblowers. 275 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:22,800 Speaker 6: We have numerous witnesses and other witnesses were named in 276 00:17:22,840 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 6: these accounts who were present at a meeting where Weiss 277 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 6: allegedly said that he was not the final decision maker, 278 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 6: that he had tried to become a special counsel was denied, 279 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 6: and they were also told that charges were attempted in 280 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 6: California d C but rebuffed by those US attorneys. That's 281 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:49,200 Speaker 6: in direct and irreconcilable conflict with what has been said 282 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,239 Speaker 6: by Attorney General Garland. What Weiss is saying is I 283 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 6: was given this authority, and so he's got an answer 284 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 6: to these discrepancies. But the problem that Weiss has is 285 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 6: but the case itself is just a glaring mountain of contradiction. 286 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 6: I mean, the US the Justice Department seemed to let 287 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 6: the statue limitations run, and some of us wrote columns 288 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,439 Speaker 6: before that date and said, why are you doing this? 289 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,719 Speaker 6: The statutes about to run. These whistleblowers are saying that 290 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 6: it did appear to be intentional that there was an 291 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 6: agreement that more serious charges could be brought against Hunter, 292 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 6: and those were scuttled. 293 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 5: Okay, so you've got Weiss, you got Merritgardland, and you 294 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 5: got the whistleblower, Shapley. He was on with Bred on 295 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:36,960 Speaker 5: the twenty eighth of June listening here. 296 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 7: We weren't allowed to ask questions about Dad. We weren't 297 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 7: allowed to ask about the big guy. We weren't allowed 298 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:50,240 Speaker 7: to include certain names, and document requests and search warrants. 299 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 7: So you know we were precluded from following that line 300 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 7: of questioning. 301 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 5: Okay, so two government officials on one side, you got 302 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 5: this whistle blow in our now in public, weisstaid, I've 303 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 5: been granted ultimate authority over this matter, including responsibility for 304 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,520 Speaker 5: the setting, where and when whether file charges. 305 00:19:08,840 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 2: And I guess, professor to you, who's lying? And how 306 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 2: do we figure out? 307 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 6: Well, that's a good question, because well, you know, the 308 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 6: whistleblowers referred to an AUSA named Wolf, and she supposedly 309 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 6: told them don't ask about the big guy you and 310 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 6: resisted efforts to look into storage units and is even 311 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:33,880 Speaker 6: accused of tipping off the Biden team. 312 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 4: Now we don't have any confirmation of that. 313 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:39,120 Speaker 6: We haven't heard from this Ausa, but I would find 314 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 6: it strange and Ausa would take it upon herself to 315 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 6: set those types of parameters. They had to come from someone, 316 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 6: and so Congress has every reason to get the answers here. 317 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 6: Wis didn't answer them, and so they need to force 318 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 6: those answers. 319 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 4: Now, he just missed this deadline. 320 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 6: I think Congress is going to give him a little 321 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 6: bit of time, but Congress is not going away these 322 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:02,919 Speaker 6: these questions need to be answered these It cannot be 323 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 6: more serious in terms of what's being alleged here. It's 324 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 6: a deprivation, a total ab abridgment of the rule of law. 325 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:11,960 Speaker 4: If these allegations are. 326 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 5: Trust question, then Hunter Biden's in court at the end 327 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 5: of July, right, I think it's July twenty six, I'm 328 00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 5: not sure the date. Do you think Republicans in the 329 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 5: House can bring Shaply for a public hearing and or 330 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 5: force Wiss to appear prior to that date. 331 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 6: Well, the question on the whistleblowers, I think is yes, 332 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,479 Speaker 6: they probably can bring the whistleblowers in the Department of 333 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 6: Justice is going to resist. They're going to keep on 334 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 6: saying it's an ongoing investigation, which is highly ironic because 335 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:47,280 Speaker 6: they extended this investigation so long they ran out of time, 336 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 6: so the statue limitations ran on some of these crimes. 337 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 6: And now they're doing it again, saying, well, it's ongoing, 338 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 6: give us some more time. But after that plea comes down, 339 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 6: it's going to get harder and harder to convince a 340 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 6: court because the Congress is investigating them. It's not trying 341 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,720 Speaker 6: to relitigate this case. It's investigating the FBI, it's investigating 342 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 6: the irs, it's investigating the Biden administration. 343 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 2: No, it's a bigger deal. 344 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: Jonathan Turley, And the point that he's making, and he 345 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: made it really I think clear, is that there is 346 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: so many people that are covering for the Biden crime family. 347 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: They weren't investigating crimes. They were actually slow playing and 348 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:28,919 Speaker 1: making sure the statute of limitations ran out on the 349 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,640 Speaker 1: most serious crimes, that is corruption. Folks at the highest 350 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: levels of our government, when you're given the chance to investigate, 351 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: and instead of investigating, you do the opposite of that. 352 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 2: You play defense. 353 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: You do what you can to protect, okay, to protect 354 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: all of the corruption around you. That is just unheard of, 355 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,919 Speaker 1: and that is what they are now doing. They're saying 356 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: all right, we're gonna investigate Joe Biden. No, they're not 357 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 1: all right, guys. I need you to act like you're 358 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,879 Speaker 1: investigating Joe Biden and protect him and protect Hunter Biden, 359 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: because that protects Joe Biden. And I need the Statute 360 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,320 Speaker 1: of limitations to run out on this thing, so I 361 00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:15,119 Speaker 1: need you to I need to just slow walk this 362 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 1: for more than five years, because then the Statue of 363 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: limitations will run out on the most serious crimes and 364 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: then we don't have to worry. That's what they did. 365 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,160 Speaker 1: They didn't investigate. They knew what he did, and they 366 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:32,080 Speaker 1: covered it up. They helped him cover it up by 367 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 1: just taking as much time as they could possibly take 368 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 1: to then give you a report. 369 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: It is disgusting. 370 00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: Now, before I get into more of this story, I 371 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,679 Speaker 1: want to say thank you and tell you about our 372 00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:46,919 Speaker 1: good friends at Patriot Mobile. They are now offering a 373 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: performance guarantee. If you're not happy with your coverage, you 374 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 1: can switch between the three major carriers for free. 375 00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 2: Yeah. 376 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: Patriot Mobile is America's only Christian conservative wireless provider. 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Now, this 394 00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,440 Speaker 1: Hunter Biden scandal is not the only scandal the White 395 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: House is now having to deal with. 396 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:01,879 Speaker 2: There's a new one. 397 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 1: Joe Biden had a team that was supposed to deal 398 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,640 Speaker 1: with Iran. It was an envoy. That envoy has now 399 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:16,920 Speaker 1: been officially placed under FBI investigation. Not only are they 400 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 1: under investigation, but Joe Biden's Iran envoy has now been 401 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:27,159 Speaker 1: placed on leave amid security clearance review. Take a listen 402 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:30,119 Speaker 1: to this from Fox So when. 403 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 5: A President Biden's top foreign policy leaders now under FBI 404 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 5: investigation over handling of classified information. 405 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 4: Jillian Turner's got the detail. She's in Washington. What's up 406 00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:41,560 Speaker 4: with this, Jillian? 407 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: Well Bill. 408 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,439 Speaker 8: It's been over ten days since the Biden administration provided 409 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 8: an update on the status of Malle the Special Envoy 410 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,440 Speaker 8: for Iran. He has been mia on the job now 411 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 8: for weeks and reportedly being investigated by the FBI for 412 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 8: his handling a classified information. President's closest allies asked this 413 00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 8: weekend are staying tight lipped. Listen. 414 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:00,920 Speaker 4: Look. 415 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 9: I can't share anything about the FBI and what they 416 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 9: are or are not doing with regards to the Special Envoy, 417 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,640 Speaker 9: but there is a lot of concern and interest in Congress, 418 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,920 Speaker 9: on that committee and others about the status of any 419 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,639 Speaker 9: potential negotiation with Iran. 420 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 8: Back on June thirtieth, the White House, asked by reporters, deferred, Listen. 421 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:25,840 Speaker 7: Man, this is a personnel issue that's better addressed by 422 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 7: our State Department collegues. 423 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 8: The day before that, the State Department said this quote. 424 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 8: Rob Malle is on leave and Abram Paley is serving 425 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,919 Speaker 8: as acting Special Envoy for Iran. Recently, Malli held covert 426 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 8: meetings with UN officials to talk about the potential for 427 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:42,920 Speaker 8: a prisoner exchange. He was also the face of the 428 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 8: Biden administration in backroom discussions over Iran's nuclear program. Malle's 429 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 8: lifelong friendship with Secretary of State Blincoln, whom he has 430 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,160 Speaker 8: known since high school, adds an extra layer of sensitivity 431 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 8: to these proceedings. Mally himself was last heard from June 432 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,879 Speaker 8: twenty ninth, said I've been informed that my security clearance 433 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 8: is under review. I have not been provided any further information, 434 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 8: but I expect the investigation to be resolved favorably and soon. 435 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 8: In the meantime, I'm on leave well. As of right now, 436 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 8: we have lines out to the White House Stage Department, 437 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 8: to DoD and the FBI. No word get on Mallie's status, 438 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 8: bill or these reports that he is now facing potentially 439 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 8: a criminal investigation. 440 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: It's like everything that the Biden administration can do to 441 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 1: hurt America, they do it, or to get kickbacks, they 442 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,960 Speaker 1: do it. The CBS News division has actually reported on 443 00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: this story because apparently the evidence is just so damning. 444 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 1: FBI quote looking into Biden Iran envoy Rob Mallee over 445 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,879 Speaker 1: handling of classified material. 446 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 2: Multiple sources are now. 447 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: Confirming to CBS News the FBI is now looking to 448 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: President Biden's envoy bm Mallee. 449 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,639 Speaker 2: Three sources familiar with the matter have confirmed. 450 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,080 Speaker 1: One source familiar with the matter told CBS News that 451 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: the FBI was looking at Mallie's handling of classified material. 452 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 1: Is unclear if the bureau's examination encompasses other issues. 453 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 2: Quote. 454 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,959 Speaker 1: There was no indication from this source that the FBI 455 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: considers it a criminal matter at this point quote unquote. 456 00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: Congressional intelligence committees are routinely briefed on this type of issue. 457 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:34,560 Speaker 1: The lawmakers contacted by CBS News decline to comment, citing 458 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:38,400 Speaker 1: the sensitivity of the matter. As Presidential Envoy four Ran, 459 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: Malli was based at the State Department, and his portfolio 460 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: included both the attempts to resurrect a nuclear agreement with 461 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 1: Iran as well as negotiate over at least three American 462 00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: citizens who remain wrongfully detained in Tehran. Mallie coordinated closely 463 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,920 Speaker 1: with both Secretary of State Anthony Blincoln, who you heard 464 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,360 Speaker 1: in that reports is good for and the White House 465 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: Access Security Council, whose Middle East division is also led 466 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: by Brett McGirk, frustrated by the lack of information sharing 467 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 1: with the congressional committees overseeing the State Department. House Foreign 468 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCall, a Republican of Texas Senate 469 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 1: letter setting a July eleventh deadline for the Department to 470 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: provide an update. His letter claimed Congress has been misled 471 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:32,159 Speaker 1: about the reason for Mally's absence, which has been attributed 472 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 1: to a family health matter quote unquote early on, we 473 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 1: now know that's a lie. 474 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 2: Quote. 475 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: We take our oversight obligations extremely seriously. The State Department 476 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: spokesman Matt Miller said today. We obviously got the letter 477 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: from the chairman. We've been reviewing it, and we will 478 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: be engaging with his office on the matter. Non faced 479 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 1: the Nation on Sunday. Foreign Relations Committee member Senator Chris Coons, 480 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: a Democrat from Delaware. Chris Coons is the same guy 481 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: that had to put together, by the way, David Weiss 482 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,040 Speaker 1: and approved David Weis to be that prosecutor from Delaware, 483 00:29:07,080 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: the attorney from Delaware. Don't forget that said he had 484 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: not been briefed on Mali's security situation or on any 485 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,440 Speaker 1: involvement by the FBI. He too called for Congress to 486 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: be briefed on many Iran related matters, including the status 487 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 1: of any potential negotiations with Iran, saying this the Iranians 488 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: are providing the Russians critical drones ammunitions for their aggression 489 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:35,200 Speaker 1: in Ukraine. Kun said on Sunday, I think that puts 490 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:38,959 Speaker 1: even greater tension on any possible conversations between the US 491 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: and our allies and Iran, and I do think we 492 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,200 Speaker 1: need a briefing to update the members of Congress now. 493 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: In a statement emailed to CBS News on June the 494 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: twenty ninth, Mali said that he was on leave after 495 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: having been informed that his security clearance is under review. 496 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,120 Speaker 1: He said then that he had not been provide any 497 00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: further information about what he referred to as the investigation, 498 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: but said he expects to be resolved favorably in his 499 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:12,280 Speaker 1: way very soon. In Malli's absence, his deputy is taking 500 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: a responsibility to the State Department is not commenting on 501 00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: the matter at all. Miller only reiterated that Rob Malley 502 00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: is on leave and Abram Poly is leading the department's 503 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:25,840 Speaker 1: work in this area, adding this, in addition to not 504 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 1: commenting on any reports of any investigation, I'm really limited 505 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: about what more I can say about what is a 506 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: personal matter due to privacy consideration. It's amazing how quick 507 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: privacy matters when you're under investigation, right, It's pretty ridiculous. 508 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 1: The DOJ and the FBI also declined to comment. 509 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:45,600 Speaker 6: Now. 510 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: The FBI's involvement was first reported Friday by those who 511 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,960 Speaker 1: reference the matter as quote an investigation. So not only 512 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 1: do you have corruption at the highest levels of the 513 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 1: Biden crime family, but now a parent you have an 514 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: investigation into classified materials to the guy that's supposed to 515 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:10,280 Speaker 1: be leading America's policy with Iran. Tehran Times is also 516 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 1: saying this about an hour ago quote exclusive inside the 517 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:19,400 Speaker 1: Downfall of Rob Mallei. On June thirtieth, Matthew Miller, the 518 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: spokesman for the State Department, somewhat reduced the ambiguity and 519 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,000 Speaker 1: announced via email to Reuters that Malli had taken a 520 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:29,760 Speaker 1: leave of absence and those duties would be temporarily assumed 521 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,000 Speaker 1: by his deputy. According to the US officials, The Teurran 522 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: Time says the Diplomatic Security Department had suspended security clearance. 523 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: What has been disclosed so far has been ambiguous and incomplete. 524 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: US sources say that the sixty year old diplomat has 525 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:52,560 Speaker 1: not complied with the law in protecting information. However, according 526 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: to the published information, it's still unclear whether this was 527 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: intentional or unintentional negligence. Is not the first diplomat to 528 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,479 Speaker 1: have a security clearin and suspended, and this has happened before. 529 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: The collection of opinions and news published about his removal 530 00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: indicates extensive and coordinated subterfuge at the highest levels of 531 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,960 Speaker 1: the US government. On May the sixteenth, Winnie Sherman, the 532 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,080 Speaker 1: US Department Secretary of State, attended a confidential meeting with 533 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: senators about negotiations with Iran. We are told the US 534 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy, the deputy Director of 535 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: the National Intelligence Agency, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of 536 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, as well as 537 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 1: the Director of Strategic and Political Affairs for the Joint 538 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 1: Chiefs of Staff accompanied Sherman at this confidential meeting. What 539 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: was noteworthy was the absence of Robert Malley, who was 540 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: the main person in charge of the Iran dossier in 541 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: the Biden administration. Some media outlets reported that he'd been 542 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: taking a two day leave, while others said that he'd 543 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: taken a long leave. His absence that such an unusual 544 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,960 Speaker 1: meeting was notable, but the US government insisted on keeping 545 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 1: the real reason for his absence confidential, to the extent 546 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 1: that even the Senators were not informed of the real reason. 547 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: The issue is of such importance that to date, despite 548 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: the general announcement of the matter, the exact DATEA. Malley's 549 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:23,240 Speaker 1: suspension has not been announced. So if you don't think 550 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: there's covering up here, then you're also not paying attention. 551 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: This is another scandal and it deals with national security implications, 552 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: and what do you bet the Biden administration gets away 553 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,640 Speaker 1: with this one as well. Don't forget to share a 554 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: podcast on all social media venues. Please make sure you 555 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: hit that like and follow button wherever you are listening 556 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: to the show, and you won't miss a single episode. 557 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 2: And we'll see you back here tomorrow.